Hello everyone, this is Miss Ofsow 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 write high-frequency words using cursive handwriting.

We have got some keywords in our lesson today, Let's go through them, my turn, your turn.

High-frequency word, lead-in, lead-out, join, letter string.

Fantastic, great to hear those words.

Let's think about them carefully, let's listen for them, let's be looking out for them, they are gonna come up in our lesson today.

So our lesson today is reviewing more high-frequency words using lead-ins.

We'll begin by looking at high-frequency words: for and his.

Next, the high-frequency words, but and not.

And finally, the high-frequency words can and out.

So let's get started.

High-frequency words: for and his.

Before starting to write, it's important to warm up your hand and your wrist muscles.

Your hands and wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

So warming up your hands before writing, will help to improve your handwriting.

Let's have a go.

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 of 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.

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

Hmm, really nice.

And now it's your.

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 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.

A really fun way to do this is we can 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! High-frequency words are words that appear most frequently in written texts.

It's good to practise these words in cursive handwriting as they will appear a lot in your writing.

Learning and practising the letter joins, in these words, will improve your cursive handwriting skills, allowing for a smooth flow of handwriting.

And letter joins are the ways in which letters are connected together, linked together.

And we don't take our pencil off the page when we are making a join between letters.

Check for understanding.

Which of these do you think are high-frequency words? She, in, dinosaur, cold.

Pause the video while you decide which of these are high-frequency words.

Well done if you selected, she, well done if you selected, in.

"She" and "in" are high-frequency words as they will appear a lot in written texts.

Can you remember the four joins? Here they are.

The first join, the second join, the third join, and the fourth join.

Now I wonder, let's go through the one at a time, can you remember how to make the first join? Let's go through them, one at a time.

Okay, so the first join, can you remember how do you form this first join? Where does it go from, and where does it go to? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you said that the first join is from the baseline to the x-height line.

The baseline is the line we can see in green on our set of tramlines, and the x-height line is the dotted line.

Okay, how about the second join? Can you pause the video and tell someone nearby where does the second join go from and where does it go to? The second join is from the baseline and it goes all the way up towards the ascender line.

The ascender line is the top line in our set of tramlines.

Okay, it's time for the third join.

Can you pause the video and tell someone nearby where does the third join go from and to? The third join is from the x-height line to the x-height line, it just goes across with a little dip down, below the x-height line.

And finally, the fourth join.

Where does it start, where does it go from, and where does it go to? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

The fourth join goes from the x-height line, up towards the ascender line.

Well done if you remembered all four of these joins, you've worked so hard to learn all of these and let's put them into practise now.

Let's look closely at some high-frequency words in cursive.

Here's "for," and here is "his." What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

All right, did you spot that "for" has a lead-in loop? And then the f has a lead-out loop.

At the end of the word "for," the letter r has a lead-out.

Let's talk about lead-ins and lead-outs.

So a lead-in is a line or a stroke that takes us into a letter, and a lead-out is a line or stroke that takes us, yep, you guessed it out of the letter, and it's what helps to join or connect to the next letter.

Let's look at the word "his." The h has a lead-in, well done.

And the s has a, yep, you got it, a lead-out.

Well done for spotting all of these things! "For" is a high-frequency word.

The letter f has a lead-in loop.

And letter r has a lead-out.

The letter f connects to the o using the first join.

The o connects to the r using the third join.

So we're going just across, a little dip down under the x-height line, and letter f uses a lead-out loop to connect to the o.

"His" is a high-frequency word.

The letter h has a lead-in, the letter s has a lead-out.

And the letter h connects to the i using the first join, and the letter i connects to the s using the first join as well.

All right, it's time for us to really go for it, and enjoy forming these high-frequency words in the air.

I'll go first, and it'll be your time.

So I'm gonna begin, I'm gonna form the word "for' at the baseline is where I'm starting, and I'll say ready, line, go.

And I'll start with my lead-in loop, going all the way up to the ascender line, then I go all the way down to the descender line for my lead-out loop, and from there I join to the o, and then I join to the r, and finish with the lead-out.

And now it's your turn, are you ready? Start at the baseline, and let's go, lead-in loop all the way up to the ascender line, now we're coming straight down to the descender line, lead-out loop takes us into the o, Join from there to the r, finish with a lead-out.

Looking good, let's try one more, ready, line, go, Lead-in loop, all the way down for that lead-out loop, join to the o, join to the r, lead-out.

Very, very nice job, everyone.

Now I'm going to have a go at forming the word "his." I'll start at the baseline, with my lead-in, all the way up to the ascend line for the h, join to the I, join to the s, finish with the lead-out, and I'll go back and dot the i.

And now it's your turn to for "his," are you ready? Ready, line, go.

Lead-in, all the way up to the ascender line, form the h, join to the I, join to the s, lead-out pencil off, dot the i.

Let's try one more, ready, line, go.

lead-into the h, the i, the s, lead-out, dot the i.

Great job, everyone.

I'm going to show you how to form the high-frequency words "for" and "his." I'm sitting comfortably, I'm holding my pen in the tripod grip.

I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go." And I'll begin at the baseline with my lead-in loop for the f, and there's my lead-out loop, which helps me join to the o, and I'll join to the r, and I'll finish with the lead-out at the x-height line.

Next, I'll show you how to form the word "his".

