In fact at one time children used slates and chalk for writing. The standards for letter size were as small as was considered feasible to maximize use of paper and such was the standard at which children were taught to write at. Whereas actually childrens ability to write and control their movements are not quite as small or fine as we tend to teach them. Then I would have them trace over their names. I looked over and there it was her name written on the sidewalk by her.
Teachers do the best they can with the limited time they have.
Too often teachers are apt to say with all the specialists around that it is their job. Or the parent to say it is the teachers job. A teacher is taught to teach large groups who can follow her basic instructions well. She often does not have the extra time needed for helping a child who may be having a problem or is a little bit slow. Sometimes all a teacher has to do is have another student help that child or to ask the parent to help the child at home.