The second join: ck, ch, if, il, it | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Cursive letter joins refer to ...
- when you should lift your pencil when forming the letters.
- how big the letters should be.
- how the letters join together. ✓
True or false? Capital letters join to other letters.
- True
- False ✓
Select the correct join formation.
Select the correct join formation.
The first join goes from the baseline to the ...
- x-height line. ✓
- ascender line.
- descender line.
Select the options where the first join would be used.
- The letter a joining to the letter m ✓
- The letter t joining to the letter o ✓
- The letter v joining to the letter a

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The letters all have a lead in and a lead out.
The second join goes from the baseline to above the x-height line towards the ascender line.
The pencil only lifts to add the dot to the i and the cross to the t once the letter string is complete.
When forming the letter f it has two loops; one at the top of the lead in and one at the bottom ready for the lead out.
When joining to the letter t, the join goes up to between the x-height line and the ascender line.

Children will often remember one of the loops for the f but forget the other.

Lots of modelling and emphasising that the letter f needs to 'hold hands' with the letter in front and behind it.