Penmanship and Handwriting

Curriculum details

Strand

Writing (Strand 4)

Sub-strand

Penmanship and Handwriting (4.2)

Content standard

B4.4.2.1 - Copy and rewrite sentences correctly

Indicator

B4.4.2.1.1 - Write clearly using joined letters of consistent size

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• exemplars - p.47

Curriculum reference

English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 47

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Stage 1 : Write letters with a flick e.g. a, t, m, n, w, d
- Stage 2: Join pairs of letters. e.g. at, am, et, de
- Stage 3: Join the letters of a word. e.g. and , kettle, can, catch kettle, can, catch, and
- Stage 4: Copy sentences and passages Procedure:
- Demonstrate the exercise
- Give practice
- Give exercise
- Provide feedback

 Stage 3 is illustrated with a boxed handwriting model, "kettle, can, catch, and", set in a joined script that the text layer carries as ordinary words; the figure shows what learners are to copy.