Stitch and Fix Worksheet
Grade 3 Editing Challenge
Stitch & Fix
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Help the Shoemaker!
Oh no! Tiny mischievous elves visited the workshop and messed up the spelling, capitalization, and end punctuation in our story! Read the passage below. Find each numbered error and choose the correct fix in the multiple-choice section on the next pages.
The Elves & The Shoemaker
Once upon a time, there lived an honest shoemaker named stan 1 . he 2 worked very hard, but he was very poor. Finally, he had only enough leather left to make one last pair of shoes. That night, he cut out the leather and left it on his workbench. He decided to sew them in the morning? 3
In the morning, stan 4 walked into his shop. He could not believe his eyes! There, sitting on his table, was a pair of beautiful shoes. Who could have made them. 5
Soon, a customer came in. The shoes fit him perfectly, so he bought them. With the money, stan 6 was able to buy leather for two more pairs of shoes. That night, he cut them out. He went to bed wondering if the magic would happen again? 7
The next morning, two pairs of perfect shoes were waiting on the workbench. This went on for weeks! Stan and his wife, jan 8 , became very wealthy.
One evening in december 9 , stan 10 said to his wife, " let's 11 stay up tonight to see who is helping us."
jan 12 agreed and lit a small candle. They hid behind a curtain. At midnight, two tiny, bare elves ran into the room! they 13 had no clothes and were shivering from the cold? 14 The elves began to stitch and hammer. They worked so fast!
" the 15 poor little things must be freezing," jan 16 whispered. " let's 17 make them some warm clothes. I will sew tiny shirts and trousers, and you can make little shoes."
They worked hard for days. On christmas 18 Eve, they laid the tiny clothes on the workbench instead of leather. They hid behind the curtain to watch.
At midnight, the elves bounded in. When they saw the clothes, they cheered with joy. They put them on and danced around the room. "We are such handsome boys now!" they sang. " why 19 should we work anymore. 20 "
they 21 danced right out the door and into the night. Stan and jan 22 never saw them again. But from that day on, the kind shoemaker and his wife were always happy and successful. do 23 you think they ever forgot their tiny helpers. 24 of 25 course not!
Stitch & Fix Editing Challenge • Student Edition Page 1 of 3
Editing Questions (1–12)
Choose the best correction
1 named stan
A) Stan B) stan (leave as is) C) Stan.
2 . he worked
A) he, B) He C) he (leave as is)
3 the morning?
A) morning. B) morning? (leave as is) C) morning,
4 morning, stan
A) stan (leave as is) B) Stan? C) Stan
5 made them.
A) them? B) them. (leave as is) C) them!
6 money, stan
A) stan (leave as is) B) Stan C) Stan,
7 happen again?
A) again. B) again? (leave as is) C) again!
8 wife, jan
A) Jan B) jan (leave as is) C) Jan,
9 evening in december
A) December B) december (leave as is) C) december.
10 december, stan
A) stan (leave as is) B) Stan C) Stan,
11 wife, "let's
A) "Let's B) "let's (leave as is) C) "Lets
12 jan agreed
A) jan (leave as is) B) JAN C) Jan
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Editing Questions (13–25)
Questions Continued
13 room! they had
A) They B) they (leave as is) C) they,
14 the cold? The
A) cold? (leave as is) B) cold. C) cold,
15 whispered, "the poor
A) "The B) "the (leave as is) C) "the,
16 freezing," jan whispered
A) jan (leave as is) B) Jan C) Jan,
17 whispered. "let's make
A) "Let's B) "let's (leave as is) C) "lets
18 On christmas Eve
A) christmas (leave as is) B) Christmas C) Christmas.
19 sang. "why should
A) "Why B) "why (leave as is) C) "Why?
20 work anymore."
A) anymore? B) anymore. (leave as is) C) anymore!
21 ." they danced
A) they (leave as is) B) They C) They,
22 Stan and jan never
A) Jan B) jan (leave as is) C) Jan,
23 successful. do you
A) do (leave as is) B) Do C) Do,
24 tiny helpers. of
A) helpers? B) helpers. (leave as is) C) helpers!
25 helpers? of course
A) of (leave as is) B) Of C) Of,
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Stitch and Fix Teacher Guide
Teacher Correction Guide
Stitch & Fix Answer Key
Grade 3 Grammar
Focus: Capitalization & Punctuation
Fast-Grading Guide
This sheet shows the correct story text. Each numbered change is marked in green. Use this page to check student story sheets, and the grading table on the next page for quick grading of the multiple-choice questions.
Corrected Version
Once upon a time, there lived an honest shoemaker named Stan 1 . He 2 worked very hard, but he was very poor. Finally, he had only enough leather left to make one last pair of shoes. That night, he cut out the leather and left it on his workbench. He decided to sew them in the morning. 3
In the morning, Stan 4 walked into his shop. He could not believe his eyes! There, sitting on his table, was a pair of beautiful shoes. Who could have made them? 5
Soon, a customer came in. The shoes fit him perfectly, so he bought them. With the money, Stan 6 was able to buy leather for two more pairs of shoes. That night, he cut them out. He went to bed wondering if the magic would happen again. 7
The next morning, two pairs of perfect shoes were waiting on the workbench. This went on for weeks! Stan and his wife, Jan 8 , became very wealthy.
One evening in December 9 , Stan 10 said to his wife, " Let's 11 stay up tonight to see who is helping us."
Jan 12 agreed and lit a small candle. They hid behind a curtain. At midnight, two tiny, bare elves ran into the room! They 13 had no clothes and were shivering from the cold. 14 The elves began to stitch and hammer. They worked so fast!
" The 15 poor little things must be freezing," Jan 16 whispered. " Let's 17 make them some warm clothes. I will sew tiny shirts and trousers, and you can make little shoes."
They worked hard for days. On Christmas 18 Eve, they laid the tiny clothes on the workbench instead of leather. They hid behind the curtain to watch.
At midnight, the elves bounded in. When they saw the clothes, they cheered with joy. They put them on and danced around the room. "We are such handsome boys now!" they sang. " Why 19 should we work anymore? 20 "
They 21 danced right out the door and into the night. Stan and Jan 22 never saw them again. But from that day on, the kind shoemaker and his wife were always happy and successful. Do 23 you think they ever forgot their tiny helpers? 24 Of 25 course not!
Stitch & Fix Editing Challenge • Teacher Correction Guide Page 1 of 2
Grading & Grammar Rule Map
Standards Aligned
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