Daily Handwriting Practice
Contemporary Cursive
Keep handwriting legible with focused practice. Daily Handwriting Practice
provides a manageable half page of practice for every day of a 36-week
school year.
Skills covered include:
ð correct letter formation
ð letter placement
ð spacing between letters
ð spacing between words
Students write letters, words, and sentences about a variety of content area
topics appropriate for the classroom. During the final four weeks of the
practice, students create an alphabet book about insects.
About the Author:
Jill Norris holds an M.A. in reading from the University of Northern
Colorado. Her teaching career has spanned grades PreK-8. She has taught
in Colorado, Texas, North Carolina, and California.
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Permission is hereby granted to the individual
Author: Jill Norris purchaser to reproduce student materials in this book
Editor: Marilyn Evans for noncommercial individual or classroom use only.
Illustrator: Jo Larsen Permission is not granted for schoolwide,
Desktop: Joy Evans or systemwide, reproduction of materials.
Cover design: Cheryl Puckett Printed in U.S.A.
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Why Daily Handwriting Practice?
The premise behind Daily Handwriting Practice is simple
and straightforward¤frequent, focused practice of a
skill leads to mastery and retention of that skill.
What’s in Daily Handwriting Practice?
ð The book is divided into 36 weekly sections. On Monday through Thursday
students complete half pages to practice writing letters, words, and
sentences. Friday’s practice is a full page.
Nonsense Rhymes
Doüù b¸ tÝÚ rˤÕ,
Name:
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Name:
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Nonsense Rhymes Fun
Monday Friday
Bu¡þÚ gÊ¿, b´¡þÚ gÊ¿,
Doüù b¸ tÝÚ sÚ, cÝÚ aÐ
bþÑü.
Nonsense Rhymes
M¿, M¿, I a¿ sË.
Name:
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Bu¡þÚ gÊ¿, b´¡þÚ gÊ¿,
Wednesday sÕÓÚ yÑ´Õ tѤ.
KË w¤Ð fËÂÝËÐÜ w¨ËÝ kËÚРtÝÕÚÚ. SeÐ
fѱ tÝÚ dѢѱ,
Bu¡þÚ gÊ¿, b´¡þÚ gÊ¿,
tÂÚÂ sÑ s¤Ú.
Ge tÝ b´¡þÚ gÊ¿ o¥Û yÑ´Õ fÚÚ!
Copy the rhyme.
QÊË, qÊË, qÊË!
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Nonsense Rhymes
JѧÐРoµ¤Õ tÝÚ o¢ÚÐ.
Name:
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JѧÐРoµ¤Õ tÝÚ sÚ.
Nonsense Rhymes
CËÐ
ÚÕÚÒÒ dÕÚÂÂÚ
iËÐ rÚ
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Thursday
JѧÐÐ b±ÑªÚ a cÊÓ aÐ
hÚ bþ¿Ú
mÚ. WeÐ iËÐÂË
Ú tÑ bÎÚ sÑòÚ b±Ú
.
Hoü mÐ lÑΤ dË
CËÐ
ÚÕÚÒÒ bÎÚ?
ð A full-page chart showing proper letter formation is included.
ð Daily Handwriting Practice is more than handwriting. While completing the
handwriting exercises, students learn about a variety of curriculum topics:
The Alphabet Unusual Animals
Capital Letters Owls Are Amazing Hunters
Months of the Year Whales
Days of the Week The Water Cycle
Geography Facts Using Good Verbs
Inventors Figures of Speech
The Seven Continents Colors and Alliteration
The Weather Learning About Beavers
Our Presidents Simple Machines
Games Around the World Famous Quotations
Native American Tribes Sports Around the World
Unusual Plants Candy Around the World
Prefixes and Suffixes Learning About Kenya
Rhyming Words Writing About Math
Rivers of the World Alphabets Around the World
Nonsense Rhymes
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Letter Formation Chart
Contemporary Cursive
Aa Bb Cc Dd
EÚ Ff Gg Hh
I Ë Jj Kk Ll
Mm Nn Oo Pp
Qq Rr Ss Tt
Uu Vv Ww Xx
Yy Zz
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Name: The Alphabet
1
aaa bbb
Monday
ccc ddd
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eee fff
c d bÎ
fÚ aÚ b¤
fÚÚ bÎ dÚÚ
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Name: The Alphabet
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ggg hhh
Tuesday
iË iË iË jjj
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kkk lll
kË
lË
b¨Ë
lÚÜ hËÒÒ j
dËÜ b¨ËÜ cÚ
