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

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

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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

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Select the correct formation of the third join oi.

Select the correct formation of the third join om.

Select the correct formation of the third join on.

Select the correct formation of the third join ow.

Select the correct examples of the fourth join. 

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