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Editing papers
By Sue

I have found that if I didn't "edit" papers would never be perfect either. I think of 4th grade as progressing toward perfection...

One thing helped several of my students - but it was time consuming. I typed their "finished
papers" (errors and all) on the computer and printed them. Then, they could read the papers to the class. Before the read aloud, several students came to me with their papers marked. "Look what we found.."
"But, you said this was your final draft didn't you?" I asked quizzically.
"Well, uh, I thought it was, but I didn't...." then they proceed to find all sorts of mistakes.
I

think that when the students "read" their own handwriting, they over-generalize what they think in their head. When they see it in print, the errors LEAP out at them.

Of course I can't type all their papers. Another method I use is read backs. They "read" their papers to peers. I will often hear them interupt themselves to make corrections.