Foundations for Writing

Virginia SOL K.FFW.1

Handwriting

What students need to be able to do

  • Printing legibly in manuscript
  • Using functional pencil grasp for letter formation
  • Accurately and automatically printing capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet independently
  • Writing left to right and top to bottom
  • Accurately printing first and last names, beginning each with a capital letter
  • Applying spaces between written words in phrase or sentence level writing