Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2 Teacher's Book

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

Gill Budgell (Author), Kate Ruttle (Author)

9781845655341, Cambridge-Hitachi

Spiral bound, published 7 January 2016

66 pages
30 x 22.4 x 1 cm, 0.24 kg

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3–11 year olds. The Foundation 2 Penpals for Handwriting Teacher's Book consolidates the gross and fine motor skills developed at Foundation 1 and introduces the letter family approach. The colourful and appealing Long-Legged Giraffe, Curly Caterpillar, One-Armed Robot and Zig-Zag Monster introduce children to letter formation in a fun and exciting way. The Teacher's Book includes suggestions for using the Foundation 2 Penpals for Handwriting Interactive resource, along with full differentiated planning for whole-class sessions for Foundation 1 and 2 children. In addition, a scope and sequence chart, photocopy masters and writing mats for left- and right-handers are included.

Term 1 1 Dots 2 Straight lines and crosses 3 Circles 4 Waves 5 Loops and bridges 6 Joined straight lines 7 Angled patterns 8 Eights 9 Spirals 10 Left-to-right orientation 11 Mix of patterns 12 Review of patterns Term 2 1 Introducing long-legged giraffe letters: l 2 Practising long-legged giraffe letters: l, i 3 Practising long-legged giraffe letters: u, t 4 Practising long-legged giraffe letters: j, y 5 Practising all the long-legged giraffe letters: l, i, t, u, j, y 6 Introducing one-armed robot letters: r 7 Practising one-armed robot letters: b, n 8 Practising one-armed robot letters: h, m 9 Practising one-armed robot letters: k, p 10 Practising all the one-armed robot letters: r, b, n, h, m, k, p 11 Practising all the long-legged giraffe and one-armed robot letters 12 Reviewing all the long-legged giraffe and one-armed robot letters Term 3 1 Introducing curly caterpillar letters: c 2 Practising curly caterpillar letters: a, d 3 Practising curly caterpillar letters: o, s 4 Practising curly caterpillar letters: g, q 5 Practising curly caterpillar letters: e, f 6 Practising all the curly caterpillar letters: c, a, d, o, s, g, q, e, f 7 Practising all the curly caterpillar, long-legged giraffe and one-armed robot letters 8 Introducing zig-zag monster letters: z 9 Practising zig-zag monster letters: v, w, x 10 Practising all the zig-zag monster letters: z, v, w, x 11 Practising all the curly caterpillar and zig-zag monster letters 12 Reviewing all the curly caterpillar and zig-zag monster letters

Subject Areas: Educational: writing skills: handwriting [YQCS1]