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do not join Practising letters that
correct column in the table. Write each word in the
letters that do not join. Copy these sentences with
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correct posture and grip instruction
•
size, spacing and slope instruction to develop fluency and legibility
•
trace and copy opportunities to model and practise accurate letter and number formation, and joining techniques
•
high-frequency words from the Oxford Wordlist
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self-assessment and track-your-progress pages
•
well-loved characters from Oxford Reading for Comprehension.
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æÖ s·uÙñÓòƒiºòøaµl Oò»e¥rˆ ïÔ¯±˜æÖ¥nªt y¯±aÙñÌs, tµh BaÙñÒñÓiæÖ¥rˆ R¯æ¸ºá î÷à Au¥s‡tÙñÏaµlºi±a’s GïÔ¯±aªt y tµhæÖ h±a¥s Ç»¯æÖ¥n tµhÙñÔ¯±aªtæÖ¥n渱d ǃ
The series features:
Âi¥s›hˆ. CïÌîœô…©-î÷àˆ-Th¥îŸñÒ©¥s St±aÙñÎã ñÌîŒt渱cª° tµhæÖ We s›h¥îœuµl±d h渵lºp t¥oˆ pÙ ˆ tµh±aªt GïÔ¯±aªt BaÙñÒñÓiæÖ¥rˆ R¯æ¸ºáˆ s‹o ¥s Ç»¯±aºuªtºyˆ. ¯ºò»e¥ïÓyæÖ ˜±aÙ© e¥nºjîœyˆ iªt
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guµlµlºy zîÃo p¥îÕlºyp¥s hºi±ghæÖ¥r h¥îŸ®æÖ ïÓi±d±g¯¥s
All letters join
ôøaªtæÖ¥rˆ l±aÙ©±d ô¿îŸñÈk gîÀa٩٩±a s‚¸±a j¯ªtÛtºy
Some letters join
Let’s have one more look at the things you need to remember to make your handwriting neat.
Revision: all joins
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s·iÙ´e s·p±a±˜ˆ ºiÙ©±g s›l¥îœpæÖ
Copy these sentences to practise your size, spacing and slope.
DaÙñÓôƒiÙ© i¥s tµhæÖ ˜±aºpºiªt±aµl î÷àˆ tµhæÖ
NîŸñÍ°µhæÖ¥ïÒ© Te¥ïÒñÓiªt¥îŸñÓy. In ôƒiÙ©ªtæÖ¥rˆ, tµhæÖ ô»¯±aªtµhæÖ¥rˆ i¥s s‡tºiµlµl ôøaÙñÒ®. P¯¥îœpµlæÖ e¥nºjîœyˆ s·ôƒiٮٮºiÙ©±gˆ aÙ©±d ôøaªt±˜µhºiÙ©±gˆ tµhæÖ aÙ®±aÙ´iÙ©±gˆ s·uÙ©¥s‚¸ªt¥s. 32 Revision: size, spacing and slope Assessment: size, spacing and slope
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Developing the building blocks of handwriting
What does Oxford Handwriting look like for Years F–2?
Oxford Handwriting is a comprehensive and engaging program designed to introduce and develop the fundamental skills of handwriting. It includes correct posture and grip models, opportunities to model and practise accurate letter formation and joining techniques, and activities to help every student develop a fluent, automatic handwriting style. The Oxford Handwriting series features words from the Oxford Wordlist as well as themes and characters from Oxford Reading for Comprehension.
Teaching support and resources
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Introduce
Model
Use the online resources available via Oxford Owl to demonstrate the letter formation.
Using the online resources for your state on the interactive whiteboard, allow students to come up and model the correct technique by tracing the letter.
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3
Consolidate
Practise
Download the activity sheets from Oxford Owl for students to do further practice.
Students work independently in their workbooks, practising the letter formation.
Oxford Handwriting offers complimentary teaching support via Oxford Owl, including: • digital activities to support accurate and automatic formation of letters and numbers • more than 100 activity sheets for consolidation and practice • recording and assessment templates
Oxford Handwriting: Victoria F–6
• high-frequency words from the Oxford Wordlist.
