V said ‘ fwwdbloomsbury.com Andrew, Brodie Geico? b Ae, ls ist wwwm.bloomsbury.comWhat's in this book This is the third book in an exciting new series of Andrew Brodie Basics: Let's Do Handwriting. Each book features a clearly structured approach to developing and improving children’s handwriting, an essential skill for correct spelling and effective written communication. Check the handwriting style used at your child's school as there are slight variations between schools. The style used in this book reflects the most popular one. The National Curriculum states that during early Key Stage 2 children should use the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters but they recognise that some letters should remain unjoined at this stage. They increase the leg consistency and quality of their handwriting: they attempt to keep downstrokes of letters parallel and equidistant, and they ensure that lines of writing are spaced so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not collide. Enjoying the practice in this book will help your child to achieve all of these skills, How you can help Make sure your child is ready for their handwriting practice by checking that their chair and table are of appropriate heights so that they are comfortable and can reach their work easily. They should be able to place this book flat on a desk or table and the work area should be a well-lit uncluttered space. Your child should place the book at an appropriate angle so that their handwriting is clearly visible to them. If your child is left-handed, the book will need to be turned to the opposite angle to that used by right-handed people: it is essential that they can see their work, rather than covering it with their hand as they write. Martha the Meerkat Look out for Martha the Meerkat, who tells your child what to focus on ready for the progress check at the end of each section. ‘Andrew Brodie says... On some pages there are further tips and reminders from Andrew Brodie, which are devised to encourage your child to self-check their work. When your child does well, makes sure you tell them so! The colourful stickers in the middle of this book can be a great reward for good work anda big incentive for future progress. The answer section The answer section at the back of this book can be a useful teaching tool: ask your child to compare their handwriting to the exemplars shown on the Progress Check answer pages. If they have written their letters and words correctly, congratulate them, but if they havent, don't let them worry about it! Instead, encourage them to learn the correct versions. Give lots of praise for any success.- . = letter, Copy the letters carefully. af C a O Now try smaller versions of the same letters. Cc oO Practise joining the letters c and o together. Co Make a long line of joined letter c. COCOOOOOOELEELELELE Now practise these joins: Andrew Brodie Se) arene a ae ee a) ide ar a et Te pCi ‘oad se pridge jons Practise joining the letter o using a bridge join. Make a long line of joined letter o. Now try these. oo oa oc Follow the patterns below. Oa OC OD OU OT OD eee ee are bridge joins ey ree Deer ares eon ere] CoCo ees) ; ; Practise these letters. They are both started in the same way as a letter c. Now try smaller versions of the same letters. d gf Write these words as neatly as you can. do good. cod Practise these words. Make sure you leave the correct gap between the words. good. dog SS er Rc ea By ra ali Ny Riis Cea a ee eneCopy the letters carefully. a S e€ Z Now try smaller versions of the same letters. S e Look at this letter e. oD We use this letter e when we need to use a slope join. Notice how to join from 0 to e. code goes does soda eee ls re aad eee aaa gochey Make sure you don't join from a ere eee Pros. Sua SeerNow try smaller versions of the same letters. m n Write these words as neatly as you can. mou cay Seed. Letter h is like a letter n but it has an ascender. , h Try these words. ham hose choseCopy each pair of joined letters three times, as neatly as you can. dc-ca = Co" 0c:00 “hos =o. voMesomman Write each of these words five times. Can you control your writing? Copy the sentence carefully onto the wavy lines. Now write the twenty-six letters of the alphabet very neatly