Writing: a class pack — Little Roos

Sky Grass Dirt

Where a letter sits on the line — up in the sky, down in the dirt

Warm-up, 5 minutes

Stand up tall for a tall letter (sky), crouch for a small one (grass) and touch the floor for one that dangles (dirt). Call out b, a, g, t, o, y and let the class move.

On the projector

The class makes the sky, grass or dirt shape with their bodies before a helper drags the letter into its band.

Open it with /play/sky-grass-dirt/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.

Away from the screen

On three-band paper (blue, green, brown), each child writes their own name and checks which letters reach the sky or dig into the dirt.

Questions to ask

Does this letter reach up to the sky?
Which letters have a tail that goes down into the dirt?
Can you think of a word that starts with a tall letter?

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Sky Grass Dirt

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Tall letters reach up into the sky (mint). Small letters sit on the grass (olive). Letters with a tail dig down into the dirt (coral). Trace each one, then write your own in the gaps.

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Follow the Numbat

Writing lower-case letters in NSW Foundation Style: where to start, which way to go, when to lift

Warm-up, 5 minutes

Sky-write the day's letter with big arm movements, saying where it starts and which way it goes.

On the projector

The class air-writes each stroke with the numbat while one child traces it on the board. Use Watch first.

Open it with /play/follow-the-numbat/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.