Reviewing proper nouns, no lead-ins
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can correctly use capital letters and cursive handwriting when writing proper nouns.
Key learning points
- Proper nouns name specific people, places and things.
- After forming a capital letter, you lift your pencil and place it on the correct starting point for the next letter.
- Capital letters do not join to the next letter, they sit on their own.
- The remaining letters in the proper noun will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
- There is appropriate spacing between the letters.
Keywords
Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Proper noun - a naming word that does need capitalisation
Join - connecting together
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
Starting point - the starting point is the place where we begin to write a letter
Common misconception
Once children start joining words they can forget the correct way to join the letters and just join them in a random manner.
Let them look at the word first and identify how the letters join, then practise and get them to self-assess their joins. Encourage them to identify any mistakes so they can learn from these.
Teacher tip
We have given suggestions for the example words; however, it would be good practice for the children to write words they are familiar with and will write frequently. For example, the city they live in or their teacher's name.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Select the correct formation of the lower case letter 'a' in print.
Q2.Select the correct formation of the lower case letter 'b' in print.
Q3.Select the correct formation of the lower case letter 'c' in print.
Q4.Which of these styles of hand-writing do you learn first?
Q5.Select the upper case formation of the letter d.
Q6.Select the upper case formation of the letter e.
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