Hello everyone.

This is Miss Atsal here again to share some more handwriting with you.

I'm so excited to be here.

I hope you're feeling excited too, we're going to, as always, do our best.

We are, as always, going to have lots of fun.

Are you ready to begin? Let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can form the capital letters B, D, P, and R, and this comes from the unit of work Capital Letters.

Let's begin.

There are some key words in today's lesson that I would like you to look out for, I would like you to listen out for.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Continuous movement, vertical line.

Make sure you are looking out for and listening out for these keywords.

Let's get started and find out what's involved in today's lesson.

In today's lesson, Formation of B, D, P, and R, we are going to start by looking at forming the capital letter B, next, forming the capital letter D, we'll move on to forming the capital letter P, and we will finish with forming the capital letter R.

Let's get started with the capital letter B and some warmups.

Let's have a go at the finger tap warmup.

I'll go first and then it will be your turn.

I love this warmup because it exercises our fingers and because it feels so good doing this on our head, giving ourselves a little massage.

So I'm gonna start by putting my hands on top of my head and I'm gonna tap each of my fingers, starting with my little finger all the way to the thumb.

And I'm actually gonna tap down the side my head, so moving each of my fingers, tapping, and it feels great on my head.

It's like a lovely, gentle massage.

Now I'm going to go back up to the top and this time I'm going to tap down the back of my head.

Oh, this is feeling like a lovely way to begin our handwriting session.

Mm, really nice.

And now it's your turn.

Get your hands ready.

Place them on top of your head, tapping down the sides of your head.

Doesn't that feel good? I love this exercise because it sounds good, it feels good on our head, and crucially, it's strengthening our fingers ready for handwriting.

Fantastic.

Next we're going to have a go at the wrist shake.

This is really helpful for our wrists.

So all we're gonna do is we're just gonna hold our hand down like this and we are going to shake, shake our hand, so shaking our wrist, shaking our hand, And I'm gonna do the same on the other side, just shaking my wrist and my hand.

Now it's your turn.

Are you ready? So choose whichever hand you want to begin with and let's just shake that wrist.

Other side, shake your wrist.

Nice, gentle shake.

Really fun way to do this is we could also shake upwards and this is lovely.

Have a go with me because this is like we're saying bye, just for now, or we can be saying hello.

Hello! Well done.

Let's look closely at these two letters on our screen.

We can see the capital letter B and the lowercase letter b.

What do you see? What do you notice about them? Pause the video here and tell somebody nearby what can you see? Did you notice that the capital letter B goes up to the ascender line and so does the lowercase letter b? It's a tall letter.

These two letters have different formations.

They're not formed in the same way.

Let's find out more about the capital letter B.

The capital letter B and the lowercase letter b are formed in different ways.

The capital letter B starts on the ascender line and the capital letter B sits on the baseline.

It's formed by making a vertical line down and going back up and around in one continuous movement.

So that means we keep our pencil on the page the whole time.

We continue our movement without removing our pencil.

I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter B in the air using my finger, and then it will be your turn.

So I'm going to start up on the ascender line and I'm going to make a vertical line, so that's a straight line going straight down to the baseline and then I'm gonna go straight back up to where I started, and then I'm going to go around and then into the x-height line and then around and then curl into the baseline, all in one continuous movement.

Let me show you again.

I'm going down from the ascender line down to the baseline, all the way back up to the ascender line, and then I'm curling around and into the x-height line.

Then I'm curling around and into the baseline.

And now it's your turn.

Start at the ascender line, go all the way down to the baseline, vertical line back up, around into the x-height line, around and into the baseline.

Let's try it one more time.

From the ascender line, vertical line down and back up, around into the x-height line, around into the baseline.

Now I'm going to try using my fist.

I'll start at the ascender line, vertical line down and back up, around into the x-height line, around again into the baseline.

It's your turn.

Put your fist right up here at the ascender line, vertical line down and back up, around into the x-height line, around into the baseline.

It was fun.

Let's do it again.

From the ascender line down to the baseline, back up, around into the x-height line, around into the baseline.

Wonderful capital letter Bs, everybody.

Well done.

In this video I'm going to show how to form the capital letter B.

I'm sitting comfortably and holding my pen in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start at the ascender line and make a vertical line down to the baseline.

