Author(s): Jane Pinsker

Education

The Targeting Handwriting program is the only Foundation handwriting program that supports teachers with a resource book for each year in Low er Primary. The books provide information regarding stages of developmen t and common problems relevant to the age group. There is a teacher reso urce book to accompany each level - Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2. Years 3-6 are combined into one teacher resource book.

T he Targeting Handwriting NSW Year 2 Teacher Resource Book features:

• over 100 blackline masters, including three practice pages for each letter
• tracking, tracing and independent writing activitie s for lower case and capital letters
• practice of numerals, numb er words and punctuation
• fun puzzles, sorting activities, poems and rhymes
• most activities based around phonics, including ble nds, rhyming words and word building
• letter practice using clus ters of words which have a similar phonic pattern, or which are often fo und in Year 2 spelling lists, or are linked by theme
• a focus on reducing students' reliance on scaffolds and increased student responsi bility for producing handwriting of consistent size, shape, spacing and slope