Daily Paragraph Editing, Grade 4

I've been using these Daily Paragraph Editing books with my daughter (third grader) and the students I tutor. These books are excellent for practicing editing skills, and the best part is that the exercises are focused on entire paragraphs and not merely sentences. The book is developed such that it is an all-in-one deal. First, you need to instruct the child/student on the proofreading marks (which can also be copied out for each child's reference), then the child is ready to work on the paragraphs (each paragraph takes up half a page), and once the child is done editing, the teacher/parent/tutor can check using the answer key provided. The answer key is found on the page adjacent to the exercise but all the pages can be easily detached from the book so this should not pose a problem. The answer key is detailed and highlighted in red ink which makes it easy to refer to.There's a concise language handbook at the back of the book which covers the basic rules for writing and editing, and there are also writing prompts provided for writing practice. This book contains 36 lessons, and each lesson includes 4 related paragraphs with capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and language errors. There's a writing prompt correlating to each lesson. In conclusion, this makes an invaluable resource that can help students improve their editing and writing skills, whilst learning language conventions.

I love these books! I’m going to get the highest grade level for myself.

Simple typography， easy to understand, I hope they can keep answers in the back instead in front of it to keep the kids out easily

The practice pages are great, and I love that it outlines the errors by type and quantity. However, the answers are directly across from the workpages. I understand this is a teacher book, but I homeschool a single student. I'm not going to buy a separate workbook just so one person won't see the answers.A solution I had was to place a piece of paper over the answer side of the book, but it's flimsy at best. I will opt for cardboard paper next. The publisher could have easily extended the cover so that it could fold over that side of the book (like the opposite of a fold-out page), but of course they want the purchaser to buy more instead.

My 9 year old did very well with this book. He needed simple lessons for sentences and paragraphs. Other writing workbooks didn't seem to take the time to do that. Getting him to express himself was like pulling teeth until we went back to the basics of simple sentences and paragraphs. This didn't overwhelm him and even got him excited about brainstorming and writing. It's a short book, but now he has the confidence to move on in his writing.

Learning to spot errors and knowing how to correct them is a great skill and these books help train that. I'm using a grade or two below my students to help build up those skills

This book is excellent for my grandson. Also I haven't been in school for years so the answer key really helps me out.

Great concept, but the answer key is too close to the assignment.