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Cursive Letters

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Cursive Letters

URL:

https://www.geogebra.org/m/vtdgpmkc

Content Source:

Other
Steve Phelps: GeoGebra

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

This resource provides looping videos that demonstrate the cursive writing strokes of each of the lowercase letters. The videos can be played during whole or small group instruction to demonstrate the correct cursive letter formation, while the teacher observes and provides feedback. These videos could also be used at a center rotation while students independently practice their cursive writing strokes.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2

37. Write legibly.

a. Write words and sentences fluently using correctly-formed manuscript letters with appropriate size and spacing.

b. Demonstrate cursive writing strokes, including undercurve, overcurve, downcurve, and slant.

c. Form uppercase and lowercase letters in cursive.

Unpacked Content

Teacher Vocabulary:

37.

Legibly

37a.

Manuscript letters
Fluently

37b.

Cursive writing strokes
Undercurve
Overcurve
Downcurve
Slant

37c.

Uppercase
Lowercase
Cursive

Knowledge:

37. Students know:

Legible writing can be read by others.

37a.

Legible manuscript writing requires letters to be formed correctly with the appropriate size and spacing between letters and words.
Fluently means writing without having to pause to think about the next motion.

37b.

Cursive writing is created using a series of strokes, including the undercurve, overcurve, downcurve, and slant.

37c.

The strokes to form uppercase and lowercase letters in cursive writing.

Skills:

37. Students are able to:

Write letters that can be read easily by others.

37a.

Fluently write words with correctly-formed, appropriately sized manuscript letters with appropriate spaces between the letters.
Fluently write sentences with correctly-formed, appropriately sized manuscript letters with appropriate spaces between the letters and the words.

37b.

Correctly form the cursive writing strokes including the undercurve, overcurve, downcurve, and slant.

37c.

Correctly use the cursive writing strokes to write the uppercase and lowercase cursive letters.

Understanding:

37. Students understand that:

Letters should be formed correctly and with appropriate spacing so it can be read by others.

37a.

Fluent, legible writing of words and sentences is an important skill as they begin to write longer pieces.

37b.

They can form cursive letters by using a series of basic strokes: the undercurve, overcurve, downcurve, and slant.

37c.

Combining cursive writing strokes forms the uppercase and lowercase cursive letters.

Tags:

cursive, downcurve, handwriting, letter, lowercase letters, overcurve, slant, undercurve, write, writing

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

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Cursive Letters