Penpals for Handwriting Year 5 Interactive Download

Penapls for Handwriting Year 5: Interactive uses activities which support direct teaching of the unit focus to the whole class using an interactive whiteboard. Each screen is divided into Penpals gym (gross and fine motor skill warm up videos) Teach (animated pattern and letter formation for perfect modelling) and Practice (sky writing and tracing patterns to help children with pencil flow)Each year includes: Gross and fine motor skill warm up clips to get children physically prepared for writing Pattern, letter formation and joins animated for perfect modelling. You can also pause animation if required. Kinaesthetic practice with sky writing and tracing patterns to help children with pencil flow a word bank which provides pre-selected examples of words featuring the handwriting unit focus to enable relevant practice. Word bank words can be pulled onto the screen so children can come to the whiteboard to identify the relevant join, trace and copy it. A gallery featuring samples of children’s mark-making and handwriting for discussion with your class. Year 5 consolidates all the work of previous stages and introduces children to a sloped style of writing. The focus at this stage also moves to helping children develop speed and fluency in their writing.

Features

• Digital resources support direct teaching to the whole class using an interactive whiteboard.
• Lesson warm ups and physical activities develop and refine gross and fine motor skills.
• Animations of letter formation and key joins for the perfect model.
• Video clips give guidance on correct posture and pencil grip for right- and left-handed pupils

CONTENTS

Term 1

1. Introducing sloped writing in letter families
2. Practising sloped writing: diagonal join to ascender
3. Practising sloped writing: diagonal join, no ascender
4. Practising sloped writing: diagonal join to an anticlockwise letter
5. Practising sloped writing: horizontal join to ascender
6. Practising sloped writing: horizontal join, no ascender
7. Practising sloped writing: horizontal join to an anticlockwise letter
8. Practising sloped writing: joining from r
9. Practising sloped writing: joining from s
10. Assessment

Term 2

1. Practising sloped writing: proportion – joining from f to ascender
2. Practising sloped writing: size – joining from f, no ascender
3. Practising sloped writing: different styles for different purposes
4. Practising sloped writing: size, proportion and spacing ff
5. Practising sloped writing: size, proportion and spacing rr
6. Practising sloped writing: size, proportion and spacing ss
7. Practising sloped writing: building speed qu
8. Different styles for different purposes
9. Different styles for different purposes
10. Assessment: making choices in handwriting

Term 3

1. Sloped writing: proportion, joining p and b to ascenders
2. Handwriting for different purpose: joining from p and b
3. Practising sloped writing: parallel ascenders and descenders pp, bb
4. Practising sloped writing: all double letters
5. Practising sloped writing for speed
6. Practising sloped writing for fluency
7. Personal style
8. Handwriting for different purposes: print alphabet
9. Assessment
10. Capitals