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

The Year 2 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.

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. 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