Handwriting Rules! Vic 3 look inside/sample

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H ndwriting
Rules!
STUDENT
WORKBOOK
Victorian
Modern Cursive
Australian Curriculum
Katy Collis and Alexandra Kennedy

Contents
Review
Lower-case anticlockwise letters......................................2
Lower-case clockwise letters............................................3
Lower-case i family letters................................................4
Lower-case u family letters ..............................................5
Shape and slope...............................................................6
Capital letters....................................................................7
Lower-case and capital letters..........................................8
Punctuation..................................................................... 11
Numerals.........................................................................12
Size, shape and slope.....................................................13
Diagonal exits.................................................................14
Horizontal exits...............................................................17
Entries.............................................................................18
Entries and exits.............................................................19
Letter groups and how they join......................................23
Diagonal joins
To descenders.................................................................24
To ascenders...................................................................27
To e.................................................................................28
To f..................................................................................29
From q to u......................................................................30
To s .................................................................................31
From s.............................................................................32
Revision..........................................................................33
Horizontal joins
From b, o, r, v, w..............................................................36
To ascenders b, h, k, l, t..................................................37
To o.................................................................................38
To s .................................................................................39
From f at the crossbar.....................................................40
To f..................................................................................41
To e.................................................................................42
Revision..........................................................................43
Helpful tips.
To make a horizontal
join to b, h, k, l or t, you
need to retrace.
From the exit . . . go up . . .
race then write.
Page Features
w w w w
then retrace down.
r r r r r r r w or or or or or or or r r r r r r r lur lur lur lur lur lur lur r r r r r r r shir shir shir shir shir shir shir
Horizontal joins
w w w w w w w wh wh wh wh wh wh wh w w w w w w w a a a a a a a whe whe whe whe whe whe whe e wh wh wh wh wh wh wh c c c c c c c
r r r r r r r r r gir gir gir gir gir gir gir gir gir cur cur cur cur cur cur cur cur cur hur hur hur hur hur hur hur hur hur whir whir whir whir whir whir whir whir whir twir twir twir twir twir twir twir twir twir
Self-assessment
My retracing is smooth and neat: rarely mostly always .
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A variety of activities
to practise each join.
Activities provide an
English curriculum
context for handwriting,
to give the activities
meaning and make them
fun and motivating for
Year 3 students.
For the teacher, links to
grammar, punctuation,
spelling and vocabulary,
and literary elements.
Clear instructions to teach or
review each join.
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Horizontal joins: Revision
Practise more
horizontal joins!
race then write the similes.
a a a a a a a a a w ar ar ar ar ar ar ar ar ar a a a a a a a a a a fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo
a a a a a a a a a loya loya loya loya loya loya loya loya loya a a a a a a a a a a d d d d d d d d d g
a a a a a a a co co co co co co co d a a a a a a a i c c c c c c c
Link to animation
showing correct
join formation.
(Download a QR
code reader from
the App Store.)
Self-assessment
feature to
encourage
students to take
responsibility
for their own
progress.
References to
literary elements.
a a a a a a a a a hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu gr gr gr gr gr gr gr gr gr a a a a a a a a a a wol wol wol wol wol wol wol wol wol
surf surf surf surf surf surf surf surf surf lik lik lik lik lik lik lik lik lik a clow clow clow clow clow clow clow clow clow
drool drool drool drool drool drool drool drool drool lik lik lik lik lik lik lik lik lik a hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu gr gr gr gr gr gr gr gr gr monste monste monste monste monste monste monste monste monste
Handwriting: horizontal joins revision. Literary elements: similes using ‘like’ or ‘as’; reference to folk tale, Little Red Riding Hood
Letters that don’t join yet
Letters with a tail pointing left..........................................47
Touch joins
To anticlockwise letters a, c, d, g, q................................48
Revision..........................................................................52
Consolidation
Practising all joins...........................................................53
Capital letters to label.....................................................60
Assessment
Term assessments..........................................................62
Progressive self-assessment..........................................64
Notes for teachers and parents...... inside back cover
Remember the three p’s............................ back cover
Seven s’s for fluency and legibility.......... back cover
This edition published in 2021 by
Matilda Education Australia, an imprint
of Meanwhile Education Pty Ltd
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T: 1300 277 235
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First edition published in 2015 by
Macmillan Science and Education Australia Pty Ltd
Copyright © Katy Collis, Alexandra Kennedy/Macmillan
Education Australia 2015
Handwriting Rules! Victorian Modern Cursive
Year 3 Student Workbook
ISBN 978 1 4586 5032 0
Editor: Laura Jordan
Production controller: Janine Biderman
Publisher: Sharon Dalgleish
Design: Trish Hayes
Illustrations: Stephen Michael King
Printed in Malaysia by Vivar Printing Pdt Ltd
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Welcome aboard!
Join canyon
This year, you are going on an amazing
handwriting journey to a world of
joins and fluency.
Be sure to have your passport ready.
Exit
harbour
Handwriting Passport
Name:
Age:
Horizontal
cove
Five things about me:
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2
3
City entry
4
5
Approved!
Diagonal
mountains

Review: Lower-case anticlockwise letters
Trace then copy.
Remember to sit the letters
on the baseline correctly.
q f e
s a g
q c o
s d e
Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
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Handwriting: anticlockwise fluency patterns; lower-case letters revision.

