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Develop fluent, legible handwriting while integrating English

QLD Beginner’s Alphabet & Modern Cursive Style

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Each CD features:

• viewable charts to warm up and get ready to write• animations to model the correct formation of letters, numerals and joins• digital tracking or tracing activities to embed the movement in students’ motor memory• hundreds of printable resources including a teaching guide, wall posters, pattern pages, differentiation worksheets, and assessment guide, checklists and certificates.

Ful l teacher support on 1 easy-to-use CDPACKED WITH RESOURCES FOR TEACHING, ASSESSING

AND DIFFERENTIATION

Everything you need to make teaching handwriting fun, relevantand successful for all students!

Choose the speed to p lay the animation

Students can choose from different

writ ing toolsChoose from

a range of colours

Play animation with the l ines

on or off


HANDWRITING RULES! EMBRACES YOUR FEEDBACK WITH:

• better Curriculum links via activities that go beyond Handwriting practice • multi-sensory and cognitive approaches • a clear progression of skills • plenty of extra printable pages for differentiation • digital activities that motivate and engage today’s students.

Above all, this exceptional series makes handwriting fun!

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BONUS

Tear-off alphabet desk strip on back cover

• chant for each letter, based on an alliterative noun group • patterns to develop fine motor control• track and trace with start dots and directional arrows• artwork to reinforce the focus letter • teacher box with words to look for on the page or to link to in other English Curriculum work• cognitive approach, including patter phrases

describing how to form each letter.

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QR code links to videoanimation of letter forming

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FHandwriting Rules! Year F © Macmillan Education Australia ISBN 978 1 4586 5034 4

8

Trace the pattern.

Track.

Handwriting: clockwise letter; body letter (m).Vocabulary on page: messy, monkey.Extra vocabulary: mat, mop, man, am, mum, men, him, many, munch.

Chant:

messy monkeym m m

Trace the pattern. Turn each pattern into a picture.

Trace the pattern. Keep your pencil on the page.

m m m m m

m

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Track.

Handwriting: anticlockwise letter; body letter (a).Vocabulary on page: ant, anteater, angry, alligator.Extra vocabulary: an, are, apple, cat, mat, sat, tap.

Chant:

angry alligatora a a

Trace the pattern.

Trace the pattern. Keep your pencil on the page.

Track the pattern. Keep your pencil on the page.

a a a a a a

m m m m m

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Track.

Trace.

Trace.

Write.

PatterSlope down, bounce up and across and down, then again bounce up and across and down. Keep your pencil on the page.

m m

m m m m m m m m mm m m m m m m m m

mMm M2

m m m m m

m m m m m

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Track.

Trace.

Trace.

Write.

Patter

a A a A

Go backwards then curve down, make a quick turn at the bottom then up to the start and drop down. Keep your pencil on the page.

aa

a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a a a a

a a a a a a a

2

3

a a a a a a a


• focus letter clearly modelled• trace a pattern to warm up• track and trace with start dots and directional arrows• write words, with start dots to guide spacing• write sentences• self-assessment • teacher box with links to grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and literary elements.

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Warm up.

Track.

Trace then write.

Trace then write.

Handwriting: clockwise letter; head and body letter (ascender) (h).Grammar: direct speech; saying verb (shouted); describing word/adjective (hungry); exclamation; question.Punctuation: capital letter to start a sentence; exclamation mark; speech marks; question mark.Spelling and vocabulary: hair, hang, hawk, help, hen, hid, hide, hiss, hum, hog, home, honey, hospital, how, howl, hungry, heart.Literary elements: alliteration; onomatopoeia (hiss, howl); folk tale (Hansel and Gretel).

howl hiss hum help

hhh h h h h h h h h h

h H2

3

h h h h h h h

34 35

Warm up.

Track.

Trace then write.

Trace then write.

Handwriting: anticlockwise letter; body letter (u).Grammar: saying verb (uttered); proper noun (Uncle Uno).Punctuation: sentence punctuation; exclamation mark; speech marks.Spelling and vocabulary: prefix un- (undo, untie, unzip); uncle, under, until, up, upend, upon, umbrella.Literary elements: alliteration; onomatopoeia (ouch).

under up upend

uuu u u u u u u u u u

u u u u u u uu U

12 13

Trace then write.

Trace then write.

Rate your writing.

shouted hungry Hansel.

“Hello! How are you?”

HhH H H

2 23 3

34 35

Trace then write.

Trace then write.

Rate your writing.

uttered, “Ouch!”

Uncle Uno

Uu U U U


2year

• review of the Queensland Beginning Alphabet• trace a picture to warm up• trace a noun/verb/adverb alliterative label• trace and write letters, words and sentences• practice sentences connect to other elements of the English Curriculum• self-assessment encourages students to think about their own learning• teacher box with links to grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and literary elements • focus on exits, entries and the introduction of joins.

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Trace and finish the pattern.

Trace then write.

Write.

Use x to finish these words. Trace the words.

Write the date.

Self-assessment

Tick your five best x’s.

Draw a square around an X you could improve.

