handwriting resource book

Grade 1

Handwriting
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Table of Contents
UNIT 1
Left-Handed Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Right-Handed Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Manuscript Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Handwriting Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Straight and Curved Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Letter Ii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Letter Ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Letter Tt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Letter Ff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
End Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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UNIT 2
Circles and Part Circles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Finding Circles in Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Letter Oo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Letter Cc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Letter Dd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Letter Ee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
UNIT 3
Slant Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Letter Aa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Letter Vv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Letter Yy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Letter Ww . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Letter Nn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

UNIT 4
Just Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Letter Gg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Letter Pp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Letter Ss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Letter Mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Letter Hh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Letter Kk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Letter Rr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
UNIT 5
Size and Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Letter Xx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Letter Uu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Letter Qq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
More Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
A Rhyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
A Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
UNIT 6
Staying on the Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Letter Bb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Letter Zz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Letter Jj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
A Book Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Favorite Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
More Favorite Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Write a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Days of the Week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Months of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62


Name _____________________________________________________

Left-Handed Writers

Sit tall.

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Look at the picture.
Hold your pencil like this.

Slant your paper like this.

4

Grade 1, Unit 1
Sitting Up


Name _____________________________________________________

Right-Handed Writers
Look at the picture.
Hold your pencil like this.

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Sit tall.

Hold your paper like this.
Grade 1, Unit 1
Sitting Up

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Name _____________________________________________________

Cc D
Cc
D ddd
D
A
A aaa B
A
B
B bbb Cc
H hhh III iii J
H
J
J jjj
Gg
Gg H
FFF fff Gg
L lll M
L
Mm

M
L
O
N
O ooo
N nnn O
m N
m
R
Q
R rrr SSS sss T
Q
Q qqq R
T
T ttt
X
X xxx YYY yyy
W
Ww
V
V
w X
w
V vvv W
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Grade 1, Unit 1
The Manuscript Alphabet

EEE eee

KKK kkk
P ppp
P
P
U
U
Uuuu
ZZZ zzz

Directions: These are the capital and small letters of the alphabet. The arrows show how to
write each letter. Point to each pair of letters and name it. Then trace the letters of your name
with your finger.

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The Manuscript Alphabet


Name _____________________________________________________

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Handwriting Lines

Directions: Where are the ladybugs? Draw a line around the ladybugs on the top line. Color
the ladybugs on the middle line orange. Draw an X on the ladybugs on the bottom line.

Grade 1, Unit 1
Handwriting Lines

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Name _____________________________________________________

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Left to Right

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Grade 1, Unit 1
Left to Right

Directions: Where is the school bus going? Draw a line from left to right. Where
is the car going? Draw a line from left to right. Complete the page on your own.


Name _____________________________________________________

Straight and Curved Lines

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

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l

l

l
l
l
l
l
l
l

l

Directions: Trace the lines.

Grade 1, Unit 1
Straight and Curved Lines

9


III
I II
I I I I I
iii i ii ii ii
i i i i i i
I i II ii II ii
IIvan is
i iin. IIda
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Grade 1, Unit 1
Letter Ii

II II II
I I I
ii ii ii ii
i i i i
II ii II ii
iis iin.
Directions: Trace and write I and i.

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Name _____________________________________________________

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Name _____________________________________________________

L
L L
L L
L L
L L
L
L
L
L
LL L L L L L L
lll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
l l l l l l l l l l
Ll L
L ll L
L ll L
L ll L
L ll
Lily
Luke looks.
L looks.
l
L
l
Directions: Trace and write L and l.

Grade 1, Unit 1
Letter Ll

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T T
T
T T
T T
T T
T
T
T
T
T T T T T T T T
ttt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt
t t t t t t t t t t
Tt T
T tt T
T tt T
T tt T
T tt
T
T
Tim tells.
Tam tells.
t
t

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Grade 1, Unit 1
Letter Tt

Directions: Trace and write T and t.

