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How to Draw a Sofa

9th - Higher Ed
Howcast - Whether you want to design a living room arrangement for your furniture, sketch your ideal sofa, or draw a room scene, putting together a few basic shapes brings your ideas to life.
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How to Interpret Handwriting

9th - Higher Ed
Your handwriting is as unique as your fingerprint and can be a window to your personality.
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Writing Your First Name

K - 8th
Miss Palomine tells the student that Katie is her first name. She then writes her name on elementary lined paper, reviewing the strokes for each letter and showing the letter character associated with each letter. She tells the student...
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Writing Wally Whale's W

K - 8th
Miss Palomine finds Wally Whale’s initials written in the sand as she strolls along the beach. She and the student review the lined paper and then they practice tracing and writing the uppercase -W and the lowercase -w.
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Getting Ready to Write

K - 8th
Miss Palomine talks about good writing techniques, such as how to hold the pencil properly, how to sit in the chair, and how to place the paper. After she explains the lined paper’s headline, midline, and baseline, she instructs the...
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An “A” Paper

K - 8th
Miss Palomine first shows the student how to trace both the left slant and the right slant on lined paper. She then demonstrates how to write the uppercase A.
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Writing the Letter V

K - 8th
Miss Palomine introduces Valerie Violin. She then talks about how writing Valerie’s -V with straight lines is different from writing Unity’s -U with just one, curvy line. She and the student review the lined paper and then they practice...
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Xtra Special Writing

K - 8th
Miss Palomine talks about playing Tic-tac-toe with Socrates. As she was writing the letter -X, she thought about how much fun it was. She and the student review the lined paper and they then practice tracing and writing the uppercase -X...
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Why I Love Y

K - 8th
Miss Palomine tells the student that Socrates does not like the yellow yarn his mom was going to use to knit a hat for him. Miss Palomine then talks about the differences between the uppercase -Y and lowercase -y. She and the student...
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Zach Zebra Zigzagged to the Zoo

K - 8th
Miss Palomine tells the student that she wanted to go to the zoo with Zach Zebra, but she couldn’t keep up with all his zigzagging. Miss Palomine then talks about the differences in the uppercase -Z and lowercase -z. She and the student...
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I Get a Kick Out of the Letter K

K - 8th
Miss Palomine reviews the headline, midline, and baseline, then teaches the student how to trace the uppercase -K and lowercase -k. Then they practice writing them.
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Meet Mr. M

K - 8th
As she exits Manny’s Meat Market, Miss Palomine begins her discussion of the letter -M. She reviews the headline, midline, and baseline; then teaches the student how to trace the uppercase -M and lowercase -m. They then practice writing...
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Introduction to Cursive Writing

K - 8th
Explore the star writer focus points and cursive writing strokes and achieve an introduction to forming both lowercase and uppercase cursive letters.
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Uppercase Cursive Letter R

K - 8th
Write the uppercase cursive letter R.
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Uppercase Cursive Letter X

K - 8th
Write the uppercase cursive letter X.
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Lowercase Cursive Letter x

K - 8th
Write the lowercase cursive letter x.
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Uppercase Cursive Letter V

K - 8th
Write the uppercase cursive letter V.
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Lowercase Cursive Letter p

K - 8th
Write the lowercase cursive letter p.
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Uppercase Cursive Letter N

K - 8th
Write the uppercase letter N.
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Uppercase Cursive Letter M

K - 8th
Write the uppercase letter M.
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Lowercase Cursive Letter k

K - 8th
Write the lowercase letter k.
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Uppercase Cursive Letter H

K - 8th
Write the uppercase letter H.
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Lowercase Cursive Letter g

K - 8th
Write the lowercase letter g.
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Lowercase Cursive Letter d

K - 8th
Write the lowercase cursive letter d.