H ndwriting Rules!
Unit FeatUres
Focus letter modelled in head, body and tail lines. The helpful head, body and tail creature is always shaded to show where the lower-case letter is located within the lines.
For the teacher, links to grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and literary elements.
Trace a pattern to warm up.
Track lower-case letters, with start dots and directional arrows, to introduce formal letter shapes.
Trace lower-case letters within lines to reinforce the letter and to help develop students’ kinaesthetic memory.
Write the letter on own, with start dots as a guide.
Artwork reinforces words beginning with the focus letter and provides links to phonics.
Trace the focus letter in words.
Write the words on own, with start dots as a guide. This helps with spacing between letters and between words.
Trace and write the capital letter, with supportive directional arrows and start dots.
Trace and then independently write a sentence. All sentences model different aspects of the English curriculum appropriate for Year 1, while being fun and motivating for students.
Fun self-assessment feature to encourage students to take responsibility for their own progress.
Link to animation showing correct letter formation. (Download a QR code reader from the App Store.)
(my name)
loves
to .
This is a drawing of what I love to do.
My
As you complete each page, find the letter here. Trace the letter and draw a picture.
bB
Continue the patterns. Keep your pencil on the page.
Copy the picture.
Continue the patterns. Keep your pencil on the page.
Copy the patterns.
Practise.
Practise.
Practise.
Copy the patterns. Start at the dots.
a a
a A
Trace then write.
animal ape ask
Handwriting: anticlockwise letter, body letter (a).
Grammar: simple sentence, action verb (ate).
Punctuation: capital letter to start a sentence, full stop.
Spelling and vocabulary: act, again, ago, all, allow, animal, any, ape, apple, April, arm, arrow, ash, ask, ate, August. Literary elements: alliteration.
Trace then write. Trace then write. Rate your writing.
An anaconda ate
Track.
Trace then write.
Trace then write.
clip clop clap
Handwriting: anticlockwise letter, body letter (c).
Grammar: commands, describing words/adjectives (crazy, cool), action verb (catch), proper noun (Connie).
Punctuation: capital letter to start a sentence, exclamation mark.
Spelling and vocabulary: cake, can, can’t, car, cat, catch, chew, chin, chip, clap, coat, comb, cool, cow, crazy. Literary elements: onomatopoeia (clip, clop, clap), alliteration, anthropomorphism.
Trace then write.
c
Trace then write.
Catch that crazy,
Rate your writing.
cool cow, Connie!
Track.
Trace then write.
Trace then write.
Warm up.
dogs drool drag d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d D
Handwriting: anticlockwise letter, head and body letter (d).
Grammar: simple sentence, statement, proper noun (Daisy), describing word/adjective (daring).
Punctuation: capital letter to start a sentence, full stop.
Spelling and vocabulary: dance, December, did, disco, do, dog, done, door, drab, drag, drip, drool, drop, drum, doll, duck. Literary elements: alliteration, anthropomorphism.
Trace then write.
Trace then write.
Daisy duck did a
daring disco dance.
Rate your writing.
Trace then write.
Trace then write.
glug goblin
Handwriting: anticlockwise letter, body and tail letter (g).
Grammar: commands, proper nouns (Gruff, Billy).
Punctuation: direct speech, speech marks, exclamation mark.
Spelling and vocabulary: game, gasp, get, glue, go, goat, goblin, going, gone, grandma, grandpa, grape, grip. Literary elements: alliteration, folk tale (The Three Billy Goats Gruff), story characters, onomatopoeia (glug).
Trace then write.
Trace then write.
“Gruff, get off the
bridge!” said Billy.
Rate your writing.