on the wavy lines.ce one ey eed Peedi Rees oe leave gaps belween ral hana 2v m ing to by ror! All the joins on this page are slope joins. Use a slope join to reach the top of the tall letter then come down again. Practise joining these letters together. iy 2g 8 i) choose Write this sentence as neatly as you can. A dog had a ball. Wereccccnaig eal 3oa Ped Ce — . Jphabet are consecutive a a bs Bue lel Letters v and w are very similar to each other. Now try smaller versions of the same letters. Vv Ww Practise these words. We use a bridge join to join from a letter v or w. var saved Waves Look at how to write a letter u. We use a slope join from a letter u. Us 4 Write these words as neatly as you can. usual sums Andrew Brodie Says0 SSPE anteBorner r = We use bridge joins from a letter r. Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. ro rv re reser: crew draw brown crown aurTang le Write this sentence really carefully. I drew a good drawing. Me Ere U Ua rc ere ee taller thon the other leHers because they DO Ee ev ere a eee\ Letter t : We use slope joins from a letter t. Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. to te ta train treat tall talent gates boats Write this sentence really carefully. I am taller than my brother. ree eee el] but net as tall as ae ecoMa Pr0are55 Chay Write each pair of joined lett gress Bac taias uMyaVyoutan: Check z eb a Wore tee Write each of these words five times. blue tube view north south Can you control your writing? Copy the sentence carefully onto the wavy lines. Be yo here, “ore ee wel Py oy,k LeHer k has. ast _ letter os We use slope joins from a letter k. Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. ka ke ki ko ku ky cake koala kangaroo backup Write this sentence really carefully. That girl has taken two cakes. Make sure that the leHers I and k are ea ial ce they have ascenders. Don't forget to leave gaps between the words.ir cers ay and ¥ vigieecas Practise letters i and j. Notice that letter j goes through the line because it is a descender. i 78% Now try smaller versions of the same letters. t J} Write these words as neatly as you can. We use a slope join to join from a letter i but we don’t join from a letter j. i joi j 5 Practise letter y. The letter y goes through the line because it is a descender. Write these words as neatly as you can. JollyLetter P We don’t join from a letter p. p Now try smaller versions of the same letter. Pp Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. pa pe pi po pu apple goalkeeper peaches repeat ripple Write this sentence really carefully. The jelly was pink and purple.| not | | | | | | CC We can join from a letter f using its crossbar. Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. fa fe fi fo farm offer faster famous fantastic Write this sentence really carefully. The farmer milked. forty cows. f | Reever ee oe cat ca line and through the line. |eo soos We do not join the letter q to the letter u. "Waneret Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. ; qu quick quiet quite quiz question request Write this sentence really carefully. All the children worked quietly and quickly. a Coy descender and ig ea ene y 06we Copy the lines of | OGress rite himeaas set aa you can. Ua qu fa fe fi fo ry ya jo ok Rw Write each of these words five times. Can you control your writing? Copy the sentences carefully onto the wavy lines. pp delay ae - ‘She _ 2109 Pite 5 funny iem= a In this book we join to letter x but not from it. 4 Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. Ox ax ix box boxes next sixty fixture Write this sentence really carefully. The next football fixture is on Saturday. eee cd a Letter x is ma nua= ~—S In this book we join to letter z but not from it. “. Z Now practise these. Leave clear gaps between the pairs of letters and between the words. az iz jazz fizz amazing zebra gazing ZOO Write this sentence really carefully. I was gazing at the amazing zebra in the zoo.on whole alphabet ee Daa lees ] Practise the sets of letters. Look carefully to see which letters don’t join. abcde fghy klmno pqrst UNWX YZ Now write the whole alphabet as neatly as you can. abcdefghijklmnopqrstu * VwxYyZ Now try writing the alphabet as quickly as you can.; eee alligator eee ee baboon rabbit