Hello, everyone.

This is Miss Afsal 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 M, N, W, and V, and this comes from the unit of work capital letters.

There are a number of keywords in today's lesson that I would like you to look out for and I want you to listen out for these words.

Let's go through each of them.

I'll go first and then it'll be your turn to say them.

Continuous movement.

Diagonal line.

Vertical line.

So make sure you're looking out for these three keywords.

Make sure you're listening out for these keywords in today's lesson.

We'll find out all about them as we go.

Let's begin.

Today's lesson, formation of M, N, W and V has four parts to it.

Guess what they are? The first part is forming capital letter M.

Then forming the capital letter N.

Next, forming the capital letter W, and finally, forming the capital letter V.

Let's begin at the beginning with forming the capital letter M.

When we're writing, we'll do well to exercise our hands.

Our hands and our wrists, they get stronger when we exercise them, so warming up your hands before handwriting will help to improve your handwriting and you can do some exercises to warm up your hands or practise handwriting patterns.

Let's have a go at some warmup exercises.

We're going to start our handwriting warmups with a really, really fun warmup.

This one is piano playing.

And this is so much fun because we get to exercise our hands and we get to imagine a really fun tune in our head.

So I'm going to go first and then it will be your turn.

I'm getting my fingers in position on top of my imaginary piano, and I am going to start pressing each of these keys on the keyboard by moving my fingers and pressing them down, stretching my fingers, moving along the keyboard, making a lovely tune.

Oh my goodness, this sounds great.

I'm enjoying hearing this in my mind.

Wonderful.

And now it's your turn.

Get your hands ready.

Get your fingers in position just above the keys on your piano keyboard and let's go.

Let's start playing our tune.

So you're pressing your fingers down on the imaginary piano keyboard.

You are stretching out your fingers 'cause you need to go to reach some of those notes that are a little bit further away.

Oh, how's your tune sounding? Are you enjoying it? I can hear all these lovely imaginary tunes.

What a great, great sound.

What a great stretch for our fingers.

Well done, everyone.

Next, we are going to have a go at the clapping position.

So for this, we're going to bring our hands together as if we were clapping, and I'll have a go first and then it will be your turn and I'm gonna press all of my fingers into each other.

So fingers from this hand are pressing into the fingers from this hand and my palms, the centre of your hand, the palms are pressing against each other as well.

It's a really, really nice way for us to get our hands and our wrists as well ready for handwriting.

It feels really nice.

It's your turn.

Get your hands ready as if you're going to clap.

You'll deserve a clap after this, and let's press them together.

Pressing together each of your fingers, pressing together your thumbs, pressing the palms of your hands together.

Your wrists are getting a nice little stretch here as well.

Doesn't this feel great? Oh, lovely.

And relax.

Well done.

Can you see two letter Ms have appeared on the screen? Let's look closely at them.

What can you see? What can you notice? Turn to the person next to you and tell them everything you notice about these letter Ms. Pause the video here.

Did you notice that the capital letter M goes up as high as the ascender line, all the way up to the ascender line? These two letter Ms have a different kind of formation.

The lowercase letter M goes up as high as the x-height line.

We call this an x-height letter.

What else can we find out about this letter M? The capital letter M and the lowercase letter M are formed in different ways.

The capital letter M starts on the baseline and it sits on the baseline.

It's formed by going up, down, back up and down again in one continuous movement.

So when I say continuous movement, what I mean is that we are not taking our pencil off the page, we are just doing one movement.

It feels really nice actually when you do these letters that have one continuous movement.

I'm looking forward to sharing this one with you.

So first of all, I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter M in the air with my finger, and then it'll be your turn.

So I'm going to start on the baseline and I'm gonna make a vertical line.

That means there's a line that's just going in one straight line upwards.

I'm gonna go up to the ascender line and then a diagonal line into the x-height line, another diagonal up to the ascender line, and then another vertical line straight down to the baseline.

So it was one continuous movement.

Let me do that again a little bit faster.

From the baseline up to the ascender line.

Diagonal down, diagonal up, vertical line down to the baseline.

Fantastic.

It's your turn.

Get your finger in position on the baseline.

Let's go up to the ascender line, diagonal down to the x-height line, diagonal up to the ascender line and vertical line down to the baseline.

Wonderful.

Let's try it one more time.

From the baseline straight up to the ascender line.

Diagonal down, diagonal up all the way down to the baseline.

Fantastic.

One continuous movement.

Let's try now using our fist.

I'll go first.

From the baseline to the ascender line, diagonal down, diagonal up, down to the baseline.

It's your turn.

Get your fist in position on the baseline.

Let's go.

Up to the ascender line, diagonal down, diagonal up, all the way down to the baseline.

Wonderful.

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

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

I'm going to start on the baseline and I'm going to make a vertical line up to the ascender line, then a diagonal line down to the x-height line, a diagonal line up to the ascender line, and then a vertical line down to the baseline.

