Penpals for Handwriting Year 2 Practice Book

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Year 2 Practice Book (6–7 years) Gill Budgell

Kate Ruttle

Series Consultants Sue Palmer Dr Rhona Stainthorp

Contents Joining letter sets

Inside front cover

Term 1 1 How to join in a word: high-frequency words 2 2 Introducing the break letters: j, g, x, y, z, b, f, p, q, r, s 3 3 Practising diagonal join to ascender in words: î©l, î©t 4 4 Practising diagonal join, no ascender, in words: a_e 5 5 Practising diagonal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter in words: i<cœ, i<dÿ 6 6 Practising horizontal join, no ascender, in words: oúw, oúu 7 7 Practising horizontal join, no ascender, in words: oúy, oúi 8 8 Practising horizontal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter in words: o+a, o+dÿ 9 9 Practising horizontal join to ascender in words: oßlÿ, oßbe 10 10 Practising horizontal join to ascender in words: o+o@ßk, o+olß 11

Term 2 11 Practising diagonal join to r: i<r, u<r, e©r 12 Practising horizontal join to r: oúr, o+orú 13 Introducing horizontal join from r to ascender: u<ñ@¡ l, i<ñ@¡ l, i<Ñ@t 14 Introducing horizontal join from r: e©r}e 15 Practising joining to and from r: a<i<r 16 Introducing diagonal join to s: d<i<@µ[ 17 Introducing horizontal join to s: w>[ 18 Introducing diagonal join from s to ascender: s©h 19 Introducing diagonal join from s, no ascender: s©i, s©u, s@@¿, s©p, s©m 20 Introducing horizontal join from r to an anticlockwise letter: r>[

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Term 3 21 Practising diagonal join to an anticlockwise letter: e©a, e©a<r 22 Introducing horizontal join from f to ascender: _‹@#õ,ª _‹@ #l 23 Introducing horizontal join from f, no ascender: _®@ u, _®@ r 24 Introducing |u (diagonal join, no ascender) 25 Introducing r¬@r@¬ (horizontal join, no ascender) 26 Introducing [µ[ (diagonal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter) 27 Introducing _‹@ #_@® (horizontal join to ascender) 28 Capital letter practice: height of ascenders and capitals 29 Assessment 30 Assessment

Capital and lower case alphabet

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Inside back cover

1

How to join in a word: high-frequency words Read the words.

Monday to Sunday Write the words.

Moún d<a<y t<o Su<n d<a<y Moún<d<a<y t<o Su<n<d<a<y

Read and write these words.

Ma<y ¥u<nÿ ¥u<l<y m<oún<t<h

Practise the pattern.

2

2

Introducing the break letters:

j, g, x, y, z, b, f, p, q, r, s

Write the letters.

jgxyz bfpqrs

Read and write these words.

nÿx@t

Write the words.

j@u<g@g@l<i<n<g fu<n b@oxe©r d<og+ @s z@e©b@r@a p@u@z@z@lÿ rŸ©d y@o-y@o

boúys pe©oúplÿ qu<i<c·k

Practise the pattern.

3

3

Practising diagonal join to ascender in words: Practise the joins.

î©l, î©t

m î©t mí©t w#h î©l w#hí©l

Read and write these words.

fî©t fî©l

Write the sentence.

Tî©t<h wëi<t<h fî©t mí©t oún t<hÿ w#hí©l.

Practise the pattern.

4

tì©t<h hí©l

4

Practising diagonal join, no ascender, in words: a_e Practise the joins.

c a<ge c·a<ge n a<mÿ n<a<mÿ

Read and write these words.

c·a<mÿ m<a<dÿ

Write the sentence.

Pu<t a n<a<mÿ pl<a<tæ oún Da<nÿ’s c·a<ge.

n<a<mÿ ga<mÿ

Practise the pattern.

5

5

Practising diagonal join, no ascender, to an anticlockwise letter in words: i<cœ, i<dÿ Practise the joins.

m i<cœ m<i<cœ dÿ©c i<dÿ dÿ©c·i<dÿ Write the sentence.

De©c·i<dÿ i<f ri<cœ is t<wëi<cœ as n<i<cœ as spi<cœ.

Practise the pattern.

6

Read and write these words.

ri<dÿ h<i<dÿ t<wëi<cœ i<cœ