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. This kit includes the student edition, practicemasters, and teacher's edition.
The fifth gradecursive workbook focuses on manuscript maintenance andmastery of cursive. Colorful and engaging exercises includetracing and writing letters, joinings, words, sentences, andlonger passages. Review and application exercises areincluded throughout. Shape, size, spacing and slant areemphasized as the keys to legibility. The last unit is"using what you have learned" and focuses on real-lifeapplications of cursive handwriting such as writing notes,writing an outline, writing a list, writing a poem, andmore. Original writing exercises help apply handwritingskills to narrative, explanatory, and opinion-based writingtasks. This student workbook includes "Handwriting Tutor" QRcodes; students can scan the QR codes with a mobile deviceto watch animated letter models and how-to videos.
- 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)
Theeasy-to-use teacher's edition features three-steplessons that follow a simple instructional plan of model,practice, and evaluate. This guide includes:
- Clearly stated objectives that guideinstruction.
- Short, clear stroke descriptions thatuse academic language and give teachers the exact words touse when modeling.
- Instructions to model usingskywriting with large muscle movements that reinforce themotor patterns for forming strokes and letters.
- References to Practice Masters (not included) that allowthe teacher to match additional practice to students' needs.
- Multiple opportunities to differentiate instructionincluding ELL, gross & fine motor development activities,and multisensory activities for kinesthetic, auditory, andvisual learners.
This 2020 edition features updatesto the basic strokes plus a new "reading historicaldocuments" feature in the student workbook; QR codes havebeen added to the practice masters.
This HomeschoolKit includes:
- Student Edition, 96 pages,indexed, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable workbook.9" x 11". Grade 5.
- Teacher Edition
Pleasenote that this item is only available for purchase byHomeschools located in the USA and Canada.
