Thinking About Cursive | The Principal of Change.
After struggling with many of my students poor motor skills and barely legible printing I began to wonder if cursive writing could be a way of working on their motor skills without going back and working on printing letters which was what I felt was needed but that would have been somewhat demeaning in Grade 7. I started a cursive writing program that includes vocabulary and time spent coming up with words using a specific set of letters that they have learned so far. It also groups the letters by style and shape rather than alphabetically. My students are enjoying it and I am seeing results with the overall quality (and legibility) of their printing and work. We don't spend a huge amount of time on it but I often start the day with 15 minutes of cursive to "warm up" and 15 minutes at the end of a day.