It is better to be flexible

xX

than stubborn.

bo fo gala y inde o rela rela es rela ed

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Letters that change: f

Handwriting: letters that change (f).Grammar: question; question word (what); proper nouns (Frank, Friday); adjectives (stuffy, fluffy).Punctuation: speech marks; capital letter to start a sentence; question mark; statement; full stop.

Spelling and vocabulary: rhyme (huff/puff).Literary elements: reference to folktale The Three Little Pigs; riddle.

f f f f f f f f f f f f f f

stu _ _ y flu _ _ flu _ _ y

f

f f f f f f f f f f f f f f

f

Trace.

Use ff to complete each word. Trace the words.

Write.

To make f easier to join, change its

shape.Look! f now has a long tail and a sloping crossbar.

f f Track.

f f f f f f f f2

Trace.

Trace then write.

Trace then write.

Write the date.

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Handwriting: clockwise letter; body and tail letter (descender) (z).Grammar: nouns; verbs; how adverb (zappily); question; question word (How?).Punctuation: question mark; capital letter to start a sentence.

Spelling and vocabulary: drizzle, fizzed, grizzle; ‘oo’ vowel digraph (school); whiz, zappily, zonkey; rhyme (grizzle/drizzle); word families (zoom, zoomed, zooming, zooms).Literary elements: portmanteau word (zonkey = zebra+donkey); riddle; joke; word play (buzz = bus); onomatopoeia (grizzle, fizzed).

z Z z Z

grizzle drizzle whiz fizzed

z Z z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z

zonkey zooming zappily

z Z

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Letters that change: f

Self-assessment Draw stars around your best three f’s.

What kind of fish chases a mouse? A catfish.

Trace then write.

The wolf said, “I’ll huff and puff.”

Trace then write.

_ riday _ inger _ rank _ irst Use f or F to finish these words. Trace the words.

f F Write.

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• focus on diagonal, and horizontal joins and increasing fluency

• clear instruction box for each new join• helpful tips in speech bubbles• variety of activities, including writing own texts• focus on building fluency and legibility• self-assessment encourages students to think about their own learning• teacher box with links to grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and literary elements.

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QR code links to videoanimation of each new join

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Diagonal joins to pointed entries

Handwriting: diagonal joins to pointed entries.

Trace then write.

ai aj ap au av aw ay iy ap au av aw

ip iv iw ij di du dw hi ip iv iw ij di

hu li lu ki ku mi mu hu li lu ki ku

ni nu ap xi xu ui ti tu ni nu ap xi xu

pip pup puppy jump hump lump hip lip

pump mumps pr imp live hive dw in d l e

a an aiMake an then keep until you get to exit . . . going up . . . the pointed entry.

from any of these lettersa c d e h i k l

m n t u x

to any of these pointed entries.

i j p u v w y

Use a diagonal join . . .

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Joins to s

Handwriting: horizontal joins to s. Spelling and vocabulary: rhyme (jaws/paws/gnaws); silent g (gnaws).

Trace then write.

os os os os os os os os os os os os os os

rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs

vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs vs

ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws ws

lose lost loose loosely rose roost boost host

horse stars cars bars harsh marsh course

jaws paws grows gnaws shows drowsy cows

To make a horizontal join to s, you need

to retrace.

o os osWrite the then extend the horizontal and retrace letter . . . join over the top of s . . . back around.

retrace

My diagonal joins are smooth: sometimes often always .

Self-assessment

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Diagonal joins to pointed entriesTrace then write.

pai d ajar ape c au gh t aim ejec t enjo y

paw pay dr ip dir t dir ty f ew drew hum

du g him mum nip nu t dip supper

appl e f r ui t tim e tire d pixi e tiny tin

ay d ay pay say m ay h ay r ay pl ay st ay

aw paw dr aw dr awer r aw gn aw st r aw

ai r ain dr ain br ain pain r ain c o a t pl ain

av pave r ave gave sl ave gr ave sh ave

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Joins to s

Handwriting: diagonal joins to s.

Trace then write.

as as as as ds ds ds ds ds es es es es

is is is ks ks ks ks is is is ks ks ks

ls ls ls ls ms ms ms ms ns ns ns ns

ts ts ts ts ts ts ts us us us us us us

wish chicks girls heads casual oranges

bones swarms hens tents rust apples eyes

a as asMake a and keep going Then retrace a diagonal to just above little and finishexit . . . the blue line. the bottom of s.

To make a diagonal join to s, change the shape of s.

The top of s is

different!


• clear instruction box for each new join• helpful tips in speech bubbles• variety of activities provide English Curriculum context for handwriting, as well as encourage student engagement, interest and motivation• extra challenges, such as writing without guidelines and new speed joins• self-assessment encourages students to think about their own learning• teacher box with links to grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and literary elements• review diagonal and horizontal joins• consolidate fluency, speed and legibility• activities to develop personal writing style.

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QR code links to videoanimation of each new join


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Review: Letters that don’t join

Handwriting: letters that don’t join. Literary elements: anagrams; tongue twisters.

