Key learning points

1. -sure and -ture are common spellings for the endings of words.
2. The words start with a lead in and finish with a lead out.
3. The pencil does not lift when forming the join, only after to add the cross to a t or a dot to an i or a j.
4. There are four cursive joins.
5. The join used depends on which letter is joining to which letter within a letter string.

Keywords

• Word endings - letters or groups of letters at the end of a word

• Join - how the letters are connected together

• Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word

• 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

Common misconception