Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2 Teacher’s Book

Penpals for Handwriting (second edition) is a complete handwriting scheme for 3-11 year olds. Penpals Foundation 2 Teacher's Book consolidates the gross and fine motor skills developed at Foundation 1 and introduces the letter family approach.The colourful and appealing Long-Legged Giraffe, Curly Caterpillar, One-Armed Robot and Zig-Zag Monster introduce children to letter formation in a fun and exciting way. Penpals Foundation 2 Teacher's Book includes suggestions for using the Foundation 2 Penpals for Handwriting Interactive resource, along with full differentiated planning for whole-class sessions for Foundation 1 and 2 children. In addition, a scope and sequence chart, photocopy masters and writing mats for left- and right-handers are included. The Teacher’s Book provides comprehensive teaching guidance for all units and includes: An outline of the unit’s key learning whole-class teaching support linked to Penpals Interactive links to the use of the corresponding Practice Books and workbooks with suggestions for both group work and independent work. suggestions for extra practice and home practice. Guidance on common errors and what to do about them.

Features:

• Comprehensive support material, written by experts.
• Step-by-step introduction and development of the unit objective.
• User-friendly portrait format in response to customer feedback
• Gives you the language to teach handwriting and to correct common errors

Content:

Term 1 1 Dots 2 Straight lines and crosses 3 Circles 4 Waves 5 Loops and bridges 6 Joined straight lines 7 Angled patterns 8 Eights 9 Spirals 10 Left-to-right orientation 11 Mix of patterns 12 Review of patterns Term 2 1 Introducing long-legged giraffe letters: l 2 Practising long-legged giraffe letters: l, i 3 Practising long-legged giraffe letters: u, t 4 Practising long-legged giraffe letters: j, y 5 Practising all the long-legged giraffe letters: l, i, t, u, j, y 6 Introducing one-armed robot letters: r 7 Practising one-armed robot letters: b, n 8 Practising one-armed robot letters: h, m 9 Practising one-armed robot letters: k, p 10 Practising all the one-armed robot letters: r, b, n, h, m, k, p 11 Practising all the long-legged giraffe and one-armed robot letters 12 Reviewing all the long-legged giraffe and one-armed robot letters Term 3 1 Introducing curly caterpillar letters: c 2 Practising curly caterpillar letters: a, d 3 Practising curly caterpillar letters: o, s 4 Practising curly caterpillar letters: g, q 5 Practising curly caterpillar letters: e, f 6 Practising all the curly caterpillar letters: c, a, d, o, s, g, q, e, f 7 Practising all the curly caterpillar, long-legged giraffe and one-armed robot letters 8 Introducing zig-zag monster letters: z 9 Practising zig-zag monster letters: v, w, x 10 Practising all the zig-zag monster letters: z, v, w, x 11 Practising all the curly caterpillar and zig-zag monster letters 12 Reviewing all the curly caterpillar and zig-zag monster letters