The first grade workbook focuses on reinforcing manuscript handwriting. Colorful and engaging exercises increase legibility through regular self-evaluation and will help students develop fluency and automaticity. Students will trace and write strokes, letters, words, and sentences, along with numbers and basic math problems, with review and application included throughout. The student workbook includes "Handwriting Tutor" QR codes; students can scan the QR codes with a mobile device to watch animated letter models and how-to videos.

Directional features include:

• Letter models with arrows to show stroke sequence
• Green starting dots that show students where initial strokes begin
• Stroke descriptions to guide letter formation at home
• Stop-and-check signs to remind students to self-evaluate their letters
• Space to practice writing directly beneath models (that both left-and right-handed students can easily see)

The easy-to-use teacher's edition features three-step lessons that follow a simple instructional plan of model, practice, and evaluate. This guide includes:

• Clearly stated objectives that guide instruction.
• Short, clear stroke descriptions that use academic language and give teachers the exact words to use when modeling.
• Instructions to model using skywriting with large muscle movements that reinforce the motor patterns for forming strokes and letters.
• References to Practice Masters (not included) that allow the teacher to match additional practice to students' needs.
• Multiple opportunities to differentiate instruction including ELL, gross & fine motor development activities, and multisensory activities for kinesthetic, auditory, and visual learners.

The practice masters provide students with additional practice for every letter and skill and offer school-to-home activities/letters to reinforce correct letter formation at home. This set of practice masters also includes manipulative and multisensory learning activities along with additional handwriting support such as reproducibles of the Zaner-Bloser alphabets, award certificates, handwriting basics, and handwriting paper.

This Homeschool Kit includes:

• Student Edition, 144 pages, indexed, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable workbook. 11" x 9". Grade 1.
• Practice Masters
• Teacher Edition

This 2020 edition features updates to the basic strokes in the student workbook and QR codes have been added to the practice masters.

Please note that this item is only available for purchase by Homeschools located in the USA and Canada.