This cursive handwriting method teaches a vertical script and connects letters in streamlined ways, eliminating excess frills, serifs, etc. These features and the step-by-step instructions help students transition more smoothly from print to cursive. Students review print over the first 29 pages and then begin cursive. Visual clues and special tools aid in this process. This teacher guide carefully directs parents in teaching their student how to connect letters to form cursive script. You’ll have frequent opportunities to monitor your student’s handwriting progress with cumulative review. Explicit instruction includes reduced student pages, which guide parents using scripted teaching and additional connections to reading, writing, and knowledge. As you teach new letters, the teacher script will guide you in teaching the student. For example, in making a lowercase f, you might say, “You travel up, turn, down, and U-turn.” Students will need the Blackboard with Double Lines, Ready for Cursive Poster Set, and Little Chalk Bits. The Digital Tools mentioned are not needed for homeschool learning.158 pgs, sc. ~ Ruth
Cursive Kickoff 2025 Edition Teacher's Guide | Handwriting Without Tears
Product Overview
- Teaching philosophy aims for fluent handwriting skills
- Award-winning program connects handwriting skills to other subjects
- Teacher Guides and specially designed manipulatives are strongly recommended
- Does not correlate with the 2022 edition
Description
Handwriting Without Tears is a dedicated handwriting solution offering dynamic solutions that are both intuitive and customizable to classroom needs. Designed for adaptability and flexibility, the HWT 2025 editions match teaching to the best way to learn with explicit instruction that is simple to understand. We save you time and cost in producing superior outcomes.
Cursive Kickoff Teacher’s Guide is designed to minimize teacher prep time. Lessons include explicit print and cursive handwriting instruction with exact language for teaching each lesson. The multisensory activities, differentiation strategies, ideas for multilingual learners, and progress monitoring suggestions are also included on the lesson pages. Intentional connections to grade level literacy skills support any core ELA program to ensure literacy success:
- Reading Connections include phonologic and phonemic awareness, print concepts, phonics, and word recognition
- Writing Connections include grammar and composition
- Knowledge Building extensions related to Science, Social Studies, Math, Music, and Art
- Teach It includes best practices, A Click Aways and guidance on using classroom resources
- Digital Teaching provides reminders about digital teacher and student resources for each lesson
Students start by reviewing print letters in developmental order for the first 29 pages, then move to learning cursive lowercase letters. The goal of this cursive methodology is to teach form and not style. Therefore, letters are not written in slanted form. The order that cursive letters are taught is also different—a developmental progression. After every few letters that students learn and practice, they are given “Pause and Practice” pages to review letter creation. The double-lines for writing are ½ inch wide; however, this edition also provides opportunities to practice on other line types. Students will practice writing about various subjects: geography, months and dates, poems, and more. The Teacher Guide and consumable student book are sold individually, in student and teacher packages, or in packages with manipulatives. This program is great for left-handed students, students who struggle with handwriting, or students who want a streamlined approach to handwriting script. Students will need the manipulatives Ready for Cursive Poster Set, the Blackboard with Double Lines, and chalk bits with little sponge cubes. Packages are available. Note: Digital tools such as the IDTT (Interactive Digital Teaching Tool) are available for traditional classrooms only and are truly unnecessary in a small classroom/homeschool setting (for example, a giant smart-board projection of the letter K). References to these digital tools are clearly identified with a laptop/tablet icon.
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 2 |
| Brand: | Handwriting Without Tears |
| ISBN: | 9798885664547 |
| Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.375 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1 |