The resources in this digital download combine with the Handwriting Rules! Student Workbooks to provide everything you need to ensure your students develop fluent, legible handwriting and begin to develop their personal handwriting style.
What’s in the digital download? This digital download includes the following sections:
Get Ready to Write
Here you will find viewable charts. You can select a chart to enlarge it for whole class viewing. Use the charts to focus students before a handwriting lesson, or display as a reminder to students as they write in their workbooks. Charts included are:
• Head, body and tail lines
• Warm up
• Pencil hold
• Paper position
• Posture
• Pause a moment when writing with speed
Printables
Here you’ll find five sections, each containing printable PDF resources:
-Teaching guide: a teaching guide booklet, including fine motor control activities, a handy note to parents and charts for the Beginner’s Alphabet and Queensland Modern Cursive.
-Posters: charts for permanent classroom display, including alphabet charts and printable versions of the charts.
-Pattern pages: extra practice pages for developing hand-eye coordination, fine motor control, and basic strokes and movements.
-Differentiation: extra pages for students who might need further practice or support, including slope cards and blank writing lines.
-Assessment: an assessment guide booklet for teachers with valuable information about analysing student difficulties, as well as whole class and individual student checklists, merit certificates and pen licences.