Category: Books

Books by D. Passmore

X Pirate Letters: Handwriting Storybook for learning the lowercase letters v, w, y, x, z & u.

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Orton-Gillingham Style Handwriting in a storybook to make learning the letters a fun adventure.

This is the fourth book in the handwriting series.

The pirate’s lowercase letter adventure is coming to a close with one of their favorite letters the X.

Of course, because the letter X would traditionally mark the spot where the treasure is located.

In this book, they will learn the slanted letters: v, w, y, x, v, and surprise the last vowel the letter u. The letter u is a very funny part of the story and it includes the vowel sounds are also a type of treasure for the pirates as they learn to write. Thanks to the helpful parrot that flies by.

In this storybook, the lowercase letters are grouped to help improve muscle memory and indicate a common starting point. The pictures illustrate a sensory experience of writing in the sand to stimulate the brain for learning. With letters grouped by similar starting points and slanted downstrokes, it can speed up the handwriting process and improve letter print recognition for reading. Images of the letters share the same shape to help avoid common letter reversal errors. Special attention to paid to the vowel letter, by a colorful bird. Paired with a fun and memorable story to engage the interests of young students.

This is a perfect book to use with sand tray letters.

The whole pirate adventure is available in one storybook on Amazon. The Pirate Letters: Lowercase Handwriting Storybook.

This is a wonderful way to teach handwriting in the Orton-Gillingham style letter groups.

Handwriting worksheets and cards for this book are available HERE on Teachers Pay Teachers.

C Pirate Letters Sand Tray

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I Pirate Letters Storybook for handwriting lowercase letters

Orton-Gillingham Style Handwriting in a storybook to make learning fun.

This is the third book in the handwriting series.

The adventure continues when the pirates think that someone has been digging for treasure on the island. A huge surprise in the sand leads them to learn the next set of straight-line letters.

These letters are the third handwriting group. In this story, they will learn the letters: i, j, l, t, f, k.

In this storybook, the lowercase letters are grouped to help improve muscle memory and indicate a common starting point. The pictures illustrate a sensory experience of writing in the sand to stimulate the brain for learning. With letters grouped by similar starting points and straight downstrokes, it can speed up the handwriting process and improve letter print recognition for reading. Images of the letters share the same shape to help avoid common letter reversal errors. Special attention was paid to the vowel letter, by a colorful bird. Paired with a fun and memorable story to engage the interests of young students.

The straight line letters are made alongside the little sea turtle tracks. Little hatchlings start at the top and head straight to the water.

Tall Letters

Letter size is crucial but often overlooked when students are learning to write. Letters like i, j, f, l, t, and k provide great examples to highlight this concept.

  • i – is small
  • j – is a fall letter
  • f, l, t, and k, are tall letters.

Handwriting letter strips can be found on my TPT page. These are great for students to use daily. Practice writing the letters and making the letters sounds are very important for reading and spelling.

This is a perfect book to use with sand tray letters.

Available on Amazon.

2026 in Hardcover ISBN 978-0-473-60250-5

The next book in the series is “X Pirate Letters.“

The 4 book series can be purchased on AMAZON

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You may also like the c letters for sand trays.

C Pirate Letters Sand Tray

C Pirate Letters Handwriting Storybook

The second book in the series, Pirate Handwriting letter formation

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C Pirate Letters: Handwriting Storybook Lowercase Letter Formation

This is the second book in the series Pirate Handwriting.

The lowercase letters are grouped to help improve muscle memory, picture a sensory experience to stimulate the brain for learning, and avoid common letter reversal errors. In a storybook style, the letters are grouped by similar starting points and curved strokes to speed up the handwriting process and improve letter print recognition for reading. Presented with a fun and memorable story to engage the interests of young students.

This is the second group of letters that they learn: c, a, g, d, q, o, s, e.

These letters all share the common C shape. The pirates use the round coconut space to trace around in the sand.

They also start to recognize vowel sounds, with the help of a colorful bird and a curious monkey they find on the island.

Vowels a,o, and e.

Now available in Hardcover ISBN 978-0-473-60249-9

By D. Passmore

The next book in the series is: I Pirate Letters

C Pirate Letters Sand Tray

R’s Pirate Letters Handwriting Storybook

The first book in the series Pirate Handwriting letter formation

R’s Pirate Letters: Handwriting Storybook Lowercase Letter Formation

This is the first book in the Pirate Handwriting series.

The letters in this book all share a similar ‘r’ shape and fine motor direction with a common downstroke and slide-up hook.

Letters: r, n, m, h, b, p

Treasure-seeking pirates are distracted by a new adventure. That leads them to start learning the valuable skill of handwriting. 

The lowercase letters are grouped to help improve muscle memory, picture a sensory experience to stimulate the brain for learning, and avoid common letter reversal errors.  With letters that are grouped by similar starting points and down strokes to speed up the handwriting process and improve letter print recognition for reading.  Paired with a fun and memorable story to engage the interests of young students.

Now Available in Hardcover ISBN 978-0-473-60223-9

The second book in the series is: C Pirate Letters, By D. Passmore

Letters: c, a, g, d, q, o, s, e

Awesome Animal Alphabet Poems: ABC – Book

Created to help children learn the correct starting points for the lower case letters, and create an auditory link between the visually related objects that make the correct letter sound. Each page has color animal actions to follow.

This book can be found on Amazon HERE

The students really like the letter u page. they laugh at the word underwear. Uncle umbrella bird flies under the underwear, these are all short u vowels sounds. This is important because bossy r words block the short u sound and the long u words like ukulele do not help students with the short vowel decoding of CVC words. (consonant vowel consonant)

Ukulele is also a Hawaiian word, so the long e sound at the end of word does not follow the normal English spelling rules.

Letter tracing cards can be found on my Teachers Pay Teachers shop – Pure Joy Teaching

Link to my shop HERE

You can download and print these cards, that are based on the my book. Use them in your classroom or home to help students with handwriting.

Zebra countdown to Zoom book

10, 9, 8…..Counting down to zoom, with the excitement of a rocket balloon. Zack the Zebra illustrates how to make a balloon rocket with simple household items. A Stimulating way to inspire education, fun, science, and math. Great indoor entertainment, easy DIY. Kids love balloons, spark interest in physics and release fun.

This book is available on  Amazon in paperback and ebook.

Balloon Rocket Tack Cards, and printable Awards for a STEM Project

Printable downloads on TpT, Teachers Pay Teachers are in the works and will be available soon. Joining TpT is free.

Right now there is a free download of my shape & color cards.   

For classroom display and word wall poster printables, find my Alphabet cards, Maori Numbers, & more with the Zebra Frame Pattern.

See more of my items HERE.