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Grade 4 Reading & Writing · World 1: Word Explorer Camp · Level 7
Reading Cursive: Short Texts
A review of cursive capitals and connectors, then read cursive notes, a recipe card, a letter, and a story page; copy a short paragraph on paper with spacing across lines.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 7
- Explorers read old maps and journals, and many of them are written in cursive. Let's warm up with some cursive capitals.
- In cursive, letters join with connectors. Read a word one letter at a time, then put it together.
- Now read a whole note. Read one line at a time, and use what makes sense to help with a tricky word.
- Did you read it? Kenji, soccer practice moved to Thursday. Bring water and your shin guards. We meet at the east field. Coach Rivera.
- With a grown-up: copy this short paragraph in cursive on paper. Keep your letters joined inside each word, leave a space as wide as an o between words, and keep your spacing even when you start a new line.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 4.F.H.3.a — Read short texts written in cursive.
- 4.F.H.4.a — Form cursive letters and words legibly, using connectors between letters inside words.
- 4.F.H.4.b — Use appropriate spacing between cursive words in a sentence across lines on a page.