Maryland ELA W.3.5
The Standard
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language Standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3).
Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students plan a draft, then use feedback from a classmate or teacher to make it clearer. They edit capitals, punctuation, spelling, and grammar before sharing it.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use a beginning, middle, and end plan to draft a story. When a classmate points out a confusing part, the student adds or moves a sentence, then checks for writing errors.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think revising means fixing spelling only, so they leave missing or confusing ideas untouched. Others edit every sentence before they have finished the draft.
How to Assess It
- Give students a three-sentence lost-lunchbox draft with a peer note: “How was it found?” Have them jot an ending plan, add the ending, and fix a missing capital and period.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three lost-lunchbox event cards to order, then have them add sticky-note details and draft the story.
Ask partners, “Where did you get confused in my draft?” Have writers add or move one sentence based on the answer.
Play editor swap: partners circle missing capitals and end marks in a four-sentence draft, then writers make the corrections.
Have students write directions to the cafeteria for a new student, test them with a partner, then revise any missing step.
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