4-2-W-3


Standard 2: Reading and Writing Process

Students will use a variety of recursive reading and writing processes.
WRITING: Students will develop and strengthen writing by engaging in a recursive process that includes prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. 
4.2.W.3 Students will correctly spell grade-appropriate words while editing.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

  • Students will edit to ensure that grade-appropriate words are spelled correctly.

 
  • Teachers include correctly spelled grade appropriate words in editing criteria.
  • Teachers model how to edit a draft for spelling including self-editing and peer-editing.
  • Teachers provide time and opportunities for students to apply editing criteria, including spelling, to their work.
  • Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback about grade appropriate spelling in edited drafts.

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights 

Reading Rockets:  Introduction to Spelling (website)

Reading Rockets:  Word Study Instruction (website) 

  • Students are expected to use all of the spelling patterns they have studied correctly.  

  • Word Walls in a classroom will help students have quick access to grade level words.

  • The purpose of this standard is for students to recognize incorrectly spelled grade-appropriate words and fix them.

  • Students should also have access to a dictionary to look up word spellings.  

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.

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