I'm going to go back up to the ascender line and then go around to the x-height line and then around again to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

I'll start at the ascender line, make a vertical line down to the baseline, vertical line back up, and I'm going to go around to the x-height line and then around to the baseline.

One more time.

Start at the ascender line, vertical line down, vertical line up, around to the x-height line and then around again to the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter B? Take a look at these three Bs before you and choose which is the correct one.

Pause the video here.

Well done if you chose the capital letter B in the middle.

This is correctly sitting in between the ascender line and the baseline.

For your task, I would like you to practise forming the capital letter B.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot and finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy, everyone.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with forming the capital letter B? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you make a vertical line down to the baseline? Did you go back up to the ascender line, around to the x-height line and then around again to the baseline? Did you enjoy every single one? Circle your best one and celebrate.

Next it's time to look at forming the capital letter D.

Are you ready? Here they are.

Here are the Ds, the capital D, the lowercase d.

Take a look closely.

What can you see, or what do you notice about these letters? Pause the video here and tell somebody nearby.

Did you notice that the capital letter D goes up as high as the ascender line and the lowercase letter d is a tall letter.

They have a different formation and not formed in the same way.

Let's find out more about the capital letter D.

The capital letter D and the lowercase letter d are formed in different ways.

The capital letter D starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter D sits on the baseline and it's formed by making a vertical line down, going back up and around in one continuous movement.

I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter D in the air using my finger, and then you can have a go.

I'm going to start at the ascender line and I'm making a vertical line that goes straight down to the baseline.

I'm going back up and then all the way around, back to the baseline.

It's really quite nice and easy this one, let me show again.

Start at the ascender line, vertical line down to the baseline, back up and then all the way around in one continuous movement.

It's your turn.

Put your finger up here at the ascender line, vertical line down to the baseline, go back up and around in one continuous movement.

Back down to the baseline again.

Ascender line, vertical line down, back up and around in one continuous movement.

Wonderful.

I'm going to try it now using my fist.

I'm gonna start at the ascender line.

You go down, back up and around in one movement.

Your turn.

With your fist at the top, down, back up and around in one movement.

Shall we do it again? Start at the ascender line, down to the baseline, back up, and all the way around.

Those look great.

I'm going to share how to form the capital letter D.

I'm sitting comfortably and holding my pen in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start at the ascender line and make a vertical line down to the baseline.

I'm going to go back up to the ascender line and then around to the baseline to finish.

Let's try that again.

Starting at the ascender line, down to the baseline, back up to the ascender line and then all the way around to the baseline to finish.

One more time.

Start at the ascender line, down to the baseline, all the way back up and then around to the baseline to finish.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter D? Is it the D you can see above the A, B, or C? Pause the video here.

Well done if you chose the D above the letter C, that's the correct one.

It's sitting in between the ascender line and the baseline, and both of the lines are joining together at the bottom of the baseline.

For your activity, I'd like you to form the capital letter D.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot and finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on? How did it go forming the capital letter D? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you make a vertical line down to the baseline? Did you go back up to the ascender line and then around to the baseline to finish? Did you enjoy that one continuous flowing movement for each capital letter D? Circle your best one, celebrate.

Next we're moving on to forming the capital letter P.

Are you ready for this? Here they are.

Here are the Ps, the capital letter P, the lowercase letter p.

Let's take a close look at them.

What do you see? What do you notice? Tell the person next to you and pause the video here.

Did you notice that they have a similar formation? They both are formed in the same way.

They're just on different sets of lines.

The capital letter P starts on the ascender line, whereas the lowercase letter p starts on the x-height line.

And the lowercase letter p is a descender, so it goes down, it descends down below the baseline to the descender line.

Let's find out more about the capital letter P.

The capital letter P and the lowercase P are formed in similar ways.

The capital letter P starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter P sits on the baseline and it's formed by making a vertical line down, going back up and around the tramline in one continuous movement.

So continuous movement means that we continue moving.

We don't stop moving and we don't take our pencil off the page while we're forming this letter.

I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter P in the air using my finger, and then it'll be your turn.

I'm going to start at the ascender line and I'm going to make a vertical line down to the baseline and I'm gonna go back up and then around to the next tramline in one continuous movement.

Let me try that again.

So I'll start at the ascender line, go down to the baseline in a vertical line, straight back up, and then around and into the x-height line.

Wonderful.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Let's go.

Start at the ascender line, down to the baseline, back up and then around and into that next tramline, the x-height line.

