Ways to remember how to write the letters...
**When the students use lined paper, they think about the sky being the top line, the trees being the dotted or dashed line and the ground being the bottom line.                                                         

**Many of the letters shown below would normally be written with slight tails on the ends.

a
Around to the ground, back up and down
 

d
Around to the ground, up to the sky and down

o
Down to the ground and around
 

g
Around to the ground, back up and underground
 

c
Up to the tree, down to the ground, Stop!
 

e
Out and around and down to the ground
 

s
Back and forth and back
 

f
Start in the clouds, go up in the sky, straight down to the ground, and cross at the tree
 

b
Start in the sky…way up high,
straight down to the ground and around
 

l  (this l is missing the tail)
Start up high, down and stop at the ground, give it a tail
 

t
Start in the sky, down and touch the ground, cross at the trees
 

h
Start in the sky, touch the ground, right back up and over
 

k   (this 'k' is missing the loop)
Start up high, go down touch the ground, back up, loop-de-loop, and give it a tail