Name: Handwriting Practice Slides - New Zealand Basic Script (Years 0–3)
Brand: Top Teaching Tasks
Price: 7.50 NZD
Availability: OnlineOnly
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Description

This digital slide deck is a specialised handwriting instructional tool for teaching the New Zealand Basic Script, a practical alphabet designed for speed, legibility, and automaticity.

Optimised for short, 10–15 minute daily sessions, these slides guide students through the specific movements and patterns required to master handwriting.

Note: These slides are also featured across our Daily Literacy Review Slides (Phase One Set 1-4)

Slide Deck Features: 52 phase one slides:

1. Motor-Pattern Movement Groups:

Letters are grouped by shared motor patterns rather than alphabetically. This helps students learn efficient movements that become second nature:

Capital and lower-case letters with:

an anticlockwise curve start.
a straight down start
slants
horizontal starts and slants.

2. Visual Formation Guides

Dynamic Modeling: Each lowercase letter, capital, and numeral (0–9) features a visual guide showing the correct starting point and the direction of the pencil path.
Consistent Verbal Prompts: Every slide includes simplified instructions to help teachers describe movements during modeling (e.g., “Start at the top, a straight line down to the bottom”).

3. Letter and Numeral Specifics

Dedicated focus on lowercase letters
Models for all 26 uppercase letters, emphasizing their use for names and starting sentences.
Numerals: Step-by-step formation for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.

Curriculum Fit: Transcription Skills

These slides provide the direct instruction required to meet the Transcription Skills objectives for the Years 0–3 period:

Years 0–1: The focus is on forming letters and numerals correctly and legibly. These slides implement this by emphasizing correct starting points and grouping letters into shared motor patterns.
Year 2: Instruction shifts to mastering consistent size, placement on the line, and spacing. The resource supports this through models that reinforce “on the line” placement and spacing.
Year 3: The objective is to build ease, automaticity, and a consistent slope. The slides facilitate this through pattern drills and repetitive movement exercises to increase writing speed.

Our Handwriting Slides:

Free Working Memory: By automating letter formation, students can focus their mental energy on creative ideas and composition.
Boost Literacy Outcomes: Handwriting activates specific brain pathways that strengthen a student’s ability to decode (read) and spell.
Provide Continuous Progress: Provides a consistent model that builds endurance and stamina for longer writing tasks.