the stage of writing where children begin to learn and practice the joining of individual letters, preparing them for cursive writing

the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter

the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter

the part of a letter that descends below the x-height line

Pre-cursive formation of u, y and j

English

In this unit, pupils learn pre-cursive letter formation for all 26 letters of the alphabet. In ‘The four joins’, pupils build on this by learning the pre-cursive formation of the four joins and break letters.

In 'Writing lower case letters in print', pupils learnt the letter formation for all 26 lower case print letters. In this unit, pupils  build on this knowledge, learning the pre-cursive formation of all lower case letters.

Pre-cursive lower case letters or lower case letters revision

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Risk assessment required - physical activity

Descender refers to the part of a letter that is above the x-height line.

Descender refers to the part of a letter that is below the x-height line.

Descender refers to the part of a letter that is below the baseline.

Ascender refers to the part of the letter that is above the baseline.

Ascender refers to the part of the letter that is above the x-height line.

Ascender refers to the part of the letter that is below the baseline.

True or false: pre-cursive lower case letters always have a lead in and a lead out.

style of handwriting where the letters are joined together

formation of letters which include a lead in and a lead out

Match the handwriting formation with the definition.

Content guidance

Risk assessment required - physical activity

Adult supervision required

Starter Quiz