This easy worksheet focuses on good and bad handwriting habits rather than letter shapes. Second graders sort six behaviors — like sitting up straight, holding the pencil correctly, squeezing too hard, and writing too fast — into Good Habit and Bad Habit groups. Five fill-in-the-blank questions cover posture, pencil grip, and writing speed.
A four-question true-or-false section reinforces why straight posture and baseline writing make handwriting easier for other people to read.
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Handwriting: Words and Sentences
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
sitting up straightwriting too fastholding pencil correctlysqueezing pencil too hardkeeping letters on the linewriting letters different sizes
Good Handwriting Habit
Bad Handwriting Habit
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Good handwriting starts with sitting up straight.
2. Hold your pencil with your thumb and pointer finger.
3. Writing too fast makes letters look messy.
4. All letters in a word should be the same size.
5. Neat writers keep their letters on the line.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Sitting up straight helps you write neatly.
True False
2. Squeezing the pencil very hard is a good habit.
True False
3. Keeping letters on the baseline makes writing easier to read.
True False
4. It is fine to write some letters big and some letters tiny in one word.
True False
Handwriting: Words and Sentences
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
sitting up straightwriting too fastholding pencil correctlysqueezing pencil too hardkeeping letters on the linewriting letters different sizes
Good Handwriting Habit
Bad Handwriting Habit
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Good handwriting starts with sitting up straight.
2) Hold your pencil with your thumb and pointer finger.
3) Writing too fast makes letters look messy.
4) All letters in a word should be the same size.
5) Neat writers keep their letters on the line.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) Sitting up straight helps you write neatly.
True
False
2) Squeezing the pencil very hard is a good habit.
True
False
3) Keeping letters on the baseline makes writing easier to read.
True
False
4) It is fine to write some letters big and some letters tiny in one word.
True
False
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Complete each section carefully.
10 Questions
15-20 minutes
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