This easy worksheet teaches second graders the basics of pencil grip and where letters start on the page. Kids sort six letters — c, l, o, t, a, d — into Start at the Top (pull down) and Start with a Curve groups. Five fill-in-the-blank sentences cover the tripod grip, writing left to right, the pencil resting on the middle finger, and moving to the next line when one runs out.
A four-question true-or-false section reinforces that print letters do not connect and that gripping the pencil too tightly is a bad habit, building the foundation kids need for neat handwriting.
Style:
Handwriting: Words and Sentences
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
clotad
Start at the Top (pull down)
Start with a Curve
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. We hold a pencil with three fingers called the tripod grip.
2. In English, we write words from left to right.
3. The pencil should rest on your middle finger when you write.
4. After finishing one line of writing, you move to the next line.
5. Print letters are written one at a time and do not connect together.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. You should grip the pencil as tightly as possible.
True False
2. In English, we write from left to right across the page.
True False
3. Print letters are separate and do not join together.
True False
4. You should start writing in the middle of the line.
True False
Handwriting: Words and Sentences
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
clotad
Start at the Top (pull down)
Start with a Curve
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) We hold a pencil with three fingers called the tripod grip.
2) In English, we write words from left to right.
3) The pencil should rest on your middle finger when you write.
4) After finishing one line of writing, you move to the next line.
5) Print letters are written one at a time and do not connect together.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) You should grip the pencil as tightly as possible.
True
False
2) In English, we write from left to right across the page.
True
False
3) Print letters are separate and do not join together.
True
False
4) You should start writing in the middle of the line.
True
False
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