W-+Cursive

In third grade, students are introduced to cursive writing. This can seem like an overwhelming task, but it can be done! The way you want to teach cursive writing is up to you. It is recommended that you start writing every other letter or so in cursive when you write on the board so students can begin to read cursive. There is a big difference between writing cursive and reading cursive!

To start, you might want to begin with the letters in isolation. You can use the following link to find worksheets to have practice for individual letters:

[|Super Teacher- letters in isolation]

Some fun ways to practice cursive writing: -Sky Write- students practice writing in the air with their fingers making large, dramatic movements -Shaving Cream Writing- Provide students with a small amount of shaving cream on their desk and allow students to practice writing their letters in the cream- they love this! -White boards - students can easily practice writing and erase on white boards

A thing that I have discovered that I LOVE using for lots of things is using plastic sheet protectors. You can buy these in packages of 100. You can use these for any worksheet and students can write on them with dry erase markers or vis-a-vis markers. You can place cursive worksheets in these sheet protectors and students can use them as a center and they are easily changed.

[|Cursive Worksheet Resources]

Here are a few sheets that have words in cursive that students can practice underneath. There are some great ones for curriculum connections!

[|January.doc] [|Justin.pdf]  [|Geography.pdf]

[|Mondays.pdf] [|Fly.pdf]  [|Cursive48Ref.pdf] [|Look.pdf] [|Cursive36Ref.pdf]  [|Continents.pdf] [|Living Things.pdf] [|Beavers.pdf] [|Kitten.pdf] [|Northern Hemishpere.pdf] [|Tigers.pdf]  [|Kangaroo.pdf]