Reviewing high frequency words, using lead-ins
I can write high frequency words using cursive handwriting.
Reviewing high frequency words, using lead-ins
I can write high frequency words using cursive handwriting.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- High frequency words are words that appear most frequently in written texts.
- Letters in the high frequency words will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
- The first letter of the word always has a lead in and the last letter has a lead out.
- There is appropriate spacing between the letters.
- You don’t lift your pencil until the letter string is complete.
Keywords
High frequency word - the words that appear most frequently in written texts
Lead in - the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
Join - connecting together
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word
Common misconception
Once children start joining words they can forget the correct way to join the letters and just join them in a random manner.
Let them look at the word first and identify how the letters join, then practise and get them to self-assess their joins. Encourage them to identify any mistakes so they can learn from these.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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