Penpals for Handwriting Year 6 Interactive Download

Penapls for Handwriting Year 6: 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. The focus in Year 6 remains developing speed and fluency of 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. 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