Handwriting

Select the following statement(s) that accurately reflect handwriting:

• Teachers can support functional pencil grip.

• Handwriting instruction appears only in the kindergarten and first-grade TEKS.

• Technology reduces the need for explicit and systematic handwriting instruction.

• Handwriting fluency includes the rate and accuracy of letter formation.

When determining a sequence for teaching handwriting, which of the following is important to consider:

• Teach similarly formed letters together in a sequence.

• Consider the ease of forming those letters.

• Think about the frequency of those letters in words.

• Reinforcing alphabet knowledge, teach the letters in order.

Students generally require ____ years of formal instruction to gain automaticity in print and ____ years of formal instruction to gain automaticity in cursive. Typically, children learn and master print and then cursive. Handwriting instruction should be provided in short, daily increments of 8 to 15 minutes.

• 1,3

• 1,1

• 1,2

• 2,2

Which of the following are some ways to scaffold handwriting?

• use an alphabet strip as a visual reminder

• try-out pencil grips

• increase the length of handwriting sessions gradually to build student writing stamina

• Use technology to replace handwriting all together