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Ready to Write
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Ready to Write

A useful anchor chart to display in your classroom all year round! This poster reminds students of the correct posture and positioning in order to produce legible and correct handwriting. This resource includes a colour and black and white version and displays for right handed and left handed students for your convenience.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to write known lower case and upper case letters using learned letter formations, functional posture and pencil grip.
  • We are learning to write known lower case and upper case letters using learned letter formations, correct posture and pencil grip.
  • We are learning to write words using unjoined lower case and upper case letters using functional pencil grip.
  • We are learning to form all upper and lower-case letters correctly.
  • We are learning to write upper and lower-case unjoined letters and sentences legibly using correct pencil grip and posture.
  • We are learning to write using joined letter that are clearly formed and consistent in size to develop a fluent handwriting style.
  • We are learning to write using joined letter that are clearly formed and consistent in size to develop a fluent handwriting style.
  • We are learning to write using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size to develop a fluent and automatic handwriting style.
  • We are learning to write using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size to develop a fluent and automatic handwriting style.
  • We are learning to develop a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style.
  • We are learning to develop a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style that varies according to audience and purpose.

Curriculum alignment

ENe-3A old Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts EN3-2A old Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts EN2-3A old Uses effective handwriting and publishes texts using digital technologies EN1-3A old Composes texts using letters of consistent size and slope and uses digital technologies ENE-HANDW-01 new Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts EN2-HANDW-01 new Forms legible joined letters to develop handwriting fluency EN1-HANDW-01 new Uses a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style, and digital technology, including word-processing applications, when creating texts
VCELY232 Write words and sentences legibly using upper- and lower-case letters that are applied with growing fluency using an appropriate pen/pencil grip and body position VCELY268 Understand the conventions for writing words and sentences using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size VCELY301 Handwrite using clearly-formed joined letters, and develop increased fluency and automaticity VCELY162 Understand that sounds in English are represented by upper- and lower-case letters that can be written using learned letter formation patterns for each case VCELY331 Develop a handwriting style that is becoming legible, fluent and automatic VCELY360 Develop a handwriting style that is legible, fluent and that can vary depending on context VCELY196 Understand how to use learned formation patterns to represent sounds and write words using combinations of unjoined upper- and lower-case letters

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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