BarbinTN Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 while you are teaching cursive? Thanks, Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 We have a cursive copybook, Classically Cursive by Veritas Press that dd7 does 1x a week. Other copywork is in print with the exception of poetry- that is in cursive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinTN Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Thanks Jessica, so you do copywork 4x a week and cursive once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I don't know how often but it seems almost everyday with Primary Language Lessons, dd7 writes everyday in some capacity so I dropped the idea that she had to do it so many times a week. Barb, I'm sorry that's not helpful. Her amount of (hand)writing has increased a lot this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinTN Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 That's ok as I am just trying not to overload us:o) Thanks, Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Copywork is one of the few things (with math and Bible) that we do every day. Dd is still doing only print, but she's eager to start learning cursive. I plan to start her with forming letters in cursive, while still doing her main copywork lesson in print. Once she has learned all the letters, we will probably start doing a short sentence in cursive, and the rest in print, until we've worked up to doing all cursive. I should say, I will only require her to make 3 or 4 letters so that she can concentrate on making them perfectly, and I only give (1st grade right now) about 1 sentence for copywork. Occasionally, if they are very short, I'll give two sentences. We'll increase the amount of copywork gradually. HTH, Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinTN Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Thanks! I think I read somewhere that a good recommendation was 1 sentence per grade level. I just couldn't decide if I should do both simultaneously. Blessings! Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaMinNC Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Thanks! I think I read somewhere that a good recommendation was 1 sentence per grade level. I just couldn't decide if I should do both simultaneously.Blessings! Barb It may depend also on your purposes/goals for copywork. I probably should have added that I use copywork to cover spelling and "grammar" (at this point, just paying attention to punctuation/capitalization) also, so it's not just penmanship practice. If I were just trying to improve penmanship and we were covering spelling and grammar with other things, I might have her do only the cursive practice - she could continue to practice/perfect her printing within the other subjects. :) Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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