Cursive Handwriting workshop 2nd October 2017
Workshop aims Rationale behind cursive handwriting Our school approach Examples Having a go!
Why cursive? To have a consistent approach to handwriting across the school To support spelling development Make the physical act of writing easier (over time) National expectations
Our school approach Daily handwriting Class 1 – 6 cursive Class R in summer term if ready for pre-cursive Variety of media Making it fun!
Which font?! We are following the Joinit handwriting programme We have the joinit C1 font downloaded on all computers. On the teachhandwriting. co.uk we use letter set 3. On Twinkl we use the normal cursive font.
Teaching sequence We teach letters in groups/families based on the letter sets starting, directional and finishing points not in alphabetical order. Teaching in sets can help the children to learn the movement needed to create each shape and can help to limit letter reversals.
Letter families Curly caterpillar letters c o a e s (trunks) d (ascenders) g q f (descenders) Long ladder letters i u (trunks) l t (ascenders) j y (descenders) One armed robot letters r n m (trunks) h k b (ascenders) p (descenders) Zig zag letters v w x z (trunks)
Letter families Curves to start letters c o a e s (trunks) d (ascenders) g q (descenders) Straight line letters i x z (trunks) l t (ascenders) Top exit letters r v w (trunks) Tunnel letters n m u (trunks) h b (ascenders) p (descenders) Hooks, loops and line letters k f (ascenders) j y (descenders)
Joins Bottom letter joins ai ar au aw ay ch ck er ew ff ir kn ll ph qu sh th ur Bottom to ‘c’ shaped joins as ea ed igh ing ng squ ss Bottom to ‘e’ shaped joins ae be de ee fe ge ie pe se ue ze Top to ‘e’ shaped joins ere oe re ure ve we xe Top letter joins oa oh oi on ow oy oo op or ov wh
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