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Follow the steps on the inside front cover to prepare for writing. Start by practising tracing patterns. On each letter page, review the numbered step-by-step guide to letter formation in the top-left corner. Trace it with your finger, followed by a crayon or pencil. Practise tracing the letters, then progress to writing letters on the lines provided. Name words that begin with the letter you are practising. Colour in the phonetically linked illustrations. Use your skills to write three-letter words on the Revision/Assessment pages. Refer to the alphabet page on the inside back cover to see numbered guides to all the letters in the alphabet.
Pre-Cursive A – Practice Copy
Digital resources, including letter formation animations, warm-up videos and a handwriting song, are available to access from home. Please go to www.edcohandwriting.ie/parents for more information. IS B N 978-1-84536-956-9
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Pre-Cursive A
Contents
Patterns
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Letter n
20
Letter e
31
Letter c
10
Letter m
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Revision/Assessment
32
Letter o
11
Letter h
22
Letter u
33
Letter a
12
Letter b
23
Letter y
34
Letter d
13
Letter p
24
Letter v
35
Letter g
14
Revision/Assessment
25
Letter w
36
Letter q
15
Letter l
26
Letter x
37
Revision/Assessment
16
Letter t
27
Letter z
38
Letter j
17
Letter f
28
Revision/Assessment
39
Letter i
18
Letter k
29
Revision/Assessment
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Letter r
19
Letter s
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