Roadrunner Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Thanks to Common Core standards being adopted in CA, our school is discontinuing teaching cursive. Is your school hanging on to cursive instruction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenbrdsly Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Whoa! Yes, our school still teaches cursive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I must admit the blood, sweat and tears that went into learning cursive was totally wasted. They change styles so often that no-one who wasn't taught at the same time can read it. Therefore if anyone else has to read it I print. :) where are the emoticons now? That worked but I had to type the punctuation marks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 I was never taught print. Granted we used a different alphabet, but same principles still apply. We have first grade French school workbooks and I haven't been using them because it teaches cursive from the start and I didn't want to create confusion. I guess I am now free to use them without fearing to teach "a wrong style." My son was really looking forward to learning it since cursive "looks so grown up." :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 The school my DD attended for K still teaches cursive, and I ended up starting cursive with DD at age 5 because she was in reading pull-outs with 3rd graders who were learning cursive and started to learn it from them. So, when we began homeschooling, we just moved to cursive. Now, at age 8, she prefers to type :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateincali Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 At our school cursive is still taught. It can be quite hard if you come in part way and have learned another way to form the letters. But other than that, the kids do pretty well. I think its still a good skill to have. I am sad to see it going the wayside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 My district drop cursive way before Common Core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The schools here also dropped it way before Common Core. The biggest problem my oldest, who's in middle school, has is that many of the other kids also can't read cursive. So, when they have a group project she has to type or write in print, neither of which is as quick for her as just writing it in cursive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uff Da! Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Ours still teaches cursive in third grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metrodorus Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I made some videos teaching cursive - which my students use, with supervision: You can find the playlist here: The vids are free. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Our district doesn't teach it either. I taught my daughter cursive starting in 1st grade. Last year her teacher would not allow her to do any of her work in cursive. This year (2nd grade and the same teacher) it is ok as long as she can read it. My daughter has beautiful handwriting so I'm glad she is letting her use it in school too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly9712 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 A little related story- I teach middle school and I always write on the board in cursive. I had a student once who would never begin his work ( although I knew he could read from class read alouds, etc.) and I knew there were no processing, focus, etc. Issues with him. So finally one day (probably not one of my better days) I fussed at him and the poor thing nearly burst into tears. He had never learned to read or write cursive and was too embarrassed to tell me. I would suggest kids still learn it ( even if at home) as there are still pockets of places where it's the normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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