Zaner-Bloser Handwriting is a complete handwritingprogram that can be taught in as little as 15 minutes a day!The Zaner-Bloser style teaches a vertical manuscriptalphabet that is made up of only four simple strokes and issimilar to the letter forms most widely used in everydayprint.
The fifth grade cursive workbook focuses onmanuscript maintenance and mastery of cursive. Colorful andengaging exercises include tracing and writing letters,joinings, words, sentences, and longer passages. Review andapplication exercises are included throughout. Shape, size,spacing and slant are emphasized as the keys to legibility.The last unit is "using what you have learned" and focuseson real-life applications of cursive handwriting such aswriting notes, writing an outline, writing a list, writing apoem, and more. Original writing exercises help applyhandwriting skills to narrative, explanatory, andopinion-based writing tasks. This student workbook includes"Handwriting Tutor" QR codes; students can scan the QR codeswith a mobile device to watch animated letter models andhow-to videos.
Directional features include:
- Letter models with arrows to show strokesequence
- Green starting dots that show studentswhere initial strokes begin
- Stroke descriptions to guideletter formation at home
- Stop-and-check signs to remindstudents to self-evaluate their letters
- Space topractice writing directly beneath models (that both left-andright-handed students can easily see)
- StudentEdition, 96 pages, indexed, softcover. Non-reproducible;consumable workbook. 9" x 11". Grade 5.
This 2020edition features updates to the basic strokes plus a new"reading historical documents" feature in the studentworkbook; QR codes have been added to the practice masters.
Please note that this item is only available forpurchase by Homeschools located in the USA andCanada.
