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Grade 3, Writing Benchmark H: Edit writing for conventions (COS 20, 21, 26-28/ SAT 10) Capitalize proper nouns, the first word of sentences, and necessary parts of a letter Punctuate using periods, question marks, exclamation marks, apostrophes with contractions and possessives, commas (items in a series, cities and states, compound sentences), and quotation marks with dialogue Use conventional spelling for grade-appropriate words Use knowledge of sounds and letters to phonetically write advanced words Use appropriate grammar (parts of speech, subject-verb agreement with simple subject, appropriate tenses including present, past and future) Use abbreviations Use correct sentence structure (edit awkward construction, fragments, run-ons)

Lesson Plans: Lesson Tutor: Fresh Squeezed Creative Juices Story starters and writing prompts for creative writing (multiple grades) Once Upon a Link: A PowerPoint Adventure With Fractured Fairy Tales Sometimes students have trouble understanding the difference between the global issues of revising and the local ones of editing. In this lesson students practice revision and editing as separate activities when they write their own versions of other fairy tales. Be the Editor! Students search for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors in a worksheet about famous black Americans. Stop That Run-On! Run-on sentences inhibit understanding and weaken someone's writing. In this lesson, students will learn to identify run-on sentences and how to fix them. They will then apply those skills to their own writing.

Resources: Sentence Fragments: Strategies for and practice with identifying complete sentences and fixing the most common sentence problems. Proofreading Makes Perfect: This online activity for third grade has lessons on capitalization and punctuation, spelling and usage. Correct the sentences and then check the answers. English Grammar Connection: These interactive online lessons help improve student's English grammar skills. Go For Gold Grammar: This page has many fun practice quizzes for first through fifth grade. Grammar Now: This site is dedicated to answering grammar, composition, or formatting questions. Grammar Activities: Online and printable grammar activities for all ages Grammar Quest: This activity helps student develop an understanding of the parts of speech and how to distinguish between them. English Sentence Pattern Generator: Generate sentences for any English sentence pattern Power Proofreading: An online proofreading game for all grade levels Free Learning Resources: Your place to get free ready to use quality resources for teaching. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Practice correct usage of commas and apostrophes with this online game. Edit Dan's Copy: Have students practice their proofreading skills with this online game from Scholastic. Houghton Mifflin Spelling Resources: Hands-on spelling activities Online Spelling Games: Uses conventions of spelling in written compositions (e.g., spells high frequency, commonly misspelled words from appropriate grade-level list Colorful Parts of Speech: Students practice identifying parts of speech and noticing the positioning of words in a sentence.
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