Handwriting Review for Homework

Handwriting is an important Kindergarten skill.  In Kindergarten, students learn to:
* Form letters from TOP to bottom
* Write from LEFT to right
* Return sweep to the next line
* Form letters clearly and fluently

Although we do formal handwriting practice in the classroom, sometimes when students write on their own they forget the proper letter formation.  To give a little extra practice with each letter, I am going to begin sending home extra handwriting practice.  This is great fine motor practice.  These are letters we have learned in the classroom.  They will look like this:  (There are TWO SIDES each day.)

Your child should:
1.  Review the formation steps
2.  Trace the first example letter (first box) with a pencil.
3.  Write in the second box with a pencil, starting at the dot.
4.  Continue from left to right (trace, write, trace, write, etc.) and return sweep to the next line.
5.  The last line (without the box) is for your child to write the letter him/herself.
6.  Circle the best one!
7.  Copy the word.
8.  Color the picture.
9.  Draw and write other examples of words that begin with that letter in the extra space.


This homework starts tonight with M and N!