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First Grade Printing & Cursive Handwriting, Writing Skills and Graphic Organizers Teacher Resources, Books and Educational Materials

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First Grade Writing Skills (11 products)

 

 

pre-handwriting practice teaching materialsPre-Handwriting Practice

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade
Price: $10.99
Product #: 3804008
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A complete "first" handwriting program for young and special learners!

This teaching resource book should be the first program presented to young children and special learners who are just beginning to learn to print. Line strokes (vertical and horizontal), slanted lines, circles, and curves are introduced and practiced before alphabet letters are introduced.

After children have learned a particular stroke, the letters that utilize that stroke are taught. For example, when the children learn to draw a straight line they are then able to print a lowercase "l" and a lowercase "i". After both vertical and horizontal strokes are mastered, children are then able to print uppercase "L, T, F, E, H" and so on.

This theory may sound simple and obvious to educators, but as we have seen, most handwriting books present "learning to print" through an alphabetical approach. Too often letters are introduced before children understand which way to manipulate the pencil and the proper direction for each stroke.

Pre-Handwriting Practice encourages teachers to use a variety of multi sensory techniques, including tactile, auditory, and visual activities to reinforce correct letter direction and proper pencil control. When children are able to see the letters, listen to the directions, and touch the letters, they will learn faster, will develop better handwriting skills, and at the same time will decrease the possibility of reversals.

Learning to print can be fun and rewarding when we provide appropriate and successful experiences four our young learners. This teaching resource book will quickly become both a necessary and favorite classroom teaching tool.

Pages: 64
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traditional printing teaching  materialTraditional Printing

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003330
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This resource helps children learn to correctly form the uppercase and lowercase form of each letter. The exercises in this book can be done sequentially or can be taken out of order, as needed.

Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this book helps students master skills in penmanship. This book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district.

  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing the correct form of each uppercase and lowercase letter.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in pencil grip and paper position.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing from left-to-right and top-to-bottom on the page.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing words legibly in modern printing, using correct letter formation, appropriate size, and spacing.

Pages: 48
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modern printing teaching materialsModern Printing

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003329
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This resource helps children learn to correctly form the uppercase and lowercase form of each letter. The exercises in this book can be done sequentially or can be taken out of order, as needed.

Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this book helps students master skills in penmanship. This book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district.

  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing the correct form of each uppercase and lowercase letter.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in pencil grip and paper position.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing from left-to-right and top-to-bottom on the page.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing words legibly in modern printing, using correct letter formation, appropriate size, and spacing.

Pages: 48
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cusive writing teaching resourceCursive Writing

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003331
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This resource helps children learn to correctly form the uppercase and lowercase form of each letter. The exercises in this book can be done sequentially or can be taken out of order, as needed.

Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this book helps students master skills in penmanship. This book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district.

  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing the cursive forms of each uppercase and lowercase letter.
  • The student will increase control of pencil grip, paper position, stroke and posture.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing words legibly in cursive handwriting, using correct letter formation, appropriate size, and spacing.

Pages: 48
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modern cursive writing teaching materialsModern Cursive

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003769
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This resource helps children learn to correctly form the uppercase and lowercase form of each letter. The exercises in this book can be done sequentially or can be taken out of order, as needed.

Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this book helps students master skills in penmanship. This book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district.

  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing the cursive forms of each uppercase and lowercase letter.
  • The student will increase control of pencil grip, paper position, stroke and posture.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in writing words legibly in cursive handwriting, using correct letter formation, appropriate size, and spacing.

Pages: 48
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Writing Skills Teaching BookThe Best of The Mailbox: Writing

Grade Level: First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2001495
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-Creative ideas for daily writing practice
-Ready-to-use reproducible skill pages
-Easy-to-do activities for developing great writers

Get your students started on the "write" foot with this teaching resource book. Inside you'll find skill-building activities and reproducibles, seasonal writing ideas, writing-based bulletin boards, and more. It's everything you need to improve students' writing and make writing more fun in one tremendous resource from THE MAILBOX® magazine.

Each idea is teacher tested, practical, fun, and -best of all-guaranteed to successfully build your students' writing skills.

In this book you'll find ideas for the following:

  • writing process steps
  • journal and letter writing
  • writing reports
  • publishing students' writing
  • seasonal writing fun
  • learning centers, bulletin boards, ready-to-use reproducible skill pages, and much more!

If you want your students to love learning the essentials of writing, then this teaching resource is for you!

112 pages.
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Essential Skills Reading and Writing Teaching Supplies Grade 1 First GradeEssential Skills: Reading & Writing

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $29.99
Product #: 1006221
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Teachers Choice Award Teacher's Choice Award 2010

  • Develops student mastery of key concepts and skills
  • Includes focused instructional and practice activities
  • Includes standards & benchmarks
  • Features English and Spanish CD-ROMs with parent-support materials
  • Great for pull-out, after-school, special education, and summer-school programs!


Can you imagine how wonderful it would be if the students in your classroom could acquire the skills they need to be ready for on-grade instruction? This series of books is designed to do just that!

