English / Year 3 / Literacy / Creating texts

Curriculum content descriptions

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation (ACELY1683)

Elaborations
  • using glossaries, print and digital dictionaries and spell check to edit spelling, realising that spell check accuracy depends on understanding the word function, for example there/their; rain/reign
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Grammar,  Editing,  Punctuation

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