Penmanship Writing of Grade Five Pupils at San Marcelino Elementary School, Basis for Developing Cursive Writing Worksheets

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Hand writing, or penmanship, is a way of writing using the hand and an instrument. Cursive is a style of penmanship that uses a flowing style to make writing faster. Cursive writing is always looped and connected. The teaching of handwriting involves training, tracing, copying, and practicing. It is essential that pupils watch the teacher demonstrating how to write and then try it for themselves.

METHODS

This is a descriptive research which aims to improve the cursive penmanship writing skills, identify the common miscues committed by the pupils, and acquire the activities that will enhance pupils' writing difficulties . The respondents of the study are the grade five pupils of San Marcelino Elementary School. The researcher will use four data gathering procedures namely: focus group discussion, rubrics, checklist, and worksheet which were used to attain the objectives of this study.

RESULTS

From the results of the study, it was determined that majority of the pupils were poor in terms of cursive writing lower case, upper case, and words. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended educators to add other activities that can improve the cursive writing skills of the pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of thestudy demonstrate the need of a researcher to propose some activities that could enhance the cursive writing skills of the pupils. The common errors committed by the pupils in cursive writing are the strokes, misalignment, slanting letters, spacing issues, letter connects, font sharpness, and capitalization.