This workshop is dedicated to the inspector Fatiha Zahaf from Djel. The document introduces Mr. Hamoud Aziz Ladjadj, a teacher of English and teacher trainer from Ouled Nail Town, Algeria. It includes information about his personal details, likes, hobbies and a guessing game for participants.

4. his workshop is dedicate
to my inspector
s Fatiha Zahaf from Djel

5. Who am I ?

6. My name is Mr
Hamoud
Aziz Ladjadj

7. I am 4…….

8. Marital status :
Married

9. Job :
A teacher of English
and
a teacher trainer in
Ain El Ibel

10. I am from
Ouled Nail Town..

11. Guessing Game
Back to The Board

12. I like ( a job ) ……..
TEACHING

13. I like ( a sport ) ……
AIKIDO

14. I like ( a cartoon )…...
GOLDORAK

15. I like ( a dish ) …….
CHAKHCHOUKHA

16. My favo(u)rite football club ……
Mouloudia Club D’alger
M.C.A ( Chnawa )

17. My nickname is ……
Mr
CHAKHCHOUKHA

18. I love ( a country ) ……

19. What s the aim of this
game ?
( Back to the board )

23. Writing
5 mn
In 2 or 3 lines , write an Aid El Fitr card to your
colleague in the room wishing him or her a happy feast .
Help yourself with the following hints :
Full name – age – occupation – location – the message

24. Answer these questions
1.Were you expecting such a task ?
2. Was it easy to write these greeting cards ?
3. What was the most difficult part in your task ?
4. What other comments can you add concerning the
handwriting ?
5. What s the aim of this task ?

25. What is the main problem that you face
when correcting the pupils’ copybooks
or their test or exam topics ?

26. Bad Handwriting

27. What is Handwriting?

28. 1. Handwriting may be some or all of these things.
2. For some it is purely an art form, and the neatness and accuracy
of the presentation is the main focus.
3. For others, it needs to be a functional tool which allows them to
put ideas onto paper, effortlessly and fast. Here, the look of the
script is less important than the fluency of the script.
4. For all of us, there are times when we need handwriting for one
purpose and times for others.
5. Our handwriting is very personal, a part of our self-image and an
expression of our personality, just as the way we dress and present
ourselves is.

29. Handwriting is a means of expressing language, just like speech,
and it also leaves a lasting trace. Some call it 'Language by Hand'.
It is a physical way of expressing thoughts and ideas and a means
of communicating with others.

30. Can you list some of the causes
of that disaster ?

33. Dysgraphia
Affects a person’s handwriting ability
and
fine motor skills.

34. Dyspraxia
A condition that makes it hard to plan,
coordinate and execute motor movements.

35. Dyslexia
A specific learning disability in reading. Kids
with dyslexia have trouble reading accurately
and fluently. They may also have trouble with
reading comprehension, spelling and writing.

36. Hypermobility Syndrome
Some children who have bad handwriting
are referred to an occupational therapist
and many are diagnosed as being
‘hypermobile’. About 20% of people have
joints that are particularly mobile.

37. Bad Habits
Many children pick up bad habits in relation to
handwriting, which children develop very easily. The two
most common are when a child places his head flat on
the table .
The other common problem is wrapping a thumb
around the pencil.

38. Lack of support for
Teachers
Almost no teacher training course today
teaches handwriting instruction. As a result
the vast majority of primary school teachers
do not consider themselves prepared to teach
handwriting effectively.

39. Colleagues’ feedback on
Facebook

49. What do American teachers
think about handwriting?

51. What does Orny Adams think ?

54. Have you ever encounter
similar situations ?
( shopping , the kitchen,
the garage.. ) Share .

55. Grouping I

56. Same
Different Different
- Popular and standard
in education
- Writing reluctance
- Can be time saver
- To wet the kids’
appetite.
-Writing by hand better
facilitates learning
- Eases anxiety
-Giving up handwriting
will affect how future
generations learn to
read and to write.
-Manuscript writing .
-Cursive writing .