xylophoneorder Alphabetical 32" 45 era acarvig J Write the words in alphabetical order. Make sure you form your letters properly and write really neatly. s & > “4 x Ps S 3B oa 2 5 a eeoceooeococeo C2e00CCCCC0LS®ee Copy the lines of | EEF Ce Nineeacneaty| ae you can. Ee | OK OR! = OX UK = UK 20" “URS Ze 8 Aeawltle Write each of these words five times. fuzzy boxed faxed. sixty Can you control your writing? Copy the sentences carefully onto the wavy lines. pwenty-si ee qnere ~ Se, in the ageshoe Copy the letters carefully, then write some more. Write the names of the countries. Algeria Brazil Canada DenmarkVRE | rex letters Ftod Copy the letters carefully. is Uebaisue hci eure ec eee ne SineeS | aoa jetters Ki to 0 Copy the letters carefully. ‘4 K Write the names of the countries. Kenya Latwia Malta. Norway Oman soa aot the beginnings of the Ren KadCapital letters P tol a Copy the letters carefully. D Write the names of the countries. Portugal ed Capital let+= used at the PL a rg the names of peopleCapital letters U to Z Copy the letters carefully. if Write the names of the countries. Uganda ca notice that there is ne country Pa a aeWrite each pair of letters five times. Ade 22 sh Yy | Ve abs Gq Ease Write the days of the week in order. aturday Wednes Shes The, se Friday Write the months of the year in order. September Sa — aa eae Booccce ccccce,eres 0 to 4 Ped oe ay fl" Can you Copy the numbers carefully. s. Now practise smaller versions of the numbers. 0 | 2 3 4u Numerals 5 to 3 cee See eas Copy the numbers carefully. ’ Ns \ ? Ww Now practise smaller versions of the numbers. 5 AON AMoney Copy the pound sign carefully. & Copy the dollar sign carefully. Ae Now try the euro sign. Write the money signs again, but this time smaller. & $ € aR Sea acd Coa avid you keep ead Seer eee Pee o signs Crsone er Ee and exclamations Practise the exclamation mark. 1 Practise the question mark. Now try smaller versions. fapelecfesel Copy the questions and exclamations. How old are you? What time is it? Today is Friday! No stecnbiigelio Near am ERC as Or iacuial) eeact marks Cod Pall Reo Speech marks are used to show when somebody speaks. Look at this example: “It is a nice day today,” said Tom. Copy these spoken sentences. “What day is it today?” asked Jasdeep. “T think it is Tuesday,” replied Tristan. “How old are you?” asked Jasdeep. “I am eight years old,” replied Tristan. Copy this spoken sentence. “Good. work!” said the teacher excitedly. asad es cya oe Sn ier eee ee SC ey ken words and SCL a ee a | There are speech marks before the CoeWear 255 Choc Ml Write each row of numbers three times, g ad era as neatly as you can. 28146 52° 365 62577995775 sO moOR £3. aoe 0 £407 ga gg ee | Write these amounts of money very carefully. Copy the questions and write the answers. “How long is it to your birthday?” asked Tarik “Only six days!” replied Nadia happily. i i | i | 2040 4pSS Paymes & " Copy these rhymes using your best joined handwriting. Later today, I’m going to play. Did you notice the apostrophe in |'m? It’s used to show that a space and the letter a have been missed out. Let's fly to the moon, a We're going quite soon. A yy How good is your pencil control? Trace this square really carefully then draw one of your own. You will need to use a ruler. We usually start ee yee eeepeer er ee en ue Pere casas b —_ rhymes Copy these rhymes using your best joined handwriting. Isnt i funny, That when it’s quite sunny, The butter is soft And the honey is runny? i Isn't it strange, That when there is rain, Most of it goes Straight down the drain. How good is your pencil control? Trace this triangle really carefully then draw one of your own. You will need to use a ruler.ir eration , Copy the conversation carefully. You can add some extra sentences at the end if you want to. “What would you like for your birthday?” , asked. Mum. “Nothing much,” I replied. “T hawe to get you something!” she exclaimed. “I would like a new bike and a new scooter,” I said. How good is your pencil control? Trace this rectangle really carefully then draw one of your own. Make sure you use a ruler to draw shapes with DeeLC Finished stories should be y | Short a ae in your best handwriting / Copy the story carefully. You can write some extra sentences at