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Foundation Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Downstroke Movement Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Anticlockwise Movement Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Clockwise Movement Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Directional Change Movement Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Numerals and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Capital Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Exits and Entries 11

Exits Hooks a, d, h, à ˇ, k, l, åˇ, çˇ, t, îˇ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Exit Dips ï˘, ñ˘, ó˘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Entry Rises i, j, m, n, p, r, u, v, w, y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Diagonal Joins 25

Diagonal Joins to Neckline Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Diagonal Joins to Ascenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Diagonal Joins to Drop-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Diagonal Joins to Long f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Diagonal Join from q to îˇ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Diagonal Joins from z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Horizontal Joins 45

Horizontal Joins to Neckline Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Horizontal Joins to Ascenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Horizontal Joins to Drop-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Horizontal Joins from f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Horizontal Joins to e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Letters That Don’t Join 63

Letters That Don’t Join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Slope and Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Assessment

Exits and Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Diagonal Joins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Horizontal Joins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Letters That Don’t Join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Activity Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

ContentsWriting Time 3 Contents

Writing Time 3 New South Wales

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Trace the lines to complete this hairy gorilla, then colour.

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Ç⁄îõè åˇÄõè dÈ⁄ñ wàõçˇÉõò˝ ãõîõåõèTrace and copy.

Trace. Remember, don’t lift your pencil.

Trace and copy.

Trace and complete this pattern.

Äõîˇ ÄõÛ Ç⁄àˇ Ç⁄ÛÉõîˇ Éõñ ÉõÛ È⁄àˇÈ⁄ñ àõï äõàˇ ãõîˇ

Extend the exit hook to the start of the next letter. Most of these letters join at the neckline.

Trace and complete this patt

neckline

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Extend the exit hook to the start of the letter e.Trace and copy.

Trace and copy.

Äúј Njј Éúј áúј àúј ãúј åúј çúј ìúј

ÉúÑ⁄çˇíȘ ÉúÑ‹Ñ⁄è È⁄çˇìúÑ⁄ë¸ íáˇaÉúј ìúÑ⁄çˇt

Trace and copy.

Oîõë¸ last hoãõàˇdÄõò˝ cÄõåõèàõçˇg ìõë¸àõè

was Äõçˇ È⁄xÇ⁄àˇìõàõçˇg aÉõvÈõçˇìõîõë¸e.

We sÄõw îõçõîˇsîˇal Äõçõàõåˇals Äõçˇd

got sìõîˇck àõçˇ táúј sÄõçˇÉõò˝ Éõîõçúјs.

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Trace and copy these instructions for surviving in the wild.

Trace and complete this passage using the words from the box.

1. Pack sìõîõë¸ÉõÛ eqîõàõèåúÑ⁄çˇt.

2. StÄõò˝ oçˇ táúј áõàˇäõàõçˇg ìõë¸Äõàˇl.

3. AãõwÄõòs̋ be ÄõwÄõë¸e of Äõçõàõåˇals.

We îˇsed a ______ Äõçˇd coåõèassto fàõçˇd oîõë¸ cÄõåõèàõçöÜ˝ spot. AfìúÑ⁄ë¸Éõë¸àõvàõçˇg aloçˇg a _______ ìõë¸Äõàˇlwe sÄõw táúј èÈ⁄ë¸fect èlaNjј.It was aãõwÄõòs̋ åõò˝ _______ toäúÑ‹Ñ⁄è táúј ìúÑ⁄çˇt çúјat Äõçˇd _______ .

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Fine Motor Skills: Help Lucy fi nd her way to Archie. Be careful, don’t touch the edges or lift your pencil.

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