Year 3 - English
Reviewing handwriting using a poem
Building fluency in silent letters, homophones, and common exception words
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils practise their handwriting with a focus on increasing legibility, consistency and quality. They practise writing words with silent letters, homophones and common exception words. The unit culminates in pupils applying their handwriting skills to reviewing and copying poems.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to correctly copy out a poem in cursive handwriting.
Key Notes
- A haiku is a short poem of just three lines.
- Each line of the poem starts on a new line and with a capital letter.
- After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word.
- Each letter string contains different letter joins depending on which letters are in the word.
- You don't lift your pencil when forming the joins.
Vocabulary To Learn
- poem: a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern
- haiku: a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines, often focusing on nature and capturing a special moment
- join: how the letters are connected together
- letter string: a group of letters that are written together in a word
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may forget to lift their pencil after forming the capital letter.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A haiku is a short poem of just three lines. Each line of the poem starts on a new line and with a capital letter.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'poem'
a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may forget to lift their pencil after forming the capital letter. Correction: Model and emphasise to the children that the capital letters do not join (hold hands) with any other letters. They like to stand alone.
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