My son’s first-grade teacher is working hard to help the
students, my son included, understand the writing process and the importance of
proofreading. To reinforce her efforts, I created a fun activity to give my son
some practice editing.
Having spent much of my professional career as a writer and
editor, this activity is close to my heart.
To start, we read a book from the Grammar Tales series. Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman
by Justin Martin was the perfect book to illustrate just how important
proofreading is.
The story follows Francine on her beat as she heads through
town correcting bad grammar (improper or forgotten capitalization, bad
spelling, and lack of apostrophes and other punctuation). My son loved it!
When he was done, I told him it was time for him to join the
proofreading police squad. He was excited!
I gave him four cases to review. Each profiled one kid (Too Busy Tina, Careless Kyle, Unsure Ursula, and Forgetful Frank). Download them here.
It was up to him to review their crimes against grammar and
help correct the errors (i.e. to proofread)!
He did a wonderful job (this mama-writer was SO proud!), missing a few of the edits and struggling a bit with the use of the apostrophe, but was eager to get through all the “evidence.”
He did a wonderful job (this mama-writer was SO proud!), missing a few of the edits and struggling a bit with the use of the apostrophe, but was eager to get through all the “evidence.”
These are pure AWESOMENESS!!! (Please, don't correct my vocabulary of choice...) ;0)
ReplyDeleteThese are TOO CUTE! We're working on the exact same things in our first grade classroom! Thank you so much!!!
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WOW, these are great! Thanks for sharing.
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Finally in First
Again-thank you, thank you!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing your printables.
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ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! I may try some of these this summer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to work with kids on this topic. Looks fun. Megan
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun approach to grammar!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with Learning Laboratory at Mama Smiles =)
My 8 year old son tried these yesterday and was begging for more! Thank you so much for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful lesson and way to reinforce what he is learning in school. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! I hope you are having a wonderful week!
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I teach third grade and I can really use the grammar police activity. Thank you so much. Something's got to make grammar more interesting.
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