Grades 4–5
Edit for Subject-Verb Agreement
A blanket-fort paragraph with six subject-verb mistakes, including compound subjects and -ing subjects.
Writing worksheet · Paragraph writing and editing
Edit for Homophones
A zoo-trip paragraph with eight homophone mix-ups (there, their, our, see, too, knew, great) to fix.
- Grade level
- Grades 4–5
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Paragraph structure, Topic and concluding sentences, Revising and editing, Proofreading
What kids do
“This paragraph has 8 homophone mistakes, like their for there. Cross out each wrong word and write the right one above it.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Their are many animals at the zoo. We went their on Saturday with are class. The monkeys were swinging from there ropes. My friend wanted to sea the lions to. We new it would be a grate day.
- Copy the paragraph with every homophone fixed.
Teacher tip
Post the homophone pairs with picture clues where kids can check while they edit.
How to use it
- Read the paragraph aloud together before kids mark anything.
- Model one fix on the document camera, thinking out loud.
- Give a minute at the end to reread the work out loud to a partner.
Watch for
Kids who rewrite everything instead of fixing what is marked. Keep changes small and on purpose.
Talk about it
- What is this paragraph mostly about?
- Which sentence on your sheet are you proudest of? Why?
Take it further
Have kids use the same steps on a paragraph from their own journal.
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