Daily Handwriting Modern Manuscript Te

By Evan-Moor Educational Publishing, Jill Norris, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Daily Handwriting Practice, Modern Manuscript is more than just a handwriting book; it is a learning tool that helps developing young minds practice basic skills in an interesting and unique way.

For example, as students learn to clearly write, "The gray ant is in third place," they are reinforcing their understanding of colors and ordinal numbers. Students write letters, words, and sentences about a variety of content-area topics appropriate for the primary classroom.

Monday through Thursday, the weekly subjects for writing exercises include nutrition, our solar system, pets, and vehicles. On Friday, a full-page exercise draws the topic to a close by reviewing what was learned earlier that week.

This book is a useful and effective teaching tool because each letter is introduced and practiced before students are asked to use it.

Practice includes the following important vocabulary words:

color wordsnumber wordsdays of the week and monthsposition wordssportsfamily members

Curriculum topics addressed include:

nutritionthe solar systemthe layers of the Earthrecyclingfractionsthe continentsgeometric shapesmoneyenergy

Skills reinforced that help keep handwriting legible include:

correct letter formationletter placementspacing between lettersspacing between words

About Evan-Moor
A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557997551
• ISBN13: 9781557997555
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 7

Customer Reviews

easy to use

As workbooks go, this one is pretty good. It's got some pictures to keep the pages interesting, and its very manageable from a kid's point of view. I especially like the use of "modern" manuscript -- basically, the letter shapes are made of curved rather than straight line segments, so when the child wants to start connecting their letters (i.e., writing in cursive) it's an easy step. By the way, my favorite series for cursive is Getty-Dubay modern italic, which would fit nicely with this book.