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. The Year 2/Primary 3 Teacher's Book features suggestions for using the Penpals for Handwriting Year 2 CD-ROM. The Teacher's Book also features full planning for whole-class session a scope and sequence chart, annotated facsimilies of Big Book and Practice Book pages, photocopy masters for additional practice or homework and writing mats for left- and right-handers. The Year 2 Teacher's Book continues the joining progression from Year 1, revising and developing joins.
Contents
Component chart; Scope and sequence chart; Introduction; 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 diagonal join to r and 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 horizontal 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 s; 21; Practising diagonal join to an anticlockwise letter: ea, ear; 22; Introducing horizontal join from f to ascender: ft, fl; 23; Introducing horizontal join from f, no ascender: fu, fr; 24; Introducing q (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
