Starter quiz
- Select the correct formation of the second join at.
- Select the correct formation of the second join el.
- Select the correct formation of the second join mb.
- Select the correct formation of the second join tt.
- Select the examples showing the first join.
- Select the examples showing the second join.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The letters are formed by following the right starting point and direction.
- The fourth join goes from the x-height line up towards the ascender line.
- The letters l and h reach up to the ascender line. The letter t reaches between the x-height line and the ascender line.
- You do not lift your pencil when joining until the letter string is complete.
- The cross for the letter t is added once the letter string is complete.
Common misconception
Children may lift their pencils to form the joins.
Remind the children that the letters are joining and holding hands. If you lift your pencil then you are breaking the chain.
Keywords
Join - how things connect
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
Ascender line - this is the top line of the tramlines
X-height line - the line that x-height letters reach
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word
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