READING and WRITING OPTIONS
Writing Options: Handwriting
Handwriting Activity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ruled Printing Practice
SMARTboard Practice
Once you open the file, just change the letters to ones you'd like your class/student to practice. Students select and drag the letter to the ruled line and use the SMARTboard stylus to practice writing letters. You will obviously need the DNealian font installed on your computer in order for the file to work. You will also need the SmartNotebook software to view/use these files. It is free to download from Smarttech: http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/SBS/.
Name Tickets
We call these "name tickets" and students write one each morning. They are both sentence strips that have been laminated. One is the "model" that students use as a reference and mentor; the other is laminated and used over and over every day. It can be erased if students need to "try again".
Handwriting House Guides
Download the document, print a class set, laminate, and then use for handwriting instruction. Each student would need one handwriting house guide. Use wipe off crayons and tissues for an easy, scent-free experience! I used these before I purchased the "Ground to Sky" materials from Frog Street Press.
Sentence Strip Word Bank Flip Books
Lakeshore Flip Books:
thematic
word families
alphabet
phonics
Frog Street Press "Sky to Ground" Handwriting Resources/Tools
These very colorful guides (below) help students with letter shape and size. I purchased the "Smart Start" K-1 Writing Paper, "Smart Start" Sentence Strips, "Smart Start" Teacher Chart, 4 "Smart Start" Super Slates, and then made a class set of corresponding tactile, felt handwriting guides for students to use with their finger tips when we practice handwriting as a class. I laminated a class set of the writing paper and a class set of the sentence strips for wipe and write handwriting lessons.