the end if you want to. sun was sen brightly. ce of the window and. saw the new swing in i the garden. What surprised me, though, was the fact that somebody was already swingin on it! How good is your pencil control? Trace this circle really carefully then draw one of your own. You may need to use something circular to draw around. Ande W Ma ace WS LSet Teamowrtins Me as geod handwriting Copy out the tips in your very best handwriting. Capital letters and etters with as should be taller than other : AU letters should. sit neath y on the Letters with descenders should pass through the writing line. Most letters should join to the letters that follow them. Punctuation. marks should be written in the correct places. Neat handwriting looks really good and is much easier for people to read!M2205 Checy| Ls i Copy the rhyme in your very best handwriting. md ey There's a hooter on my scooter, And. a bell upon my bike. I can make a lot of noise, For that is what I like. Copy this conversation neatly. “When is the next train due?” asked the mar “At about three o'clock,” replied the woman. Use your best handwriting to copy the beginning of this short story. 4 The train pulled. out of the station and we were on our way. I thought the journey was going to be boring but all of a sudder something very strange happened.Talk about the progress checks with your child, encouraging him/her to match each one with the completed versions shown here. your child remember 4o make nie ia: DeLee ree Do the leHers sit neatly CL eed PRU ances : uch as § p and y go through the line? a aha na Na eet Sule ed eae ae Al Oey Tone P Dee CU Reta eae ae 40 join from leHers bg Copy each par of joined letters thee times as neatly asyoucan, Gouenei ts cee ea ene eat ac ca co oe oa mo mo ho 5 ce ae ca co oc Oa no mo he so oF ac ca co ot on no mo ho so ot ‘Write each of there word five times. an you control your writing? Copy the sentence carefully nto the ee A good 40g came 4. Rae pegat ds came A grat 303 as: 4 goed. dey coe Jphabetverynetyonthe _ stuvwxya i o is Ss yw xyz, Steere ester eo = Fghis or “Fefonisee™‘Wiite each of these word five ies. blue blue blue blue blue blue lube tube tube tube tube tube view view view view view view north nerth nerth nerth north nerth south south south south south south, {Can you contol your writing? Copy the sentence carefully onto the wavylines. Copy thelinesofletters three times, as neatly os you can. qu fo fe fi fo ry ya je an you contol your writing? Copy the sentences carefully onto the wavy lines.deradtlaci tela oean cael Joxed famed famed faned famed. fomed. Sinly Biaty Sintysuly slaty sixty existing eniating enieting existing existing exieting an you control your writing? Copy the sentences carefully onto the sravylines x re wrerly-sin pane ee in the OF eo bala eet ie Aa Zz UL yy Ww Bb Gg ite the dasof he weckin ode. Saturday Wednes Sunday Thursday oe ae Friday eas Td WeWet each ow of numbers three times, encaly as you can 28 146 52 365 625 799 17 75 190 500 28 146 52 365 625 799 17 75 190 500 28 146 52 365 625 199 17 75 190 500 28 Ike 52 365 625 799 17 75 190 S00 Wate these amounts of money very carefully. noses § °° £4.07 g8.4q £10.50 BE Pho saa e010 ON ge rire ia £6.07 28.9q £10.50 Copythe questions andthe answer. “How long is it to your birthday” asked Tariq. “How long is it to your birthday?” asked. Tariq. “Only six days!” replied Nadia happily. “Only six days!” replied Nadia. happily. £246 £350 There's a hovter on my scooter, ‘And a. bell upon my bike. T can make a lot of noise, For that is what I like There's a hevter on my scooter, And. a bell upon my bike I can make a lot of neize, For that, is what I Uke ‘Copy this conversation neatly. “When Us the next train due?” asked the man. “At about three o'clock,” replied the woman. “When is the next train due?” ached. the man. “At about three o'clock,” replied the woman. Use your best handwriting to copy the beginning ofthis short story. The train pulled out of the station and we were on our way, I thought the journey was going to be boring but all of a sudden something very strange happened. The train pulled out of the station and we were on our way. I thought the journey was going to be boring but all of a sudden somathing very strange happened.