Reviewing further common exception words, using lead ins | English

Starter quiz

Select the statements which are correct about this pre-cursive letter.

This is an x-height letter. ✓

This letter as a descender.

This letter has a lead-in. ✓

This letter has a lead-out. ✓

This letter reaches up to the ascender line.
Select the statements which are correct about this pre-cursive letter.

This letter has an ascender.

This letter has a descender. ✓

This letter has a lead-out loop. ✓

This letter is an x-height letter.

This letter has a lead-in. ✓
Select the statements which are correct about this pre-cursive letter.

This letter has an ascender. ✓

This letter has a lead-out loop.

This letter is an x-height letter.

This letter has a lead-in and a lead-out. ✓

This letter only has a lead-out.
You should learn pre-cursive before learning print.

True
False ✓
Select the correct cursive joins below.
Select the correct cursive joins below.

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Key learning points

Common exception words do not follow regular spelling or phonics rules.
Letters in the common exception words will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
The first letter always has a lead in and the last letter always has a lead out.
There is appropriate spacing between the letters.
You don't lift your pencil to add the 'dot' for the letter i until the letter string is complete.

Common misconception

As a child becomes more confident at keeping their pencil on the page, they may forget to go back and add the 'dot' for the letter 'i' or the cross for the letter 't'.

Model to the children that when you finish a word, you look back at it and check if anything is missing. Modelling this habit will create the habit for them.

Keywords

Common exception word - a word that does not follow the regular spelling or phonics rules, often occurring frequently but requiring specific memorisation
Lead in - the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
Join - connecting together
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word