Curated OER
Good E-mail Manners
Students discuss online e-mail safety and etiquette rules and how they should apply the same rules in cyberspace as they use when encountering strangers in the face-to-face world. They participate in mock situations and tell what the...
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Fun With Letters
This interesting site has a variety of activities and games to use in the classroom or at home to teach letter recognition, phonics, and beginning writing skills. Learn about individual letters at the Alphabet Soup Cafe, create an...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar Ii and Technical Writing: Apostrophe
This lesson focuses on the rules for apostrophe use. It includes a list of rules and examples of apostrophe use and links to a website on apostrophe rules.
Other
Design a Study: How to Teach Handwriting
Very specific advice on teaching the skill of handwriting to young children. Making correct letters, making letters the same size, and the slant of the letters are all stressed.
Starfall
Starfall: Apple
This lesson focuses on the short-vowel letter A sound. It includes a poem about apples, how to from the letter A caps and lower case, and pictures of other things beginning with an A.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Letter & Number Tracing
Letter & Number Tracing is a great way for children to practice letter and number formation. Children can choose to trace upper case letters, lower case letters or numbers. A guide will appear before each stroke to show where lines...
Other
Handwriting for Kids: Lowercase Alphabet Animation
At first glance, this simply appears to be a list of cursive letters; however, if you place your cursor over each letter, the way to write it is shown using animation. Click on a letter to show that letter by itself.
History is Fun
Jan Brett: Coloring Alphabet (Traditional,cursive,modern)
Provides coloring pages for each letter of the alphabet in three styles: traditional, cursive, and modern. Each page features a printed upper and lower case letter of the particular style as well as an illustration of something that...
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Beginning Handwriting (Activity)
This is a handwriting activity for first graders. The students learn the importance of their name and learn to properly write their name in a fun activity.
Teachnology
Teachnology: A Variety of Printable Handwriting Worksheets
Use this resource to print activities and worksheets for handwriting.
abcteach
Abcteach: Handwriting Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Handwriting worksheets are available in several different styles to help students learn to correctly form cursive and manuscript letters, words, and numbers in English. It also offers left-hand friendly...