Includes ready-to-go practice pages for all 26 uppercase letters, one letter per page (26 landscape pages in one PDF). Each page shows the letter with numbered stroke directions to say aloud while forming it (for example, “1. Slant down. 2. Slant down. 3. Across.” for A), plus a picture and key word such as “A is for apple” or “B is for ball.” Students then work through three steps: rainbow write over large outlined letters, trace a row of dotted letters, and write the letter on their own on handwriting lines. There is a space for the student’s name at the top of every page.
Letter of the week: Print the page for the letter you’re introducing and say the stroke directions together as students form it in the air before they write.
Rainbow writing: Have children trace the big outlined letters several times with different crayons or colored pencils, saying the steps each time.
Reusable practice: Slip pages into sheet protectors or laminate them so students can trace with dry-erase markers in a writing center.
Handwriting book: Staple all 26 pages together for each child to complete over time, or send pages home for extra practice.
Letter sounds: Talk about the picture and key word on each page, and have students name other words with the same sound. (The X page uses “Fox ends in X,” since few words start with X.)
