The first join: aw, ap, an, ar with lead in | English

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Match the capital letters to their corresponding lower case letters.
- A
  
  ⇔
  
  a ✓
- B
  
  ⇔
  
  b ✓
- C
  
  ⇔
  
  c ✓
- D
  
  ⇔
  
  d ✓
- E
  
  ⇔
  
  e ✓
- F
  
  ⇔
  
  f ✓
Match the capital letters with corresponding lower case letters.
- G
  
  ⇔
  
  g ✓
- H
  
  ⇔
  
  h ✓
- I
  
  ⇔
  
  i ✓
- J
  
  ⇔
  
  j ✓
- K
  
  ⇔
  
  k ✓
- L
  
  ⇔
  
  l ✓
Select the correct pre-cursive formation of the letter w.
Select the correct pre-cursive formation of the letter r.
Select the correct pre-cursive formation of the letter h.
True or false. Cursive handwriting involves lifting your pencil between each letter.
- 'false' ✓

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Children will often want to take their pencil off to form the join.

Emphasise the flowing motion of cursive writing. The letters need to be joined together so the pencil needs to stay on the page.

Cursive - style of handwriting where the letters are joined together in a flowing and connected manner
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
Baseline - this is the line that most letters sit on
X-height line - this is the line that x-height letters reach