Bemaalot Haktiva 2
Book to review writing, orthography and copying rules level 2
To whom is it directed?
For second grade – 7 years old.
Lenght of the book:
105 pages.
Theme of the book:
Additional practices on how to write in print as well as the rules on how to write and copy correctly.
Purpose of the book:
1. To secure in the children the ability to write and to practice the transfer from printed letter to cursive letter. 2. Giving the children the correct writing rules on how to stay on the line and the notebook and the rules to copy correctly from the blackboard to avoid spelling errors.
Caracteristics:
This book offers exercises to practice writing from print to cursive, while at the same time memorizing the tracing of the printed letters. Additionally, it keeps the rules of writing and orthography in a notebook as well as copying from the blackboard.
Content:
This is a complementary book to “Bemaalot Haktiva Alef” acquiring and practicing the letters in cursive.
It contains two main principles:
Part 1: complementary to the book ‘Bemaalot Haktiva Alef”:
- Repetition of the handwritten letter – to secure the handwritten letter this book starts with repeating exercises and practicing them (p.7-12).
- Transfer from printed letter to handwriten letter – this chapter exercises the practice to copy the printed letters to handwritten letters (p.13-46).
- Distinction between letter gimmel and zain – many children have the tendency to confuse between these letters, for that reason it’s important to learn how to distinguish them (p. 47-50).
- The sofiot (final letters) – here the children learn how to make the distinction between the letters not sofiot and sofiot and to use them correctly (p.51-68).
Part two: how to write correctly:
- Basic rules how to write correctly – the use of the pencil (p.70)
- How to write correctly on the line/ – rules how to write correctly on the line with additional exercises to practice the rules (p.71-80).
- How to write correctly in the notebook? – rules how to use the notebook correctly with additional exercises to practice the rules (p.81-90).
- How to copy correctly without errors? – techniques to copy properly without spelling errors with additional exercises to practice (p.91-104).
- At the end of the book pages for photocopy and for use in the auditorium are being suggested: pages for dictation like a self-evaluation to make sure that there is a proper handwriting (its recommended to photocopy a page a month which the children fill in after they copy the homework), (p.105-108).
