Progressive Pritig T.M. age 5½+ The easy, fu (ad FREE!) way to teach hadwritig. Book 5: Makig Waves: o - Teaches the wave hadwritig patter, which is used to form the letters u ad y, ad is also used extesively (later i school) whe joied-up hadwritig is taught. - Teaches lowercase letters u ad y - Itroduces the qu letter combiatio. - Also practices the basic letter-patter groups. Book 5: Makig Waves Letters taught: Also practices (by tracig ad copyig) the differet letter patter groups. Step 1 Step 2 Prit out these istructios ad worksheets. For more tha oe studet, prit copies of the Worksheets Oly versio of this booklet. Whe doig more tha oe lesso a day, take a break betwee the lessos (a sack, a walk, a ap whatever works). This helps to maximize the metal processig of the material.
Lesso 1 (Part 1) Verbal lesso: The wave patter Lesso 1 (Part 1) cotiued... This is the wave patter (draw o blackboard or piece of paper) Air Writig Write some waves i the air, makig ONE soud for each wave We use the wave patter to write the letters <u> u y ad <y> Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... (or, Whee, whee, whee, or ay other soud of your choosig). The have your child/studets air write waves i the air, also sayig the soud out loud. We also use the wave patter whe we do joied-up hadwritig, which you ll lear about whe you re a little bit older Notes: (1) Childre/studets eed to make the soud this is ot a silet exercise. (2) Write BIG letters i the air. (2) Studets should use the arm that they write with.
Lesso 1 (Part 1) Worksheet Verbal lesso: The wave patter up up up up up up up up cup cup cup cup cup cup
Lesso 1 (Part 2) Verbal lesso: Letter u versus letter Lesso 1 (Part 2) cotiued... The letter <u> looks like a upside udow letter <> -- To write the letter <u> To help remember which is which, imagie that the letter <> has feet. Draw oe wave, keepig it all i the middle area. The, without liftig your pecil, draw a little lie dow. Its feet are up! If the letter <> stads o its head, see what happes? up ot up Air Writig Write the letter <u> i the air, usig big arm movemets, sayig: Oe wave; the a little lie dow. The have your child/studets air write the letter may times, also sayig the steps out loud.
Lesso 1 (Part 2) Worksheet Verbal lesso: Letter u versus letter u up up up up up up up up u u u u u u ot up ot up ot up ot up u u u u u u
Lesso 2 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) us bus us bus us bus us bus us bus us bus us bus us bus uuu bbb
Lesso 3 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) fu su ru fu su ru f f f f f f f s s s s s s fu su ru fu su ru r r r r r r
Lesso 4 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) but cut ut but cut ut b b b b b b c c c c c c but cut ut but cut ut
Lesso 5 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) cub i a tub cub i a tub (A cub is a youg aimal, especially a youg bear, fox, lio, wolf, etc.) uuuuuuu cub i a tub cub i a tub bbbbbbb
Lesso 6 Verbal lesso: How to write the letter y Lesso 6 cotiued... Writig the letter <y> is the same as writig the letter <u>, except that the <y> has a loger leg with a little curve, like a foot: (Draw o the blackboard or piece of paper.) u y Air Writig Write the letter <y> i the air, usig big arm movemets, sayig: Draw a letter <u>; the a LONG leg dow with a foot at the bottom. The have your child/studets air write the letter may times, also sayig the steps out loud. To write the letter <y> Start out like you re writig the letter <u>. The, without liftig your pecil, draw a log leg dow, curlig it up a little bit at the ed.
Lesso 6 Worksheet How to write the letter <y> yum yum yes yum yum yes y y y y y y u u u u u u yum yum yes yum yum yes yyy uuu
Lesso 7 Worksheet (No verbal lesso) bug hug jug bug hug jug u u u u u u y y y y y y rug jug hug rug jug hug g g g g g g
Lesso 8 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) a ccc ooo aaa o dad o dad aaa ddd ggg get dog doc get dog doc ccc eee ooo (doc is aother word for doctor)
Lesso 9 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) red ma ra red ma ra mm rrr mop hop pop mop hop pop hhh bbb pp
Lesso 10 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 I fit i it 3 I fit i it llllll IIIII iiiiii j j j j j j lip tip let jet lip tip let jet ttttt fffff
Lesso 11 Worksheet (o verbal lesso) 1 2 2 1 s six kid zips six kid zips xxxx kkkk wet vet va wet vet va ssss zzzz
Lesso 12 Verbal lesso: The qu letter combiatio Lesso 12 cotiued... This is the letter <q> (draw o a blackboard or piece of paper) Together, the letters <q> ad <u> make the kwuh soud, like i... sssh uiet uack The letter q almost always has the letter <u> ext to it, like this: u uee uilt uestio uack Why do we use TWO letters? Because we do t have a letter i the alphabet for the kwuh soud, so this is how we write it. Trivia for teachers ad parets: Accordig to oe lexico (word list), there are 2,108 Eglish words that use the qu digraph, icludig plurals ad all possible cojugatios. Meawhile, accordig to Wikipedia, there are oly 71 words that use the letter q aloe (without the letter u, ), ad all of these words have bee borrowed from other laguages. Note: If a child asks what the letter q souds like all by itself, tell him/her that it souds like the letter <k> kuh. But do t brig this up uless a child asks; it is ot ecessary to kow this at this time.
Lesso 12 Worksheet Verbal Lesso: The qu letter ucombiatio uilt uiet quilt quiet uilt uiet uee uiz quee quiz uee uiz
Lesso 13 Verbal lesso: Letter q versus letter g Lesso 13 cotiued... The letter <q> glooks a lot like the letter <g> -- Start like you are makig a letter <g>. The, istead of curlig it uder to make a foot, poit the other way, like the <q> is reachig up to fid his fried, the letter <u>. To help remember which is which, imagie that the letter <g> is sittig o his big foot. Write the letter i oe cotiuig movemet. Do t lift your pecil util you are doe. Air Writig But istead of a foot, the letter <q> has a had, reachig up to make sure that his best fried, the letter <u>, is sittig ext to him. Write the letter <q> i the air, usig big arm movemets, sayig: Start like the letter <g>, but the <q> goes, Yoo-hoo, where s my <u>? The have your child/studets air write the letter may times, also sayig the steps out loud.
Lesso 13 Worksheet Verbal Lesso: Letter <q> versus letter <g> u g g g g g g get big dog get big dog q u q u q u qu uit uiz uilt quit quiz quilt g g g q q u u (quit meas to stop)
Lesso 14 Worksheet (No verbal lesso) u y u up us yes yet up us yes yet u u u u u u y y y y y y uit uiz uilt quit quiz quilt q u q u q u qu