Reviewing proper nouns, using lead ins | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Select the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter a.
Select the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter b.
Select the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter c.
Put the styles of handwriting in order, from the style you learn first until last.

1

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print

2

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pre-cursive

3

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cursive
Select the lower case print formation of the letter d.
Select the upper case formation of the letter e.

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Proper nouns name specific people, places and things.
After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word with a lead in.
Capital letters do not join to the next letter, they sit on their own.
The remaining letters in the proper noun will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
The last letter has a lead out.

Common misconception

Once children start joining words they can forget the correct way to join the letters and just join them in a random manner.

Let them look at the word first and identify how the letters join, then practise and get them to self-assess their joins. Encourage them to identify any mistakes so they can learn from these.

Keywords

Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Proper noun - a naming word that does need capitalisation
Join - connecting together
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