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Further study of the four joins

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Why this, why now

In this unit, pupils strengthen cursive skills by practising the four joins with attention to letter size and orientation. They write sentences in cursive, applying each join type, using capital letters and focusing on when to lift the pencil, as well as when to use lead-ins and lead-outs.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 7 / 41

Further study of the four joins

In this unit, pupils strengthen cursive skills by practising the four joins with attention to letter size and orientation. They write sentences in cursive, applying each join type, using capital letters and focusing on when to lift the pencil, as well as when to use lead-ins and lead-outs.

6 lessons
  1. The first join: in, ig, ed, eg, aw, ap, an, ar
  2. The third join: oo, wa, wo, on, om, ow
  3. Reviewing sentences with all four joins, using lead-ins
  4. The second join: ck, ch, if, il, it
  5. The fourth join: wl, of, rt, ok
  6. The third join: oe, we, os, rs