PenPals for Handwriting Year 2 Practice Book

The Practice Books provide specific handwriting focused practice – either introducing or practising letters, joins or key concepts such as size and proportion. They are designed to support independent practice in the classroom, following a whole-class teaching session. Each page corresponds to the units within the Teacher’s Books and includes opportunities for: Finger and pencil tracing, writing letters or joins; Writing phrases or sentences; Pattern practice; Self-assessment check. In Year 2, the four types of letter join are introduced ('diagonal to ascender', 'diagonal, no ascender', 'horizontal to ascender' and 'horizontal, no ascender').

Features

• Ideal for use in smaller groups.
• Augments the interactive resource.
• Provides plenty of opportunity to perfect letter formation through repetition.

CONTENTS

Term 1

1. Practising diagonal join to ascender: th and ch
2. Practising diagonal join, no ascender: ai, ay
3. Practising diagonal join, no ascender: ir, er
4. Practising horizontal join to ascender: wh, oh
5. Practising horizontal join, no ascender: ow, ou
6. Introducing diagonal join to e: ie, ue
7. Introducing horizontal join to e: oe, ve
8. Introducing ee
9. Practising diagonal join to e: le
10. Writing numbers 1–100

Term 2

1. Introducing diagonal join to anticlockwise letters: ea
2. Practising diagonal join to anticlockwise letters: ig(h)
3. Practising diagonal join to anticlockwise letters: ng, dg
4. Introducing horizontal join to anticlockwise letters: oo, oa
5. Practising horizontal join to anticlockwise letters: wa, wo
6. Introducing mixed joins for three letters: air, ear
7. Practising mixed joins for three letters: oor, our
8. Practising mixed joins for three letters: ing
9. Size and spacing, break letters: j, g, x, y, z, b, f, p, q, r, s
10. End of term check

Term 3

1. Building on diagonal join to ascender: th, ch, to, ck, al, el, at, il, ill
2. Building on diagonal join, no ascender: ai, ay, to, ui, ey, aw, ur, er, ar
3. Building on horizontal join to ascender: wh, oh, to, ok, ot, ob, ol
4. Building on horizontal join, no ascender: ow, ou, to, oi, oy, or, on, op
5. Building on diagonal join to anticlockwise letters: ea, ig, ng, dg, to, ed, es, eg, ic, ad, as, dd, ag
6. Building on horizontal join to anticlockwise letters: oo, oa, to, oc, og, od, os, ws, va, vo
7. Building on joins to s: as, es, os, ws, to, ns, ds, is, ts, os
8. Practising joining –ed and –ing
9. Assessment
10. Capitals