CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.5

ELA2nd GradeProduction and Distribution of Writing

The Standard

With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students reread a draft and check that every sentence fits one topic. With teacher or peer help, they add, remove, or move ideas, then fix spelling, capitals, grammar, and punctuation.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name the topic and explain how each sentence connects to it. With a checklist or peer comment, the student can improve ideas and correct basic writing errors.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think revising means copying the draft neatly. They may add interesting details that do not fit the topic. They may fix capitals and periods but ignore unclear or repeated ideas.
How to Assess It: Ask students to reread a short draft, cross out one off-topic sentence, add one useful detail, and correct one editing error.

Lesson moves

Cut apart a four-sentence draft, remove the off-topic strip, and add a new strip with one useful detail.
Partners read drafts aloud and answer, “What is the topic, and where could the writer add one clear detail?”
Play Revision Detective by finding one missing detail and one capitalization, spelling, or punctuation error in short sample drafts.
Revise a note to the librarian so it clearly recommends one book and gives two reasons.

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Learning progression

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