Handwriting Rules! 3 Qld 2e sample/look inside

Katy Collis and
Alexandra Kennedy
Queensland
Second Edition
3
Queensland Modern Cursive

Contents
Review
Beginner’s Alphabet.....................................................2
Exits and entries........................................................13
Letters that change f, z.............................................16
Diagonal joins
To rounded entries.....................................................18
To pointed entries.......................................................20
To ascenders .............................................................22
To o............................................................................24
To e............................................................................25
Revision.....................................................................26
Dropping on letters
a, c, d, g, q.................................................................28
Horizontal joins
To rounded entries.....................................................32
To pointed entries.......................................................34
To ascenders..............................................................36
To anticlockwise letters .............................................38
Letters that don’t join
b, g, j, p, s, y, z, q.......................................................40
To e............................................................................42
More fluency joins
From f.........................................................................43
To and from f..............................................................44
Double f......................................................................45
Joins to s....................................................................46
Consolidation
Revision and further practice.....................................50
Assessments
Progressive 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
Helpful tips.
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Horizontal joins to rounded entries
Trace then write.
Page Features
A horizontal join is a line with a little
dip. Use one to join from a letter
that finishes near the top blue line.
o
om on or ox oz om on rr om on or ox oz om on
rn wr vr ox oz om on rn wr vr ox oz om on
om on or rn wr vr oz rr om on or rn wr vr oz
rm wn vr ox oz wr rr rm wn vr ox oz wr rr
Remember!
Your letters should be
a consistent size.
on on
Write the then add a and join to the
letter . . . little dip . . . rounded entry.
Use a horizontal join . . .
from any of these letters
o r v w
to any of these rounded entries.
m n r x z
Handwriting: horizontal joins to rounded entries; consistency of size. Spelling: common letter pairs.
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.
Self-assessment feature
to encourage students
to take responsibility for
their own progress.
Clear instructions to teach or
review each join.
Yes! I know that.
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Letters that don’t join
Trace then write.
a covey o f quail
a drove o f cattle
a shiver o f shark s
a bu sine ss o f f erret s
a tower o f gira f f e s
a drove o f hare s
Trace then write.
oe re ve we
I have a very large, hot dog.
I have a very large hot dog.
Self-assessment
These letters don’t join to e.
Some
letters
don’t join
if the next
letter is e.
When I write, my hand and arm are relaxed and
comfortable: rarely mostly always .
Handwriting: letters o, r, v, w don’t join to e. Grammar: collective nouns. Punctuation: use of a comma can change meaning in a sentence.
For the teacher, links to grammar,
punctuation, spelling and
vocabulary, and literary elements.
Handwriting Rules! Year 3
QLD Edition
ISBN: 978 0 6550 9292 6
Designer and typesetter: Trish Hayes
Illustrator: Stephen Michael King
Series editor: Marie James
Indigenous consultant: Al Fricker
This edition published in 2024 by
Matilda Education Australia, an imprint of
Meanwhile Education Pty Ltd Melbourne, Australia
T: 1300 277 235
E: customersupport@matildaed.com.au
www.matildaeducation.com.au
First edition published in 2015 by
Macmillan Science and Education Australia Pty Ltd
Copyright © Katy Collis and Alexandra Kennedy 2015, 2021, 2024
The moral rights of the authors have been asserted.
Printed in China by Central
Sep-23

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:
1
2
3
City entry
4
5
Approved!
Diagonal
mountains
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Review: Clockwise letters
Trace then copy.
Trace then write the clockwise letters.
n
m
k
p
r
h
b
j
Think about where you
will start each letter.
Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
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Handwriting: clockwise fluency patterns; Beginner’s Alphabet; lower-case clockwise letter revision.

Trace then copy.
Review: Straight-line letters and direction change letters
Remember to keep
the slope the same.
Trace then write the straight-line letters.
l
i
z
t
x
Trace then write the direction change letters.
y
g
s
Make up your own patterns using these letter shapes.
Handwriting: downstroke fluency patterns; Beginner’s Alphabet; lower-case straight-line letter revision; direction change letter revision.
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Review: Anticlockwise letters
Trace then copy.
Remember to sit the letters
on the blue line correctly.
Trace then write the anticlockwise letters.
u
w
q
f
e
a
c
v
u
o
d
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Handwriting: anticlockwise fluency patterns; Beginner’s Alphabet; lower-case anticlockwise letter revision.

