Aim of the program:

To assist students become fluent and legible writers and transfer the skills and strategies taught to writing in other subject areas. For students to develop
their own writing style.
Outcomes:
ENS3-2A Composes, edits and presents well-structured and
coherent texts
ENS3-9A Recognises, reflects on and assesses their strengths as
a learner
Quality Teaching Focus:
Explicit Quality Criteria
Frequent, detailed and specific statements are provided to the students about the quality
of the work required throughout task completion and during reflection on their finished
work.
Learning Intention
To be developed collaboratively with students prior to each
lesson.
Success Criteria
To be developed collaboratively with students prior to each lesson. Suggestions are
provided for each lesson.
Indicators
Uses correct pen grip and maintains correct body position
Uses finger movements to control the pen while sliding forearm across the page
Writes fluently with appropriate size, slope and spacing
Demonstrates ability to connect different groups of letters
Displays appropriate use of pen lifts and speed writes legibly
Assessment:
Handwriting will be assessed using the following assessment strategies:
Informal assessment of students handwriting in formal lessons
Formative Assessment using the strategies provided throughout the term
Observation of the transfer of writing skills and techniques to written work in other subjects.


Stage 3 Handwriting Program
Term 3, 2014

Lesson Focus Suggested LI Teaching and Learning Experiences Resources Register/E
valuation
1 Introducing
Letter Joins (p10)
Learning Intentions:
To practise writing joined letters
Complete page 10 to help students develop fluency in
cursive handwriting
Copy Practise Writing Stories evaluation text (p25)
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 pg.
10 and 25.
Completed
by Mrs
Norman in
RFF
23.07.14
2 Joining to
Ascenders (P11)
Learning Intention:
To practise writing words with
joined letters with ascending in
height.
Complete page 11 to help students develop fluency in
cursive handwriting
Copy Practise Writing Stories evaluation text (p27)
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 pg.
11 and 27
Completed
by RFF
casual
teacher
KD 23.07
3 More Letter
Combinations
(p12)
Learning Intention:
To practise writing letter
combinations and developing
fluency
Complete page 12 to help students develop fluency in
cursive handwriting
Copy Practise Writing Stories Using Beginning Letter S
evaluation text. (p29)
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p.
12 and 29
Completed
by RFF
casual
teacher
KD 30.07
4 Joining Letter
From The Writing
Line
Learning Intention:
To practise writing joining letters
from a specific starting point
Complete page 13 to help students develop fluency in
cursive handwriting
Copy States and their Capitals evaluation text (p38)
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p.
13 and 38
Completed
by RFF
casual
teacher
KD 06.08
5 Practising fluency
and legibility
Learning Intention:
To review and practise letter
combinations and fluency
Complete letter combination exercises
Copy The Koala - An Australian Treasure evaluation
text. (p30)
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p.
14 and 30

6 Practising fluency
and legibility
Learning Intention:
To review and practise letter
combinations and fluency
Complete page 15 to help students develop fluency in
cursive handwriting
Copy practising horizontal joins (p7) Practising Your
Handwriting NSW Yr 4.
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p.
15 and 31


7 Practising fluency
and legibility
Learning Intention:
Practising fluency and legibility
Complete page 17 to help students develop fluency in
cursive handwriting
Practise Fluency 1 Practising Your Handwriting NSW Yr
4. (p32)
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p.
17 and 33

8 Practising fluency
and legibility
Learning Intention:
Practising fluency and legibility
Complete page 19 to help students develop fluency in
cursive handwriting
Practise Fluency 2 Practising Your Handwriting NSW Yr
4. (p33)
Copy White Explorers and the Blue Mountains
evaluation text. (p33)
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p.
19 and 33

9 Practising fluency
and legibility
Learning Intention:
To use speed joins when writing
longer texts. To develop a
personalised handwriting style
Practise Fluency 3 Practising Your Handwriting NSW Yr
4. (p34)
Copy Winter In Australia evaluation text
Reinforce speed and legibility
Encourage development of personalised writing style
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p44
and p34

10 Practising fluency
and legibility
Learning Intention:
To use speed joins when writing
longer texts. To develop a
personalised handwriting style
Practise Fluency 4 Practising Your Handwriting NSW Yr
4. (p35)
Copy The Koala evaluation text
Reinforce speed and legibility
Encourage development of personalised writing style
Ask students to write out I can statements to assess
their work
Practise
Foundation
Handwriting 4 p.
30 and page 35

Suggested Formative Assessment Strategies
Stars and Stairs

Feedback symbols for use in feedback for teachers, peers and self -reporting. The star is drawn next to improvements and good
work. The stair symbol is drawn next to one or two areas that the student needs to focus on for more improvement.
I Can Statements Students self-evaluate their handwriting by making oral statements about their abilities.
Peer Assessment Students ask their peers to underline best examples of a specific handwriting focus e.g. best speed join, most fluent sentence etc.
Report Back Students make statement about what they have learned and how they can improve