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Catch on to Cursive
SKU
081369
ISBN
9781683442448
Grade 3-5
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Traditional
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Charlotte Mason
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Religious Content
Secular
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Christian/Religious
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Learning Modality
Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
Multi-Sensory
Curriculum that employ a variety of activities/components.
Presentation
Sequential
Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
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Teacher Involvement
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Medium Teacher Involvement
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High Teacher Involvement
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Description
If fishing thrills your kids, they'll be hooked on this approach to D'Nealian cursive handwriting. Students learn about fishing (and a wee bit of science) and practice penmanship skills. Cartoon characters Skeeter, Susie, and Anna guide them through Bible content as a context for writing, specifically highlighting the “fishers of men," parables, the Beatitudes, and God's creation. As a member of Club Skeeter, your child will mark progress, receiving paper badges to collect and color as their skills progress. Each week, one letter is covered for 3 days (Go Fish sections). On the third day, “weigh-in" with review or practice activities. Day 5 provides a spiritual application prompt for discussion or writing practice. Activities will include some additional household supplies (list provided in Gather Your Gear). Periodic “Fishing Derbies" allow students to show off their mastered skills. A schedule provides options for older or younger students. This book is full of interactive ways to help students gain cursive skills over the 36 weekly units (Tackle Boxes), with 1 Bait & Tackle lesson daily).
Gear UP (16 total) tasks provide visual tracking, hand-eye control, and core strength activities that are repeated throughout the year. For older students, or those needing more practice, an additional 110 activities are included (with longer Scripture passages; lists/ideas for various topics, brief paragraph-length writing prompts, and more). While references are ESV and NKJV, your choice of Bible version is easy to incorporate.
Layout is vibrant yet uncluttered, with 1/2" writing lines (dotted center line). You'll need additional handwriting paper since daily practice space is limited. Puzzle answer keys are available from publisher as download. Includes a page on left-handed writers, a scope and sequence for recording. Consumable workbook is 3-hole punched, perforated, and nonreproducible. 528 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth
Publisher's Description of Catch on to Cursive
Mastering cursive letters can be lots of fun when you join Skeeter, Anna, and Susie on a fishing adventure! Your students will learn to make precise letters while discovering fishing and growing in their love for Christ. Catch on to Cursive is a 36-week, elementary-level course that includes two schedules, so younger and older students will both benefit from the material.
Category Description for Masterbooks Handwriting Program
These interactive handwriting courses from Master Books will “hook” your students on handwriting and they’ll learn about animals, fishing, and a wee bit of science as well.
Catch on to Cursive introduces cursive with a fishing theme and Handwriting: A to Zoo teaches manuscript with an animal theme. Cartoon characters guide your students through Bible content as a context for writing, specifically highlighting the “fishers of men,” parables, the Beatitudes, and God’s creation in Catch on to Cursive. Students will mark their progress and collect paper badges. In daily assignments, students learn, practice, and review. A spiritual application prompt provides discussion or writing practice opportunities. Another unique feature: the cursive program emphasizes visual tracking, hand-eye control, and core strength activities— engaging the whole body.
Additional activities, including writing lists and other writing prompts are provided for more writing practice. Scriptures are ESV and NKJV, but your favorite version is easy to incorporate. You might desire additional handwriting paper since daily practice space is limited. These hefty workbooks are paperback, 3-hole punched, perforated, and non-reproducible.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 3-5 |
| Brand: | Master Book Publishers |
| Author: | Carrie Bailey |
| ISBN: | 9781683442448 |
| Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.375 |
| Height in Inches: | 1.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 3.15 |
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Why did you choose this?
Looks like a well thought out transition from print to cursive, with a fun theme
to help a struggling reader, to learn cursive and because it is of interest with the fishing aspect
My third grader always wants to fish. I think she will be interested in the topic while learning to write in cursive.
My guy needs kinesthetic ways to learn and this covers it.