Make the letters stretch and shrink.
Review: Shape and slope
Remember! Form each
letter correctly. Keep
the slope the same.
f
f
f
y
y
b
k k k
gg
h
Handwriting: forming letters correctly; keeping slope consistent. Literary elements: reference to characters from Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865).
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Review: Labelling diagrams
Use these words to label the robot. Use printing to label diagrams.
listeners runners pump
driver jammers camera
processor speaker zoot
Write a caption.
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Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet; using printing to label diagrams. Spelling and vocabulary: technical words.
Literary elements: science fiction genre.

Capital letters are always head
and body letters. Capital letters slope
consistently with lower-case letters
in a word.
Review: Upper-case (capital) letters
Trace then write.
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
Trace then write the matching capital letters.
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 some names of people you know. Remember to use capital letters to start.
Draw a star around your best capital letter. Draw
a square around any capital letter you could improve.
Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet and upper-case (capital) letter revision.
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Review: Upper-case (capital) letters
Trace the NATO alphabet.
Alpha
Charlie
Echo
Golf
India
Kilo
Mike
Oscar
Quebec
Sierra
Uniform
Whiskey
Yankee
Bravo
Delta
Foxtrot
Hotel
Juliet
Lima
November
Papa
Romeo
Tango
Victor
X-ray
Zulu
Use this spelling
alphabet when you
want to be clearly
understood.
Spell your name in the NATO alphabet.
My capitals are parallel to my lower case letters:
sometimes often always .
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Handwriting: Beginner’s Alphabet and upper-case (capital) letter revision. Spelling and vocabulary: alphabetical order; codes; NATO alphabet.

Review: Upper-case (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: Beginner’s Alphabet and upper-case (capital) letter revision. Spelling: alphabetical order; codes.
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Review: Numerals
Trace then write.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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.

Trace then write.
. . , ,
. . , ,
: : ; ;
? ? ! !
- - -- --
“ ” “ ”
‘ ‘
Review: Punctuation
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: Beginner’s Alphabet and punctuation revision. Grammar: collective noun (class); saying verbs (asked, shouted); being
verbs (‘is’ in That’s). Punctuation: full stop; comma; question mark; exclamation mark; colon; semi-colon; hyphen; dash; apostrophe;
quotation marks. Spelling and vocabulary: apostrophe for contraction (That’s).
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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 chilDre n ”
?
asked San jay .
c
“That’s a lass!” yellE d
RoSie.
“You’ re corrEcT“, saidthetEAcHer.
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 .
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Handwriting: slope; letter shape; letter size. Grammar: question; exclamation; saying verbs (asked, yelled); collective noun (class); proper
nouns (Rosie, Sanjay); being verbs (‘is’ in That’s, ‘are’ in You’re). Punctuation: full stop; upper-case (capital) letter to start a sentence;
exclamation mark; question mark; quotation marks. Spelling and vocabulary: apostrophe for contraction (That’s, You’re).

Remember
that an exit
is a smooth
change in
direction
out of a
letter.
Review: Exits on a, c, d, e, h, k, l, t
a a a
Write the then quickly change to make
letter . . . direction . . . an exit.
Trace then write.
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h
k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k
l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
c c c c c c c c c c c c c c
Remember!
The crossbar on
t goes above
the line.
t t
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d
Handwriting: quick, smooth exits from a, c, d, e, h, k, l, t.
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Review: Rounded entries – r, m, n, x
These letters
have round entries:
r, m, n and x.
r
Curve up . . .
r
then write the letter.
Trace then write.
r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Trace then write.
mix wax box axe relax index text
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Handwriting: letters with rounded entries r, m, n, x.

These letters have pointed entries:
i, j, p, u, v, w and y.
Review: Pointed entries – i, j, p, u, v, w, y
w
w
Make a short
straight line . . .
Trace then write.
then write the letter.
i i i i i j j j j j p p p p p u u u u u
y y y y y v v v v v w w w w w
wilt what wit whim win wait where
van vat vault vain vim vulture vein
Trace then write the spoonerisms.
jumpy puppy -- pumpy juppy
jelly beans -- belly jeans
Handwriting: letters with pointed entries i, j, p, u, v, w, y. Spelling and vocabulary: rhyme (beans/jeans). Literary elements: spoonerisms.
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