The second join: ck, ch, nk, lk with no lead in | English

Starter quiz

True or false? Tramlines help to keep our letters the correct size.
- True ✓
- False
Order the tramlines from the top to the bottom.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  ascender line
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  x-height line
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  baseline
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  descender line
Cursive letter joins refers to...
- how big the letters are.
- how the letters connect together. ✓
- how important the letters are.
How can you prepare your hands for handwriting?
- exercise your hands and fingers ✓
- run up and down the stairs
- exercise your wrists ✓
- draw handwriting patterns ✓
- drink lots of water
Select the capital letters.
Select the lower case letters.

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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
Join - how things connect
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
Baseline - this is the line that most letters sit on
Ascender line - this is the line that letters with ascenders reach up to