Penpals for Handwriting Year 1 Practice Book
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Penpals for Handwriting Year 1 Practice Book

2nd Edition
Gill Budgell, Kate Ruttle
December 2015
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9781316501337

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3–11 year olds.

    The Practice Books provide specific handwriting focused practice – either introducing or practising letters, joins or key concepts such as size and proportion. They are designed to support independent practice in the classroom, following a whole-class teaching session. Each page corresponds to the units within the Teacher’s Books and includes opportunities for: Finger and pencil tracing, writing letters or joins; Writing phrases or sentences; Pattern practice; Self-assessment check. Having learnt individual letters previously, children are introduced to letters within words for the first time in Year 1.

    Features

    • Ideal for use in smaller groups.
    • Augments the interactive resource.
    • Provides plenty of opportunity to perfect letter formation through repetition.

    Table of Contents

    • Term 1
    • 1 Practising long-legged giraffe letters
    • 2 Writing words with ll
    • 3 Introducing capitals for long-legged giraffe letters
    • 4 Practising one-armed robot letters
    • 5 Practising long-legged giraffe letters and one-armed robot letters
    • 6 Introducing capitals for one-armed robot letters
    • 7 Practising curly caterpillar letters
    • 8 Writing words with double ff
    • 9 Writing words with double ss
    • 10 Introducing capitals for curly caterpillar letters
    • Term 2
    • 11 Practising long-legged giraffe letters, one-armed robot letters and curly caterpillar letters
    • 12 Practising zig-zag monster letters
    • 13 Writing words with double zz
    • 14 Mixing all letter families
    • 15 Practising all capital letters
    • 16 Practising all numbers 0–9
    • 17 Writing words with ck and qu
    • 18 Practising long vowels: ee, oa, oo
    • 19 Practising long vowels: ee, oa, oo
    • 20 Assessment
    • Term 3
    • 21 Numbers 10–20: spacing
    • 22 Practising ch unjoined
    • 23 Introducing diagonal join to ascender: ch
    • 24 Practising ai unjoined
    • 25 Introducing diagonal join, no ascender: ai
    • 26 Practising wh unjoined
    • 27 Introducing horizontal join to ascender: wh
    • 28 Practising ow unjoined
    • 29 Introducing horizontal join, no ascender: ow
    • 30 Assessment

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