Students practice their handwriting or spelling words by writing them in shaving cream.

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Kindergarten - 4th

Students investigate what handwriting reveals about a personality traits. They analyze their own handwriting samples before deciding whether graphology is an appropriate tool to use to understand people. They choose colors for their samples and discover what they mean.

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7th - 8th

Students participate in an activity to improve their fine motor skills. Using a worksheet, they practice writing the letters of the alphabet. They also practice writing the words of the month in their best handwriting.

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1st

Students are explained that law enforcement officials use many kinds of evidence when trying to solve a crime. They discuss exactly how investigators analyze handwriting on a written document associated with a crime. Students also discuss that forensic scientists not only analyze the style of the handwriting, about also the paper used. They work in groups and one group explore the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., and the other group, the Clifford Irving forgery.

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6th - 8th

Students practice combining an appreciation for poetry with fine tuning their handwriting skills. They reflect with proper handwriting an awareness of the form of a selected poem along with what the poem means by illustrating the poem's tone.

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3rd - 5th