style of handwriting where the letters are joined together in a flowing and connected manner

the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter

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

this is the line that most letters sit on

this is the line that letters with ascenders reach up to

The second join: ck, ch with lead in

English

In this unit, pupils learn the four joins. In 'Handwriting: capital letters and numerals', pupils practise formation and size of capital letters and numerals. 

In 'Pre-cursive lower case letters', pupils learnt the pre-cursive letter formation for all 26 lower case letters. In this unit, pupils build on this knowledge, learning the pre-cursive four joins and break letters.

The four joins

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Match the capital letter to its corresponding lower case letter.

Put the tramlines in order from the top to the bottom.

True or false? Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together.

The first join goes from the baseline to the ...

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