Macmillan foundation skills writing composition 1 students book

Unit 19 Handw rit ing patterns 5 Skills pencil control; fluency of movement; left to right direction Skills word-building eve words Unit 21 Skills Colours and numbers learning how to wri

Composition

Composition

Louis Fidge

Unit 1 Handwrit ing pattern ( 1)

Skills en I i contro l; ul'ncy ( 'He InP t le t t to rig t directi or

Skils penni t o n t rcl , II I' l movement, I tt ( 11 11 I rj ~ II

Skills identification Ii It, t,l/ I iot ion initiot lerter ( ' Ir" [c

Unit 6 The letters j ond y

Skills identificati on, letter format io n, init ial let I 1 11

Ski s identificatio n, letter format ion, init ial I

U nit 10 T he lett ers ( and 0

Skills id ent ification letter formation, initia l l et t e r ou nds

Unit 11 The letters a and 9

5 ill s ide t ificat io n, letter fo rmatio n, In i t ial i ft t E'1 ~() Imd

Skills ide t ificat ion let t er format ion, rn it inl it' P IH Jr d

Unit 19 Handw rit ing patterns (5)

Skills pencil control; fluency of movement; left to right direction

Skills word-building eve words

Unit 21

Skills

Colours and numbers learning how to write common colour and number words (1-10) Unit 22 Parts of the body

Skills labelling; learning how to write the names of parts of the body

Unit 23 Fruit and vegetables

Skills labelling; learning to write the names of common fruit and

Skills identification, capital letter formation (using children's

Unit 27 Capital letters L

-Skills identification, capital letter formation (using children's n

Unit 28 Capital letters Q

-Skills identification, capital letter formation (using children's

Unit 29

Skills identification, capital letter formation

Unit 30 Alphabet practice

Skills

Unit 31 Days and months

Skills sequencing and writing names of days and months correct ly

eo c r s

Int roducti 1

Each boo k In Iil II( otte rs strut tUI t?LJ ~ IJPP U 1 in hel'Jln 9 child ren writ e for rnony different

purposes Throu q n out th e series chil Jren -ncounte- fln lV I I, poetr yand n o n-It tio n text s The books are coretully qIOlh ··cJ UIlII ' II ' Il l' " ' l ll f 'Qlu! In du IIl lIlly Itie uuoks provide a valuable

com plem ent to any other resou rces or serif s rurrent ly b - I I I' I U~~U

The activities

Ttus bo o k I S desrqneo to help 'fOU ~ LJ P/JUI ' your "I O~S III 1~l]rl ll I IY to vvruv I I U II I develop ing some

essential wr iting skills I l II ILlu UU l l ~ l , tI J,,,, "-J .l « l U l l " I rormcuo n uf !U\NC r lU~cC k: tc rs and

capital etters Thes or touq It In rneo ru n q t ul come -I ' ' n \ " 1 I I ! " II W0f d p tl lrn" rind sent ences

The workboo k also suppo t) the devel o p m ent of pho nI and nelllno sklll<

The first two books in the I I ' f 0 <""l ~ " ~ ppcio llyon th t ' l ,i 'J fl ilHl II" 1 1 11, h l ll y

Ind ivid ual letter forrnotro r , It lci'-' J r n to e int rod uction ot joinr ~rq r r)p"pic' jl ll 'l (l tluent

legib le sty le of handwri ti ng i~ encouruq d throug ho ut th It' t th ' ) " Ils ihe ucuvru es,

ej peei o l!y trom Boo k 3 on, suuoon th e d evl l opment in t:'))t:I1UU ! w l11 /Ju)JI IOIlOJ w flt ln f} sk jjJs They olso fo cus onthe technical Sid e ul VIIllllI'0 Ulletll ' y I '~ li)ed vvI.J lk (HI de elo pinq

punct uatio n skills

Th e Skills S cope an d Sequence l1un

ril e SkillsScope and Sequ en ceChart (o n pogpc I t r1r.~ III) provid es an rrnmedrote overview ot h workboo k and the skills being developed.Trus cnort 1 5 "crv h Ipf Itor planninq purpos es

U sing he bo oks

T o gain maximum benefit from the work book, it is'i\ '_'gE''i IC'd that it is l l 'ie r! svstemottrol lv, working th rough each unit one at 0 time in the giVI ' I I '10W12V I ti l l' I)' "'f) 1I1ay else be used flexibly, selecti ng units as desired to comple m ent other IN rk beino do ne in ( 10 s

Ta c kling the units in this workbook

It is suggested that prior to working on any u it ther ts adequatediscussion Wit h the pupils to

ensure they fully understand what is required of hern and con gain maximum benetrt from each

activ it y.The instructions on each page are keptto a minim urn Read them to andwit hyour class,

point ing to the words and explaining unfamili ar vocab u lary 05 you do so if necessary When

letter shapes are introduced they are marked with a starting point and directi o nal crrows Paying attent io n to these and fo llow ing them will hel p chi ldren develop good writing habi b and

reinf o rce thecorrect formati on of each letter Demonstrate thefor mat io n of mdividuol lett ers to

the class on the board, using appropriate vocabulary to explain what you are doing You may wish to get children to practise forming letters in the airwit h the ir fingers to get the "feel" of

th m, before at te m pti ng them in the book

Ind ivid ual letter sarealways show n linkedto pictures ofobjects Talk about til pictures and

make the links between the letter shape and the initial lett er soun d 01 eoch objec HOVing a

good grasp of individual lettersounds is vital n learnin to write and spell

Each unit has on accompan ying copymaster in the Teacher ' Boo k which supports or

com plements the wo rk done in the unit

orne teaching f eatures o f t

There are 35 double-pag e unit s of work in this book Thirteen units are devoted to the specif ic

and 5 units to teaching capital letter shapes The facsimile unit below shows a typical unit teaching lower case letter shapes

large o ut line lette r

with sta rtin g p o in t

and dir ect io nal ar ro w s

a line of pra ct ice le tters,

with startin g p oints

guideline s f or s howing

At the end of the book there isasimplerecord sheet.Encouragechildren to colou r in aballo o n

Name:

Scope and sequence

Introduction

Unit 23

Record sheet

Handwriting patterns (1) Handwriting patterns (2) Handwriting patterns (3) The letters i and I

The letters t and u The letters j and y The letters rand n The letters hand b The letters m and p The letters c and 0

The letters a and 9 The letters d and q The letters e and 5

The letters fond k The letters v and w

The letters z and x Alphabet practice (1) Handwriting patterns (4) Handwriting patterns (5) Making words

Colours and numbers Parts of the body Fruit and vegetables Rhymes

Capital letters A-F Capital letters G-K Capital letters L-P Capital letters Q-U Capital letters V-Z Alphabet practice (2) Days and months Signs

Things I can do Transport Animals

3

Make the patterns

Unit

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Find and colour the letters t and u

The letters rn and p

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Colours and numbers

Fi ll in the colours Copy the words

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Write the words

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Fruit and vegetables

Label each thing

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-Unit 24

Copy the rhymes

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Unit

Capital letters

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I V

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Days and months

Write the days of the week in order

Write th months of the year

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J _ U J _l._ _ Y Y -.! LK _ _

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Unit 35

Animals

Name the animals

When you finish each unit, find and write the number, then colour the balloon