Year 2 - English
Reviewing sentences with capital letters, using lead-ins
Handwriting review, using lead-ins
Study Hub
Study Guides
This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils review handwriting skills, focusing on formation, size, and orientation. They practise forming proper nouns, high frequency words, common exception words and full sentences. Pupils also focus on using even spacing between letters and using lead outs accurately.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to write a sentence in cursive handwriting, using capital letters correctly.
Key Notes
- A sentence always begins with a capital letter and a proper noun always has a capital letter.
- After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word with a lead in.
- The letters all have a lead in and a lead out.
- The pencil does not lift when forming the joins.
- There is appropriate spacing between the letters and between the words.
Vocabulary To Learn
- capital letter: the upper case formation of a letter
- proper noun: a naming word that does need capitalisation
- join: connecting together
- lead in: the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter
- lead out: the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- At first, children might find writing a full sentence in cursive overwhelming and forget the correct joins. This would result in the words being joined in a random manner.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A sentence always begins with a capital letter and a proper noun always has a capital letter. After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word with a lead in.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'capital letter'
the upper case formation of a letter.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: At first, children might find writing a full sentence in cursive overwhelming and forget the correct joins. This would result in the words being joined in a random manner. Correction: Give them time to think about their sentence before starting. Model writing a sentence slowly and thinking out loud about which joins to use. This will encourage the children to do the same.
More Lessons In This Unit
Browse all guides in the Year 2 English guide library.