Handwriting
Middle School
There is one sheet per week which concentrates on a group of letters with similar formation/joins.
Learning Intention: Children will be able produce a neat, legible style of handwriting.
Success Criteria: Letters are correctly formed and joined. Words are of a consistent size and well spaced.
Monday: Teach the letter formation for the weeks letters. Children trace over the first three rows.
Tuesday: Teach the joins. Children complete the second group of letters, joining if possible.
Wednesday: Children suggest words or spelling patterns that could be made with the letters chosen. Use the taught letters to form words. Complete the words group of letters, joining if possible.
Thursday: Add to word list words starting/ending with chosen letters. Trace the words using the handwriting lines. Use the empty lines to re-copy the words.
Friday: Add to word list words that have this week’s letters combined in some way. Trace the final two lines and then re-copy independently.