Direction of movement for the s and e can be challenging.
Use the clock in the classroom to remind children of the anti-clockwise direction. Put arrows on the children's page to support.
X-height letter - letters that reach the middle height on the line
X-height line - this is the line that x-height letters go up to
Baseline - this is the line that most letters sit on
Ascender line - the line above the x-height line which most letters with ascenders reach up to
Anti-clockwise - moving or going in the opposite direction of a clock's hands
