Reviewing more high frequency words, no lead-ins | English

Starter quiz

True or false. There are five joins within cursive handwriting.

'false' ✓
Learning the letter joins will...

improve your cursive handwriting skills ✓

help you to form the letters seperately

improve the flow of your cursive handwriting ✓

allow you to lift your pencil after the formation of each letter
Which join is being used within this example.

this is an example of the first join

this is an example of the second join ✓

this is an example of the third join

this is an example of the fourth join
Which join is being used within this example.

this is an example of the first join

this is an example of the second join

this is an example of the third join ✓

this is an example of the fourth join
Which join is being used within this example.

this is an example of the first join

this is an example of the second join

this is an example of the third join

this is an example of the fourth join ✓
Which join is being used within this example.

this is an example of the first join ✓

this is an example of the second join

this is an example of the third join

this is an example of the fourth join

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

High frequency words are words that appear most frequently in written texts.
Letters in the high frequency words will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
You start at the correct starting point for the first letter.
There is appropriate spacing between the letters.
You don’t lift your pencil until the letter string is complete.

Common misconception

Children may want to lift their pencil to add the 'dot' to the letter i or the 'cross' to the letter t half-way through the word.

Remind the children through modelling that the flow of joining is like a river. It only stops at the end or if there is a break letter. Once you complete the letter string, model thinking out loud 'is there anything I need to add to this word?'

Keywords

High frequency word - the words that appear most frequently in written texts
Join - connecting together
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
Starting point - the starting point is the place where we begin to write a letter
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word