Handwriting

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Tools of the Trade -- Assessment and Records -- Shape Copying (Al) -- Draw a Person - Draw a Clock (A2) -- Letter Matching - Lower and Upper Case Letters (A3 and A4) -- Identification of the Sound and Name of Lower Case Letters, Numerals and Upper Case Letters (A5) -- Lower Case Letter and Numeral Formation (copying) and Upper Case Letter Formation (copying) (A6 and A7) -- Lower and Upper Case Letter and Numeral Formation (dictation) (AS) -- Letter and Numeral Knowledge and Formation: Individual Checklist (Rl) -- Class Record: Letter Knowledge, Sound and Name (R2-R5) -- Legibility and Speed (A9-All) -- Assessment of Written Language Ability: Timed Tests -- Early Teaching Strategies -- Pre-writing Activities -- TheFourPs -- Suggested Order for Teaching Letters and Numerals -- Learning About Letters -- Learning to Write Lower and Upper Case Letters and Numerals -- Writing Letters Speedily and Automatically (A12 and A13) -- Punctuation -- Joins -- Corrections -- Teaching Strategies for Pupils with Poor Handwriting -- Teaching Strategies for the Poor Handwriter (R6) -- Self Evaluation Checklist (R7) -- Teaching Strategies using the 'Rules' -- Identifying Underlying Causes of Poor Handwriting -- Glossary -- Resources -- Useful Addresses -- Bibliography.