H ndwriting Rules!
Helpful tips.
A variety of activities to practise each join. Activities provide an English curriculum context for handwriting, to give the activities meaning and make them fun and motivating for Year 3 students.
For the teacher, links to grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and literary elements.
Clear instructions to teach or review each join.
Link to animation showing correct join formation. (Download a QR code reader from the App Store.)
Self-assessment feature to encourage students to take responsibility for their own progress.
References to literary elements.
This year, you are going on an amazing handwriting journey to a world of joins and fluency.
Be sure to have your passport ready.
Handwriting Passport
Remember to sit the letters on the baseline correctly.
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Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
Trace then copy.
Think about where you will start each letter.
Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes. n r m h k x p z
Trace then copy.
Remember to keep the slope the same.
lMake up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
Trace then copy.
Remember to keep the slope the same.
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Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
Review: Shape and slope
Remember! Form each letter correctly. Keep the slope the same.
Make the letters stretch and shrink.
Handwriting: diagonal joins to body letters. Spelling: common letter pairs.
Handwriting: forming letters correctly; keeping slope consistent. Literary elements: reference to characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (1865).
Capital letters always sit on the baseline.
Trace then write the capitals. Underline the capitals that use downward strokes.
Review: Capital letters
Write the missing capital letters.
A B C D I J K L Q R S T Y Z L N P R S E F G H M N O P U V W X A C D G H V Z
Use this alphabet to spell out words when you want to be clearly understood.
Trace the NATO alphabet.
Golf Hotel India
Juliet Kilo Lima
Mike November Oscar
Sierra Tango Uniform
Spell your name in the NATO alphabet.
Yankee Zulu
Papa Quebec Romeo
Victor Whiskey X-ray
Review: Lower-case and capital letters
Trace the capital letter and then make up your own alphabet.
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B C G H I M N O S T U D E F J K L P Q R V W X Y Z
Spell a friend’s name in your new alphabet.
Review: Labelling diagrams
Use these words to label the robot. Use your best capital letters.
LISTENERS RUNNERS PUMP DRIVER JAMMERS CAMERA
PROCESSOR SPEAKER ZOOT
Write a caption.
Trace then copy.
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’ ’ “ ” “ ”
Trace then write.
“What do you call a collection of letters?” asked the teacher.
“That’s the alphabet!” shouted the class. : : ; ; - - -- -That elephant can spell!
Handwriting: punctuation revision. Grammar: collective noun (class); saying verbs (asked, shouted). Punctuation: full stop; comma; question mark; exclamation mark; colon; semi-colon; hyphen; dash; apostrophe; speech marks. Spelling and vocabulary: apostrophe for contraction (that’s).
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Write numerals to answer each question.
What year were you born?
What is your phone number?
What time do you get up in the morning?
What time do you go to bed on a school night?
What time does school start?
Size, shape and slope
Watch your letter size, letter shape and slope. Make sure your letters face the right way.
Rewrite the text correctly.
“WHat dO You CALL a grOUP of chilDren asked San jay.
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“That‘s a La !" yellEd ROSie.
“You're corrEct“.
Self-assessment
My letter shapes: need to improve are good are fantastic . My letter sizes: are inconsistent are good are fantastic . My letter slope: is inconsistent is good is consistently good .
Handwriting: slope; letter shape; letter size. Grammar: question; exclamation; saying verbs (asked, yelled); collective noun (class).
Punctuation: full stop; capital letter to start a sentence; exclamation mark; question mark; speech marks. Spelling and vocabulary: apostrophe for contraction (that’s).
Practise quick exits from these letters.
Trace then write.
Trace then write.
Remember! Try to keep your writing hand relaxed.
Trace then write.
Trace then write.
