English resources | Handwriting As well as providing full teaching notes for each Stage, the WriteWell Teacher’s Handbook also includes a detailed Scope and sequence chart summarising the contents of each of the 11 pupil books and an extended Introduction, offering essential information on using the programme, alongside general guidance on improving the teaching of handwriting in your school. Featured topics include supporting left-handers; the ‘P checks’ (posture, pencil grip, paper position and pressure); writing readiness; assessment; and creating a whole-school handwriting policy. Further General resources are provided at the back of the book in the form of a photocopiable Writing mat (left-handed and right-handed versions), Handwriting lines templates and a Handwriting pupil checklist for each Stage. There is also a range of free downloadable materials available from the Schofield & Sims website, including a wide variety of animations demonstrating the correct formation of lowercase and capital letters, numbers, punctuation marks and joins. Ideal for introducing or recapping the focus of a teaching unit, the animations can be displayed on an electronic whiteboard for the class or accessed independently by pupils using individual devices.
Intervention sheets encourage children to analyse letter shapes carefully.
Assessments vary depending on the Stage, but typically involve copying and dictation exercises.
Formal assessments help you to decide whether or not a child is ready to move on to the next Stage of the programme.
AGES 4–11 RETAIL PRICE
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Formation charts provide a summary of the difficulties associated with each letter and join.
£30.00
WriteWell Teacher’s Handbook 978 07217 1644 2
For more information visit www.schofieldandsims.co.uk
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