The Year 5 Penpals for Handwriting Workbook gives children the opportunity to work on the speed and fluency of their writing. Children are also introduced to a sloped style of writing. The workbooks provide opportunities for additional guided practice of the unit’s handwriting focus and link it to a relevant grammar, punctuation or spelling focus to provide meaningful contextualised practice. The disposable two-colour write-in Workbooks are sold in packs of 10.
Features
- Offers children the opportunity to consolidate letter formation.
- Links to common exception words to reinforce essential learning.
- Reinforces work on phonics.
- Supported by lively illustrations.
Table of Contents
- Term 1
- 1 Presentation – sloped writing: sloped alphabet
- 2 Spelling – sloped writing: diagonal join to ascender
- 3 Spelling – sloped writing: diagonal join, no ascender
- 4 Spelling – sloped writing: diagonal join to an anticlockwise letter
- 5 Grammar – sloped writing: horizontal join to ascender
- 6 Spelling – sloped writing: horizontal join, no ascender
- 7 Spelling – sloped writing: horizontal join to an anticlockwise letter
- 8 Spelling – sloped writing: joining from r
- 9 Grammar and punctuation – sloped writing: joining from s
- 10 Assessment
- Term 2
- 11 Punctuation – proportion: joining from f to ascender
- 12 Spelling – size: joining from f, no ascender
- 13 Punctuation: different styles for different purposes
- 14 Grammar: size, proportion and spacing ff
- 15 Spelling: size, proportion and spacing rr
- 16 Spelling: size, proportion and spacing ss
- 17 Grammar: size, proportion and spacing qu
- 18 Decorative alphabets: different styles for different purposes
- 19 Grammar: different styles for different purposes
- 20 Assessment
- Term 3
- 21 Punctuation of parenthesis – proportion: joining p and b to ascenders
- 22 Grammar – adverbs for possibility: joining from p and b
- 23 Spelling strategies – syllabification: parallel ascenders and descenders pp, bb
- 24 Spelling: all double letters
- 25 Spelling – speed practice: suffixes –tial, –cial
- 26 Spelling – fluency practice: i before e
- 27 Spelling – speed and fluency: silent letters
- 28 Presentation – print letters: labelling
- 29 Assessment: spelling
- 30 Spelling: print capitals
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