Teacher's Guide to an Effective Handwriting Program

Teacher's Guide to an Effective Handwriting Program

LESSON PLAN:

1. Introduce the lesson for the day by discussing the concept using the blackboard.
2. Call on selected pupils to demonstrate the lesson on the board.
3. Let the pupils repeat the stroke on paper.
4. instruct the pupils to pay attention to the correct desk writing position before writing activity.
5. Monitor the pupil's performance during the actual writing period.
6. Review the concept learned before the class ends.

FORMAL PENMANSHIP LESSONS:

1. Always demonstrate how a drill, letter or number is done. Count as you do the stroke and encourage the pupils to count silently with you.
2. Let the pupils sky write the drill, letter or number. They should do the counting themselves.
3. Have the pupils do imaginary writing on their papers/desk.
4. Let them perform the drills, letters or numbers on paper. The teacher sets the pace/speed in counting.
5. Discourage he use of sign pen. Pupils should use a ball pen with black ink.
6. For grades 1-4, pupils should draw margins on both sides of their paper. An imaginary margin or a margin guide may be used by upper grades.

WRITING POSITION:

1. Sit straight with both feet on the floor.
2. Tilt the paper to the left if the person is right-handed; tilt to the right if the person shows left-hand dominance.
3. The ball pen should be held loosely with the end tip pointing to the shoulder of the writing hand.

THE LEFT-HANDED PUPILS:

1. Identify pupils who shows left-hand dominance.
2. Cluster left-handed pupils in the classroom to address their needs.
3. Model the proper paper position. The paper should be placed at a slant to the right towards the left side of the body.
4. Hold the pen farther back than right-handed pupils for better visibility.
5. Use the right hand to keep the paper steady.
6. Hold the pencil in a below-the-line position to prevent wrist hooking.

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