Learning to Peer Edit

We are beginning to wrap up our first personal narrative in writing, and yesterday, students used a checklist to individually review their work for specific elements such as:  a focused seed idea, an attention-grabbing lead, transition words, and a thoughtful ending.  

Today, we practiced peer editing for the first time.  To begin, I modeled this process with a wonderful student volunteer - thank you Elise!  Students then were partnered up and given a peer editing checklist to use.  They took this task so seriously, and as I walked around, I couldn't believe how thoughtful they were being about each other's work. 

I've included pictures of the checklists below as well as some student shots.  Well done third graders!