One more.

The ascender line, vertical line down, that means going straight down, and then we're going back up and then around and into the x-height line.

Lovely.

I'm going to try now.

I'm gonna give my elbow and my arm a big stretch.

I'm gonna have a go at making the capital letter P with my elbow.

Start at the ascender line, all the way down to the baseline, back up and then around and into the x-height line.

Are you ready to go? Get your elbows ready.

Let's go.

From the ascender line down to the baseline, back up to the ascender line, and then around and into that next tramline.

Lovely.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter P.

I'm sitting comfortably and my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start at the ascender line, go all the way down to the baseline, back up to the ascender line, and then I'm going to go around to the x-height line.

Let's try that one more time.

Starting at the ascender line, the vertical line down to the baseline, all the way back up and then around to the x-height line.

One more time.

Start at the ascender line, down to the baseline, vertical line back up and then around to the x-height line.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter P? Is it the capital P you can see above the A, B, or C? Pause the video here.

Well done if you chose that first capital letter P.

That's sitting correctly in between the ascender line and on the baseline.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the capital letter P.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot, and finally complete two lines of the capital letter P independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy those lovely continuous movements.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with forming the capital letter P? Did you start on your ascender line? Did you make a vertical line down to the baseline, go back up to the ascender line and then around to the x-height line? Circle your best letter P and celebrate.

Well done.

For the next part of our lesson, we will be forming the capital letter R.

Are you ready? And here they are, the two letter R's, the capital R and the lowercase letter r.

Let's look closely at them.

What can you see? Tell the person next to you.

Pause the video here.

Did you notice that the capital letter R goes up as high as the ascender line and that the lowercase letter r goes to the x-height line? It's an x-height letter.

They're both sitting on the baseline, but they have different formations.

Let's find out more.

The capital letter R and the lowercase letter r are formed in different ways.

The capital letter R starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter R sits on the baseline.

It's formed by making a vertical line down, going back up and around the tramline and then down to the baseline in one continuous movement.

So we don't take our pencil off the paper when we're forming this letter.

We continue moving the whole time.

I'm going to have a go at making the capital letter R in the air using my finger and then it will be your turn.

I'm starting at the ascender line and then I'm going to make a vertical line.

That means I'm going from the top.

I'm going straight down to the baseline and then another vertical line back up to the ascender line.

And then I'm going to go around and into the next tramline.

And then I'm going to go around and down to the baseline.

And let me show you again.

From the ascender line, I'll go vertical line down to the baseline, back up, and then I'm going around and into that next tramline, and then I'm going around and down to the baseline.

It's your turn.

Ready.

Start at the ascender line.

Let's go.

Vertical line down to the baseline, back up, around into that next tramline and then around and down to the baseline.

One more.

Ascender line down to the baseline.

Back up, around and into the next tramline, around, down to the baseline.

Let's have a go using our noses to make the capital letter R.

I'm going to start at the ascender line.

I'm going down to the baseline, back up to the ascender line.

I'm going around into the next tramline and then down to the baseline.

It's your turn.

Get that nose ready.

At the ascender line.

Let's go.

Down to the baseline, back up to the ascender line, around into the next tramline, around and down to the baseline.

Great job, everyone.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter R.

I'm sitting comfortably and my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start on the ascender line and make a vertical line down to the baseline.

I'm going to go back up and then around the tramline and then down to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

Starting at the ascender line, vertical line down to the baseline.

All the way back up.

I'm going to go around to the next tramline, which is the x-height line, and then down to the baseline.

One more time.

From the ascender line, vertical line down to the baseline.

Back up and go round into this next tramline, the x-height line, and then down to the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter R? Take a look at these three, choose which is the correct one.

Pause the video here.

Well done if you chose the capital letter R above the C.

This one is sitting in between the ascender line and the baseline, and then the final part of the letter is going all the way down to the baseline.

For your task, I would like you to practise forming the capital letter R.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dots, and finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on forming the capital letter R? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you make a vertical line down, go back up and around and then down to the baseline? Circle your best letter R and celebrate.

In today's lesson, formation of capital letters B, D, P, and R.

We have covered the following.

The letters B, D, P, and R all start on the ascender line.

The letters B, D, P, and R all make a vertical line down, go back up and around.

Well done, everyone for all your hard work on these capital letters today.

See you next time.