English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.33

Write fluently and legibly in cursive, using correctly formed letters with appropriate spacing and placing text elements correctly on the page.

COS Examples

Examples: headings, titles, paragraph indentions

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Legible writing can be read by others.
  • Fluent writing is writing at a consistent pace.
  • Cursive writing strokes for all letters.
  • Cursive writing connects the letters within words.
  • Appropriate spacing should occur between words.
  • Text elements, like headings, titles, and paragraph indentations, must be located in a certain place on a page.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Write legibly in cursive at a steady pace.
  • Connect and correctly form cursive letters.
  • Include appropriate spacing between words.
  • Place text elements, like headings, titles, and paragraph indentations, in the correct location on a page.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Cursive writing is a special type of writing that connects letters within words.
  • Appropriate spacing is important so that readers can tell where one cursive word ends and the next begins.
  • There are standard conventions for text elements that should be followed in formal writing.

Vocabulary

  • Fluently
  • Legibly
  • Cursive
  • Correctly formed letters
  • Appropriate spacing
  • Text elements
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