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A Bb C D Ee Ff G Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm 12 20 12 12 8 14 12 8 8 24 16 14 16 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 18 19 20 21 22 23 24–25 26–27 t h e i p u n s a d g 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? 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 2 Handwriting Without Tears® Can-Do Cursive CANDOCURSIVE08_TEXT_4.15.08.indd 2 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 X Z R M J Q N K © 2008 Jan Z. Olsen 4/16/2008 3:57:55 PM Nn O Pp Q Rr Ss Tt U V W Xx Y Z 10 18 10 24 14 10 8 10 21 19 24 16 24 CURSIVE & GRAMMAR - Continued 50 51 52 53 54–55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 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! 63 LXIII 64 LXIV 65 LXV 66-67 LXVI–LXVII 68 LXVIII 69 LXIX 70 LXX 71 LXXI 72 LXXII 73 LXXIII 74 LXXIV 75 LXXV 76 LXXVI 77 LXXVII 78 LXXVIII 79 LXXIX 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 80 81 82–83 84 85 86–87 88 89 90–91 92 93–94 © 2008 Jan Z. Olsen CANDOCURSIVE08_TEXT_4.15.08.indd 3 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 Handwriting Without Tears® Can-Do Cursive 3 4/16/2008 3:57:55 PM Sample from Can-Do Cursive 5th Grade Workbook • Handwriting Without Tears® • www.hwtears.com #523)6%&ASTAND.EAT 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 8 Handwriting Without Tears® Can-Do Cursive 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 © 2008 Jan Z. Olsen Sample from Can-Do Cursive 5th Grade Workbook • Handwriting Without Tears® • www.hwtears.com 02/./5.30/33%33)6%#!3% 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 The FINE Print 46 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.) Handwriting Without Tears® Can-Do Cursive © 2008 Jan Z. Olsen Sample from Can-Do Cursive 5th Grade Workbook • Handwriting Without Tears® • www.hwtears.com 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. © 2008 Jan Z. Olsen Handwriting Without Tears® Can-Do Cursive 67 LXVII Sample from Can-Do Cursive 5th Grade Workbook • Handwriting Without Tears® • www.hwtears.com 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. 82 1. T��ic sentence: 2. S�y it. 3. Restate the to�ic sentence in �ifferent ���ds. Handwriting Without Tears® Can-Do Cursive © 2008 Jan Z. Olsen
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