any reseach sites to support idea that first graders should be taught to print rather write in cursive?
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I think you better check these site but the first one is the best.\n\nTo me first grader should not be tught to print.\n\n\n\nhttp://www.brainconnection.com/\n\nhttp://www.edinformatics.com/education/computers/pre_school_software.htm\n\nhttp://accelerated-learning.com/ayl.html#ayl
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PRINTABLE WORKSHEET LINKS\n\n\nhttp://www.sitesforteachers.com/index2.html\n\nhttp://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/resources/\n\nhttp://www.underfives.co.uk/\n\nhttp://familyfun.go.com/printables/\n\nhttp://www.akidsheart.com/\n\nhttp://www.akidsheart.com/color.htm\n\nhttp://www.preschoolprintables.com/\n\nhttp://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/\n\nhttp://www.ezschool.com/worksheets/\n\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/\n\nhttp://www.schoolexpress.com/ \n\nhttp://www.abcteach.com/\n\nhttp://www.kidsdomain.com/ \n\nhttp://choreworksheetsforkids.com/\n\nhttp://www.beginningreading.com/\nhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/\n11 Free printable worksheets for students through 5th grade\n\nhttp://tlsbooks.com/historyworksheets.htm\nFree Blank Outline Maps of the Countries and Continents of the World\nhttp://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm?once=true&\n\nCalendars\n\nhttp://www.printablecalendar.ca/\n\nhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT061993171033.aspx\n\nhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT011377341033.aspx\n\n\nCurriculum, Lesson Plans, Colouring Links & Fun Stuff.\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/index.cfm\n\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/\n\nhttp://www.rhymes.org.uk/\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/animals/animals.htm\n\nhttp://www.allpopularsites.com/cartoons.htm\n\nhttp://www.coloring-page.com/\n\nhttp://www.coloring.ws/\n\nhttp://www.funbrain.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.letsreadclyde.com/\n\nhttp://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/\n\nhttp://www.starfall.com\n\nhttp://www.pbskids.org\n\nhttp://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/3-5.htm\n\nhttp://www.schoolexpress.com/\n\nhttp://gamequarium.com/\n\nhttp://jambav.com/\n\nhttp://www.fisher-price.com/us/\n\nhttp://www.allpopularsites.com/kids.htm\n\nLESSON PLANS\n\nhttp://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resourcematerials/Resources/\n\nhttp://go.hrw.com/ndNSAPI.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?sr9+rubrics\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanz.com/\n\nhttp://www.sitesforteachers.com/\n\nhttp://www.4teachers.org/\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanet.com/\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/\n\nhttp://www.teachingideas.co.uk/\n\nhttp://www.canteach.ca/\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/WriteLessonPlan.htm\n\nGood luck for the future.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Use a sans serif font like Arial.\n\nSince one of your goals is to teach him writing as well, I would avoid serif fonts like Times New Roman because that is NOT how he will learn to print his letters. Arial or other similar sans serif fonts more closely resemble the rules he will be taught to follow for printing his letters.
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I teach third graders (8-9 year olds). I arrange their individual desks in groups of 4-5 with two people side-by-side- and then two facing them and maybe one on the end.  I select students who are lower to put next to average students and then higher students with average or low students. I give them many opportunities to discuss ideas in partners next to them(elbow partners) and partners across from them (mirror partners). They can also discuss things as a whole group which I allow them to name their table together. I also set up a reading corner.with pillows and books of varying levels. If you have room, you can set up a writing table to publish their writing. It could contain various papers, pre-made blank books, envelopes, markers, crayons, hole punches and zig-zag scissors. I have lots more ideas but hopefully this will help for now...Good Luck!
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There are so many.  My girls are 3 & 6 and both are reading and able to do early math concepts and recognize some spanish words because of the web sites we use.  They also get a great workout in creativity, matching, sorting with these sites and they have so much fun.\n\nBest educational web sites for 2-5:\n\nhttp://www.sesamestreet.com\nhttp://www.starfall.com\nhttp://www.pbskids.com\nhttp://www.brainpopjr.com\n\nAnd so far for math all I have come up with is:\nhttp://resources.kaboose.com/games/math1.html\n\nThere are a ton more.  I am a graphic designer and my husband is a programmer and we homeschool our kids using a lot of these sites.  I have written a sort of tutorial for kids, taking them through the different steps of computer usage and the web sites that help them develop and use their skills.  You can find the full text, plus a ton (like 50) links to various web sites for kids here: http://www.sonomamothersclub.org/kids_links.htm (I am the web master for our local mother's club).  Just scroll down to Online Games for Infants to Kindergarten!\n\nSome on the list are awesome (like the dole web site for nutrition http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/K_Index.jsp  etc.) some are just fun and some my kids don't care for (but someone else might).\n\nPeace!
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I never learned to print.  We learned to write cursive in the first grade.  Everyone in my school did and most could write beautifully.  We had it for one period every day  until the 5th grade.  Learning to write cursive affects the brain in a very positive way..we have forgotten that in this computer age. We learned the Palmer Penmanship method..lots of ovals..over and over.  Holding your pencil correctly and not too tight is important.  The Dollar Tree has a rubber pencil wedge that goes on the pencil so you have to hold it correctly.  This helps little fingers to write easier.  We took rubber balls used for the game- jacks- and bored a hole in it and inserted the pencil. Practice, practice, practice..There is a great site on the web called www.handwritingforkids.com   Good luck
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Check with each state's website- many of them offer free maps and info about their state.  Also check the department of education; they have publications that are fabulous pieces of information for parents about the importance of reading to your child, how to help with homework, etc.\n\nSometimes Costco has backpacks loaded with goodies for students; our school got them last year for our entire student body!