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Revision: all joins
do not join Practising letters that
correct column in the table. Write each word in the
letters that do not join. Copy these sentences with
•
correct posture and grip instruction
•
size, spacing and slope instruction to develop fluency and legibility
•
trace and copy opportunities to model and practise accurate letter and number formation, and joining techniques
•
high-frequency words from the Oxford Wordlist
•
self-assessment and track-your-progress pages
•
well-loved characters from Oxford Reading for Comprehension.
i±d渱a ïÓuµÇ¡Çƒi¥s›h ïÌîÕlµl渱d h渵lºp y¯¥s‡tæÖ¥ïÏd±aºy zi±gza±g
æÖ s·uÙñÓòƒiºòøaµl Oò»e¥rˆ ïÔ¯±˜æÖ¥nªt y¯±aÙñÌs, tµh BaÙñÒñÓiæÖ¥rˆ R¯æ¸ºá î÷à Au¥s‡tÙñÏaµlºi±a’s GïÔ¯±aªt y tµhæÖ h±a¥s Ç»¯æÖ¥n tµhÙñÔ¯±aªtæÖ¥n渱d ǃ
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Âi¥s›hˆ. CïÌîœô…©-î÷àˆ-Th¥îŸñÒ©¥s St±aÙñÎã ñÌîŒt渱cª° tµhæÖ We s›h¥îœuµl±d h渵lºp t¥oˆ pÙ ˆ tµh±aªt GïÔ¯±aªt BaÙñÒñÓiæÖ¥rˆ R¯æ¸ºáˆ s‹o ¥s Ç»¯±aºuªtºyˆ. ¯ºò»e¥ïÓyæÖ ˜±aÙ© e¥nºjîœyˆ iªt
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guµlµlºy zîÃo p¥îÕlºyp¥s hºi±ghæÖ¥r h¥îŸ®æÖ ïÓi±d±g¯¥s
All letters join
ôøaªtæÖ¥rˆ l±aÙ©±d ô¿îŸñÈk gîÀa٩٩±a s‚¸±a j¯ªtÛtºy
Some letters join
Let’s have one more look at the things you need to remember to make your handwriting neat.
Revision: all joins
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s·iÙ´e s·p±a±˜ˆ ºiÙ©±g s›l¥îœpæÖ
Copy these sentences to practise your size, spacing and slope.
DaÙñÓôƒiÙ© i¥s tµhæÖ ˜±aºpºiªt±aµl î÷àˆ tµhæÖ
NîŸñÍ°µhæÖ¥ïÒ© Te¥ïÒñÓiªt¥îŸñÓy. In ôƒiÙ©ªtæÖ¥rˆ, tµhæÖ ô»¯±aªtµhæÖ¥rˆ i¥s s‡tºiµlµl ôøaÙñÒ®. P¯¥îœpµlæÖ e¥nºjîœyˆ s·ôƒiٮٮºiÙ©±gˆ aÙ©±d ôøaªt±˜µhºiÙ©±gˆ tµhæÖ aÙ®±aÙ´iÙ©±gˆ s·uÙ©¥s‚¸ªt¥s. 32 Revision: size, spacing and slope Assessment: size, spacing and slope
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Posture
Letters and numerals: size and position
Tips Tracker Jack ’s
Trace the alphabet. Use different colours for the letters that start at the top dotted line and those that descend below the black baseline.
r Jack. Relax your arms like Tracke back. Let the chair support your floor. the on Place your feet flat for sure! Your writing will improve
Paper position
Before you write
Revision
Before you write
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Non-writing hand steadies the paper
Write the head and body letters.
b Write the body and tail letters.
Left-handed
Write the body letters.
a
Hold your pen or pencil firmly between your thumb and index finger, balanced on your middle finger. (Not too tightly!)
Remember, the letter f has a head, body and tail. Trace and copy these words.
family
Left-handed
friends
fun
Right-handed
Tips Tracker Jack ’s Left-handed writers may prefer ently. to form some letters differ
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Right-handed
Pen or pencil grip
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AHT 2
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2
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Trace these numerals.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Before you write
Letters and numerals: size and position
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Handwriting First for Victoria, Year 3
Track your progress Follow Tracker Jack and Maggie to find the source of the pollution. I can write the alphabet in unjoined writing.
