Kentucky Reading and Writing C.4.3.g
The Standard
- C.4.3
- Compose narratives, using writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing and rewriting.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Text Types and Purpose
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students make a plan, write a draft, and use feedback from a classmate or teacher. They add or move ideas to make the writing clearer. Then they fix errors and rewrite parts that still do not work.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student lists ideas before drafting. When a partner points out a confusing spot, the student adds a detail or moves a sentence. The next draft is clearer and has fewer spelling and punctuation errors.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think revising only means fixing spelling and capitals. They may copy a draft neatly and call it a rewrite without changing any unclear ideas. Some accept every peer suggestion, even when it does not fit their writing.
How to Assess It
- Give students this draft: 'the park was fun. Eli and I played.' Add the feedback, 'Tell what you played.' Ask students to rewrite it with that detail, fix the capital letter, and label each change as revising or editing.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a draft about a lost lunchbox; have them place sticky-note details where they belong, then rewrite one unclear sentence.
Show 'My dog is nice' and ask partners what detail would help a reader picture the dog.
Sort cards marked 'add an example' or 'fix a comma' into revise and edit piles, then make each change in a sample paragraph.
Have students draft a note requesting a new recess game, trade notes for feedback, and write a revised, edited copy.
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Related Standards
- C.4.1.f
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing and rewriting.
- C.2.1.f
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
- C.4.2.h
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing and rewriting.
- C.1.2.g
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
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