Kentucky Reading and Writing L.7.2.b
The Standard
- L.7.2
- When writing:
Demonstrate appropriate use of strategies and resources (print and electronic) to identify and correct spelling errors.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students spot possible spelling errors in their writing. They use a print or online dictionary to check each word, then choose the spelling that fits the sentence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student fixes misspelled words and catches mistakes spell-check misses, such as “their” for “there.” They check the word’s meaning and reread the sentence after making the change.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think spell-check catches every error, even when the wrong word is spelled correctly. They may also accept the first suggested correction without checking its meaning.
How to Assess It
- Give students this sentence: “The principle gave us a seperate form.” Ask them to use a print or online dictionary to correct both words and explain each choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed paragraph with four misspellings and one wrong homophone; have them mark corrections after checking a print dictionary.
Ask, “Why might spell-check leave ‘Your late’ unchanged?” Have students explain the fix in two sentences.
Show five sentences with spelling errors; award a point for each correction students can confirm with a dictionary entry.
Give students a mock lunch menu listing “quesidilla” and “brocolli”; have them verify the spellings before posting it.
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Related Standards
- L.8.2.c
Demonstrate appropriate use of strategies and resources (print and electronic) to identify and correct spelling errors.
- L.5.2.e
Use strategies and resources (print and electronic) to identify and correct spelling errors.
- L.2.2.e
Use reference materials to self-check and correct spelling.
- L.6.2.b
Demonstrate appropriate use of strategies to identify and correct spelling errors.
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