Revise to Remove Sentences That Do Not Belong

Read the draft aloud with your child first, since many problems are easier to hear than to see. Do the first part together, then let your child revise the last part alone. Ask why the new version is better.

Revise paragraphs by crossing out the sentence that does not belong and explaining why. To revise is to cut sentences that do not fit the topic. The directions on the page read: Read each paragraph. Then, cross out the one sentence that does not belong. Then, write why it does not belong on the line. Then, write a new sentence that does belong in paragraph 4. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade writing process, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with revising. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Revising is changing a draft so it says things more clearly. Third graders add details, put events in order, cut what does not belong and choose better words, with help from an adult or a classmate (W.3.5).

A caret is a small mark shaped like an upside down v that shows where to add words. On the details page, children write a detail from the word bank above each caret, which keeps the draft neat.

Read the topic sentence first and ask what the paragraph is about. Then read each sentence and ask if it tells about that topic. The one that talks about something else is the one to cross out.

Yes. All six revising sheets have an answer key.

It is the set of steps writers use: plan, draft, revise, edit and share. CCSS W.3.5 asks 3rd graders to strengthen their writing with guidance from adults and peers by planning, revising and editing. These sheets give each step its own page, so a child can practice one step at a time.

Revising changes what the writing says: adding details, putting events in order or cutting a sentence that does not belong. Editing fixes the rules: capital letters, commas, end marks and spelling. Revise first, since there is no point fixing commas in a sentence that may be cut.

Talk the topic through first, then have your child fill the organizer with words and short phrases, not full sentences. The plan becomes the draft on lined paper. Keep the planner beside the draft so your child can check that every part made it in.

18 of the 28 sheets have an answer key, including every revising and editing page. The 10 planners and open writing pages have no key, since each child writes about their own ideas. For those, check that every box is filled and the plan fits the topic.