STAAR Editing

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks
• Change let's to Let's
• Remove the comma after declared
• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new
• Change thrown to threw
• Change theirselves to themselves
• No change is needed.

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful
• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}
• Change flower to flour
• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What change should be made in the sentence?
It didn't seem like such a small amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out.

• Change didn't to did'nt
• Insert a comma after pancake
• Change spreads out to spread out
• No changes

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change needs to be made in the sentence?
I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!

• Change that to this
• Change takes to take
• Insert a comma after patience
• Change then to than

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

"What do I do first," I asked eagerly.
What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?

• Change the comma to a question mark
• Delete the quotation marks after the comma
• Change eagerly to eager
• Make no changes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

_________ is a contraction for it is OR it has.

• It's
• Its

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

It is time to give the dog ______ bath.

• It's
• Its

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

I am ___________ teacher.

• there
• their
• they're

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A