Trace these letters when you have learnt them.
ABC I know my letter families.
abc
Track your progress
Ja±˜µk
amiu
I am ready to join my letters.
I have revised my capital letters.
I know my touch joins.
ˆÇ…™ˆ
qÚu
d±a I can do horizontal joins.
I can do diagonal joins to f.
iºáˆ
aµh
I can make the big join from q to u.
I can do diagonal joins.
mæÖ
I know how to do diagonal joins to e.
hºi
I can do diagonal joins to ascenders.
ò»e I can do horizontal joins to e.
2
îÕh I can do horizontal joins to ascenders.
Track your progress
âÂi I can join from the crossbar on f.
î÷ãÊà I can join double f.
gy I know the letters that do not join.
Trˆˆ I know that capital letters do not join.
Wîœw! My writing is fluent and legible.
Track your progress
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Fluency pattern
Engaging full-colour illustrations
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Anti-clockwise letters
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Colouring-in opportunities
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Copy.
beautiful quickly jumps
zoo movie dragon why Which letter of the alphabet does not appear in the words above? Write the alphabet below and circle the missing letter.
Complete this number pattern.
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How well did you write?
r Tick your best letters and numerals.
I need help
Good
Teacher
Great Final assessment
Self-assessment opportunities
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Slope
Spacing
Track
Tips Tracker Jack ’s Characters and themes from Oxford Reading for Comprehension
ds Keep your lett ers and wor evenly spaced.
not this
this
TïÏa±˜µkæÖ¥rˆ Ja±˜µk
Ke Al
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Keep yo
Keep your spacing even as you copy these sentences.
TïÏa±˜µkæÖ¥r Ja±˜µk ’s â„aºò¿îœuÙñÓiªtæÖ h¥îÕǡǃy i¥s tµhºiÙ©µkºiÙ©±gˆ î÷àˆ n渺wˆ tµhºiÙ©±gs t¥oˆ d¥o ôƒiªtµh ïÓuµÇ¡Çƒi¥s›h. “It’s n¥îŒ° ïÓuµÇ¡Çƒi¥s›h iºáˆ yîœu ˜±aÙ© u¥s‚Ö iªt.”
Çøa
aÙ©
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Practise
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R¯±˜ºy˜µlæÖ!
R¯±˜ºy˜µlæÖ!
ǡǃy
Ρ
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Slope consistency
Helpful tips
Handwriting First for Victoria Year 3
Tips Tracker Jack ’s iting even. Keep the slope of your wr htly to the right. All lett ers should slope slig
this
Ma±ggiæÖ
not this
Keep your slope even as you copy these words.
Çøa±gs ǿÛtµl渥s ˜±aÙ©¥s pµl±a¥s‡tºi±c aÙ©ºiÙ®±aµl¥s ïÓuµÇ¡Çƒi¥s›h p¥îÕlµlºuªtºi¥îŸ© ˜µl¥îÀgg¯±d e¥nºòƒiÙñÌٮæÖ¥nªt pÙñÌîŒt渱˜ªt R¯±dºu±˜æÖ, ïÔe-u¥s‚Ö aÙ©±d ïÔ¯±˜ºy˜µlæÖ! Practise your fluency.
˜µlæÖ! Slope consistency
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Anti
Capital letters as labels
Practise your capital letters by writing these labels next to the matching picture. ROAD TREES
HAMMOCK GARDEN
CITY RIVER
Trace a
HOUSE SHED CLOTHES LINE
Engaging full-colour illustrations
Trace a
Use capital letters to write the letters of the alphabet that do not appear in the words above.
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Capital letters as labels
Example page from picture.
Anti-clockwise and clockwise patterns
Handwriting First for Victoria Year 3
Trace and copy these anti-clockwise patterns.
D
Trace and copy these clockwise patterns.
r in the
Trace and copy
Anti-clockwise and clockwise patterns
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Practice opportunities
Legibility
Example page from Handwriting First for Victoria Year 5
Make words using the clues below. Write your answers in cursive handwriting with speed loops. Keep your writing legible. Watch out for some tricky spelling rules.
