Key learning points

1. All the letters have a lead in and a lead out.
2. Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together.
3. Cursive letter joins refer to how the letters connect together.
4. The pencil does not lift when forming the join.
5. The first join goes from the baseline to the x-height line.

Common misconception

Keywords

• Joining - 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

• Baseline - this is the line that most letters sit on

• X-height line - this is the line that x-height letter reach