The Targeting Handwriting NSW Year 3 Student Book focuses on teaching the basic joins.
Features of the book includes:
- dia gonal joins, drop-in joins and horizontal joins
- letters that do n't join
- letters with exits and entries as a useful and practic al transitional stage between printing and cursive
- tracking exe rcises to introduce exits, entries and joins
Handwriting i s one of the most crucial skills students will develop in primary school . Targeting Handwriting covers the handwriting curriculum in a clear and structured way, with content directly linked to NSW syllabus outcomes. Writing is a vital, compelling form of communication. Children need to w rite every day, for a variety of purposes and for a variety of audiences . To be competent writers, their handwriting needs to be fluent and legi ble. The teaching of handwriting is an essential part of the writing cur riculum.
