1. Use correct letter formation to write upper and lower case letters 
2. Use correct directionality
3. Use appropriate spacing between words
4. Write on first grade handwriting paper

Handwriting Practice Made Easy
Students use lined whiteboards as tools for learning and practicing handwriting skills.

Eliminating Reversals
A daily practice activity to eliminate the number of reversals with numbers and letters.

Ample Apple
Students make observations about the growing process of an apple tree. They complete expository writing and draw illustrations in a student writing book. This lesson includes a cooking activity.
 

Write! How to Teach Handwriting This provides a detailed description of exactly how you should teach handwriting.

Born Thinker: A great site that shows how to write the alphabet in print. The letters are not D'Nealian but you can use the letters that are similar.

Beginning Handwriting Lesson Plan: This is a good activity for the beginning of school.

Handwriting Worksheet Maker: Make custom handwriting sheets at the click of a button. This site allows the teacher to make up one sentence worksheets for beginning handwriting.

Dynamic Tracer Pages:  This site is really easy to use.  You can create handwriting sheets.

Penmanship Practice: This website has a large supply of handwriting pintables including readiness practice sheets, manuscript handwriting sheets and awards.

Free Jan Brett Alphabet Sheets: Modern or Traditional Manuscript - Printable! Use letters together as an alphabet line or separately as flash cards.

Learning Page: Learning Page provides a huge collection of professionally produced instructional materials you can download and print.
 

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