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 3/Primary 4 Teacher's Book features suggestions for using the Penpals for Handwriting Year 3 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 3 Teacher's Book provides valuable revision of more complex joins, reinforcing links with spelling and supporting the move towards fluency.
Contents
Component chart; Scope and sequence chart; Introduction; 1; Revising joins in a word - long vowel phonemes; 2; Revising joins in a word - le; 3; Revising joins in a word - ing; 4; Revising joins in a word - antonyms; 5; Revising joins in a word - synonyms; 6; Revising joins in a word - un, de; 7; Revising joining to and from s - dis; 8; Revising joining to and from r - re, pre; 9; Revising joining to and from f - ff; 10; Revising joining qu; 11; Introducing joining b and p: diagonal join, no ascender,bi,bu,pi,pu; 12; Practising joining b and p: diagonal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter,ba,bo,pa,po; 13; Practising joining b and p: diagonal join to ascender,bl,ph; 14; Relative sizes of letters - silent letters; 15; Parallel ascenders - HF words; 16; Parallel descenders - adding y to words; 17; Relative size and consistency - ly,less,ful; 18; Relative size and consistency - capitals; 19; Speed and fluency practice - er,est; 20; Speed and fluency practice - opposites; 21; Consistency in spacing - mis,anti,ex; 22; Consistency in spacing - non,co; 23; Consistency in spacing - apostrophes; 24; Layout, speed and fluency practice - address; 25; Layout, speed and fluency practice - dialogue; 26; Layout, speed and fluency practice - poem; 27; Layout, speed and fluency practice - letter; 28; Handwriting style - calligrams; 29; Assessment; 30; Handwriting style - acrostics; Photocopy masters; Penpals writing mat: right-handers; Penpals writing mat: left-handers; Lined sheet (10mm); Joining letter sets
