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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 1: Spelling Springs · Level 7
Reading Cursive
Read varied cursive texts: a letter, a diary page, a poem, and a recipe; copy a paragraph on paper with even spacing.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 7
- Letters, diaries, and old documents are often written in cursive. Being able to read it opens up a lot of history.
- Read cursive like any text: one line at a time, using what makes sense to help with tricky words.
- Poems and diaries look different on the page, but the letters are the same.
- With a grown-up: copy a short paragraph in cursive on paper. Join the letters inside each word, and keep the space between words even all the way down the page.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.F.H.3.a — Read a variety of texts written in cursive.
- 5.F.H.4.a — Produce texts using cursive writing legibly and efficiently.
- 5.F.H.4.b — Use appropriate spacing throughout the body of a text when writing in cursive.