Lines that match our worksheets
The lines here are the same ones used on every PencilPlum handwriting and tracing sheet, so children see one set of lines all year.More handwriting practice
For letters to trace, use alphabet tracing; for your own sentences, handwriting practice.In the Australian Curriculum
- FoundationForming most lower-case and upper-case letters using learnt formations (AC9EFLY08).
- Year 1Writing words with unjoined upper-case and lower-case letters.
- Year 2Writing words with letters that are consistently legible and unjoined.
- Year 3Letters that are accurately formed and consistent in size.
Consistent letter size is named in the Year 3 standard, and the dashed middle line is what teaches it: the body of each letter sits between the baseline and the midline, and only tall letters reach the top line.
Journal pages with a drawing box suit daily writing in Foundation. Children draw first, talk about their picture, then write a sentence about it, starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop as the Foundation standard expects.
Summarised in our own words from the Australian Curriculum: English, Version 9.0 (ACARA).
