Trace-A-Story Handwriting Practice

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From the author

These classic stories are a fun way to practice printing and handwriting. Put together booklets for them to trace and then illustrate their own book. What better way to allow your students to practice their handwriting than to give them something they want to write and read?!? This is fantastic resource to have on hand for your emerging writers. This resource is ideal for Kindergarten – 2nd grade students.

How To Use This:

Use these 6 story templates to help your students practice their printing. Each story has a cover page and a story with the story to trace on guided handwriting lines. Your students will enjoy practicing their handwriting while creating a story to share with others. Students will also get to add their own illustration to each page to practice text to picture connection. Staple all the pages together and have your students share their books with their fellow students and family.

This product can be used independently. It may be something you decide to allow students to work on as an early finisher activity. It would also be beneficial to save these pages for writing or reading centers. Whether they are working in small groups with you or with classmates, encourage them to use their best handwriting!

What You Get:

Handwriting practice in the form of a book for the stories of:

· The Frog Prince

· Little Red Riding Hood

· Jack and the Beanstalk

· The Little Red Hen

· The Three Little Pigs

· Goldilocks and the Three Bears

I can be contacted for questions and concerns at simplyschoolgirl1@gmail.com

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Practice printing letters and words on guided handwriting lines by tracing a familiar fairy tale
Build text-to-picture connection by illustrating each traced page to match the story content

Teaching tips

Assign one tracing page per day rather than a whole booklet at once, since the introductory page describes the activity as a multi-day project that ends with a complete, shareable storybook.
Staple each booklet together before handing it out, since a construction note ("Staple the booklet together here") appears on every page of every story.

Skills covered

Letter and word tracing — students trace guided-line handwriting for short story passages across each booklet.
Story sequencing — each booklet's pages move a familiar fairy tale from its opening line through its own "The End" page in order.
Text-to-picture connection — students illustrate each page next to the traced text as they complete it.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do students illustrate the stories?

Yes. The directions ask students to illustrate each part after practicing their printing. The completed pages can form a story booklet.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

L.1.1

Core concepts

Handwriting tracing
Fairy tale retellings
Text-to-picture connection

Topics

Handwriting practice Fairy tales Trace a story Illustrated booklet

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Categories this resource belongs to

1st Grade Reading Worksheets 2nd Grade Reading Worksheets ELA Worksheets Writing Worksheets Reading Worksheets Elementary Worksheets

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