GRADE 3 HANDWRITING WORKBOOK

1 GRADE 3 HANDWRITING WORKBOOK . FROM McGRAW-HILL. Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10121. Copyright by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. All rights reserved. The contents, or parts thereof, may be reproduced in print form for non-profit educational use with Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Reading and Language Arts Programs provided such reproductions bear copyright notice, but may not be reproduced in any form for any other purpose without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.

2 Printed in the United States of America ISBN 0-02-244783-0/3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 005 06 05 04 03 02 01. Table of Contents Taking Tests .. 42. UNIT 1 UNIT 4. The Manuscript Alphabet Review .. 4 Size and Shape .. 43. Lines in Letters .. 5 Letters A O .. 44. Letter and Word Spacing .. 6 Letters C E .. 45. Numerals and Punctuation Marks .. 7 Letters L D .. 46. Writing Sentences .. 8 Letters B R .. 47. Signing Up .. 9 Letters T F .. 48. Left-Handed Writers .. 10 Letters S G .. 49. Right-Handed Writers .. 11 Letters I J .. 50. Manuscript to Cursive.. 12 Review .. 51. The Cursive Alphabet .. 14 Practice .. 52. Size and Shape .. 15 Taking Tests.

3 53. Review .. 16. UNIT 5. Taking Tests .. 17. Spacing Letters and Words.. 55. UNIT 2 Letters M N .. 56. Strokes that Curve Up .. 19 Letters H K .. 57. Letters i t.. 20 Letters P Q .. 58. Letters e l .. 21 Letters V U .. 59. Words to Write .. 22 Letters W X .. 60. Strokes that Curve Down .. 23 Letters Y Z .. 61. Letters o a.. 24 Review .. 62. Letters c d.. 25 Taking Tests .. 63. Strokes that Curve Over .. 26. UNIT 6. Letters n m .. 27. Alignment and Margins.. 65. Review .. 28. Numerals .. 66. Taking Tests .. 30. Numerals and Math Symbols .. 67. UNIT 3 Punctuation .. 68. Connectives .. 31 A Short Story .. 69. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Letters u w.

4 32 A News Article .. 70. Letters b f .. 33 Theme Paper .. 71. Letters h k.. 34 Transition to Two Lines .. 72. Letters g q.. 35 Practice with Small Letters .. 73. Letters j p .. 36 Practice with Tall Letters .. 74. Letters r s .. 37 A Report .. 75. Letters y z .. 38 A Letter .. 76. Letters v x .. 39 Poster .. 77. Review .. 40 A Form.. 78. Practice .. 41. Name Date The Manuscript Alphabet Review Circle the letters that spell the name of your state. A aaa B. A. A B bbb C. B C ccc C D ddd D. D EEE eee FFF fff G. G ggg H. G H hhh III. H iii J J jjj J KKK kkk L lll M. L. L Mm M m m N N nnn N O ooo O. O P ppp P. P. Q qqq R. Q.

5 Q R rrr SSS sss R T ttt T. T U uuu U. U. V vvv W. V Ww W w X. w X xxx X YYY yyy ZZZ zzz Macmillan/McGraw-Hill V. 4 GRADE 3, Unit 1. Name Date Lines in Letters Write these letters with straight lines. Then use them to write a word. EtHFiLI. Write these letters with slant lines. AyWvkMx Write these letters with circle lines. SbDQoae Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Complete the sentence. My favorite color is . Circle the letters with slant lines. GRADE 3, Unit 1 5. Name Date Letter and Word Spacing Space Between Letters Space Between Words not too close not too close not too far apart space of a pencil between words space of a pencil point between letters too close just right t o o fa r C.

6 C. C C. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill notlikethis like this 6 GRADE 3, Unit 1. Name Date Numerals and Punctuation Marks Trace and write the words and numerals. 1 one 6 six 2 two 7 seven 3 three 8 eight 4 four 9 nine 5 five 10 ten Trace the punctuation marks. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill ?!?!?! ??!??! Write this sentence: My cat has 5 kittens! GRADE 3, Unit 1 7. Name Date Writing Sentences Write the sentences. Remember to include the correct punctuation. The world has many endangered animals. The Asian tiger is one. The California condor is another. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill What can be done to help? 8 GRADE 3, Unit 1. Name Date Signing Up Fill out the form.

7 Write as neatly as you can. Sports Club Membership Form Name: Address: GRADE and Class: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Interests: GRADE 3, Unit 1 9. Name Date Left-Handed Writers Cursive Writing Position Sit tall. Place both arms on the table. Keep your feet flat on the floor. Slant your paper. Hold the pencil with your first two fingers and your thumb. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 10 GRADE 3, Unit 1. Name Date Right-Handed Writers Cursive Writing Position Sit tall. Place both arms on the table. Keep your feet flat on the floor. Slant your paper. Hold the pencil with your first two fingers and your thumb. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill GRADE 3, Unit 1 11.

8 Name Date Manuscript to Cursive Circle the cursive letters that are in your first name. a a bb cc dd ee ff gg h h ii jj kk ll mm n n oo pp qq rr ss tt u u vv ww xx yy zz Look at the word in manuscript. Circle the matching word in cursive. apply d o g g y a p p l y o d d l y much n a c h o n a c h o m u c h Macmillan/McGraw-Hill black b l a c k f l a s h d a r k 12 GRADE 3, Unit 1. Name Date Circle the cursive letters that begin the names of your favorite characters. AA BB CC DD EE FF GG. HH II JJ KK LL MM. NN OO PP QQ RR SS. TT UU VV WW XX YY ZZ. Write the beginning letters of the months of the year in manuscript and in cursive.

9 Macmillan/McGraw-Hill GRADE 3, Unit 1 13. Name Date The Cursive Alphabet a a bbb c a c d c d eee fff ggg h d h iii h jjj k k lll m k m n m n ooo p n p q p q q r r sss ttt u r u vvv w u w x w x y x y zzz y A. A. A B. B. B C. C. C D. D E. D E Ff E FG G. F G. H. H. H I. I. I JJJ K. K L. K L M. L M N. M N. N. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill O. O. O P. P. P Q. Q. Q R. R S. R S T. S T U. T U. U. V. V. V W. W. W X. X. X Y. Y Z. Y Z. Z. 14 GRADE 3, Unit 1. Name Date Size and Shape Make your writing easy to read. Tall letters touch the top line b d l t Short letters touch the middle line. o a n m c u w These letters go below the bottom line.

10 G f z j p y Circle the letters that are the right size and shape and sit on the bottom line. a w xh N d g p Macmillan/McGraw-Hill e b o f m GRADE 3, Unit 1 15. Name Date Review Write the cursive words in manuscript. j o u r n e y o v r t o w r i n g v a n s c a t t e r e d e x i t q u i c k z i p J a n u a r y Fe b r u a r y M a r c h Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Write a word you can write in cursive. 16 GRADE 3, Unit 1. Name Date Taking Tests Write True or False to answer each question. 1. Manuscript and cursive letters all look alike. 2. In cursive HANDWRITING , letters are connected. 3. In manuscript HANDWRITING , letters should not be too close.