Writing & Grammar Ladder · Elementary · Grade K–4

Handwriting: Print and Cursive

For ages 5 to 10, read aloud with a grown-up: sitting, holding the pencil and placing the paper, every print letter and number with its strokes, then a traditional cursive: the basic strokes, lowercase and capitals, joining letters, sentences, your signature, and reading cursive, old documents included.

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Unit 1 Getting Ready to Write

4 topics

How to sit, hold the pencil and place the paper, and the lines letters live on.

  1. Sitting to Write
  2. Holding the Pencil
  3. Placing the Paper
  4. The Lines We Write On

Unit 2 Print Letters: Lowercase

8 topics

The strokes that make every letter, where each letter starts, and the lowercase letters in groups that share a stroke.

  1. The Strokes That Make Letters
  2. Start at the Top
  3. Stick Letters: l, i and t
  4. Circle Letters: c, o, a, d, g and q
  5. Down, Up and Over: r, n, m, h, b and p
  6. Slant Letters: v, w, x, y, z and k
  7. Special Letters: e, f, j, s and u
  8. Tall, Short and Tail Letters

Unit 3 Print Letters: Capitals

4 topics

Capitals made of straight lines, slants and curves, and the letters that are easy to flip.

  1. Capitals with Straight Lines
  2. Capitals with Slants
  3. Capitals with Curves
  4. b, d, p and q

Unit 4 Spacing and Neat Printing

4 topics

Room between letters and words, letters the right size on the lines, and a neat copy.

  1. Letters Close Together
  2. A Finger Space Between Words
  3. Sitting on the Lines
  4. Copying Neatly

Unit 5 Numbers

3 topics

Writing 0 to 9 with the right strokes, and numbers that are easy to write backward.

  1. Writing 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4
  2. Writing 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
  3. Numbers That Get Flipped

Unit 6 Getting Ready for Cursive

3 topics

What cursive is, its four basic strokes, and the slant every letter shares.

  1. What Cursive Is
  2. The Basic Cursive Strokes
  3. The Cursive Slant

Unit 7 Cursive Lowercase

6 topics

The lowercase letters in the groups they are usually taught in, from i t u w to the tricky connectors b o v w.

  1. Cursive i, t, u and w
  2. Loop Letters: e, l, h, k, b and f
  3. The c Family: a, c, d, g, o and q
  4. Hill Letters: n, m, v, x, y and z
  5. Cursive r, s, p and j
  6. Tricky Connectors: b, o, v and w

Unit 8 Cursive Capitals

4 topics

The capitals in four families, and which ones join the next letter.

  1. Cursive Capitals A, C, E and O
  2. Cursive Capitals H, K, M, N, U, V, W, X, Y and Z
  3. Cursive Capitals B, F, P, R and T
  4. Cursive Capitals D, G, I, J, L, Q and S

Unit 9 Joining Letters and Words

3 topics

How letters connect, entry and exit strokes, and spacing between joined words.

  1. Joining Letters
  2. Capitals That Join and Capitals That Don’t
  3. Spacing Joined Words

Unit 10 Cursive Sentences and Your Signature

3 topics

Writing whole sentences in cursive, checking letters, and signing your name.

  1. Writing Sentences in Cursive
  2. Checking Letter Shapes
  3. Signing Your Name

Unit 11 Reading Cursive

3 topics

Reading cursive letters, words and notes, and the handwriting of old documents.

  1. Reading Cursive Letters
  2. Reading Cursive Words
  3. Reading Old Handwriting
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