Revise and Edit
Grade 3 - Writing - Building Confidence

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Which Grade 3 revision makes this vague draft clearer: "The team changed the thing."
- Something happened there.
- The team widened the cardboard bridge base before the second test.
- The sentence is a sentence.
- It was good and nice.
Which revision replaces the vague word in "Harper looked at the thing on the shelf." with exact information?
- The stuff was nice.
- Harper looked at the thing on the shelf.
- The things were in the place.
- Harper looked at the missing fossil label on the shelf.
Which edit removes repeated wording from this Grade 3 sentence: "Harper found the label and Harper placed the label beside the fossil."
- The place had many old things.
- The same words are the same words.
- Harper found the label and placed it beside the fossil.
- Harper found the label and Harper placed the label beside the fossil.
This draft has a run-on: "The label slipped Harper reached behind the shelf." Which revision separates the ideas clearly?
- The label slipped Harper reached behind the shelf.
- The label slipped. Harper reached behind the shelf.
- Because the two ideas.
- The sentence keeps going and going.
Which transition best connects the Grade 3 revision steps? First, Harper checked the tray. ___, she searched behind the shelf.
- Purple
- Under
- Maybe
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