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Daily Paragraph Editing, Grade 5 covers grade-level skills in these areas:

• capitalization
• language usage
• punctuation: apostrophes
• punctuation: commas
• punctuation: periods
• punctuation: quotation marks
• other types of punctuation
• spelling

Daily Paragraph Editing “extras” include:

• a reproducible student language handbook that provides simple, clear rules and examples of their application to guide students in correct use of the mechanics, grammar, and spelling skills covered in the daily paragraphs.
• a page of reproducible proofreading marks that models the standard markings used to correct and edit text.
• an editing checklist to guide students in reviewing and revising their own writing or that of a peer.
• an assessment rubric to guide teachers in conducting a holistic evaluation of student writing.

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Available titles: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6+

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Daily Paragraph Editing provides students with an engaging way to practice mechanics and usage of grade-level language arts skills.The activities in Daily Paragraph Editing can be used to support the instruction in a basal or core writing program.

Editing practice focuses on key language arts skills such as:

• capitalization
• punctuation
• spelling
• language usage

Each weekly lesson includes a four-paragraph composition for students to edit and a related writing prompt that generates an authentic writing activity. The content of weekly compositions relates to key grade-level concepts and topics.

The wide range of writing forms includes:

• biographies and character sketches
• science and social studies articles
• book reviews, news articles, and editorials
• historical and realistic fiction, fables, and fantasy
• letters and journal entries, personal narratives
• and more

Scope and sequence charts and an annotated answer key are included in the Reproducible Teacher's Edition.

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