PenPals for Handwriting Year 6 Teacher’s Book (2nd Edition)

The Year 6 Penpals for Handwriting Teacher’s Book provides clear step-by-step instructions on how to teach each unit including: An outline of the unit’s key learning whole-class teaching support linked to Penpals Interactive links to the use of the corresponding Practice Books and workbooks with suggestions for both group work and independent work. suggestions for extra practice and home practice. Guidance on common errors and what to do about them. You'll also find a full scope and sequence for the whole scheme showing progression of skills and links to English National Curriculum requirements, a beginning of year assessment to help you track pupil progress and photocopy masters for extra handwriting practice and homework. The Year 6 Teacher’s Book includes best practice guidance on helping children master speed and fluency. 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.

Features

• Comprehensive support material, written by experts.
• Step-by-step introduction and development of the unit objective.
• Penpals links letter-formation practice with spelling patterns.
• User-friendly portrait format in response to customer feedback.
• Gives you the language to teach handwriting and to correct common errors.

CONTENTS

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

1. Improving handwriting: the importance of consistent sizing
2. Improving handwriting: the importance of proportion
3. Improving handwriting: the importance of spacing
4. Improving handwriting: the importance of consistent proportions
5. Improving handwriting: the importance of closed and open letters
6. Improving handwriting: pen breaks in longer words
7. Handwriting for different purposes: annotations
8. Handwriting for different purposes
9. Choice of handwriting tools
10. Assessment

Term 3

1. Handwriting for different purposes: fast joined and print letters
2. Handwriting for different purposes: note making
3. Handwriting for different purposes: neat writing
4. Handwriting for different purposes: print letters for personal details
5. Different styles of writing
6. Handwriting for different purposes: presentation
7. Handwriting for different purposes: decorated capitals
8. Handwriting for different purposes: layout
9. Assessment
10. Handwriting for different purposes: handwriting patterns