Computing · Stage 3

Edit & Improve

Thinking It Through · create · go back to your work, fix what is wrong, and make it better

✦ Computing📘 Stage 3 · S3⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 7–8★ Free to start

change and improve your work

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Kavi Makes the Owl Page Better

Kavi had made a page about owls — but reading it again, Kavi noticed something. The word owl was typed owll. "Oops — a spelling mistake!" So Kavi changed the word to fix it. Then Kavi thought, "My page only says owls fly. I can tell more." So Kavi added a sentence: owls can turn their heads far around. The page was now clearer and told more. "When I go back and make my work better, that is called editing — I can always change and improve what I made." Last of all, Kavi saved it again so the better page was kept.

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What your child will learn

1A first try, or an improved one?Your first try is a start — but you can always go back and make it better. To edit means to change your work: fix mistakes, add detail, make it clearer. The improved version tells the reader more.

2How you can make work betterWhen you go back to edit, there are a few good ways to improve your work. Tap each one to hear what it does.

3How to edit and improveEditing is a little program — steps in order. Press ▶ Run and watch Kavi go back and make the owl page better.

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A peek inside

Kavi reads the page again and sees owll where it should say owl. What should Kavi do to improve the work?

a wrong spelling should be changed to the right one

Try this at home: Going back to change and improve your work is called ____.

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Part of Computing · Stage 3 · S3 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.