when I'm starting with
worries way like moose
skies and new science. So many
words to say gives right
right
line. I feel just fine. Let's write the
time away. It's the right
time. Hi, I'm Shannon
Losi and I teach boys and girls just like you.
Today we're going to begin an exciting new adventure.
We're going to learn cursive writing and I'm here to help you. You're
going to find that some curse of letters are very similar to
manuscript, while others are very different. Okay. Are you
ready? Let's get started. Slow. See, Miss
Losi. Can I help? Can I help?
Absolutely. This is Bob. Hi,
everybody. Watch what I can do. I can write
under curve slant spots. Check stroke. Uppercase. Loki.
Okay. I think they get the idea. Let's just say
that Bob is going to help us learn cursive writing.
That is correct.
Let's see, I introduced myself and Bob to you, and I
also mentioned we're going to go for manuscript into cursive writing.
But I come for getting something,
um, overheat.
Of course, it's the right time folder. You may have a
folder similar to this one with sleeves inside to hold your
papers, but whatever you use, it would be nice if you kept all of
your cursive writing together. That way you'll always know where to find
your work, and you'll be able to keep track of your progress.
I'm sure your teacher can help you find your folder. Now
take a look at my desk. What do you see? All you see are the things that
I need to write with and that's paper and, in your case, a
sharpened pencil. I'm going to use this marker so you can
see more clearly what I write when you're writing.
Please only use a pencil and not a marker. Now, I'd like for you to
be sitting up nice and straight in your chair with both feet flat on the
floor. While you do that, Bob has a message for you.
Hi, boys and girls. It's time to write in cursive.
Here's the same message written in manuscript. Let's read it
together. Hi, boys and girls. It's time to write
in cursive. As you can see, some of the curse of
letters look the same as the manuscript, and some don't
let's match ups a manuscript letters with cursive letters
Bob, Let's get started. Okay,
Follow along with me and match up the manuscript letters to the
curse of letters. The first letter is the letter I
as an ice match up the manuscript letter.
I they look pretty similar, don't they?
Now let's move on to our next letter. I know you
recognized a manuscript Letter Z. It's Z
as in zebra. Now find the letter
Z in cursive. Here's a good example
of a curse of letter that looks nothing like the letter in
manuscript. Did you find the correct curse of letter? Why?
I bet you did. Let's move down to the next
manuscript. Letter G as in goat.
Now let's match it up with the curse of D. The
G's look pretty similar.
Can you find the next curse of letter? It's the letter
J. As in jester.
Let's draw a line over to the curse of gay, and we find that
the cursive and the manuscript J both have dots
on top. Now let's match up the last curse of
letter. It's why, as in yellow,
match up the two wines.
As you continue to write in cursive, you'll find more
similarities and differences between manuscript and cursive
letters. Teachers keep practicing the recognition of
cursive letters by putting together matching manuscript and
cursive letters of your own. Now I'm going to read a
sentence that I want you to try to read along with me. I don't want
you to write this sentence yet, so keep your pencils down,
Bob. I need your assistance here. Breathe this
sentence along with me if you can. The crazy
brown fox jumped over the grassy hill quickly.
I know this sentence sounds like a silly thing to say, but if you
look closely, this sentence has every letter in the
alphabet. Teachers write this sentence up on the board,
so they'll have plenty of time to copy it later on. I want you
to try and write the sentence. Even though you haven't written and cursive
yet. Be sure to write your name and put today's date on the
paper when you're finished, then place your work inside your
folder, so you'll always know where it is. I
know this may be very difficult for you, but that's okay because we're just
starting. As we progress in cursive writing, you'll be able to see
your improvement this is your first try, and I want you to save
it. We'll compare it to your cursive writing when we finish learning the
curse of alphabet. I want to write some more in
cursive. Okay? Right for me. Just
three words in manuscript and then in cursive. The words
are I see it, That's all.
That's all. Okay, here we
go. I see it. What are the two main
differences you see for manuscript writing to cursive
writing first in cursive writing all the
letters air going together, as you can see in
manuscript. The letters air separated. Now
what's the other difference between the two
in cursive writing, the letters air slanted forward to the
right, whereas in manuscript the letters are vertical
or straight up and down
before you can start with cursive writing, you need to have the
correct paper position. Take your writing
paper and place it in front of you on your desk. Position the
paper straight up and down like this. If you're right
handed, you want to line up this bottom left side corner so
it points to your tummy by turning your paper to the left. Like
this. Your other hand in this case, your left hand will
hold your paper down like this and you'll write like this.
