Virginia SOL 1.W.3.A
The Standard
With guidance and support from adults, edit writing for conventions e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). (See Language Usage for grade level expectations).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students reread their own writing and look for mistakes in capitals, spelling, word use, and punctuation. They use an adult's feedback or a simple checklist to make corrections.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student rereads a short draft and finds missing capitals, punctuation, and familiar spelling patterns. The student makes corrections and can explain each change.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may capitalize every word or forget the first-word capital. They may add random punctuation, overlook simple spelling errors, or rewrite the whole idea instead of correcting it.
How to Assess It
- Give students this exit ticket: “i lik my dog” Rewrite the sentence, then circle each change you made.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs word cards and punctuation tiles to repair three incorrect sentences on sentence strips.
Ask students to write one sentence, trade papers, and tell a partner one correction they suggest and why.
Play Editing Detective by hiding one capitalization, spelling, usage, or punctuation error in each sentence for students to find.
Write a class thank-you note to a staff member, then edit the capitalization, spelling, word use, and punctuation before delivering it.
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