Building on the skills taught in workbook 1, a quick review of letters and connecting these letters are provided in fun exercises with Mr. Meerkat. Lessons take between 10-15 minutes. The workbook is spiral-bound along the top, so your wrists are not resting on the coil. The focus of this level is working on automatization in writing letters from memory and fluency. From the letter review, practice flows into sentences copywork and letter sizing. Starting lessons will have students working at a 42-point font and working them down to an 18-point font. Letter spacing and word spacing is addressed. Tests and self-evaluations are scattered throughout. Scripture and famous quotes are used as copywork samples in this workbook. Everything you need to help instruct your students in cursive is found in this book. There is a supplemental software (050483) that provides additional practice pages and lessons you can create. Supplemental lesson plans (056839) are also available to help you schedule and plan penmanship into your curriculum year. 137 pgs, pb. ~Rebecca
New American Cursive 2 Workbook (Scripture) 4ED
Description
New American Cursive is an easy-to-follow resource for teaching beginning cursive. It presents simplified letter forms, using multi-sensory methods to aid in the learning of motor skills necessary to write well. Developed by Iris Hatfield, with over 35 years of experience in the handwriting field, the book improves the process of teaching handwriting and allows students to start at a younger age.
New American Cursive 2:
- Eight-page Teaching Guide included
- 125 instruction exercises for excellent penmanship development
- Practice pages include Bible verses and character-building quotes
- Simplified alphabet, unnecessary strokes eliminated
- Bound at the top for ease of use by left-handed students
- Clear starting dots and arrow directions
- Includes exercises to develop creative writing skills
- Blank reproducible practice pages included
- Extra copy practice for subject mastery
- Flexible method allows for the individuality of the child
New American Cursive teaches your child cursive skills beginning in first grade. There are fewer strokes, a natural right slant, and the strokes are simplified. The program’s philosophy is that students have the motor skills to write cursive at the first grade level, but when we wait to teach them at about third grade, they go back to the speed of first grade writing as they transition from print to cursive.
Mr. Meerkat guides your child through each book as he shows
the way to draw each letter and encourages creativity. Each lesson includes 3
different types of practice pages. The first page is the instruction page on
which students follow a 3-step process under Mr. Meerkat’s direction. Students
first say the letter followed by feeling the letter. In this second step,
students trace large format letters with their finger and are also encouraged
to write the letters in the air or draw them on a table with their finger. The
third step is to write the letter, both upper and lower case, first by tracing
and then by forming the letter freehand.
The second page of the lesson is a practice page, and the third page contains fun exercises and artwork. Students will practice letter connections, words, and short sentences and even have an opportunity to draw something fun. A reminder for proper paper placement and pencil position is placed at the bottom of pages throughout the book.
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 2-4 |
| Brand: | Memoria Press |
| ISBN: | 9780979767890 |
| Length in Inches: | 9 |
| Width in Inches: | 11.125 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.75 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.95 |