Now, for those of you who write with your left hand, turn your
paper back to the center like this, and now line up the
paper so that your bottom right corner is pointing to your tummy
by turning your paper to the right like this. Now
hold the paper down with your right hand. This is the
position for left handed writing, so whether you're
left handed or you're right handed, this is the
paper position for cursive writing.
Before we begin writing our basic cursive strokes, let's
get familiar with the lines on your writing paper,
Bob. The bottom line is called the
Baseline. The middle line is called the midline,
and the top is called E. The top line.
Bob is now going to show you the basic strokes, along with
examples of cursive letters that have these strokes in them.
Don't try to write the letters. Just pay close attention to the basic
strokes. Okay, Bob, let's right.
The first cursive stroke will practice is called the Under
Curve Stroke. You're on Bob. The
under curve starts at the baseline and curves up
to the midline.
Like in the letters W and I
owls that Miss Lucy Perfect.
I want you to watch me make an under curve stroke first, and then we'll do it
together. Since I'm right handed, I position the
paper this way to my left and hold down the paper with my left
hand. If you're left handed, you position the paper this way
and hold it down with your right hand.
I start from the baseline and stop the midline.
The under curve stroke is the beginning stroke for the under curve
letters. Now pick up your pencil and write with me.
Start from the baseline and finish at the
midline. How did you? D'oh! Let's make
another nice under curve stroke and under
curve again. Start from the baseline
and under curve teachers. You may
want to check the position of the students papers, especially for the
left handed students. Watch to see that they're not developing. Ah,
hook like this.
Bob, Let's continue with another basic stroke.
This is a slam stroke. The slam stroke starts
at the midline, then comes down to the baseline
like in the letters you on
N watch
me first as I make the slant stroke started the
midline and then come down to the baseline.
Now I'm right handed. So when I write a slant stroke, I
pulled down toward my tummy like this.
Now pick up your pencil and let's make this lance stroke
together. Remember the direction you're pulling.
Let's write a few more, pulled down the slant stroke
from the midline to the baseline again
and pull one more slant
and pull. So here we have the under curve
stroke and the slant stroke. Let's move
on to another basic stroke. It's called the Down Curve
Stroke Bob Cursive letters Using the
down curves. Start at the midline and curve
down to the baseline, like in the letters
A and see
Let's practice making just the down curves. If you need
to move your paper up to start with a new writing space, go ahead.
My paper is ready to write. Okay, pick up your pencil
and write with me. Started the midline and curved
down to the baseline. Good. Let's write
another and give yourself some space Between each down curve
from the midline and down curve to the baseline.
Again started the midline down curve to the
baseline. Nice job.
There's one more basic stroke. It's called the over curve
stroke. Put your pencil down for now and watch Bob.
Don't try to write the letters, just the over curve
stroke. This time, the over curve stroke
starts at the baseline, then curves up to the midline
like in the letters M and B.
That's great, Bob. Let's write the over curve
stroke together. Now let's take a look. We
started the baseline and curve up to the midline.
Let's write it again. Baseline and curve
up and write it one more time.
Baseline and curve up.
Now take a look at the down curve and the over
curve stroke. The curve looks the same, doesn't
it? But the down curve starts at the midline
and curves down while the over curve
starts at the baseline and curves up.
Now shift your paper. If you have thio and right, two more
over curve strokes with me. Ready,
baseline and up. One
more baseline and up. Very
good. Okay, put your pencil down.
Let's review what we've done. There are four basic
strokes to cursive writing the under curve.
That's brilliant. The down
curve and the over curve.
Practice these basic strokes so you'll be ready to start writing
letters. Bob, do you know what we'll be doing in our
next programme? If I guess right? Can I
go on a cruise? No. You're staying right here
with me. In our next programme,
we will use the four basic strokes to write cursive letters.
Teachers remember to have the boys and girls sign and date their work
before putting it in their folder. Well, I think it's time to say goodbye.
Bob's Goodbye.
See you next time. Bye bye,
right loop
stops and line. I feel just fine. Let's
write the time away. It's the
right