˜ºuºíªtºuÙñÔe ˜ºuºíªtºuÙñÔe + aºí mºuºíªtºi + ˜ºuºíªtºuÙñÔe + aºí mºuºíªtºi + ˜ºuºíªtºuÙñÔe + aºí + i¥sù® Finish this pattern.
Asses
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Ad渺í±a iÙ©ªt¥oˆ
h±aÙñÒ®¥îŸ©ºyˆ h±aÙñÒ®¥îŸ©ºyˆ + îœu¥s
ThæÖ ï
Finish this pattern.
AÇ¿îŸñ
dºiºò»e¥ïÌs‚Ö dºiºò»e¥ïÌs‚Ö + iªtºyˆ dºiºò»e¥ïÌs·iªtºy + iºä§i±˜±aªtºi¥îŸ©
ThæÖ õ
a pÙñ
Finish this pattern.
mºi±å¥ïÏaªtæÖ mºi±å¥ïÏaªtæÖ + tºi¥îŸ© iÙ® + mºi±å¥ïÏaªtæÖ iÙ® + mºi±å¥ïÏaÙ©ªt Finish this pattern.
Identify
AÇ¿îŸñ pÙñÌîŒtæ¸ s·pºiÙñÓiªt
Self -asse
Assess th
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with
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Date:
Handwriting First for Victoria Year 5
Copy these sentences using cursive handwriting with speed loops.
ThæÖ AÇ¿îŸñÓi±åºiÙ©±aºí âÊì±a±gˆ ôøa¥s d渥s·i±å¥n渱d ǃyˆ HaÙñÌî÷ì±d Th¥îŸ®±a¥s. It ôøa¥s âÂiÙñÌs‡t âÊì¥îœô…©  Naªtºi¥îŸ©±aºí AÇ¿îŸñÓi±åºi٩渥s Daºyˆ iÙ© Ad渺í±aºi±dæÖ îŸ© 12 Juºíºyˆ 1971. ThæÖ âÊì±a±gˆ i¥s dºiºòƒi±d渱d h¥îŸñÓiÙ¨¥îŸ©ªt±aºíºíºyˆ iÙ©ªt¥oˆ h±aºíºò»¯¥s. ThæÖ Ç«ì±a±˜ºê ïÔ¯ºpÙñÔ¯¥s‚Ö¥nªt¥s tºçæÖ AÇ¿îŸñÓi±åºiÙ©±aºí p渥îœpºíæÖ. ThæÖ ïÔ¯±d ïÔ¯ºpÙñÔ¯¥s‚Ö¥nªt¥s tºçæÖ ïÔ¯±d ¯±aÙñÍtºç, tºçæÖ ïÔ¯±d îÀ˜ºçÙñÔe aÙ©±d tºçæÖ AÇ¿îŸñÓi±åºiÙ©±aºí p渥îœpºíæÖ ’s s·pºiÙñÓiªtºu±aºí ïÔ¯ºí±aªtºi¥îŸ©¥s·çºiºp t¥oˆ tºçæÖ l±aÙ©±d. ThæÖ õ渺íºí¥îœwˆ ïÔ¯ºpÙñÔ¯¥s‚Ö¥nªt¥s tºçæÖ s·uÙ©, ô«éºi±˜ºç åºiºò»¯¥s lºiºäØe aÙ©±d i¥s a pÙñÌîŒtæÖ±˜ªt¥îŸ™ˆ. Identify the type of join underlined in each of these words.
AÇ¿îŸñÓi±åºiÙ©±aºí pÙñÌîŒt渱cªt¥îŸ™ s·pºiÙñÓiªtºu±aºí
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Self -assessment
Teacher:
Assess the fluency and legibility of your writing.
Lacklustre performance
Good display
It’s a pearler!
Assessment: fluency and legibility
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Example page from Handwriting First for Victoria Year 5
Copy these sentences.