Trace then copy.
Review: Lower-case clockwise letters
Think about where you
will start each letter.
n
m
k
p
r
h
x
z
Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
Handwriting: clockwise fluency patterns; lower-case letters revision.
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Review: Lower-case i family letters
Trace then copy.
Remember to keep
the slope the same.
l
i
j
t
Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
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Handwriting: fluency patterns; lower-case i family letters.

Trace then copy.
Review: Lower-case u family letters
Remember to keep
the slope the same.
u
v
w
b
y
Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
Handwriting: fluency patterns; lower-case u family letters.
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Review: Shape and slope
Make the letters stretch and shrink.
Remember! Form each
letter correctly. Keep the
slope the same.
z
z
z
y
y
b
kkk
gg
d
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Handwriting: forming letters correctly; keeping slope consistent. Literary elements: reference to characters from Alice’s Adventures in
Handwriting: Wonderland, by diagonal Lewis Carroll joins to (1865). body letters. Spelling: common letter pairs.

Capital letters always
sit on the baseline.
Review: Capital letters
Trace then write the capitals.
Underline the capitals that use downward strokes.
A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
M N O P
Q R S T
U V W X
Y Z
Write the missing capital letters.
A C D G H
L N P R S
V
Z
Handwriting: capital letters revision; capitals always sit on the baseline. Spelling: alphabetical order. Literary elements: visual reference to
Aesop fable, The Lion and the Mouse.
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Review: Lower-case and capital letters
Use this alphabet
to spell out words
when you want to be
clearly understood.
Trace the NATO alphabet.
Alpha Bravo Charlie
Delta Echo Foxtrot
Golf Hotel India
Juliet Kilo Lima
Mike November Oscar
Papa Quebec Romeo
Sierra Tango Uniform
Victor Whiskey X-ray
Yankee Zulu
Spell your name in the NATO alphabet.
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Handwriting: lower-case and capital letters revision. Spelling and vocabulary: alphabetical order; codes; NATO alphabet.

Review: Lower-case and capital letters
Trace the capital letter and then make up your own alphabet.
A B C
D E F
G H I
J K L
M N O
P Q R
S T U
V W X
Y Z
Spell a friend’s name in your new alphabet.
Handwriting: lower-case and capital letters revision. Spelling and vocabulary: alphabetical order; codes.
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Review: Labelling diagrams
Use these words to label the robot. Use your best capital letters.
LISTENERS RUNNERS PUMP
DRIVER JAMMERS CAMERA
PROCESSOR SPEAKER ZOOT
Write a caption.
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Handwriting: using capital letters to label diagrams. Spelling and vocabulary: technical vocabulary. Literary elements: science fiction genre.

Review: Punctuation
Trace then copy.
. . , , ? ? ! !
: : ; ; - - - -
’ ’ “ ” “ ”
Trace then write.
“What do you call a collection
of letters?” asked the teacher.
“That’s the alphabet!” shouted
the class.
That
elephant
can
spell!
e
Handwriting: punctuation revision. Grammar: collective noun (class); saying verbs (asked, shouted). Punctuation: full stop; comma; question mark;
exclamation mark; colon; semi-colon; hyphen; dash; apostrophe; speech marks. Spelling and vocabulary: apostrophe for contraction (that’s).
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Review: Numerals
Trace then write.
0 5
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
Write numerals to answer each question.
What year were you born?
What is your phone number?
What time do you get up in the morning?
What time do you go to bed on a school night?
What time does school start?
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Handwriting: numerals revision. Grammar: questions.

Review: Size, shape and slope
Watch your letter
size, letter shape and slope.
Make sure your letters face
the right way.
Rewrite the text correctly.
“WH at dO You CALL a grOUP
of chilDren asked San jay .
”
?
“That‘s a La !" yellE d
ROSie.
ss
c
“You' re corrEct“.
Self-assessment
My letter shapes: need to improve are good are fantastic .
My letter sizes: are inconsistent are good are fantastic .
My letter slope: is inconsistent is good is consistently good .
Handwriting: slope; letter shape; letter size. Grammar: question; exclamation; saying verbs (asked, yelled); collective noun (class).
Punctuation: full stop; capital letter to start a sentence; exclamation mark; question mark; speech marks. Spelling and vocabulary:
apostrophe for contraction (that’s).
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Review: Diagonal exits
Practise quick exits
from these letters.
Trace then write.
a
d
c
e
a
d
c
e
Trace then write.
ace aced add added dead
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Handwriting: developing rhythm for diagonal exits from anticlockwise letters.

Review: Diagonal exits
Remember! Try to keep your
writing hand relaxed.
Trace then write.
m
n
h
p
x
k
Trace then write.
man knack hack axe pen
peace happen name came
Handwriting: developing rhythm for diagonal exits from clockwise letters. Spelling and vocabulary: rhyme (name/came, knack/hack).
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