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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
4–5
6–7
For Teachers
For Students
Cursive - Fast and Neat
8–9
10–11
12–13
14–15
16–17
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19
20
21
22
23
24–25
26–27
t h e i
p u n s
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r l f
m y k
Tow Truck Letter – 
Tow Truck Letter – 
Tow Truck Letter – b
Tow Truck Letter – 
Cranked Up to Tow –
Cranked Up to Tow –
j z x q
t h k n p m
e l f i r s
Review & Mastery
CURSIVE & GRAMMAR - Did she say Gramma?
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Cursive & Grammar
Eight Parts of Speech
Words Work
Starting and Stopping Punctuation . ? !
NOUNS – Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
A C U Y
Proper Nouns
O V W
T
F
P
B
D
G
E
L
ADJECTIVES – Synonyms and Antonyms
Comparative and Superlative
VERBS Present Tense
S
Verbs Present Tense H
I
Verbs Past Tense
Verbs Future Tense
Capitalization Rules
PRONOUNS – Subject Case
Pronouns – Object Case
Pronouns – Possessive Case
Pronoun Review
NOUNS – Singular Possessive
Nouns – Plural Possessive
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Z
R
M
J
Q
N
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CURSIVE & GRAMMAR - Continued
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54–55
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57
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59
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VERBS – Irregular Verbs
Helping “have” Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping “be” Verbs
ADVERBS
PREPOSITIONS
Prepositional Phrases
CONJUNCTIONS
ABBREVIATIONS
PUNCTUATION
QUOTATIONS
INTERJECTIONS!
CURSIVE WITH LATIN & GREEK - It’s All Greek to Me!
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LXIII
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LXIV
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LXV
66-67 LXVI–LXVII
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LXVIII
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LXIX
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LXX
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LXXI
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LXXII
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LXXIII
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LXXIV
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LXXV
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LXXVI
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LXXVII
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LXXVIII
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Cursive with Greek & Latin
Getting to the Root of Things
Growing Words
Word Detectives
Science All Around
Size Science
The Number Story
Math Words Made Easy!
Head to Toe
Sounds All Around
Vast Seas
Starry Skies
Down to Earth
False Clues: “Tri” Again!
Try This – Translate
Greek – Latin Glossary + Index
CURSIVE & THE WRITER’S NOTEBOOK
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82–83
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86–87
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90–91
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93–94
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Cursive & the Writer’s Notebook
Details, Details
Paragraphs
Diary or Journal Notes
Autobiography Notes
Thank You Notes
Poetry
Play Notes
Character Sketches
Short Story Notes
Book Case Notes
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This is how to write cursive t h e i.
Get ready . . . Now GO! GO! GO! GO!
Mr. Wrig�t
Check Letter
1. Start correctly.
2. Do each step.
3. Bump the line.
Trace the steps.
travel, up
travel, up
travel, up
travel, up
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Write the letter.
down
travel away
cross
down
up
over
down
travel away
turn
down
travel away
down
travel away
Write & Check
t
Write & Check
h
Write & Check
e
Write & Check
i
dot
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MYYOURHISHER
OURYOURTHEIR
Possessive pronouns show ownership. They take the place of possessive nouns.
the car’s trunk
its trunk
Meagan’s car
her car
Patrick’s car
his car
Mike and Greg’s mom
their mom
Give these possessive pronouns something to own. Choose from the list below or make up your own.
shoes
bike
my
its
party
friends
shirt
pizza
soda
his
��r
��r
��r
money
present
her
their
These possessive pronouns also show ownership. Fill in the blanks. Choose pronouns from the list below.
mine
yours
his
hers
ours
theirs
This b�� is
, b�t that b�s is
, b�t that b�� is
.
.
This piz�� is
, b�t the �alz��e is
.
This b�s is
4HREE,ITTLE+ITTENS
Do you remember “Three Little Kittens”? Not only did they lose their mittens; they also lost their
pronouns. Help Mother Goose get this rhyme right!
Fill in the missing pronouns. Choose pronouns from the list below.
we
you
they
our
your
their
Three little kittens,
lo�t their mittens,
And
b�g�n to �ry, Oh, Mo�her Dear,
mittens
hav� lo�t. What! Lo�t
naug�ty kittens! Then
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sadly fear,
mittens!
shall hav� no pie.
Choosing the right pronouns is easy as pie if you know the job it does in the sentence. (Whose is also a possessive case pronoun.)
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WORD DETECTIVES
Here are more familiar Greek and Latin roots:
�stro
= star
stella
�o� = together
�y�l = wheel, circle
��aph = write, draw
micro = small
naut = sailor
��to = eight
pho�o = light
ped = foot
po�
sco�e = look at
tri = three
Decode the words below by writing the meaning of their roots.
tricy�le
micro�co�e
�stro�aut
=
+
=
+
=
+
pho�o��aph
=
+
tripo�
=
+
�o�stellatio�
=
+
(Tip: The suffix -tion = state of, condition)
Now draw pictures of some of the things listed on the page.
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PARAGRAPHS
Keep your paragraphs organized and structured:
1. Tell your reader what you’re going to write about. This becomes the topic sentence.
2. Say it. Give supporting facts, details, and thoughts about your topic sentence.
3. Tell your reader what you said. Restate the idea from the topic sentence using
different words.
Plan your paragraph.
My to�ic is:
Tho�g�ts, facts, �� etails to include:
Write a draft.
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1.
T��ic sentence:
2.
S�y it.
3.
Restate the to�ic sentence in �ifferent ��ds.
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