Penpals for Handwriting Year 4 Practice Book

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Year 4 Practice Book (8–9 years) Gill Budgell

Kate Ruttle

Series Consultants Sue Palmer Dr Rhona Stainthorp

Contents Joining letter sets

Inside front cover

Term 1 1 Revising joins in a word: nÿµ[µ[, s©h<i<p 2 Revising joins in a word: i<n<g, Ÿ©d 3 Revising joins in a word: s 4 Revising joins in a word: i<_@® y 5 Revising joins in a word: n<n, m<m, [µ[ 6 Revising parallel ascenders: õ‹<õ,ª l<l, b©b 7 Revising parallel ascenders and descenders: p©p, _‹@ #_@® 8 Revising joins to an anticlockwise letter: c·c, d<d 9 Revising break letters: alphabetical order 10 Linking spelling and handwriting: related words

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Term 2 11 Introducing sloped writing Subsequent units practise sloped writing 12 Parallel ascenders: a<l, a<d, a<f 13 Parallel descenders and break letters: i<gh<t, oúu<gh 14 Size, proportion and spacing: i<ou ú ƒ[ 15 Size, proportion and spacing: a<b©lÿ, _®@ u<l 16 Size, proportion and spacing: _‹[† , v}eµ[ 17 Speed and fluency: abbreviations for notes 18 Speed and fluency: notemaking 19 Speed and fluency: drafting 20 Speed and fluency: lists

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Term 3 21 Size, proportion and spacing: v, k 22 Size, proportion and spacing: i<c, iƒ[©t 23 Size, proportion and spacing: i<on ú 24 Size, proportion and spacing: i<tƒ[ and i<t’s 25 Speed and fluency: i<b©lÿ, a<b©lÿ 26 Speed and fluency: diminutives 27 Print alphabet: captions, headings, labels 28 Print capitals: posters 29 Assessment 30 Presentational skills

Capital and lower-case alphabet

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32

Inside back cover

1

Revising joins in a word:

nÿµ[µ[, s©h<i<p

Practise the joins.

nÿµ[µ[ nÿµ[µ[ s©h<i<p s©h<i<p Copy the questionnaire.

Gi<ve} yoúu<r>[@¿©l<f p©oiú <n<tƒ[ oúu<t o®#f tæ©n _@›o®@r t<hÿµ[@¿ |u<a<l<i<t<iÿµ[. _@›a<i<r¬@nÿµ[µ[ _®@i<t<nÿµ[µ[ t<i<d<i<nÿµ[µ[ lÿ©a<dÿ©r>[©h<i<p k<i<n<d<nÿµ[µ[ _®@r¬@iÿ©n<dƒ[©h<i<p c·l<u<b mÿ©m<b¿©r>[©h<i<p Practise the pattern.

2

Read and write these words.

_®@r¬@iÿ©n<dƒ[©h<i<p h<a<p©p©i<nÿµ[µ[ l<i<gh<t<nÿµ[µ[ lÿ©a<dÿ©r>[©h<i<p

2

Revising joins in a word:

i<n<g, Ÿ©d

Practise the joins.

i<n<g i<n<g Ÿ©d Ÿ©d Write the poem.

It’s r>a<i<n<i<n<g, i<t’s p©oúu<r¬@i<n<g, We©t p©l<a<yt<i<mÿµ[ a<r}e b©oúr¬@i<n<g, It r>a<i<nÿ©d, i<t p©ouú <rŸ} ©d, Thÿ tæ©a<c·hÿ©r>[ s©n<oúr}Ÿ©d, I h<opú ¿ i<t w>onú ’t r>a<i<n i<n t<hÿ m<oúr¬@n<i<n<g.

Read and write these words.

oúp¿©nÿ©d oúp¿©n<i<n<g s©t<a<Ñ@tæ©d s©t<a<Ñ@t<i<n<g

Practise the pattern.

3

3

Revising joins in a word:

s

Practise the joins.

iÿµ[ eµ[ pµ[ Complete the word sums.

c·a<r@¬r@¬y + s = c·a<r@¬r@¬iÿµ[ c·r>o@ü [µ[ + s = s©a<ve} + s = i<nƒ[©p©i<r}e + s = s©h<opú + s = wëiƒ[©h + s = s©p©y + s = h<iƒ[µ[ + s = Practise the pattern.

4

Read and write these words.

go°eµ[ d<oe° µ[ t<r¬@iÿµ[ t<h<i<n<kƒ[

4

Revising joins in a word:

i<_®@y

Practise the joins.

i<_®@y i<_®@y i<_®@y Copy the instructions.

1 Pu<r@¬i<_@® y s©om ú ÿ w>a<tæ©r.

2 Pu<t i<t i<n t<hÿ _®@r}îze©r t<o s©oßl<i<d<i<_®@y.

3 Lo+o@ßk _@o› rú b©u<b©b©lÿµ[ t<h<r>ouú <gh a m<a<gn<i<_®@yi<n<g gl<aƒ[µ[.

4 Hoúw d<o yoúu c·l<aƒ[µ[©i<_@® y i<cœ?

Li<|u<i<d oúr s©olß <i<d?

Read and write these words.

n<o®#t<i<_®@y c·l<a<r¬@i<_®@y p©u<r¬@i<_®@y c·l<aƒ[µ[©i<_@® y

Practise the pattern.

5

5

Revising joins in a word: Practise the joins.

n<n, m<m, [µ[

n<n m<m [µ[

Read and write these words.

s©wëi<m<m<i<n<g

Copy and complete the table. s form

ing form

h<iƒ[µ[@¿µ[ s©k<i<mƒ[ s©c·a<nƒ[ b©o@ü [µ[@¿µ[ _@a› <nƒ[ h<u<mƒ[ s©l<a<mƒ[ k<iƒ[µ[@¿µ[ Practise the pattern.

6

ed form

gr¬@i<n<n<i<n<g r¬@u<n<n<i<n<g m<iƒ[µ[©i<n<g