VIC Targeting Handwriting Student Book 4

Targeting Handwriting Victoria Year 4 Student Book focuses on consoli dation of joining skills, plus:

• speed loops
• printi ng for labelling

Students begin to assess their own letter size and spacing, spacing between words and slope. The Targeting Handwr iting Years 3-6 Student Books have been designed to make learning cursiv e handwriting as easy as possible for students. New skills are introduce d sequentially, so that students build on skills one by one and aren't c alled on to use skills that haven't been introduced yet.

Wherever possible, students copy words underneath models, so that left-handers a ren't disadvantaged, and practice of numerals and punctuation is integra ted into the writing activities. The books also encourage and support st udent self-assessment.