60. 1. Good handwriting skills lead to stronger academic
performance
Research has proven that there is a positive correlation between better
handwriting skills and increased academic performance in reading and writing.
2. Using pen and paper boosts memory.
When we write something down, it tends to resonate better in our brains.
Researchers have confirmed this time and time again. “Longhand note takers
engage in more cognitive processing than laptop note takers, thus selecting
more important information to include in their notes, which enables them to
study this content more efficiently,”

61. 3. Handwritten correspondence is more
meaningful.
Handmade cards, poems and other mementos you’re planning to make in
your classroom this year? If your students have good handwriting, these
gifts will be even more special and meaningful. Plus, it’s always nice when
parents can actually read the card their dear child wrote!
4. Writing is part of our daily lives.
Even though we live in a digital world, most of us still write in some way
every single day. We keep notes in meetings, we jot down reminders to
ourselves and we leave messages for others. As a teacher, you know how the
little words of encouragement you put on top of a student’s paper can be
very personal and meaningful.

62. 5. Good handwriting helps kids focus.
“Handwriting supports executive function by engaging a child’s attention and
developing her ability to focus.”
6. The value of handwriting goes beyond elementary
school.
It’s not just about dotting those i vowels and crossing all those t consonants in
grade school. Carol Christensen is a cognitive psychologist, and she has
studied the impact of handwriting for years. She says that fluency in
handwriting is strongly related to the quality and quantity of students’
complete written text as late as grade 8.

63. 7. Your students could win big in the Zaner-Bloser
National Handwriting Contest!
The National Handwriting Contest is an excellent excuse to get your
students to brush up on their handwriting, both print and cursive. There’s
even a category for special needs students. The most recent contest
awards $1,000 and trophies to the top students. Plus, each teacher of a
Grand National Grade-Level Champion is awarded a trip to the
International Literacy Association Conference. The top winners’ schools
also receives $1,000 worth of educational materials.

64. Orange
How do you teach handwriting
to kids ?

66. #1 Get the right grasp :
Many kids are at a disadvantage with writing even before their pencil
hits the paper because they are using an immature grasp for their
age. Pencil grasps follow a typical developmental progression and by
around age 3.5, children should be using a “tripod grasp” or holding
the pencil with 3 fingers, similar to the grasps of older children and
adults.

70. #2 Start with Lines:
Each letter in the alphabet is made up of some combination of vertical,
horizontal, diagonal, or curved lines, so if your child can draw these
lines, then he has the capability to make each letter. There is a typical
developmental progression for drawing lines, so make sure you follow
this sequence when introducing lines:

71. #3 Move to Shapes:
After your child learns how to draw each line, help them to practice placement and
connecting lines together by drawing shapes. The basic shapes (cross, circle, square,
and diamond) contain all of the line types needed to make each letter. Follow this
sequence of shape drawing:

72. #4- Don’t learn letters in ABC order :
One of the most common mistakes is teaching handwriting in ABC order. As
mentioned above, children’s handwriting follows a natural pattern of development
(vertical lines, horizontal lines, circular lines, and diagonal lines). So, it makes sense
to teach the letters that contain horizontal and vertical lines first, then move to those
with circles, and lastly those letters containing diagonals. Here’s the order of which
letters to teach in accordance to developmental patterns:

73. #5- Use Dots for Correct Starting Points
Letters are meant to be formed in a top-down direction which means
each letter needs to start at the top. If letters aren’t formed properly and
they start at the bottom, there’s a greater tendency that the letter will be
reversed (written backwards) or written illegibly. So, get your child in the
habit of good letter formation by placing dots at the top of where each
letter should begin.

