Lesson Plan

At handwriting instruction time, students use special whiteboards as they would paper. Using the boards enables students to work until they are happy with their writing; they can erase until they succeed. Invite students who have created the best writing samples to go to the head of the class to show off their work.

Note: Ideally, students should use dry-erase markers that are the size of a pen or pencil for this activity. If they are not available, standard markers will suffice for initial instruction; transfer instruction to writing paper after students have mastered basic letter forms.

Assessment

After students have succeeded in the whiteboard writing lesson, they can permanently add the handwriting exercise to their handwriting booklets. The best samples of student writing might be displayed on a classroom bulletin board.

Lesson Plan Source

Education World

Submitted By

Gary Hopkins