Crossword puzzle · Typing & Digital Skills
Editing words crossword · Grade 5
Solve a crossword of up to 11 words about editing words from kid-friendly clues, with a word bank to help. Builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning.
- Grade 5 · ages 10 to 11
- Medium
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
Goes with the game Midnight Library.
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The crossword clues
Directions: Read each clue and pick the answer from the word bank. Write one letter in each box.
- Word bank
- AUTOCORRECT · CURSOR · DELETE · DRAFT · EDIT · FORMAT · INDENT · PROOFREAD
- REVISE · TYPO · WORD COUNT
- Across
- 1 Change how text looks: size, font, bold (6)
- 4 A small typing mistake (4)
- 6 Tool that tells how long your writing is (4, 5)
- 8 Improve your ideas and wording (6)
- 9 The blinking line where text appears (6)
- 10 Fix spelling, punctuation and grammar (4)
- 11 Move the first line of a paragraph in (6)
- Down
- 2 Feature that fixes common mistakes as you type, sometimes wrongly (11)
- 3 The first version of a piece of writing (5)
- 5 Read carefully to find mistakes (9)
- 7 Remove text (6)
What your child practices
Your child builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning. The skill is “Edit typed text”: find marked typos and fix them with Backspace and careful retyping.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 5, ages 10 to 11
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Typing & Digital Skills
- Level
- Medium for Grade 5
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the first across clue together so the format is clear. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 5, for practice after the skill has been taught.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Use the letter count after each clue and any crossing letters when a clue gets stuck.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
Typing & Digital Skills · Grade 5
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