74. #6- Don’t just write letters, MAKE letters!
As with anything we learn, we retain information better when it’s
presented in a hands-on way. Reinforce learning by making letters out of
fun materials like Play Doh, Twizzlers, pipe cleaners, or popsicle
sticks! After you build the letter several times, have the child trace it and
then write it.
Remark :
Whether your child is just beginning to learn how to write or has
been writing for years, its never to late to try these tips for writing
improvement!

75. Twizzlers
Pipe cleaners
Popsicle sticks
Wood Crafts

83. Every child
needs
a champion

87. Letter formation

88. Teaching my kid how to form letters and how to write
words .

89. Writing words
‫صـــــــاد‬
‫ارنب‬

90. Teaching my kid how to form letters and how to write
words .

91. Word sequencing
Tiziri
seksou like(s)

92. Personalzing
Keskes
like
I

93. Teaching spelling
should pollution
fake pharmacy

94. Teaching
pronunciation
Consonants
red
Vowels
big

95. Reading
Research has proven that there is a positive correlation between better
handwriting skills and increased academic performance in reading and writing.

96. Copying
Writing
well

97. Why ?
Should I teach
cursive or print first?
Question

98. Teach cursive
Cursive is still a very important skill from a cognitive standpoint
for the following reasons:
•Hand-eye coordination
•Sensory-motor coordination
•Thinking memory

99. •Dynamically engages both hemispheres of the brain .
•Visual recognition requirements create a broader repertoire of letter
representation (Source: Blumenfeld)

100. Why Teach Cursive First?
1.Ease of teaching cursive :There are 3 main strokes – under curve, over curve and up and down. Print
has at least 6 including various shapes and perfect circles i.e. pre-writing
lines.
2.Prevents reversals and confusion of letters :“b” and “d” are the most common reversals in print.
3.Less potential for errors : Cursive is a continuous, fluid movement, which leaves room for less errors).
4.Enforces skills and patterns for reading and writing :
In cursive, all lower case letters start at the bottom, as opposed to print
which start at various points depending on the letter.

101. Why Teach Cursive First?
5.Prevents too much space between letters and words :
The flow of cursive handwriting is from left to right which encourages spatial discipline. In print,
children often has letters too close together or words spaced too far apart.
6.Helps left-handed children :
This one really surprised me, but makes sense. With print, the left-handed child will write printing
from left to right but will cover what he has written with his arms. This is called the hook position. In
cursive writing, the left-handed child learns to write from bottom up and turns the paper
clockwise which increases comfort and legibility.

102. Is being left-handed the cause of the problem?
Being left-handed is not of itself a disability. The majority of left-handers write
as well as their right-handed peers. Some evidence suggests that they
develop fluency a little later than right-handers because they are 'pushing'
the pen across the page rather than 'pulling' it, but this should not be a
problem in the long-term.

103. Are handwriting problems
more common in boys than
girls ?
Girls seem to master good handwriting earlier than boys but boys catch up by
the time they reach secondary school if there are no underlying difficulties.
Handwriting difficulties are reported more frequently among boys than girls but
most improve, given the right help.

104. Stop
complaining
and stop looking
like that !
You are doing well.
And you can say…..
Boys
Girls

106. Think of « 2 » stars and « 1 » wish
• I like the way you……………
• You provided a lot of samples
of……..
wish
• I wish to see more of ………

110. 1.http://monkeysee.com/how-to-improve-handwriting/
Internet Links
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAw1ywD-7KI
3.https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/raising-readers-writers-and-
spellers/201609/5-brain-based-reasons-teach-handwriting-in-school
4.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/dec/16/cognitive-
benefits-handwriting-decline-typing
5.https://kidsplaysmarter.com/how-to-teach-handwriting-to-kids/

111. Extra Slides

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114. Newborn usually refers to babies from birth to about two months of age.
Infants are babies from two months to one year old. Toddlers are babies
from one year to four years of age. Others may have different
definitions of these terms. For example, some people may consider
toddlers to be 18 months old to 3 years old, and a 4-year-old might be
considered a preschooler.