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Quick edits: Have students frame their sentences at the end of every period or after every paragraph. Have partner check the paragraph to confirm that they caught mistakes. Use a goal sheet to have them notice trends and growth in their writing in.

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5 strategies for editing

1. edit during real time writing not grammar drills.

2. Provide clear criteria to us when evaluating their writing - checklists

Look for one type of mistake at a time.

3. model, model, model

4. Have students get help from peers. Peer does not write on friend's paper they write on a sticky note.

5. Use visuals as reminders, anchor charts, checklists.

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Major Take away, let students see you create an exemplar in front of them. Let them see you make mistakes and have to go back and revise it.

Teach specific revising strategies.

Students need to write about meanigful topics that mean soemthing to them

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Show examples of correct conventions rather than incorrect ones. Show them what you want them to imitate.

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Strategies to help KINDER EDIT

Please teach one skill at a time

Display Visual Checklists

Sentence Structure(nouns,verbs,adjectives)

Word Banks

Sight Word Lists

Editing Checklists(capitalization, punctuation)

Consider maybe a writing journal or folder to allow them to see their edits

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Editing your writing for kids. Using mentor texts that are the exemplar so that students can point out what the author did that was correct. Pointing out the mistakes are sometimes helpful but they see that many times on their own work. Having a standard of exemplars gives them the bar that they need to work toward.

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It's important to have students understand the difference beteween revising and editing. To revise is to see the writing with new eyes and consider the audience, purpose, organization and word choice and sentence structure. To edit is to fix capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.

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Skip lines when writing

so there is space to

make edits!

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Difference between revising: altering big picture, conceptual ideas. Editing: working on cohesion, word choice, flow, etc... and proofreading: grammar and spelling. Making sure students know and apply this.

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If students never see you revise, don't expect to see them do much either.

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Students need to know our expectations and we should be providing clear checklist and rubrics for their writing.

-Break the checklist apart for students to focus on one thing so they aren't overwhelmed.

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Revising actually happens during and after the writing process, and we often do it more than once. – This was something I did not realized but very true.

Rubrics and checklists- We already do

Gradual Release- We already do

Model and think aloud- We already do

guided practice- We already do

Peer revision- WE COULD DO MORE OF THIS!

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Highlight Highlight Highlight .. all your editing needs.. words that need capitalization, organizational misplacement, missing punctuation, misspelled words

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I read a powerpoint lesson about peer editing.

This is a skill that is not only cross-curricular BUT it can also be used to build our students social/emotional mindset as well.

The powerpoint broke peer editing down into three chunks that really spoke to me.

Compliment

Suggest

Correct

I can see these three steps being able to be used in any class to develop strong revision techniques. They could be used for scientific explanations, writing prompts, math problems, art work etc. I really think keeping the steps simple and streamlined will allow our students to feel the freedom to celebrate each other and deliver that peer encouragement. I also think that peer encouragement is a huge tool for motivation and growth that we may be under-utilizing.

The SEL tie in could be as simple as a "How do you feel about the task?" check in before and after revising. It could be framing peer editing as a tool to shift our mindset about the work we are doing to a more confident place.

This is way too long so summary:

1. Keep peer editing routine simple

2. Encourage students to see peer editing as a foundation to building their final product vs. an evaluation.

3. Tie in SEL in a way that builds growth mindset and positive peer relationships.

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Make revision fun! Add competitions where kids work in teams and revise sentences against one another.

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Making suggestions means giving the author some specific ideas about how to make his or her writing better.

Remember – stay positive and be specific!

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-use correct samples when asking students to edit (they see enough writing with mistakes already)

-use an editing checklist so they can take ownership of their work

-use partners to give feedback and edit

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The point is growth, not perfection.

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Modeling the editing process and then peer editing is an effective strategy to bolster student writing and keep students locked in on a specific writing skill

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Resources > teacher feedback

"Building this library of resources puts the responsibility back onto the student to seek out information as questions arise during the writing process."

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Instead of giving students a paper to "fix." Give them a writing piece that is correct and have them highlight what is correct about the passage so they can see how they can incorporate it in their own writing.

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Leave the editing to the C.O.P.S Capitalization Organization Punctuation Spelling. (cops though.. I may switch to SPOC)

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1. Modeling editing and revising can be done via a few questions and can lead students to work together before they even practice the skill independently.

2. Tackle student conferencing where they are at - low level students - focus on the basics - high level students - focus on expanding and growth.

3. Edit "social media posts" so that students can rewrite different perspectives.

4. "Grammar Groups" - focusing on differentiating students based on where they are at, grouping students based on needs and a common problem they all are facing.

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A major takeaway for me is that editing should not just be a process of an adult marking up a child's paper to make it "perfect". That does not reflect the child's PROCESS of writing. Editing and revising should be a student-led way to take their writing to the next level as an authentic reflection of their authorship, NOT to be "perfect" or flawless.

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In the spirit of "culture of error", I think the peer-edit PowerPoint slides do a great job of instructing students on how to edit their peers' papers. Something I loved to see was the instruction to start by giving compliments on their peer's work. Praising work is essential for building confidence regardless of the quality of writing. However, receiving that praise from one of your peers will impact this student's confidence more than if a teacher were to say the same thing.

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Best Practices for teaching students how to edit:

start with the basics (parts of a sentence, nouns, verbs, adjectives, capitalization and punctuation)

use checklists (visual checklists in younger grades)

Model. model, and model some more!

conference with students

encourage peer editing

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"When we introduce a rubric or checklist, we need to spend a significant amount of time modeling how to use it, so that it truly serves as a tool for our students."

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"We start editing as soon as kindergarten. Yes, it is challenging! With explicit instruction and practice, your students will catch and fix their own mistakes."