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I'm not sure exactly what you need, but here are some websites for elementary school students:
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heres somehttp://www.childrenlearningenglish.com/http://www.4learningenglish.com/index.htmhttp://esl.about.com/od/teachingchildren/tp/tp_kids.htm
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It's to have the students practice their handwriting, which is very important. The more you practice something, the better you get!\n\nHaving neat and readable handwriting is very important, even today with computers being so common. Having illegible handwriting can really be a handicap.
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try these:\n\nhttp://www.teacher.scholastic.com/\nOn this web page, you can find free tools and resources for the classroom such as: Lesson plans, teaching strategies, and many other tools.\n\nhttp://funschool.com\nOn this website you can find printables for coloring, stickers, and a section about origami.  Children can play crossword puzzles and word searches.\n\nhttp://www.lessonplans.com\nThis website provides lesson plans from various teachers in many different content areas.  It also provides free books and information about students with special needs.
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Practice, Practice, Practice.\n\nThat's the ONLY way I know how. \n\nMy 11 yr old son (5th grader) HATES cursive writing also. This year I had his teacher get him 2nd/3rd grade cursive writing practice sheets. Starting from the beginning, Capital A, Lowercase a, etc. So far this has worked WONDERS! YOU can now READ his cursive handwriting. It's just not a bunch of mismatched letters!\n\n(I also did the practice sheets with him. Writing/Practicing just as many times as he had to. Working at this together has made him work just a bit harder.)\n\nNow for HIS printing...... That's OUR next task at hand! It's like trying to read a DOCTORS Handwriting! Indistinguishable!\n\nAlso, I think, Taking your time. Think before your write. Concentrate when moving your pen/pencil. \n\nWriting a little big bigger works too. My kindergartener writes BIG. Concentrating on what he is doing. Then following thru with the actually written work. Working SLOW also helps struggling kids with cursive writing.\n\nMaybe take it a little at a time. Do one paragraph, rest, then onto the next one. Proof read your work. Even have another parent/sibling/friend look at your work helps too.
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I have found this to be the best site for customizable tracing pages. You can put in what ever word you would like the child to trace and print it. They even have pre-printing tracing pages which is where you should begin before actually giving a child letters to learn. Both links are below:\n\nhttp://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/index.htm\nhttp://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/dynamic.htm\n\nhave fun!
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Absolutely!  Most children today aren't even learning how to write in cursive and most printing is almost illegible.  \n\nHave you ever thought that if for any reason we lose electricity or computer crashes, how helpless this generation would be?  They can not add without a calculator, they can not write without a computer and they can not communicate with out a cell phone.  We are headed for a big problem...we have never been smarter and we have never in history been dumber either.\n\nMy grandpa used to say that about me and I believe it is pretty true...my handwriting is pretty bad and I hate holding a pencil too.  My grandpa used to whine that we had manual typewriters!...even before IBM and the electric typewriter!\n\nYep...getting dumber and smarter with every new generation!  Pretty soon, people won't know how to sign their own name.
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There are several ... here's a link to scope out some of them:  http://www.shopping.com/xGS-Writing_Courses~NS-1~linkin_id-3058181~
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These are some ideas aimed for pre-k, 1st and 2nd grade:\n*you can provide different geometrical shapes and have them sort them according to color, size, shape, etc.\n*with the same shapes have them complete a pattern you start for them ex. red circle, yellow square, red circle, yellow square, etc.\n*try looking for a game called "Tangram", I don't know if you can buy one already done or you can make your own in this site:http://www.tangram.i-p.com/\n*give students play money and have them solve problems using it.
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I taught 5th grade a few yrs ago. I liked using their literature stories and have the students pick a character and write the story from a different perspective. You can also allow them to write about their hobby,how would someone describe you if they came into your room and didn't know you?What will you be involved in in high school? What is your goal for 30 yrs of age? Write about fav sportsman. Who is their hero? What is a hero? Feelings about America? I once did a story on a bag of marshmallows and they wrote from the marshmallows veiw. It was a good topic. You can use everyday objects and lay one on each desk. Recently I had my grandkids write a story about 3 items that I picked for them. The items had nothing in common but they wrote great stories. They also made a story plan by filling out a form with the characters,problem,2 paragraphs about how to solve the problem,how it was solved, and wraping up in the last paragragh. The next time I let them pick the items but it took them forever to get them. I think they were trying to think up a story while looking for the items. I was actually working with one grandson who was behind in reading due to ADHD( Delux!). He learned some from the new ideas I found for him and it was nice that the others of about the same age wrote with him.PBS.com is where I got some of my ideas(games,worksheets,books) to help him this summer so he got caught up. "Mrs.McGowen Lots About Reading" in the PBS site is a great source and has many ideas on all subjects. Best wishes! I miss teaching but have my hands full with grandkids!