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ContentsWriting Time Adventure Passport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Making Predictions 2

Foundation Printing; Capital Letters; Exits and Entries

Fine Motor Workout 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Australian English 6

Diagonal Joins to Neckline Entries; Spacing to Fit; Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip; Printing

Fact and Opinion 10

Diagonal Joins to Ascenders; Flourished Writing; Finding Joins; Slope

Fine Motor Workout 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Viewing Images 14

Diagonal Joins to Drop-ins; Slope; Spacing Between Words; Printing

Life Cycles 18

Diagonal Joins to f and s; Spacing Between Letters; Flourished Writing; Labelling; Print to Cursive; Copying Chunks; Print to Cursive; Numerals and Symbols

Fine Motor Workout 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Creating Characters 24

Diagonal Joins from q and z; Spacing Between Letters; Spacing Between Words; Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip

Word Play 30

Horizontal Joins to Neckline Entries; Speed and Legibility

Fine Motor Workout 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Natural or Man-made 36

Horizontal Joins to Ascenders; Spacing to Fit; Spacing Between Letters; Slope

Building Better Sentences 40

Horizontal Joins to Drop-ins; Spacing to Fit; Copying Chunks

Our Changing Earth 44

Horizontal Joins to e and f; Labelling; Spacing Between Words; Capital Letters; Speed and Legibility

Fine Motor Workout 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Measuring 48

Letters that Don’t Join; Numerals; Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip

Interpreting Maps 52

Special Joins; Spacing to Fit; Labelling; Print to Cursive

Fine Motor Workout 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Forces and Friction 58

Double Letters; Special Joins; Spacing to Fit; Slope and Spacing

Assessment

Assessment 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Assessment 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Assessment 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Assessment 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Teacher Assessment Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Activity Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Writing Time 4 Contents

Writing Time 4 New South Wales

Pattern MatchingCopy the patterns from the grid onto the corresponding numbered area of the picture.

ngthe ding cture.

555

6

1

1

1

11

1

2

2

3

3

44

4

5 6

1

43

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Fine Motor Workout 1

Australian EnglishAustralia is a multicultural country. Although we speak English, many of our words come from other languages and cultures.

Diagonal Joins to Neckline Entries: Trace and copy these joins and words from other cultures. Remember, extend the exit to the start of the next letter. Don’t lift your pencil.

Fine Motor Skills: Copy the indigenous names of these animals inside their matching shapes. The fi rst one is done for you.

