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Remember the three p’s: posture, pencil hold, paper position!

Writing hand and arm can move freely.

Non-writing hand holds paper steady.

Left-handed

Right-handed

What did the pen say to the paper?

I dot my i’s on you!

Paper turned a little clockwise. Paper turned a little anti-clockwise.

Seven s’s for fluency and legibility Shape

Letters are formed correctly.

Size

Letters are a consistent size.

Sitting on line

Letters sit on the baseline correctly.

Slope

Letters all lean in the same direction.

Space

Space between letters is regular.

Space between words is regular.

Smooth joins

Letters join smoothly.

Speed

The writing flows.

Katy Collis and Alexandra Kennedy

Queensland Second Edition www.matildaeducation.com.au

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Page Features

Contents Review

Beginner’s Alphabet.....................................................2 Exits and entries.........................................................13 Letters that change f, z..............................................16

Horizontal joins to rounded entries A horizontal join is a line with a little dip. Use one to join from a letter that finishes near the top blue line.

To rounded entries......................................................18 To pointed entries.......................................................20 To ascenders .............................................................22 To o.............................................................................24 To e.............................................................................25 Revision......................................................................26

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From f.........................................................................43 To and from f..............................................................44 Double f......................................................................45 Joins to s....................................................................46 Consolidation

Revision and further practice......................................50 Assessments

Progressive assessments..........................................62 Progressive self-assessment.....................................64 Notes for teachers and parents...... inside back cover

on

and join to the rounded entry.

from any of these letters

to any of these rounded entries.

o r v w

m n r x z

Trace then write.

om on or ox oz om on rr om on or ox oz om on

om on or rn wr vr oz rr om on or rn wr vr oz rm wn vr ox oz wr rr rm wn vr ox oz wr rr

Remember!

Your letters should be a consistent size.

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Yes! I know that.

Handwriting: horizontal joins to rounded entries; consistency of size. Spelling: common letter pairs.

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.

Letters that don’t join

oe re ve we

Some letters don’t join if the next letter is e.

Trace then write.

a covey o f quail a drove o f cattle a shiver o f shark s a bu sine ss o f f erret s a tower o f gira f f e s a drove o f hare s

I have a very large, hot dog.

I have a very large hot dog.

Self-assessment

When I write, my hand and arm are relaxed and comfortable: rarely

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mostly

always

.

Handwriting: letters o, r, v, w don’t join to e. Grammar: collective nouns. Punctuation: use of a comma can change meaning in a sentence.

For the teacher, links to grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and literary elements.

Remember the three p’s............................. back cover Seven s’s for fluency and legibility........... back cover Handwriting Rules! Year 3 QLD Edition ISBN: 978 0 6550 9292 6

Designer and typesetter: Trish Hayes Illustrator: Stephen Michael King Series editor: Marie James Indigenous consultant: Al Fricker

This edition published in 2024 by Matilda Education Australia, an imprint of Meanwhile Education Pty Ltd Melbourne, Australia T: 1300 277 235 E: customersupport@matildaed.com.au www.matildaeducation.com.au

First edition published in 2015 by Macmillan Science and Education Australia Pty Ltd Copyright © Katy Collis and Alexandra Kennedy 2015, 2021, 2024 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted.

Printed in China by Central Sep-23

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Structure of the Year 3 workbook

These letters don’t join to e.

Trace then write.

Self-assessment feature to encourage students to take responsibility for their own progress.

The Handwriting Rules! series is designed to support students’ development of legible, fluent handwriting in the Queensland Beginner’s Alphabet and Modern Cursive styles. It combines a multi-sensory and a cognitive approach to embed handwriting in the motor memory, with carefully structured layout and humorous illustrations to engage students’ interest. It is the only series to fully integrate handwriting skills with other aspects of the English curriculum: spelling and vocabulary, grammar, punctuation and aspects of literature (literary elements).

Handwriting is linked to the ability to spell. Neat and legible handwriting assists students to develop kinaesthetic and visual memory for letter sequences in spelling. There is a great deal of research that proves that when children’s handwriting is automatic (i.e. requiring little thinking or cognitive effort) the brain is freed for more creative tasks. Also, fine motor control leads to legible handwriting, which supports spelling development.

rn wr vr ox oz om on rn wr vr ox oz om on

Horizontal joins

More fluency joins

then add a little dip . . .

