The Targeting Handwriting program is the only Foundation handwriting program that supports teachers with a resource book for each year in Lower Primary. The books provide information regarding stages of development and common problems relevant to the age group. There is a teacher resource book to accompany each level – Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2. Years 3–6 are combined into one teacher resource book.

The Targeting Handwriting NSW Year 2 Teacher Resource Book features:

• over 100 blackline masters, including three practice pages for each letter
• tracking, tracing and independent writing activities for lower case and capital letters
• practice of numerals, number words and punctuation
• fun puzzles, sorting activities, poems and rhymes
• most activities based around phonics, including blends, rhyming words and word building
• letter practice using clusters of words which have a similar phonic pattern, or which are often found in Year 2 spelling lists, or are linked by theme
• a focus on reducing students' reliance on scaffolds and increased student responsibility for producing handwriting of consistent size, shape, spacing and slope

Author: Jane Pinsker