Take a look at these the new additions to Letter-join resources for joining techniques - double and tricky letters!
Your pupils can polish their letter joining skills by watching the animations in the Word Banks and tracing them on IWBs and tablets before completing the worksheets for real handwriting practice.
Now teachers can choose from a collection of fun handwriting practice tasks, from how to join letters horizontally and diagonally, to practising double letters and other tricky joins.
All the resources are available in the Letter-join Lead-in or No-Lead font to suit your school’s preferred handwriting style.
To find these new resources, select ‘More …’ and then ‘Joins’ from a Classroom page.
The Letter-join Online Word Processor included in your Letter-join subscription is the perfect alternative!
The Online Word Processor can be found under the Resources tab. Any of the Letter-join fonts can be selected and your school’s alternative letters for f, k, w, x and z will be automatically used.
Watch this video to see how to easily create documents and worksheets.
Introduce some seasonal ‘spring’ words using Letter-join’s Word of the Week template. In addition to handwriting practice, children can explore new and unfamiliar words to help them use more adventurous and exciting language in their writing.
Here are some spring vocabulary suggestions: abloom, verdant, rejuvenating, vibrant …
And some cheerful and colourful handwriting worksheets from Letter-join to put a ‘spring’ into everyone’s step!
To find them, just type ‘spring’ into the Search bar.
Bring your pupils up to speed with these great resources from Letter-join to support SPaG practice in Key Stage 1 and 2.
Year 2 teachers can find a series of worksheets to strengthen pupils’ spelling, punctuation and grammar skills by selecting:
Resources > Printouts > Key Stage 1 and choosing from KS1 SPaG support.
The printouts at the top of this page are samples of KS1 SPaG worksheets for boosting children’s confidence as well as improving their handwriting.
For year 6, a set of worksheets aimed at supporting learners in preparation for KS2 SATs can be accessed at:
Resources > Printouts > Key Stage 2 and choosing from KS2 SATs support.
The worksheets shown on the right are examples from Letter-join’s KS2 section. They are designed to support year 6 pupils in meeting expected standards for spelling, punctuation and grammar, with lots of SPaG preparation and plenty of handwriting practice.
Using the Word Banks in the Fun section, children can select common exception words (CEW) from the statutory spelling lists to practise at school or at home. These are great for building and improving spelling ready for SATs.
From the Word Banks children can click on ‘Activities’ to:
• automatically produce look, trace and copy spelling lists.
• produce word searches to complete online or print out.
Finally, don’t forget to check out our handy Maths worksheets (also in the KS2 section) designed to help reinforce some key concepts in time for SATs.