Use a horizontal join . . .

a, c, d, g, q..................................................................28

b, g, j, p, s, y, z, q........................................................40 To e.............................................................................42

on

Write the letter . . .

Dropping on letters

Letters that don’t join

Clear instructions to teach or review each join.

Helpful tips.

Diagonal joins

To rounded entries......................................................32 To pointed entries.......................................................34 To ascenders..............................................................36 To anticlockwise letters . ............................................38

Notes for Teachers and Parents

It is highly recommended that you work through this Year 3 book in the order it is presented. The book begins with a review of the Beginner’s Alphabet, exits and entries to ensure students have a solid foundation and automaticity in the letter shapes and basic movements. Students are then introduced to diagonal joins, dropping on letters and horizontal joins in a carefully structured sequence to scaffold learning as they develop Queensland Modern Cursive handwriting. The consolidation section allows for plenty of further practice to build fluency and legibility in joined handwriting.

Each page in the book varies, depending on the join being taught or revised. The activities cover tracing and writing, with clear models for support. There are also opportunities for students to write their own texts, in connection with the English curriculum, consolidating their understanding of handwriting as a tool for making meaning. These activities encourage student engagement, interest and motivation.

physical coordination needed for legible and fluent handwriting. Other activities for developing fine motor control, and hand and finger strength, are included in the Handwriting Rules! Queensland digital download.

Introduce each page in the workbook by discussing the humorous illustrations and establishing the English context (for example similes, folk tales).

Demonstrate and model the exit, entry or join being taught or revised. If necessary, remind students how to use the guidelines for body letters and letters with ascenders and descenders, as well as how and where letters are joined.

Have students practise on their appropriate workbook pages. As you focus on each join, reinforce correct letter shape and size, consistency of letter slope and consistency of spacing between letters and between words.

Assessment Students can keep track of their handwriting progress by completing the self-assessment activities throughout the book. Encourage students to reflect critically on their own handwriting and make judgements about their progress and improvement. At the appropriate time, have students complete one of the assessments on pages 62 and 63.

Page 64 is a progressive self-assessment page to be used throughout the year. Students can check off and date each criterion when they think it is achieved.

Teacher assessment of student progress can take place at any time through observation and interaction with students as they engage in writing tasks. Assess students’ hand control and watch that letters are formed correctly with consistent size, shape, slope and spacing.

Observe students’ competency in forming each join and make sure that the writing becomes more fluent. Analyse work samples for evidence of progress. Continued modelling and practice will develop students’ automaticity in correctly joining the letters with increased fluency and speed whilst maintaining legibility. More information and checklists can be found in the Handwriting Rules!

Queensland digital download.

A handwriting lesson Use the poster on the back cover to remind students about the three p’s for perfect handwriting: posture, pencil hold and paper position. You could also use the chart to introduce the seven s’s for fluency and legibility.

When getting ready to write, use hand and finger movements as warm-up activities. Warm-ups help students avoid hand and wrist strain, and develop the

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Welcome aboard!

Jo

in c

any

on

This year, you are going on an amazing handwriting journey to a world of joins and fluency.

Exit harbour

Be sure to have your passport ready.

Handwriting Passport Name: Age:

Horizontal cove

Five things about me:

1 2 3 ntry

e City

4 5 Approved!

Diagonal mountains

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Review: Clockwise letters

Trace then copy.

Think about where you will start each letter.

Trace then write the clockwise letters.

n m k p r h b j Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.

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Handwriting: clockwise fluency patterns; Beginner’s Alphabet; lower-case clockwise letter revision.

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Review: Straight-line letters and direction change letters

Trace then copy.

Remember to keep the slope the same.

Trace then write the straight-line letters.

l i z t x Trace then write the direction change letters.

y g s Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.

Handwriting: downstroke fluency patterns; Beginner’s Alphabet; lower-case straight-line letter revision; direction change letter revision.

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Review: Anticlockwise letters

Trace then copy.

Remember to sit the letters on the blue line correctly.

Trace then write the anticlockwise letters.

u w q f e a c v u o d 4

Handwriting: anticlockwise fluency patterns; Beginner’s Alphabet; lower-case anticlockwise letter revision.

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Review: Shape and slope

Make the letters stretch and shrink.

Remember! Form each letter correctly. Keep the slope the same.

f

f

y

f

y

b

kkk

h

gg

Handwriting: forming letters correctly; keeping slope consistent. Literary elements: reference to characters from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865).

