Self-Editing COPS Cards- Help your Students Proofread Their Own Work
- Grades
- Grades 2–6, Elementary, Middle School
- Pages
- 6
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- ELA, Grammar, Language Development, Strategies, Writing
- Topic
- Self-Editing, COPS Cards
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Answer key
- Included
- Standards
- CCSS.W.3.5 CCSS.W.4.5 +1
About this resource
What's inside this resource
COPS (Capitals, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling) becomes a self-editing routine students can repeat on any draft with this checklist, practice and card set. Page 1 is a reusable checklist of twelve "Did I…?" questions with Draft 1, Draft 2 and Partner columns, a My next fix line and a partner sign-off. Three practice pages follow, with six parts that move from naming a mistake and putting ideas in order to fixing sentences, editing a short draft about a pond and writing two sentences to self-check.
A cut-out page holds four large COPS cards with reminders and before-and-after examples, and an answer key covers the practice. Designed for grades 2–6, in full color and print-friendly black and white versions.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Check a draft for capitals, organization, punctuation and spelling using a four-part routine
Identify and correct capitalization, end punctuation and spelling mistakes in sentences
Order ideas and choose a strong beginning and ending for a piece of writing
Teaching tips
Work through the Name the Mistake and Fix It worked examples together before students try the rest of the practice.
Keep page 1 as a reusable tool: students read their draft once per letter, check Draft 1, fix, then check again in Draft 2.
Have students cut out the four COPS cards and keep them on desks or use them as bookmarks while they edit.
Skills covered
Self-editing: students reread their own writing once for each COPS letter and mark what they checked.
Capitalization and punctuation: students fix sentence starts, names, titles, end marks and apostrophes.
Organization: students put sentences in order with time clues and pick the best beginning and ending.
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Can the checklist be used on more than one piece of writing?
Yes. Page 1 has separate Draft 1 and Draft 2 columns plus a Partner column, so students check a piece, fix it, check again and then ask a classmate to look.
What does the Edit a Draft part ask students to do?
Students read a short draft about a walk to a pond, find four mistakes and fill a table with each mistake, the right way to write it and the COPS letter it belongs to.
How are the COPS cards meant to be used?
Students cut out the four cards and keep them on their desks or use them as bookmarks. Each card lists three things to look for, and the C, P and S cards show a before-and-after example sentence.
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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
Standards
- CCSS.W.3.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 3 on page 29.)
- CCSS.W.4.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 4 on page 29.)
- CCSS.W.5.5 — With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 5 on page 29.)
Core concepts
Core concepts
proofreading
self-editing
capitalization
punctuation
writing conventions
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