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Module 4: Writing with Fluency and Control Teacher’s Guide.
Objective: Correct joining of a Harriet the Cow letter to an up and over Georgia the Shetland Pony letter
Lesson plan:
In small groups, seated at a table each child has a Write and Wipe Board and a suitable pen. The teacher has the illustrated Georgia the Shetland Pony letter cards and Harriet the Cow letter cards.
1. Shuffle Georgia the Pig letter cards and place the cards face up in a fan shape.
2. Ask the children to spot the letter that finishes on the helicopter line, not on the grass line. If needed ask them to write oadgcs on their Write and Wipe
Boards. If they still need help, write the letter o, on a board, and without lifting your
pen ask “on what line have I finished?”
3. Explain that the letter o is one of the four special letters that have a dip join.
This means that they join to another letter at the helicopter line, not the grass
line.
4. Keeping the two card sets separate, lay Harriet the Cow and Georgia the Shetland
Pony letter cards face down.
5. Ask two children to pick and turn over one card from each set, so they have two
letters to join, e.g. l to o.
6. Demonstrate on your Write and Wipe Board how to join l to o. Remind the
children that their pens should always touch the Write and Wipe Board.
7. The children then have a go at writing l and o on their boards.
8. Ask two new children to pick a card and repeat the process above until all the letters
have been attempted.
More to Learn:
There are no specific phonetic groupings for this objective, however many words include a Harriet the Cow and Georgia the Shetland Pony letter combination.
To supplement the learning use the preprinted practice page in the appendix, on page 35..
Support:
Use hand over hand activities to help those that find motor planning more difficult. Have the children write on a vertical surface like the white- board.
If the group has good letter formation they can attempt to join more than two Harriet the Cow and Georgia the Shetland Pony letters in one turn. Ask the children if they can think of the other 3 dip joining letters. Answer – r v w.
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