This fall, students in grades 4-8 participated in a cursive class that reviewed (and sometimes retaught) all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.  There was much discussion and practice with our lowercase letters: clock climbers, kite strings, the loop group, and hills & valleys. There was some difficulty and triumph over the “bridge connectors” and “line hogs”.  We’re halfway through the uppercase letters at this point. In general, students complete practice in class and then are expected to apply their knowledge in their writing on their contract and other aspects of their day.