Next Gen Learning🎯 Objective
Learn the basic stroke order, starting points, and direction for letters so writing becomes smooth and neat.
🧰 Materials
- Pencil ✏️ (sharpened)
- Lined paper (primary lines)
- Eraser
🧠 Mini-Lesson — Start • Move • Finish
- Start: Begin at the correct line (baseline, midline, or top line).
- Move: Use the right direction (e.g., c starts with a curve counter-clockwise).
- Finish: Close shapes gently and keep sizes even.
💡 Tip: Say each step: “curve left… up… down…” to build muscle memory.
📝 Guided Practice — Warm-up Pad
Trace curves (like a c), then make a, m, and t.
Stroke:
🧱 Build the Strokes — Drag the Numbers in Order
For each letter, drag the tiles 1 → n into the boxes to show the correct stroke order.
Letter a — 2 steps
Step 1
Step 2
Letter m — 3 steps
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Letter t — 2 steps
Step 1
Step 2
✏️ Independent Practice
- Write c a m t three times each, saying the steps out loud.
- Circle your neatest line.
🧩 Mini Quiz
🏁 Assessment
Have the learner write: “cat mat”. Use this rubric:
| Skill | Emerging | Developing | Mastered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke order | Often out of order | Mostly correct | Consistent |
| Start & finish | Missing starts/finishes | Improving | Clear starts/finishes |
| Line use & size | Often off lines | Mostly on lines | Consistent & even |