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Handwriting

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Handwriting

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Letter Formation - Writing Practice

http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/letterformation/ Added: 10 Aug 2016 Contributor: claire thomas Resource type: Simulation

A nice visual game to reinforce how to form letters. Exercises include follow with your finger, press and follow & free draw. You can change the size of the letters, lower case, upper case, numbers and the writing speed.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
English

Strand: Writing

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • learn to form and name individual letters using various materials

Suggestions for use: Use the animation on full screen to introduce and reinforce letter formation. Get the class to follow the letter formation on the board. Then get one pupil to press and follow while class still follow with finger. Then, pupils can practice free drawing with the animation independently. Monitor and check.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Sky Writer - Handwriting Demonstration Tool

http://www.ictgames.com/sky_writing.html Added: 10 Sep 2010 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Demonstration / Tool

A tool for letter formation. Watch the sky writer form a letter and follow it your finger. Excellent for demonstration on IWB.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
English

Strand: Writing

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Handwriting Without Tears

https://www.hwtears.com/files/Letter%20Formation%20Charts.pdf Added: 17 Oct 2016 Contributor: Siobhan Doyle Resource type: Guide/notes

Tips and tricks to help pupils learn how to write with nice memory rhymes so that all pupils are using the same handwriting style when beginning to write.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
English

Strand: Writing

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • develop a satisfactory grip of writing implements
  • learn to form and name individual letters using various materials
Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Pencil Grip Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP5htYZ5jjQ Added: 17 Oct 2016 Contributor: Siobhan Doyle Resource type: Audio / Video

Song with verbal cues and actions to help pupils learning to write. The video has simple catchy instructions to grap a pencil correctly.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
English

Strand: Writing

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • develop a satisfactory grip of writing implements

Suggestions for use: Video is a teacher reference but teacher can use technique with class.

Asset type: Video
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Train Your Hand Handwriting App

http://www.bestappsforkids.com/2015/train-your-hand/ Added: 04 Jul 2015 Contributor: Damien Diver Resource type: App/software

Train your Hand is a Handwriting app that allows children to practice the early stages of writing. Children can follow the dotted lines to create each letter and for each one they do correctly they get a reward.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
English

Strand: Writing

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • learn to form and name individual letters using various materials

Suggestions for use: This can be used with a child that struggles with their handwriting or as a supplement for a pencil and copybook.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: Attribution Creative Commons
Cost: 1
Special Needs:

Handwriting Worksheets

http://www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/17/Handwriting.xhtml Added: 10 Jul 2008 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Assessment / Tool

This generator produces pre-writing and early writing support sheets. Learners must over-write and copy a number of shapes and line patterns.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
English

Strand: Writing

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Techniques to Improve Handwriting Ability.

http://blog.maketaketeach.com/strategies-for-improving-handwriting/ Added: 10 May 2016 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Lesson Plan / Primary Source

A simple conversation began on twitter whereby a truly caring and compassionate teacher sought for techniques and strategies to help a pupils handwriting ability. Lehinch National School recommended this great find which goes back to basics. Basics are not basics for all children and some need more help at grasping the basics before slipping through the system. With dedicated practice and perseverance, the response to intervention (RtI) techniques which include letter size differentiation, raised line paper, using stickers to ensure spacing between words, direct instruction on case sensitivity, using multi sensory by writing in sand/shaving foam/paint, handwriting without tears app, handwriting practice worksheets and letter rehearsals.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
1-2
English

Strand: Writing

Suggestions for use: As the twitter conversation progressed, a need was highlighted. Practice of handwriting cannot be left up to the English teacher alone. In this case, the English teacher allowed the pupil to sit their exams using an iPad so that assessment was accurately depicting the pupils ability. Secondly, the teacher emailed all the corresponding teachers who work with the pupil to gather ideas and strategies collectively. The form teacher had an essential role as the form teacher checks in with the student daily on a 10 minute basis. Ultimately, for handwriting to improve, everyone in the pupils educational environment needs to sing off the same hymn sheet and become advocates for the pupil to become persistent with the challenge they are facing.

Directly instruct students to be aware of using case sensitives.
Practice writing letters using guided worksheets. Try using different size lined paper or coloured paper. Practice writing letters in a multi-sensory environment to relieve the monotonous factor.

Strand: Writing

Asset type: Document
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Handwriting Worksheets

http://softschools.com/handwriting/alphabets/ Added: 03 Nov 2016 Contributor: Karl Meehan Resource type: Guide/notes

Choose from a large variety of handwriting worksheets or generate your own. This website provides easy to print lower case and upper case letter worksheets to aid in the development of letter formation.

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How it maps to the curriculum

in
English

Strand: Writing

Strand unit: 9. Handwriting & Presentation

Suggestions for use: These worksheets can be printed for individual work as part of a whole class activity. They may also be used as a reinforcement activity for children who are struggling to develop correct letter formation.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons
Special Needs:

Handwriting Made Easy

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/...iting+-+Storyline+output/story.html Added: 02 Nov 2016 Contributor: Norma Bourke Resource type: Demonstration / Guide/notes / Audio / Video / Lesson Plan / Presentation / Project / Tool / App/software

Online resource to help teach children correct letter formation. It contains individual videos modelling formation of each letter in upper and lowercase as well as guidelines on the 3p's and 4s's of good handwriting. The resource can be used by teachers in the classroom and can then be accessed by children and parents at home for reinforcement.

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How it maps to the curriculum

1-2
English

Strand: Writing

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • confer with the teacher and others on the quality of presentation
  • decide whether or not to re-draft a piece of writing
  • realise that first attempts at writing are not necessarily the finished product and learn to undertake second drafts in order to improve writing

Suggestions for use: In class demonstration of letter formation, support for children at home

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

World Book Web

Children's Reading

Within the search facility in WorldBook Online you can search any topic and refine the results based on the child's reading ability using the Lexile Measure Search Facility. When an article is open click on the contents book on the top right of the screen and this will display the Lexile measure. This is a useful tool especially when the class are undergoing project work. 




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