Trace then write the anagram pairs.

Write the tongue twisters.

Write a tongue twister of your own.

horse shore weak wakebruise rubiesfringe finger

Seth’s thrifty supermarket sells thick socks.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for

ice cream!

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.

Watch out! Some of these

letters don’t join.

Cross out the words that don’t apply. I need to work on my letter shapes, slope, spacing, size.

Self-assessment

46

Consolidation: All joins

Handwriting: all joins. Literary elements: pangrams.

Trace then write these pangrams.

Write a pangram of your own.

The wolf just kept dozing very

quietly in a crumpled box.

The mad taxi driver wove quickly past the frisky

zebra crossing the road.

A big killer ox squashed the very cute jumping

frogs as they did a waltz.

Take care with all your joins.

A pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet. You can use letters more than once.

Circle your five best joins on this page.Self-assessment

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Consolidation: All joins, legibility

Handwriting: all joins; legibility. Literary elements: anagrams; alliteration; tongue twisters.

Trace then write the anagram pairs.

Trace then write an anagram for each word.

Write the tongue twisters.

garden danger grin ring gulp plug

night thing jest jets yap pay

Granny’s grey goose goes last.

A gentle judge judges justly.

fowl softer

flee fringefits file

cafe fareframed flea

Make sure you write neatly so others can read your writing.

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Consolidation: All joins

Handwriting: all joins. Grammar: proper nouns (Narnia, Dorothy, Toto, Land of Oz, Gulliver, Lilliput, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Neverland, Alice, Wonderland); prepositional phrases (through a wardrobe, in the spare room); verbs (whirled, was washed). Literary elements: fantasy genre, characters and settings; entering fantasy worlds; references to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C S Lewis (1950), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L Frank Baum (1900), Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift (1726), Peter Pan, by JM Barrie (1911), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (1865). (Note, these books have all been made into films.)

Trace then write these sentences about classic stories.

Write a sentence of your own that tells how a story character entered a fantasy world.

The children entered Narnia

through a wardrobe in the spare room.

A cyclone whirled Dorothy

and Toto to the Land of Oz.

Gulliver was washed ashore in Lilliput.

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell flew to Neverland.

Alice fell into a rabbit-hole and

discovered Wonderland.

Make sure your writing arm and hand can move freely.

Keep your pencil or pen hold relaxed and flexible.


QR Codes have been included in each spread of the student books to provide additional opportunities to model the correct letter formation or hand movement for specific letters and joins.

Simply download a code reader from the app store and scan the QR code at the bottom of each spread in the student book to view the animation. All animations can be displayed on interactive whiteboards.

Handwriting Rules QLD


Handwriting Rules Queensland Beginner’s Alphabet and

Modern Cursive Style Scope and Sequence Chart

Year level Clockwise Letters

Straight Line Letters

Anticlockwise letters

Direction Change Letters

Numerals Assessment

Foundation mM, nN, hH, kK, pP, bB, rR, jJ iI, tT, lL, xX, zZ

uU, vV, wW, aA, dD, qQ, oO, eE,

cC, fFgG, yY, sS 1 - 10

Year 1 mM, nN, hH, kK, pP, bB, rR, jJ iI, tT, lL, xX, zZ

uU, vV, wW, aA, dD, qQ, oO, eE,

cC, fFgG, yY, sS 1 - 10

Review Qld Beginner Alphabet

Exits Entries Letters That Change

Letters That Don’t Change

Introducing Joins Assessment

Year 2 Clockwise letters m, n, r, h, k, b, p, j

From a, c, d, e, h, k, l, t

Rounded entries to r, m, n, x

Letters that change

“f ” and “z’

Letters that don’t change- b, g, o, q, s

Diagonal joins

Progressive Assessment activities

Straight line letters I, t, l, x, z

Pointed entries to I, j, p, u, v, w, y

Dropping on letters

Anticlockwise letters u, v, w, a, d, q, o,

e, c, f

Horizontal joins

Directional change letters g, y, s

Practising joins

Numerals

Review Diagonal Joins Dropping On Letters Horizontal Joins Letters That

Don’t JoinMore Fluen-

cy Joins Assessment

Year 3 Beginner’s Alphabet

To rounded entries a, c, d, g, q To rounded

entriesB, g, j, p, s, y,

z, q From ‘f”Progressive Assessment activities

Exits and entries To pointed entries

To pointed entries

To and from “t ”

Letters that change “f and z ” To ascenders To ascenders Double “ff ”

To “o ” To anticlockwise letters

Joins to “s ’

To “e ”

Revision

Review of Beginner’s Alphabet

Review Joins Consolidation Personal Style Assessment

Year 4 Printing lower-case and capital letters Diagonal Joins Letter, size, shape

and slope 8mm blue linesProgressive Assessment activities

Punctuation and numerals

Joins to and from “f ”

Joins, legibility, fluency and speed signatures

Printing to label diagrams

Dropping on letters

Printing to label maps

Horizontal joins Joins to “s ’

Using capitals to complete forms

Double Letters Letters that don’t join

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