Building fluency in the four joins, suffixes and common exception words
Building fluency in the four joins, suffixes and common exception words
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Why this why now
This unit builds on Year 3 by consolidating and extending pupils' handwriting skills. Reviewing the four joins gives pupils a solid foundation at the start of Year 4, preparing them to write words and longer sections of text with accuracy later in the unit. Expanding on Year 3's fluency work, this unit challenges pupils to apply conventions for writing quotations and poems while maintaining neat cursive writing. It also strengthens pupils' spelling knowledge through cursive writing. These skills ensure readiness for Year 5, where pupils will work on writing at greater speed.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The ability to hold a pencil in a comfortable tripod grip.
- Knowledge of the four letter joins.
- The formation of capital letters.
- The ability to use correct letter spacing.
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Why this why now
This unit builds on Year 3 by consolidating and extending pupils' handwriting skills. Reviewing the four joins gives pupils a solid foundation at the start of Year 4, preparing them to write words and longer sections of text with accuracy later in the unit. Expanding on Year 3's fluency work, this unit challenges pupils to apply conventions for writing quotations and poems while maintaining neat cursive writing. It also strengthens pupils' spelling knowledge through cursive writing. These skills ensure readiness for Year 5, where pupils will work on writing at greater speed.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The ability to hold a pencil in a comfortable tripod grip.
- Knowledge of the four letter joins.
- The formation of capital letters.
- The ability to use correct letter spacing.
Handwriting
Building fluency in the four joins, suffixes and common exception words
In this unit, pupils develop the quality and consistency of their handwriting. After reviwing the four joins, pupils write words with the suffixes -tion, -cian, -sion, and -ssion in cursive.They also practise cursive writing with homophones, common exception words, famous quotations and a poem.
6 lessons in unit
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