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Literacy · 4th Grade
Editing Checklist
The five checks to run before handing anything in.
How to use it
Run one check at a time through the whole piece. Doing all five at once catches almost nothing.
Free · print-ready PDF · US Letter and A4
- Grade
- 4th Grade
- Ages
- 9–10
- Subject
- Literacy
- Pages
- 1
The rest of the 4th Grade wall
49 more posters, all free to print — 11 of them here.
Story ElementsCharacter, setting, problem, events, solution, theme — with the question each answers.Prefixes, Suffixes & RootsThe 20 word parts that unlock the most fourth-grade vocabulary.Point of ViewWho is telling the story, and what that lets them know.Finding the ThemeThe message underneath the plot — and why it is never one word.SummarisingSomebody, wanted, but, so, then — five words that build a summary.Text StructuresFive ways non-fiction organises information, and the words that give each away.Commas in a ListWhere the commas go when you list three or more things.HomographsWords spelled the same that mean — and sometimes sound — completely different.Figurative LanguageSix devices writers use when the plain words are not enough.Root WordsThe middle of a word — and the meaning everything else is built around.Dividing by 2Every ÷2 fact, with the multiplication that proves each one.