Kindergarten · Writing · week 9

Checkpoint: name and most letters legible

Show that your first and last name, and most lowercase letters, are legible without a model.

This is a checkpoint week. No new letters to learn, just a chance to show how far you have come since week one.

Legible means someone else could read it, even if it is not perfectly neat. That is the goal today, not perfection.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Ask your child to write their name and a handful of letters with no model in front of them. This shows what has truly stuck.
  • Judge legible, not perfect. Can a stranger tell which letter it is? That is the bar for kindergarten.
  • Note any letters that are still shaky and fold them into warm-up practice over the next few weeks.
  • Celebrate this milestone out loud. Nine weeks ago some of these letters were brand new.
Talk about it:
  • Which letters feel completely automatic now?
  • Which one or two letters still need more practice?
  • How does your handwriting today compare to week one?

Mastery looks like: They write their full name and most lowercase letters legibly, without a model, and can identify which letters still need practice.

Common stumbles: Needing a model for their own name still; reversing letters like b and d; rushing so much that letters become unreadable.

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