Penpals for Handwriting Year 6 Teacher's Book

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

Gill Budgell (Author), Kate Ruttle (Author)

9781845657413, Cambridge-Hitachi

Spiral bound, published 11 February 2016

64 pages
29.8 x 22.2 x 1 cm, 0.24 kg

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3–11 year olds. The Year 6 Penpals for Handwriting Teacher's Book includes best practice guidance on helping children master speed and fluency and offers suggestions on how to use the Year 6 Penpals for Handwriting Interactive activities. By this stage, children should be confident in writing by hand. Children are introduced to developing style for speed and looking at different handwriting styles for different purposes. They make choices about which letters to join to develop a personalised style as well as tools for writing.

Term 1 1 Style for speed: joining from t 2 Style for speed: joining from g 3 Style for speed: joining from j and y 4 Style for speed: looping from f 5 Style for speed: different joins to s 6 Style for speed: looping from b 7 Style for speed: joining from v, w, x and z 8 Handwriting for different purposes: abbreviations 9 Spacing between words 10 Assessment: personal style for speed and fluency Term 2 11 Improving handwriting: the importance of consistent sizing 12 Improving handwriting: the importance of proportion 13 Improving handwriting: the importance of spacing 14 Improving handwriting: the importance of consistent proportions 15 Improving handwriting: the importance of closed and open letters 16 Improving handwriting: pen breaks in longer words 17 Handwriting for different purposes: annotations 18 Handwriting for different purposes 19 Choice of handwriting tools 20 Assessment Term 3 21 Handwriting for different purposes: fast joined and print letters 22 Handwriting for different purposes: note making 23 Handwriting for different purposes: neat writing 24 Handwriting for different purposes: print letters for personal details 25 Different styles of writing 26 Handwriting for different purposes: presentation 27 Handwriting for different purposes: decorated capitals 28 Handwriting for different purposes: layout 29 Assessment 30 Handwriting for different purposes: handwriting patterns

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