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Weekly Tips for Teachers

Issue 432: October 20, 2008

This Week’s Theme: Handwriting

Handwriting Resources

Teacher Resources

Teacher Resources

Teaching Tip: Handwriting Teaching Tips

By: Teachnology Video Staff: See This Tip On Video!

1. Work on hand-eye coordination with craft projects.
2. Work on skills one at a time: letter height, spacing, slants, and line alignment.
3. Once all skills are mastered, begin to group skills together.
4. Use high-frequency words and words that have meaning to students.
5. Provide parents with a handwriting guide.

Tips for Lefties:
6. Position the paper to the extreme left of the child's mid-line.
7. Angle the paper so that it is parallel with the child's forearm.
8. Put masking tape on their desks to help them maintain paper alignment.

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This Week in History

  • 1803: U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
  • 1864: Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

Teacher Inspiration and Humor

Teacher Inspiration

Inspiring Quote


“In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.”
— Jacques Barzun

Jokes You Can Tell in Class


A teacher asked Timmy why his handwriting wasn't as neat as it usually was.

"I'm trying out a new font," Timmy explained.

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