A Bb C D Ee Ff G Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm 12 20 12 12 8 14 12 8 8 24 16 14 16 INTRODUCTION 4 5 6 7 Cursive - Fast and Neat 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Table of Contents For Teachers For Students t h e i p u n s a d g r l f m y k Cranked Up to Tow Cranked Up to Tow Review & Mastery CURSIVE & GRAMMAR - Did she say Gramma? 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 j z x q Cursive & Grammar Eight Parts of Speech Words Work Starting and Stopping Punctuation.?! NOUNS Common Nouns Proper Nouns Proper Nouns b ADJECTIVES Synonyms and Antonyms Comparative and Superlative VERBS Present Tense S Verbs Present Tense H Verbs Past Tense I Verbs Future Tense Capitalization Rules PRONOUNS Subject Case Pronouns Object Case Pronouns Possessive Case Pronoun Review NOUNS Singular Possessive Nouns Plural Possessive t h k n p m e l f i r s A C U Y Z O V W X T F P B R M N K D G E L J Q 2 Handwriting Without Tears Can-Do Cursive
Nn O Pp Q Rr Ss Tt U V W Xx Y Z 10 18 10 24 14 10 8 10 21 19 24 16 24 CURSIVE & GRAMMAR - Continued CURSIVE WITH LATIN & GREEK - It s All Greek to Me! 63 64 65 66-67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 LXIII LXIV LXV LXVI LXVII LXVIII LXIX LXX LXXI LXXII LXXIII LXXIV LXXV LXXVI LXXVII LXXVIII LXXIX VERBS Irregular Verbs Helping have Verbs Linking Verbs Helping be Verbs ADVERBS PREPOSITIONS Prepositional Phrases CONJUNCTIONS ABBREVIATIONS PUNCTUATION QUOTATIONS INTERJECTIONS! Cursive with Greek & Latin Getting to the Root of Things Growing Words Word Detectives Science All Around Size Science The Number Story Math Words Made Easy! Head to Toe Sounds All Around Vast Seas Starry Skies Down to Earth False Clues: Tri Again! Try This Translate Greek Latin Glossary Index CURSIVE & THE WRITER S NOTEBOOK 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Cursive & the Writer s Notebook Details, Details Paragraphs Diary or Journal Notes Autobiography Notes Thank You Notes Poetry Play Notes Character Sketches Short Story Notes Book Case Notes Handwriting Without Tears 3 Can-Do Cursive
Mr. Wrig t This is how to write cursive t h e i. Get ready... Now GO! GO! GO! GO! Check Letter 1. Start correctly. 2. Do each step. 3. Bump the line. Trace the steps. Write the letter. Write & Check t travel, up down cross Write & Check h travel, up down up over down Write & Check e travel, up turn down Write & Check i travel, up down dot 8 Handwriting Without Tears Can-Do Cursive
Possessive pronouns show ownership. They take the place of possessive nouns. Patrick s car his car Meagan s car her car the car s trunk its trunk Give these possessive pronouns something to own. Choose from the list below or make up your own. These possessive pronouns also show ownership. Fill in the blanks. Choose pronouns from the list below. mine yours his hers ours theirs Mike and Greg s mom their mom shoes bike party friends shirt pizza soda money present my r his her its r r their This b s is This b is,, b t that b s is b t that b is.. This piz is, b t the alz e is. Do you remember Three Little Kittens? Not only did they lose their mittens; they also lost their pronouns. Help Mother Goose get this rhyme right! Fill in the missing pronouns. Choose pronouns from the list below. we you they our your their Three little kittens, lo t their mittens, And b g n to ry, Oh, Mo her Dear, sadly fear, mittens hav lo t. What! Lo t mittens! naug ty kittens! Then shall hav no pie. The FINE Print Choosing the right pronouns is easy as pie if you know the job it does in the sentence. (Whose is also a possessive case pronoun.) 46 Handwriting Without Tears Can-Do Cursive
tricy le micro co e stro aut pho o aph tripo o stellatio (Tip: The suffix -tion state of, condition) WORD DETECTIVES Decode the words below by writing the meaning of their roots. Here are more familiar Greek and Latin roots: naut sailor stro stella star o together y l wheel, circle aph write, draw micro small to eight pho o light ped po foot sco e look at tri three Now draw pictures of some of the things listed on the page. Handwriting Without Tears LXVII Can-Do Cursive 67
PARAGRAPHS Keep your paragraphs organized and structured: 1. Tell your reader what you re going to write about. This becomes the topic sentence. 2. Say it. Give supporting facts, details, and thoughts about your topic sentence. 3. Tell your reader what you said. Restate the idea from the topic sentence using different words. Plan your paragraph. My to ic is: Tho g ts, facts, etails to include: Write a draft. 1. T ic sentence: 2. S y it. 3. Restate the to ic sentence in ifferent ds. 82 Handwriting Without Tears Can-Do Cursive