Handwriting is an important skill that takes lots of practise to get right. In grade 2 we talk a lot about how to hold our pencils with the correct grip and why this is important. We watched this clip to learn a trick… 

How to HOLD A PENCIL!! - (Easy for Kids!) - with Ally the Alligator - YouTube

Charts up on the wall in our learning space show us the correct starting place for each letter and we practise regularly in our handwriting book.

Did you know that no letter starts from the bottom and that the letters, a, d, g, o, and q all start like a c?

Here are some examples of our handwriting…