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Name _____________________________________________________


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Name _____________________________________________________

F FF FF FF FF
FFF
F F F F F F F F
fff f ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff f f f f f f f f
F f FF ff FF ff FF ff FF ff
F ff inds ff ive ffans.
Fran
Directions: Trace and write F and f.

Grade 1, Unit 1
Letter Ff

13

Name _____________________________________________________

? ? ? ? ?
! ! ! ! !
Where is the
Nan is on the
What a
!
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Grade 1, Unit 1
End Marks

?
.
Directions: Trace and write the end marks.

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End Marks


Name _____________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.

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Review

I II
L L
L
T
TT
F FF
IIke
ke

I I
L L
T T
F F
fit
fit

Directions: Trace and write the letters and words.

i ii i
l ll l
t tt t
f ff f
Flora
Fl
ora

i
l
t

f

i
l
t
f
lit
lit
Grade 1, Unit 1
Review

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Name _____________________________________________________

Circles and Part Circles

OO
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
O O
O
O
C
C C
C C

C C
C C
C C
C C
C
C C
C C
C C
C C
C C
C C
C C
C
C
C C

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Grade 1, Unit 2
Circles and Part Circles

11 12 1

7 6 5

2
3
4

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10
9
8

Directions: Trace the lines.


Name _____________________________________________________

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Finding Circles in Letters

O
C
c
c
c
C

Q
X
r
b
s
K

L Y O M
C E G H

m d l a
v t k p
n e g f
D W D V

Directions: Trace over the line at the beginning of each row. Then draw a circle
around the letter or letters that have that line.

Grade 1, Unit 2
Finding Circles in Letters

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OO
OO
O
OO
O
OO
O
O
O
O O
O OO O O O
OO
O
ooo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo
oo oo oo o o o o o o
on

Oona
ooff Omar
o O
O
off Omar on Oona
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Grade 1, Unit 2
Letter Oo

Directions: Trace and write O and o.

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Name _____________________________________________________


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Name _____________________________________________________

C
C
C
C
C C
C C
C C
C C
C

C
C C
C C
C C C C C C
ccc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
cc cc cc c c c c c c
Cass
can
c call
c Cal.
C
C
Cass c an call Cal.
Directions: Trace and write C and c.

Grade 1, Unit 2
Letter Cc

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D
D D
D D
D D
D D
D
D
D
D

D
D D
D D
D D D D D D
ddd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd dd
dd dd dd d d d d d d
D
Dena D
Dan deck
d dig
d
Dena Dan deck dig
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Grade 1, Unit 2
Letter Dd

Directions: Trace and write D and d.

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Name _____________________________________________________


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Name _____________________________________________________

EE EE EE EE EE
EEE

EE EE EE E E E E E
eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee
ee ee ee e e e e e e
Evan
Ellen
E
E
eend eeye
Evan Ellen end eye
Directions: Trace and write E and e.

Grade 1, Unit 2
Letter Ee

21


Name _____________________________________________________
Circle your best letters.

OO
OO O
CC
CC C
DD
DD D
E EE E E
Otto cold
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Grade 1, Unit 2
Review

o oo o
c cc c
d dd d
e ee e
Dad

o
c
d
e
Ellie

Directions: Trace and write the letters. On the last line, trace the words.

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Review


Name _____________________________________________________

A Story

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I

let

did

to

Ted

went the zoo with .
We saw a . We saw
a . A looked at us.
We
have fun.
Please
us go again!
Directions: Complete the story. Use words from the box.
Read your story to a friend.

Grade 1, Unit 2
A Story

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Name _____________________________________________________

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Slant Lines

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Grade 1, Unit 3
Slant Lines

Directions: Trace and copy the lines.


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Name _____________________________________________________

A A
A A
A A
A A
A
A
A
A
A A
A A A A A A
A A
aaa a aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
a aa aa a a a a a a
A and
Alex
Amy
a A
Alex and Amy

Directions: Trace and write A and a.

Grade 1, Unit 3
Letter Aa

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