Synopses & Reviews
Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year-olds, covering attainment targets for the National Literacy Strategy. Teaching letter shapes and joins through stimulating and motivating activities, this scheme leads the way to fast, fluent and legible handwriting. Whole-class teaching via Big Books and OHTs provides an effective focus, from which pupils can gain the confidence for their own practice through finger tracing, pencil tracing and independent writing via Practice Books. From the beginning, the application of Fine and Gross Motor skills plays an integral part in the development of a fluent hand. The teaching methods outlined in Penpals are linked to spelling and can help to improve overall attainment in writing. Year 2 continues the joining progression from Year 1, revising and developing joins.
Synopsis
Penpals for Handwriting is a complete scheme for 3-11 year-olds. Teaching letter shapes and joins through stimulating and motivating activities, this scheme leads the way to fast, fluent and legible handwriting. Whole-class teaching via Big Books and OHTs provides an effective focus, from which pupils can gain the confidence for their own practice through finger tracing, pencil tracing and independent writing via Practice Books. Year 2 continues the joining progression from Year 1, revising and developing joins.
Synopsis
Penpals is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year-olds, covering attainment targets for the NLS.
Synopsis
Penpals for Handwriting, the UK's favourite handwriting scheme, is for 3-11 year olds, helping children to use a fast and fluent handwriting style. Continues the joining progression from Year 1, revising and developing joins.
Table of Contents
Capital and lower case alphabet; 1; How to join in a word: high frequency words; 2; Introducing the break letters: j,g,x,y,z,b,f,p,r,s; 3; Practising diagonal join to ascender in words: eel, eet; 4; Practising diagonal join, no ascender, in words: a_e; 5; Practising diagonal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter in words: ice, ide; 6; Practising horizontal join, no ascender, in words: ow, ou; 7; Practising horizontal join, no ascender, in words: oy, oi; 8; Practising horizontal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter in words: oa, ode; 9; Practising horizontal join to ascender in words: ole, obe; 10; Practising horizontal join to ascender in words: ook, ool; 11; Practising diagonal join to r: ir, ur, er; 12; Practising horizontal join to r: or, oor; 13; Introducing horizontal join from r to ascender: url, irl, irt; 14; Introducing horizontal join from r: ere; 15; Practising joining to and from r: air; 16; Introducing diagonal join to s: dis; 17; Introducing horizontal join to s: ws; 18; Introducing diagonal join from s to ascender: sh; 19; Introducing diagonal join from s, no ascender: si, su, se, sp, sm; 20; Introducing horizontal join from r to an anticlockwise letter: rs; 21; Practising diagonal join to an anticlockwise letter: ea, ear; 22; Introducing horizontal join to and from f to ascender: ft, fl; 23; Introducing horizontal join from f, no ascender: fu, fr; 24; Introducing qu (diagonal join, no ascender); 25; Introducing rr (horizontal join, no ascender); 26; Introducing ss (diagonal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter); 27; Introducing ff (horizontal join to ascender); 28; Capital letter practice: height of ascenders and capitals; 29; Assessment; 30; Assessment; Joining letter sets