Lines that match our worksheets
The lines here are the same ones used on every PencilPlum handwriting and tracing sheet, so children see one set of lines all year.More handwriting practice
For letters to trace, use alphabet tracing; for your own sentences, handwriting practice.Irish curriculum links
- Stage 1Handwriting and presentation starts with mark-making and early letter shapes, where wide line spacing helps.
- WritingLater stages move to legible, fluent writing and to choosing how to present a piece of work for its reader.
- Oral languageA journal page lets children draw and talk first, then write, linking the oral language and writing strands.
Infant classes in Ireland often keep a news or diary page, where children draw what they did at the weekend and write or dictate a sentence underneath. The journal page has that layout. Children who say their sentence out loud first usually write more.
In a multi-class room, which is common in smaller Irish schools, print two line sizes and let each group use the one that suits them. Irish children call their exercise books copies, and a printed page is handy when a copy runs out or for a piece of best work for the wall.
Summarised in our own words from the Primary Language Curriculum (2019, NCCA).
