Cursive: Read and Join Words

Read it and tutu, then trace and write connected letters with space between words.

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Look at each letter: a dot helps identify i, a taller crossed stem helps identify t, and two short downstrokes help identify u. Join bodies before adding marks.

Worked example

The connected word it has i followed by t. Tutu has t, u, t, u. A tutu is a dance skirt.

Model words it and tutu, a gray tracing row and blank writing guides. The letters connect within each word, with a larger gap between words. — Read every letter. Keep joins within a word and leave a word space.

Would you believe it?

Cursive has more than one letter style. Two readable handwritten letters can look different! Use the model chosen with your helper consistently while practicing.

Teach Handwriting: letter styles

Try it on paper

Trace the gray words. Cover the model and write both on the blank guides. Leave a gap between words. Ask a helper to check joins and marks separately; quiz choices do not grade handwriting or fluency.

Question 1 Which letters make the first model word, it? t then i i then t u then t

Question 2 Which sequence spells the second model word, tutu? t, u, t, u u, t, u, t t, t, u, u

Question 3 How many crossbars belong in the word tutu? None One Two

Question 4 What should happen between the words it and tutu? Join every letter into one long string Lift and leave a word space Remove the dot from i

Question 5 A reader cannot see the t bar in your copy of it. What should you check? Whether all letters have extra dots Whether the bar crosses the tall stem Whether the words were written faster

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