Based on standards from all the national organizations and several states, the authors have determined the top prerequisite skills that a student going into a certain grade level should have to be successful in that grade. They have designed lessons based on the findings of leading educational researchers. And they have developed a practical, teacher-tested system for preparing students to master the content that states require them to know.

Each book in the Essential Skills series is full of straightforward lessons and activities to activate students' prior knowledge of a particular skill. Upon successful completion, students will be ready for on-grade instruction that builds upon that skill. You can teach your curriculum, confident that all your students are ready to learn it.

If students lack some skills they need, additional PAL Packets are available on the CDs that come with the books. These Parent-Assisted Learning activities help students catch up with the rest of the class. The PAL activities are provided in both English and Spanish.

Teachers have found this series to be very helpful at various times of the school year.

  • Some teachers use the lessons at the beginning of the year to review important skills.
  • Some teachers use the lessons throughout the year to introduce topics as they come up in their scope and sequence.
  • Some teachers use the Essential Skills books for the next grade level following their state test as a way to prepare their students for the following school year.

In all of these situations, teachers have found the Essential Skills series to be helpful in building students' knowledge and preparing them to master the content that the states require students to know.

176 pages + 2 CDs
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reading and writing skills activitiesFull-Color Literacy Activities: Reading and Writing

Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Grade
Price: $21.99
Product #: 1003237
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This book has ready-to-use pieces needed to implement great reading and writing activities! From story starters to reading a menu, students are sure to learn while having a lot of fun. Includes easy, step-by-step directions.

This resource includes many quick, easy, colorful, and fun literacy activities and games for you to use with your students. Whether you are a first-year teacher or a seasoned veteran, you will be overjoyed at the wealth of materials included in this book to supplement your literacy program.

This book provides a variety of unique hands-on activities and games that encourage language exploration. Students will participate in activities that focus on reading and writing. As a result, students develop literacy skills in ways that meet individual learning needs.

Each lesson defines the literacy skill and the different ways of student grouping. The lesson states clear and simple directions to allow you to quickly assemble the learning activities for your students, substitute teachers, and/or take-home activities. Most of the materials needed for the activities are included in the book. Since many of the activities are generic, they can be adapted to meet a variety of individual needs.

This book offers new and creative ideas and a fresh twist on commonly-used activities to help teachers save time and assist children in being successful literacy students.

Pages: 176
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Beginning Writing Teacher Resource BookBeginning Writing

Grade Level: Kindergarten, First - Second Grade
Price: $10.99
Product #: 1003223
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Give emergent writers the practice they need as they progress from the scribbling stage to writing paragraphs. This book features a variety of activities for the different phases of writing, as well as writing samples from actual emergent writers.

This teaching resource book includes a variety of activities including:

  • Journal Writing
  • Class Newsletters
  • Brainstorming Ideas
  • Personal Narratives
  • Using Descriptive Language
  • Word Walls
  • Autobiographical Writing
  • Publishing
  • Writing Letters
  • Punctuation

The activities target standards in these areas:

  • The writing process
  • Conventions in writing
  • Writing using graphic methods to describe
  • High frequency vocabulary
  • Complete sentences

Pages: 80
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Graphic Organizers Teacher / Teaching Book and Education MaterialsGraphic Organizers

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2061124
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  • Over 90 easy-to-adapt reproducible organizers
  • Build core skills covered in state standards
  • Help students organize and comprehend information
  • Easily adapt the multiuse organizers to fit your lesson plans

Seeing how ideas in a reading selection are organized is a challenging task for young children. So is organizing their own ideas for a writing assignment. You can help your students build these critical skills and more with the easy-to-use tools in this teaching resource book.

Inside this big collection of reproducible graphic organizers-designed especially for kindergartners and first-grade students-you'll find over 90 fun and engaging organizers.

The book starts with "beginner organizers", a unique grouping of cut-and-paste pages that give beginners practice visually organizing information. This section is followed by other types of organizers including:

  • cause-and-effect charts
  • KWL charts
  • topic webs
  • prediction charts
  • sensory detail webs
  • sequence maps
  • story maps
  • retelling maps
  • T charts
  • Venn diagrams

Each section features easy-to-scan directions and suggestions for use, plus a few holiday and seasonal organizers to tie in to special times of the year. A handy "Time-of-the-Year Table" helps you quickly locate just the organizer you need.

No matter what you're teaching tomorrow, there's a graphic organizer inside that can make your lesson even more effective. So put this teacher resource book to work for you and your students today!

Content Area Lessons Using Graphic Organizers Grade 1Content Area Lessons Using Graphic Organizers (with CD): Grade 1

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $15.99
Product #: 1008091
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  • Includes CD-ROM
  • Teach content and thought process simultaneously
  • Promote inferential and evaluative thinking
  • Improve critical and analytical thinking skills
  • Enhance cross-curricular understandings

Twenty-three standards-based lessons use graphic organizers to help students visualize how concepts relate to one another.

A Mac/Win CD gives teachers the options of printing the 23 different graphic organizers as transparencies or as student worksheets.

The lessons cover a variety of topics across the curriculum:

  • Greater Than and Less Than (math)
  • Earth Science: Weather (science)
  • Middle Eastern Fable (history)
  • Transportation (geography)
  • Visualize from Test (reading)
  • Respond to Poetry (writing)

 

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