Kindergarten Writing
"You can make anything by writing."
~C. S. Lewis
Handwriting
The students will learn to write all of the capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet and the numbers zero through twenty. Throughout the year the students will learn how to correctly form each letter and number. Before the students enter first grade they will be expect to write dictated letters (Aa-Zz) and numbers (0-20). Our school district has adopted the Zaner-Bloser handwriting style. Below you will see the letter formation guide showing the pencil strokes for capital & lowercase letters and numbers. Below are links to websites and resources that allow you to create and print your own handwriting pages so your child can practice with you at home.
"You can make anything by writing."
~C. S. Lewis
Handwriting
The students will learn to write all of the capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet and the numbers zero through twenty. Throughout the year the students will learn how to correctly form each letter and number. Before the students enter first grade they will be expect to write dictated letters (Aa-Zz) and numbers (0-20). Our school district has adopted the Zaner-Bloser handwriting style. Below you will see the letter formation guide showing the pencil strokes for capital & lowercase letters and numbers. Below are links to websites and resources that allow you to create and print your own handwriting pages so your child can practice with you at home.
Zaner-Bloser Alphabet & Number Chart | |
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Writing
The students will also be writing sentences by the end of the year. We begin by writing phrases with our high-frequency words. Then, we move on to writing full sentences.
We teach the students three important rules of sentence writing:
1. Start your sentence with a capital/uppercase letter.
2. Put spaces between words.
3. End your sentence with the correct punctuation mark (. ! ?).
We begin writing sentences as we learn high-frequency words. We put these words together to make sentences and we work together to learn how to correctly write sentences. By the end of the year, students should be able to independently write one or more sentences. Below are some resources you can use at home to practice writing sentences with your child.