VIC Targeting Handwriting Student Book 5

Targeting Handwriting Victoria Year 5 Student Book focuses on fluency and legibility. The book includes: sections on spee d loopsteaching pages featuring two sets of copying lines for reinforcementpractical techniques to help students check their letter spacing, word spacing and slopepractice of common lett er clusters and high frequency wordsa presentation skills sect ion with material on flourished capitals, headings and borders The Targeting Handwriting Years 3-6 Student Books have been designe d to make learning cursive handwriting as easy as possible for students. New skills are introduced sequentially, so that students build on skill s one by one and aren't called on to use skills that haven't been introd uced yet. Wherever possible, students copy words underneath model s, so that left-handers aren't disadvantaged, and practice of numerals a nd punctuation is integrated into the writing activities. The books also encourage and support student self-assessment.