Italic Handwriting Series: Book D

This is the fourth of seven books providing instruction in basic italic handwriting. We recommend Book D for third grade or advanced second grade.

This book begins with a thorough review of basic italic, then presents the cursive joins in sequence. After all the joins are learned the cursive capitals are shown.

Writing practice includes first names, vowel sounds, consonant sounds, phonograms, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, homographs, ampersand, and punctuation. Sentence content includes poem forms such as couplet, haiku, acrostic, cinquian, limerick, formula poem, and tongue twisters. Cursive capital practice includes origins of our alphabet. Application form, letter writing, and envelope making are presented.

• Author:  Barbara Getty
• Grade:  3
• Format:  Paperback
• Publisher:  State University CEP
• ISBN:  0-87678-095-8