A åºí¥îÃs‹s€aÙñÓyˆ i¥s aÙ© aºíºpºç±aºÉ»¯ªtºi±˜±aºí ˜¥î÷ìºí渱˜ªtºi¥îŸ© ˆ lºi¥s‡t î÷àˆ s·p渱˜ºi±aºíºi¥s‡t tæÖ¥ïÒ®¥s aÙ©±d tºç渺iÙ™ˆ m渱aÙ©ºiÙ©±å¥s. ThæÖ åºí¥îÃs‹s€aÙñÓyˆ
Ç»¯ºí¥îœwˆ ïÔ¯ºí±aªt渥s t¥oˆ tºçæÖ hºi¥s‡t¥îŸñÓyˆ î÷àˆ tºçæÖ p渱aÙñÎìºiÙ©±gˆ iÙ©±dºu¥s‡tÙñÓyˆ. The meanings of the words in the box are listed below and on the next page. • Write the words in the box beside their meanings. You may need a dictionary to help you. • Copy the words and the meanings.
aºä§tæÖ¥rˆ
˜ºuºíªtºu
tæÖ¥n±dæÖ¥r îœõ¥s‡tæÖ¥r ˜ºõ±˜ºí¥îŸ©æÖ lºu±å±åæÖ¥r Mrˆ MiºêºiÙ®¥îŒt¥o Ç»e¥n±d¥s òƒuºí±˜±aÙ©ºi¥s‚¸±d : iÙñÒñÔ¯±åºuºí±aÙ™ˆ, ïÌîœu±åºç s·ç渺íºíºä§i¥s·ç ôƒiªtºç tºô¿oˆ p±aÙñÍt¥s. It i¥s ô«éæÖ¥ïÔe a p渱aÙñÎì i¥s â‰îŸñҮ渱d. : p±aºiÙ©ºä§uºí ˜¥îŸ©±dºiªtºi¥îŸ© e¥xºpæÖ¥ïÓiæÖ¥n±˜æ¸±d î÷ãÂtæÖ¥n ǃyˆ dºiºò»e¥ïÌs; ˜±aºu¥s‚¸±d ǃyˆ t¥îÃoˆ mºu±˜ºç nºiªtÙñÌîÀåæÖ¥n iÙ© tºçæÖ Ç«ì¥îÃîÀd.
Complet
Thºi¥s ˜¥îŸ©±dºiªtºi¥îŸ© s‹îŸ®æ¸ªtºiٮ渥s ïÔ¯¥s·uºíªt¥s iÙ© tºçæÖ d渱aªtºç î÷àˆ tºçæÖ dºiºò»e¥rˆ.
Ba¥s‚ p渱aÙñ dºiºò»e h渺íºp ô¿îŸñ
: l±aÙñÏåæÖ Ç¿îÀaªt u¥s‚¸±d â‰îŸ™ˆ p渱aÙñÎìºiÙ©±gˆ. It h±a¥s tºô¿oˆ m±a¥s‡t¥s aÙ©±d tºô¿oˆ s€aºiºí¥s. 20 Consolidating joins
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: òƒi¥î÷ìæÖ¥nªt ôƒiÙ©±d aÙ©±d ïÏaºiÙ© s‡t¥îŸñÒ®.
: tºçæÖ pæÖ¥ïÌs‹îŸ© ô«é¥oˆ h渺íºp¥s aÙ©±d l¥îÃî÷ë¥s
ñÓyˆ.
aºä§tæÖ¥rˆ tºçæÖ dºiºò»e¥rˆ ô«éºiºíæÖ tºç渺yˆ aÙñÔe uÙ©±dæÖ¥rˆ ôøaªtæÖ¥rˆ. : ˜¥îŸ©¥s·i±dæÖ¥ïÔ¯±d tºçæÖ â„aªtºçæÖ¥rˆ î÷àˆ tºçæÖ ˜ºuºíªtºuÙñÔ¯±d p渱aÙñÎì iÙ©±dºu¥s‡tÙñÓyˆ. : s‡tÙñÔe¥n±åªtºçæÖ¥n渱d m±aªtæÖ¥ïÓi±aºí s·u±˜ºç a¥s ˜±aÙ©ºòøa¥s.
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Complete this table to practise your joins.
Ba¥s‚Ö ô¿îŸñÏd p渱aÙñÎì dºiºò»e h渺íºp ô¿îŸñÎë
Ad±d -s
Ad±d -iÙ©±g
Ad±d -e¥r
Consolidating joins
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