Read it back, compare it with the page, and fix slips before you hand in.
Checking is a three-step trick: read it back, compare it with the page, and find the slip.
Read it back with a finger under each letter, and say each letter softly, so your eyes slow down.
A slip comes in three kinds: a letter can be missing, extra or swapped.
When you find one, tap backspace, fix it, and read the line again. Your reader sees the page, so a careful look is a gift to them.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
Two letters swapped. The l and the a changed places.
A letter missing. The first a is missing.
Read it back, compare it, find the slip. Then fix it with backspace before you hand it in.
Because the reader sees the page. A careful look is a gift to the person who reads it.
Ask a grown-up to pick a short line from a book, and type it. Slide a finger under your line, compare it with the page, and fix slips with backspace.
Ask your child to read their typing back with a finger under each letter before it goes anywhere; when they spot a slip themselves, say well spotted, and never point it out first.