Let me try that again.

And it's all done in one continuous movement.

I'm not taking my pen off the page.

Starting at the baseline, going up a vertical line to the ascender line, a diagonal line into the x-height line, a diagonal line up to the ascender line, and then a vertical line down to the baseline.

One more.

From the baseline, vertical line up, diagonal line down, diagonal up, and a vertical line all the way down.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter M? Pause the video here.

Well done, it's this first letter that we can see is the correct formation of the capital letter M.

It's sitting in between the ascender line and the baseline and it's sitting comfortably on the baseline.

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

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot so you know where to begin.

And finally, complete two lines of the capital letter M independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy, everyone.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with forming the capital letter M? Did you start on the baseline? Did you make a vertical line up to the ascender line? Did you make a diagonal line down to the x-height line, another diagonal line up to the ascender line? And finally, did you make a vertical line all the way down to the base line? Did you enjoy those lovely continuous movements that you made with each capital letter M? Circle your best one and celebrate.

Next, we'll look at forming the capital letter N and here is the capital letter N and here is the lowercase letter n.

Let's look closely at them.

What can you see? What do you notice about these two letters? Turn to someone next to you and tell them.

Pause the video here, Did you notice that the capital letter N goes up all the way up to the ascender line? And it has a different formation from the lowercase letter N, which only goes up as far as the x-height line.

It's an x-height letter.

Let's find out more about this capital letter N.

The capital letter N and the lowercase letter n are formed in different ways.

The capital letter N starts on the baseline and the capital letter N sits on the baseline.

It's formed by going up, down and back up in one continuous movement.

By continuous movement, what I mean is that we are just making one movement.

We're not lifting our pencil off of the page.

It's just one continuous movement.

We could even say it's one flowing movement.

We could really get into it and let our fingers move and flow as we make this letter.

I'm going to form the capital letter N in the air.

First of all, I'm going to have a go using my finger and then it will be your turn.

I'm starting at the baseline and I'm making a vertical line all the way up to the ascender line.

Then I'm making a diagonal line down to the baseline and then one more vertical line all the way back up to the ascender line.

One continuous movement, one flowing movement.

Let me show you one more time.

From the baseline up to the ascender line, diagonal down to the baseline and vertical up to the ascender line.

It's your turn.

Get your finger in position at the baseline.

Let's go.

Vertical line up to the ascender line, diagonal line down to the baseline, vertical line up to the ascender line.

Let's try one more.

From the baseline up to the ascender line.

Diagonal down, vertical up.

Fantastic.

Now I'm going to form the capital letter N in the air using my fist.

I'm starting at the baseline, going up to the ascender line, diagonally down, vertical line up.

It's your turn.

Ready? Start at the baseline.

Let's go.

Up to the ascender line, diagonal line down.

Vertical line up.

Let's do one more.

It's just too much fun to stop.

Let's go.

Vertical up, diagonal down, vertical up.

Wonderful.

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

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

I'm going to start at the baseline and make a vertical line all the way up to the ascender line and then a diagonal line down to the baseline and then a vertical line up to the ascender line.

Let's try that again.

From the baseline, a vertical line up, a diagonal line down and then a vertical line back up to the ascender line.

One more time.

Starts at the baseline, vertical line up to the ascender line, diagonal line down to the baseline, and then a vertical line up to the ascender line.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter N? Take a look at these three Ns and decide.

Pause the video here.

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

This one is sitting in the correct position in between the ascender line and the baseline and it has vertical lines going up, diagonal down, and then another vertical line up.

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

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot so you'll know where to begin.

And finally, complete two lines of the capital letter N independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy this lovely flowing, continuous movement of making the capital letter N.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with forming the capital letter N? Did you start just on the baseline? Did you go up to the ascender line, make a diagonal line down to the baseline and then go back up to the ascender line? Did you enjoy the lovely continuous flowing movement? Circle your best capital letter N and celebrate.

Next, it's time for us to have a look at forming the capital letter W.

Are you ready? Whoa, here we have two Ws, a capital letter, a lowercase letter.

Let's look closely at them.

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

Did you notice that the capital letter W starts on the ascender line? It goes up as high as the ascender line, whereas the lowercase letter W starts on the x-height line.

It's an x-height letter.

They have a similar formation.

They're both formed in a similar way making similar kinds of movements.

The capitalletter W and a lowercase letter w are formed in similar ways.

The capital letter W starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter W sits on the baseline.

It's formed by going down, back up, down, and back up in one continuous movement.

Continuous movement means that we're not taking our pencil off the page.

We're just making one movement.

It's continuous, it continues.

I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter W in the air.

I'm gonna start using my finger, then it'll be your turn and then we're gonna use our elbows.