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Review: Labelling diagrams

Use these words to label the robot. Use printing to label diagrams.

listeners

runners

pump

driver

jammers

camera

processor

speaker

zoot

Write a caption.

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Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet; using printing to label diagrams. Spelling and vocabulary: technical words.

Literary elements: science fiction genre.

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Review: Upper-case (capital) letters

Capital letters are always head and body letters. Capital letters slope consistently with lower-case letters in a word.

Trace then write.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

L

M Y

Z

Trace then write the matching capital letters.

a

b

c

d

h

i

j

k

o

p

q

r

v

w

x

y

e l s

f

g

m

n

t

u

z

Write some names of people you know. Remember to use capital letters to start.

Draw a star around your best capital letter. Draw a square around any capital letter you could improve.

Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet and upper-case (capital) letter revision.

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Review: Upper-case (capital) letters

Use this spelling alphabet when you want to be clearly understood.

Trace the NATO alphabet.

Alpha Charlie Echo Golf India Kilo Mike Oscar Quebec Sierra Uniform Whiskey Yankee

Bravo Delta Foxtrot Hotel Juliet Lima November Papa Romeo Tango Victor X-ray Zulu

Spell your name in the NATO alphabet.

My capitals are parallel to my lower case letters: sometimes

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often

always

.

Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet and upper-case (capital) letter revision. Spelling and vocabulary: alphabetical order; codes; NATO alphabet.

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Review: Upper-case (capital) letters

Trace the capital letter and then make up your own alphabet.

A C E G I K M O Q S U W Y

B D F H J L N P R T V X Z

Spell a friend’s name in your new alphabet.

Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet and upper-case (capital) letter revision. Spelling: alphabetical order; codes.

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Review: Numerals

Trace then write.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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?

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Handwriting: numerals revision. Grammar: questions.

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Review: Punctuation

Trace then write.

. . . . : : ? ?

- “ ” ‘ ‘

, , , , ; ; ! !

-- -“ ”

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!

e

Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet and punctuation revision. Grammar: collective noun (class); saying verbs (asked, shouted); being verbs (‘is’ in That’s). Punctuation: full stop; comma; question mark; exclamation mark; colon; semi-colon; hyphen; dash; apostrophe; quotation marks. Spelling and vocabulary: apostrophe for contraction (That’s).

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Review: 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.

“That’s a class!” yellE “You’

re

d

RoSie.

corrEcT“, saidthetEAcHer.

My letter shapes: need to improve

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are good

My letter sizes: are inconsistent

are good

My letter slope: is inconsistent

is good

are fantastic are fantastic

is consistently good

. . .

Handwriting: slope; letter shape; letter size. Grammar: question; exclamation; saying verbs (asked, yelled); collective noun (class); proper nouns (Rosie, Sanjay); being verbs (‘is’ in That’s, ‘are’ in You’re). Punctuation: full stop; upper-case (capital) letter to start a sentence; exclamation mark; question mark; quotation marks. Spelling and vocabulary: apostrophe for contraction (That’s, You’re).

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Remember that an exit is a smooth change in direction out of a letter.

Review: Exits on a, c, d, e, h, k, l, t

a

Write the letter . . .

a

then quickly change direction . . .

a

to make an exit.

Trace then write.

a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t c c c c c c c c c c c c c c

Remember!

The crossbar on t goes above the line.

t t

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d Handwriting: quick, smooth exits from a, c, d, e, h, k, l, t.

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Review: Rounded entries – r, m, n, x These letters have round entries: r, m, n and x.

r

Curve up . . .

r

then write the letter.

Trace then write.

r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Trace then write.

mix

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wax

box

axe

relax

index

text

Handwriting: letters with rounded entries r, m, n, x.

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Review: Pointed entries – i, j, p, u, v, w, y These letters have pointed entries: i, j, p, u, v, w and y.

w

Make a short straight line . . .

w

then write the letter.

Trace then write.

i i i i i j j j j j p p p p p u u u u u y y y y y v v v v v w w w w w wilt

what

wit

whim

win

wait

where

van

vat

vault

vain

vim

vulture

vein

Trace then write the spoonerisms.

jumpy puppy -- pumpy juppy jelly beans -- belly jeans

Handwriting: letters with pointed entries i, j, p, u, v, w, y. Spelling and vocabulary: rhyme (beans/jeans). Literary elements: spoonerisms.

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