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

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

this is the line that x-height letters reach

this is the line that most letters sit on

The first join: id, ig, ed, eg with no lead in

English

In this unit, pupils learn the four joins and break letters with no lead ins. In 'Year 2: Handwriting: capital letters and numerals', pupils practise formation and size of capital letters and numerals. 

In 'Year 2: Handwriting: lower case letters revision', pupils learnt the letter formation for all 26 lower case letters. In this unit, pupils build on this knowledge, learning the four joins and break letters.

The four joins

The first join: en, ud and ir with no lead in

The first join: ag, ac, na and to with no lead in

this is the line that letters with ascenders reach up to

The second join: ck, ch, nk, lk  with no lead in

the point the formation of a letter begins on the tramlines

The second join: il, it, ik, ul with no lead in

a group of letters that are written together in a word

The second join: el, mb, at and tt with no lead in

The third join: oo, og, wa and wo with no lead in

The third join: on, om, ow, oi with no lead in

The third join: os, rm, wi with no lead in

The fourth join: wl, oh and ot with no lead in

The fourth join: ol, ok and of with no lead in

The fourth join: rl, rk and rt with no lead in

the part of a letter that descends below the level of the baseline

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

a letter which doesn't join to the letter after it in a letter string

The four joins

The four joins and break letters, with no lead-ins

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