Okay, first of all, I'm gonna start up here on the ascender line and I'm going to make a diagonal line down to the baseline.

I'm going to make a diagonal line up to the x-height line, diagonal down to the baseline and a diagonal all the way back up to the ascender line in one continuous movement.

Let me show you again from the ascender line.

I go diagonal line down to the baseline, diagonal up to the x-height line, diagonal down to the baseline, and then another diagonal all the way up to the ascender line.

Are you ready for your turn? Get your finger in position at the ascender line.

Let's go.

Down diagonal to the baseline.

Diagonal to the x-height line, diagonal down to the baseline.

And one more diagonal all the way up to the ascender line.

One continuous movement.

Should we try it again a little bit faster this time? From the ascender line down to the baseline, x-height line down to the baseline.

All the way up to the ascender line.

Lovely.

Let's have a go now using our elbows.

I'm gonna go first.

I'm gonna start, oh, there's a big stretch for my arm and for my elbow.

All the way up to the ascender line.

And now I'm gonna go down to the baseline, up to the x-height line, down to the baseline and back up to the ascender line.

Are you ready to have a go at making the capital letter W with your elbow? Get your writing elbows ready.

High up on the ascender line.

Let's go.

Down to the baseline.

Diagonal up to the x-height line, diagonal down to the baseline.

And one more diagonal all the way up to the ascender line.

Lovely letter Ws.

Well done.

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

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

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

And then a diagonal line up to the x-height line, diagonal line down to the baseline and a diagonal line up to the ascender line.

So there's four diagonals.

Start at the ascender line, down to the baseline, diagonal up to the x-height line, diagonal down to the baseline.

And one more diagonal up to the ascender line.

Let's try one more.

Diagonal down, diagonal up, diagonal down, diagonal up.

Check for understanding.

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

Well done.

It was that first W, capital letter W is the correct one.

It's sitting in between the ascender line and the baseline.

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

First of all, go over the grey examples.

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

Enjoy making these continuous movements.

Pause the video here.

Well done, everyone for having a go at forming the capital letter W.

Did you start on the ascender line for each one? Did you make a diagonal line down to the baseline, a diagonal line up to the x-height line, a diagonal line down to the baseline and another diagonal line up to the ascender line? Circle your best and celebrate.

For the next part of our lesson, we are forming the capital letter V.

Are you ready to go? Can you see these letter Vs that have appeared on the screen, a capital letter V, a lowercase letter v? Let's look closely at them.

What can you see? What do you notice? Pause the video here and tell somebody nearby.

Did you notice, first of all, that they have a similar formation? They're formed in exactly the same way.

It's just that one is larger than the other.

The capital letter V goes all the way up to the ascender line, whereas the lowercase letter v goes up to the x-height line and they both sit on the baseline.

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

The capital letter V and the lowercase letter v are formed in similar ways but are different sizes.

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

I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter V in the air.

I'm gonna start using my finger and then it will be your turn to have a go.

So I'm starting up on the ascender line and I'm going to make a diagonal line all the way down to the baseline and then another diagonal line all the way up to the ascender line.

It's super easy this one.

I really like this one.

So nice and simple and flowing.

I'm gonna do it again.

Ascender line, all the way diagonally down to the baseline and then a diagonal up to the ascender line.

It's your turn.

Get your finger ready at the ascender line.

Let's go.

A diagonal down to the baseline.

A diagonal up to the ascender.

Let's do that again.

Ready? From the ascender, diagonal down, diagonal up.

It couldn't be easier.

Are you ready to try with your nose? So let me show you, first of all.

I'm getting my nose really up nice and high at the ascender line.

I'm going down diagonally to the baseline and then I'm going up diagonally to the ascender line.

It's your turn.

Get that nose ready.

Get your writing noses in position at the ascender line.

Let's go, down to the baseline.

Diagonal up to the ascender line.

Look at those fantastic letter Vs.

Well done, everyone.

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

I'm going to start at the ascender line.

Make a diagonal line down to the baseline and then a diagonal line back up to the ascender line.

Let's try that again.

Start at the ascender line, diagonal line down to the baseline, and then a diagonal line back up to the ascender line.

One more.

Diagonal down, diagonal up.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter V? Take a look at these three Vs on the screen.

Which is the correct formation? Pause the video here.

Well done if you selected the V above the C.

That's the correct formation as it's sitting in between the ascender line and the baseline.

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

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dots.

And finally, complete two lines of the capital letter V independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy this continuous flowing movement.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with forming the capital letter V? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you go up and down using diagonal lines? Circle your best letter V and celebrate.

In our lesson formation of M, N, V and W, we have covered the following.

The letters M, N, W, and V are all made using one continuous movement.

The letters M, N, W, and V are all made using vertical lines or diagonal lines.

They all go down and back up.

Well done, everyone for forming these wonderful capital letters in today's lesson.

See you next time.