HWT: Cursive Handwriting (2025 Edition) Teacher’s Guide

Suggested Ages (8-9)

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Cursive Handwriting Teacher’s Guide is designed to minimize teacher prep time. Lessons include explicit cursive handwriting instruction with exact language for teaching each lesson. The multisensory activities, differentiation strategies, ideas for multilingual learners, and progress monitoring suggestions are also included on the lesson pages. Intentional connections to grade level literacy skills support any core ELA program to ensure literacy success:

• Reading Connections include phonologic and phonemic awareness, print concepts, phonics, and word recognition
• Writing Connections include grammar and composition
• Knowledge Building extensions related to Science, Social Studies, Math, Music, and Art
• Teach It includes best practices, A Click Aways and guidance on using classroom resources
• Digital Teaching provides reminders about digital teacher and student resources for each lesson