Reviewing sentences with capital letters, no lead-ins
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write a sentence in cursive handwriting, using capital letters correctly.
Key learning points
- A sentence always begins with a capital letter and a proper noun always has a capital letter.
- After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word.
- The letters all have a lead out, except for the capital letters.
- There is appropriate spacing between the letters.
- The pencil does not lift when forming the joins.
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
Common misconception
At first, children might find writing a full sentence in cursive overwhelming and forget the correct joins. This would result in the words being joined in a random manner.
Give them time to think about their sentence before starting. Model writing a sentence slowly and thinking out loud about which joins to use. This will encourage the children to do the same.
Teacher tip
In this lesson, the children are given the opportunity to think of their own sentence and write it. Give them plenty of time to think before they write and to also check their sentence after writing it. Pupils would also benefit from writing the sentence more than once.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.A capital letter is the ...
Q2.Select the capital letters.
Q3.Select the lower case formations of letters in print.
Q4.True or false? Some capital letters have descenders.
Q5.How many joins are there within cursive handwriting?
Q6.When writing in cursive, you lift your pencil ...
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