Maryland ELA W.5.5
The Standard
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 5).
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 make changes that help readers understand it. They use feedback to revise ideas or order and edit grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to a change that makes a draft clearer and explain why it helps. They can also fix sentence errors without changing what they meant to say.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think revision means only fixing spelling or adding words. They may accept every peer suggestion, even when it changes their meaning.
How to Assess It
- Give students this draft: “Our garden was good. We planted seeds they grew fast.” Ask them to improve the first sentence, fix the run-on, and explain one change.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have pairs cut apart copies of their own paragraphs, rearrange the sentences, and tape down the clearest order.
Ask partners, “Which sentence in your draft might confuse a reader?” Have each writer jot one change based on the answer.
Play edit relay: teams take turns fixing a run-on, a missing comma, and inconsistent verb tense in a sample paragraph.
Write a note to the principal requesting a class reading spot, then revise it after a partner flags one unclear reason.
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