Handwriting MANUAL - Letter-join

1 11thEdition MANUALH andwritingEverything you need to teach Handwriting at primary level using Letter-join . Try the new Letter Families activity. Choose from Letter-join cursive or printed fonts to play and practise. 3 KEY STAGE 114 Material to teach other character sets and to reinforce and practise handwritingKEY STAGE 220 Exercises and practical methods to help reach National Curriculum expectationsADMIN & TECH38 School Administrator page How to personalise Letter-join for your school.

2 42 Letter-join for pupils at home Access Letter-join at home. 43 Installing fonts Downloading and installing Letter-join fonts on PCs and across networks. 43 LearnPad installation Access Letter-join on an 10 Ideas and resources to introduce Handwriting to Early Years pupilsCLASSROOM SET-UP FOR TEACHERS4 Classroom set-up5 The Letter-join menu6 The seven Letter-join fonts7 Set up fonts for MS WordLESSON PLANNERS8 Designed for schools wishing to follow a whole school approach to handwriting24 Introduction26 Printout sheets29 worksheet Generator30 Dictation Exercises32 On-line Word Processor 34 Word Animator and Word BanksRESOURCESFUN

3 ACTIVITIES36 Summary of Fun Activities37 Write it Right!38 Word Searches39 PhonicsMODULES 4 to 7 MODULES 2 & 3 Lesson PlannerLesson PlannerMODULE 1 AND PRINTED LETTERS SUPPLEMENTL esson Planner2 Letter-join Handwriting MANUALCONTENTS Apple SafariGoogle ChromeRECOMMENDED BROWSERSL etter-join on iPads and tablets Letter-join access on iPads and tablets is included with school subscriptions. Letter-join s fun, touch-screen activities are compatible with most Apple, Android and Windows home access for your children Letter-join includes free access for pupils to log in to Letter-join at home on their PCs and tablets.

4 Log-in details are sent by e-mail to schools at time of Lesson Planners Lesson Planners, from Early Years through to Year 6, for teachers wishing to follow a structured Handwriting teaching plan. See page 8 for Policy Document Letter-join includes a curriculum-based Handwriting Policy that can be personalised by in the classroom Letter-join is an online Handwriting resource for teaching printed and cursive Handwriting on classroom interactive whiteboards. It includes animations, touch-screen activities, cursive and printed fonts, lesson planners and access to hundreds of practice fonts for MS Word School staff can create homework sheets, newsletters, posters and labels using Letter-join fonts in MS Word.

5 See pages 6 and letterforms The Letter-join cursive font includes alternative letterforms for f, k, w, x and z that are used on all resources. The printed font has alternative letterforms for f and k. Letter-join practice worksheets Letter-join contains worksheets and printouts in PDF format. These will use your school s preferred A TASKE asily share a Letter-join activity with pupils at home Create Handwriting learning tasks for pupils to use at home. See page ! Letter Families activitySuitable for EYFS and KS1, the Letter Families activity reinforces the different letter shapes and shows children the correct way to write the letters.

6 Find under the Fun now includes activities and resources using our new font, Letter-join Print Plus which aligns with DfE Phonics Guidance 1 April Handwriting ManualLetter-join Print Plus font has simple exit strokes for letters that end on the line . The example (right) shows the new font in Letter-join is Letter-join !Resources using the new Print Plus font include: a new supporting supplementary Lesson Planner for Early Years. all lower case letters and words all of the Phonics activities all games and activities all EYFS and KS1 worksheets A4 Phonics posters for classroom Plus alphabet on A4 sheets for wall with spoken instructionsTouch-screen activities for IWBs, iPads and tabletsChoose a letter to watchPractice worksheets accompany all sectionsLETTER-JOIN Handwriting MANUAL 5 Letter-join workflow.

7 Animation to worksheetAnimations for individual letters include voiced instructions and link to an accompanying practice Letter-join menu CLASSROOM SET-UP4 Letter-join Handwriting MANUALC lick on the Info button on any Letter-join web page for essential classrrom Information PanelLetter-join VIDEOSCHANGE YOUR CLASSROOM FONT HERE! Essential videos and presentations to help get the most from to get your pupils using Letter-join at Handwriting learning tasks for pupils at home. Find out more on Page Guidesl Handwriting Lesson Planners (PDF format)

8 L Handwriting MANUAL for teachersl Handwriting Policyl Fonts guide l Fonts in Microsoft Wordl On-line Word Processorl Setting up tabletsl Word Animator guidel worksheet Generator guidel Instructions for pupils to use Letter-join at homel Handwriting Manuals for pupils and parentsClassroom Set-upapplePlease make sure that the Letter-join fonts are installed - see page the Letter-join fonts installed on your computer open MS Word and check that the fonts are displayed in the font list. If the Letter-join fonts are not listed, re-start MS to switch on Contextual Alternates: Select text.

9 Select Format > Font (or Ctrl D). Select the Advanced tab. Tick the Use Contextual Alternates option has to be selected every time MS Word is re-opened or alternatively a Word template can be created with Contextual Alternates already on Contextual Alternates in Microsoft WordLETTER-JOIN Handwriting MANUAL 7 CONTEXTUAL ALTERNATES SWITCHED ONCONTEXTUAL ALTERNATES SWITCHED OFFC reate a Word Template to keep Letter-join s font preferences You can create a time-saving template to use that has the Letter-join font selected with contextual alternates a new

10 Word document and select Ctrl + D. Choose the Letter-join font. Select the Advanced tab and enable Use Contextual Alternates then click to File > Save as. In the Save as type field change from the default Word Document (*.docx) to Word Template (*.dotx) and name the FONTS IN MICROSOFT WORD Distribute this file to all staff who will use the Letter-join fonts in MS Word. When the template file is opened both the correct font and the Use Contextual Alternates option are automatically d Template Select text.