Handwriting: Tall, Small and Fall

I have been watching our OT the past few years when she's come into our classroom to do a few lessons here and there and I've picked up on a few of her tricks.  The good thing about this is.... she's on maternity leave this year, but I was still able to replicate a few of her lessons, which my firsties needed, believe me!  :)

The lessons I love are on Tall, Small and Fall letters. We started looking at letters and the lines they sit on.  Here's the chart I made for our firsties.

We looked at the letters and decided where we should put them.  Each person was given a letter and came up to place it on the chart.  A few were put in the wrong places, but we were able to look at the other letters to help us find the right home.

After a few days of practice, we moved to cutting (we need it desperately) sorting and gluing.

We also did some whole group sorting.

After that we looked at letters and found either tall, small or fall.  Then, we practiced writing them.

Some of needed some highlighting to make sure our letters were being formed correctly.  It's a work in progress. :)

I made a little packet to help our little firsties with recognizing and writing.  There are also a couple of sorts that can be used for an assessment.  Interested?????  I'll give this packet to the first five people that comment. :)

Happy Handwriting!