Daily Editing Paragraphs
Daily edits are a single editing paragraph that I've written that the students edit as soon as they come in from recess each afternoon. I print out the paragraphs onto half-sheets of paper, and the students simply take a copy when they walk in the door. We then correct the paragraph as a class on the Smartboard. (I've also printed them onto transparencies and used them with an overhead projector.)
These paragraphs are aligned with the expectations of third grade NYS ELA exam, which requires students to edit for punctuation and capitalization. While I teach my students many other editing skills over the course of the year, these paragraphs are specifically tailored to test prep.
I've posted a lot of my "daily edits" below. Feel free to download or view the passages I use with my students ... hopefully this will be helpful in preparing for the ELA exam.
These paragraphs are aligned with the expectations of third grade NYS ELA exam, which requires students to edit for punctuation and capitalization. While I teach my students many other editing skills over the course of the year, these paragraphs are specifically tailored to test prep.
I've posted a lot of my "daily edits" below. Feel free to download or view the passages I use with my students ... hopefully this will be helpful in preparing for the ELA exam.
| daily_edit_1.pdf |
| daily_edit_2.pdf |
| daily_edit_3.pdf |
| daily_edit_4.pdf |
| daily_edit_5.pdf |
| daily_edit_6.pdf |
| daily_edit_7.pdf |
| daily_edit_8.pdf |
| daily_edit_9.pdf |
| daily_edit_10.pdf |
| daily_edit_11.pdf |
| daily_edit_12.pdf |
| daily_edit_13.pdf |
| daily_edit_14.pdf |
| daily_edit_15.pdf |
| daily_edit_16.pdf |
| daily_edit_17.pdf |
| daily_edit_18.pdf |
| daily_edit_19.pdf |
| daily_edit_20.pdf |
| daily_edit_21.pdf |
| daily_edit_22.pdf |
| daily_edit_23.pdf |
| daily_edit_24.pdf |
Editing Quizzes
I use these quizzes to assess my students' progress towards the NYS third grade editing requirements. Feel free to download these quizzes, each with two paragraphs, to use for assessment or instruction.
| editing_quiz_1.pdf |
| editing_quiz_2.pdf |
| editing_quiz_3.pdf |
| editing_quiz_4.pdf |
| editing_quiz_5.pdf |