Äõàˇ Äõåˇ Äõçˇ Äõè Äõñ ÄõÛ Ç⁄àˇ Ç⁄ë¸ Ç⁄îˇ Éõàˇ Éúј Éõë¸

ȋј È⁄àˇ È⁄åˇ È⁄çˇ È⁄è È⁄ë¸ È⁄ñ áúј áõàˇ áõîˇ àúј àõçˇ

àõè àõë¸ äõàˇ ãúј ãõàˇ ãõîˇ åõàˇ çúј çõîˇ ìúј ìõîˇ îõåˇ

È⁄ë≠ÄùíÈ⁄ë¸ Ç⁄ëÆéµàùííÄõçõìˇ Ç⁄îõëØëØÛ íÄõãõåöéµçˇ íäõàõàõçöÜ˝ Äõèèãúј

TYabby

Barramundi Witchetty

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croissant

ÅÄõçöÄõçöġ Ç⁄áõàõåõèÄõçõôúыј äöÄõçöÒÄõëÆé¥é ôúÑ⁄Åë≠ġ ãõàõôöÄõë≠ɡ

áöéµëØàõôöéµçˇ íÄõŸπÄõëØàˇ ÚîõåõÅé èÈ⁄çöÒîõàõçˇ ÅÄõçöÒãúј èàõôõôöġ

__________ SÄõåˇ,MÛ ñ™Ñ‹Ñ⁄äúÑ⁄çöɡ Ç›ÄõåõèàõçöÒ éµîõìˇàõçˇ ìõáúј ________ ñßÄùí Òë∞Ñ›Äõìˇ!WȘ Ç›ÄõîöÒáõìˇ ______________àõçˇ ìõáúј ëØàõï™Ñ⁄ë¸ Äõçöɡ Ç›é¥é¯äúÑ›ÉˇìõáúÑ⁄åˇ ñ©àõìõᡠíéµåúј _________éµçˇ ìõáúј ________. WȘ íÄõñġ áõîöÒȘ _________________Ç⁄ãõàõåõÅàõçöÒ Äˇ ìõë∞ыј ìöé¥é.Yéµîõë¸ ________ åöÄõìúј,____________________

Spacing to Fit: Trace and complete this postcard to Sam using the ‘Aussie’ words below. Focus on fi tting the words neatly into the spaces provided.

Trace and copy these words from other cultures.

correct spacing incorrect spacing

íèÄöNjј íèÄÇ Ñ˜

To: Sam Smith56 Kennedy DriveLos Angeles

Don’t forget to sign your name.

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Fine Motor Skills: Finish drawing hair on the orangutan, then colour.

Trace and copy these words from other cultures.

Copy each word beside its language of origin. Use the clues to help you.

Clue Language of origin Word

School subject Ancient Greek

Protects you from rain Italian

Small yellow bird Spanish

A marsupial Aboriginal

To go out Latin

Uses a bow and arrow French

áöÄõåõÅîõë≠ÒÈ⁄ë¸ ÅéµçöÄõçõôöġ äõàõçöÉúÑ⁄ë≠ÒÄõëØìúÑ⁄çˇ íèÄöÒáúÑ⁄ìõìõàˇ

Ç›ÄõãöÄõåöÄõëØàˇ Ç⁄ëØîõàùíȘ ÒéµîõëØåúÑ⁄ìˇ åöÄöÒÄõôõàõçúј ÅÄõãõãúÑ⁄ìˇ

Orangutan is a Malay word meaning ‘person of the forest’.

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1. aInid India 6. laytI2. ecaFrn 7. naSpi3. yarGemn 8. xcoMie4. dagEnln 9. rlIeadn5. anhCi 10. ceGree

Printing: Unscramble these letters to fi nd the names of 10 countries. The fi rst one is done for you.

WȘ íÄõìˇ éµçˇ ìõáúј ï™Ñ⁄ë≠ÄõçöÉöÄõáˇ é¯Ÿ˛ ìõáúј ÅîõçöÒÄõãöéµñ, È›ÄõìõàõçöÒ

íÄõåöé∑íÄùí Äõçöɡ íàõèèàõçöÒ Ç›é¯ŸÊŸ˛È‹Ñ˜ ñ„áõàõãúј èãöÄõÛàõçöÒ Ç›ÄõçöÄùíìöġ.

Iìˇ ñßÄùí ġ ñßÄõëØåˇ È⁄ï™Ñ⁄çõàõçöÒ íé ñ™Ñ˜ ñ™Ñ⁄ë∞ј ñ™Ñ›ÄõëØàõçöÒ éµîõë¸

ãõàöÒáõìˇ, Ç›é¯ìõìöéµçˇ èÛÚÄõåöÄùí Äõçöɡ áöÄöɡ ÅÄõë∞ј fÈ‹Ñ⁄ìˇ. Táúј Åë∞Ñ‹Ñ⁄ôúј

ÅãúÑ⁄ñ ÒÈ⁄çõìõãõÛ Äùí ñ™Ñ˜ í≤ñßÄõìõìúÑ›Éˇ åöé∑íÀîõàõìöé∂чí.

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Posture, Paper Position and Pencil Grip:Before you begin writing, refer to page 69, then complete this checklist:

My feet are fl at on the fl oor. I’m sitting up straight. My page is slightly rotated and directly in front of me. I’m holding my pencil correctly.

Copy. Some words in this passage originate from other languages. Circle at least 3.