Reviewing sentences with capital letters, using lead-ins | English

Starter quiz

Select the correct formations of the following common exception words.
Select the correct formations of the following common exception words.
Select the correct formations of the following high frequency words.
Select the correct formations of the following high frequency words.
Select the correct formations of the following proper nouns.
Select the correct formations of the following proper nouns.

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Key learning points

A sentence always begins with a capital letter and a proper noun always has a capital letter.
After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word with a lead in.
The letters all have a lead in and a lead out.
The pencil does not lift when forming the joins.
There is appropriate spacing between the letters and between the words.

Common misconception

At first, children might find writing a full sentence in cursive overwhelming and forget the correct joins. This would result in the words being joined in a random manner.

Give them time to think about their sentence before starting. Model writing a sentence slowly and thinking out loud about which joins to use. This will encourage the children to do the same.

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