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Cursivecopy Writing Written, Designed and Printed in Ireland

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Good Posture

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pull in your chair

do not slouch

sit up straight

use spare hand to hold copy steady

Pencil Grip

3rd finger index finger thumb 1

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thumb index finger 3rd finger

Use the first three fingers

Pencil pointing towards you

3 Pinch the pencil

using thumb and index finger

4 Flip the pencil

rest the pencil on 3rd finger

• Make sure that your pencil is sharpened • Always refer to the instructions for good posture and pencil grip • Use the letters on pages 2 and 3 as a reference • Do not lift your pencil until the letter is complete (Exceptions: t, x, F, H, K, Q, X) • Riddles / True or False?

Think about it!

Don’t go straight to the answers at the back.

• Do your best and enjoy Mrs Murphy’s Copy!

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Riddles (1) pages 16 & 17 1

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This is as light as a feather but nobody can hold it for long.

What is it? Your breath Why is Europe like a frying pan? Because it has Greece at the bottom!

I am not alive but I grow. I don’t have lungs but I need air. I have no mouth but water kills me.

What am I? Fire David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and? David You live in a one storey house made of redwood.

What colour is the stairs? There is no stairs!

What room do ghosts avoid? The living room

Riddles (2) pages 50 & 51 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Spell COW using thirteen letters. SEE O DOUBLE YOU I am full of holes but I can still hold water. What am I? A sponge What 7 letter word is spelled the same backwards and forwards? RACECAR Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain? Mount Everest What goes up but never comes down? Age When is it bad luck to see a black cat? When you are a mouse!

What runs around a field without moving? A fence

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Bees make honey. True Harry Potter went to Hogwarts. True The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest in the world. False (Pacific) The Loch Ness monster is in Spain. False (Scotland) Incy Wincy is an ant. False (Spider) A shrimp’s heart is on its head. True A shark has eyelids but cannot blink. True A cat has ten muscles in each ear. False (32 in each ear) A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. True

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