Ready, line, go.

I'll start with my lead-in at the baseline, form the h, join to the i, join to the s, lead-out, pen off, and I'll go back to dot the i.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join sequence for the word "for." Pause the video while you decide which "for" is joined correctly.

Well done if you selected the first "for." This has got the lead-in loop, the lead-out loop for the f, and the joins are looking good, and the r has a lovely lead-out.

I'd like you to select the correct join sequence for the word "his." Pause the video while you decide which "his" is formed correctly.

Well done if you selected the "his" in the middle, this one has a lead-in, the h is going all the way up to the ascender line, the joins are all looking good, and the s has a lead-out at the baseline.

And now it's time for your first task.

I would like you to practise forming the high-frequency word "for." First of all, go over the grey examples.

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

After that, I'd like you to practise forming the high-frequency word "his." Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot, and complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video here, and I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to be back with you, how did you get on forming the high-frequency words "for" and "his?" Did you remember your lead-in at the baseline? Did you use the correct join? Did you join the letters without lifting your pencil? Circle your best and celebrate, great job, everyone! And now, it's time for us to move on to our other high-frequency words, "but" and "not," here they are, here's the "but," here's the "not." Here are our high-frequency words in cursive.

Take a good look, what do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Okay, let's take a look at another word "but," did you notice the lead-in to the b? Did you notice the t has a lead-out? What about the word "not?" Lead-in to the n, and the t has a, yep, you got it, a lead-out.

Well done if you spotted these things.

The word "but" is a high-frequency word.

The letter b has a lead-in.

The letter t has a lead-out.

The letter b connects to the u using the first join, and the letter u connects to the t using the second join.

The cross for the letter t is added once the letter string is complete.

And the letter string is a group of letters that are written together in a word.

Here is the word "not." It's a high-frequency word.

The n has a lead-in, the t has a lead-out.

The letter n connects to the o using the first join, and the o connects to the t using the fourth join.

And once again, the cross for the t is only added once the letter string is complete.

Okay, it's time for us to form these high-frequency words in the air.

I'm gonna go first, and then it'll be your turn.

I'm gonna start at the baseline, yep, you got it.

Ready, line, go.

I'm gonna start at the baseline, and I go all the way up the ascend line, to for the letter b, then I'm moving into the u, I'm joining to the t, and I'll finish with a lead-out at the baseline, take my finger off the page, and cross the t.

And now it's your turn, and remember, as Aisha reminds us, "The letter t the cross for the letter t is only added once the letter string is complete." Yep, thank you, Aisha.

We're on it, let's do this, ready, line, go.

Lead-in to the letter b, form the b, join to the u, join to the t, lead-out, pencil off, cross the t.

Very nice, let's try one more.

Lead-in to the b, form the b, form the u, for the t, lead-out, pencil off, cross the t.

Oh yes, really, really nice job, everyone! Okay, my turn to form the word 'not." Here we go, ready, line, go.

Lead-in to the n, I'm gonna join to the o, I'm gonna join to the t, finish with a lead-out at the baseline, pencil off, cross the t, your turn.

Let's do this.

Lead-in to the n, join to the o, join to the t, lead-out, pencil off, cross the t.

One more "not," let's do it.

Lead-in, and join to the o, join to the t, lead-out, pencil off, cross the t.

Oh my goodness, what a great job, look at those words, those wonderful high-frequency words you have just formed.

I'm going to show you how to form the high-frequency words, "but" and "not." I'm sitting comfortably, holding my pen in the tripod grip.

and I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go." And I'll begin with the lead-in at the baseline.

my b, I'm gonna join to the u, join to the t, finish with a lead-out, and then I'll go back to cross the t.

I'll show you how to form the word "not." Lead-in at the baseline to my n.

Join to the o, join to the t.

Lead-out, cross the t.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join sequence for the word, "but." Pause the video while you decide which 'but" is formed correctly.

Well done if you selected the word "but" in the centre, it has got a lead-in to the b, the joins are looking good, and the t has a lead-out.

Select the correct join sequence for the word "not." Pause the video while you decide which "not" is formed correctly.

Well done if you selected the first "not," it has a lead-in to the end, the joins are all looking great, and the t has a lead-out at the baseline.

It's time for your next task.

I'd like you to practise forming the high-frequency word, "but." First of all, go over the grey examples.

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

After that, I'd like you to practise forming the high-frequency word "not." First of all, go over the grey examples, next, try in the starting dot, and finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video while you have a go at this task, and I'll see you when you're finished.

Here we are again, how did you get on? Did you remember to start on the baseline with a lead-in? Did you use the correct joins to connect the letters? Did you remember to add the cross for the t at the end? I hope so.

Circle your best and celebrate.

And now we are going to look at the high-frequent word "can" and "out." Here they are, here's the "can," here's the "out," our lovely high-frequency words in cursive.

what do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Did you spot? Let's start with the "can," first of all, did you spot the lead-in to the c? Did you spot the lead-out from the end? Great stuff, well done! How about the "out," did you spot the? Yeah, you got it, lead-in to the o.

What about the t? It has a lead-out.

Fantastic, Well done for spotting all of these important parts of our cursive handwriting.

The word "can" is a high-frequency word, it's a great word.

We can do great things.

The letter c has a lead-in, the letter n has a lead-out.

The letter c connects to the a using the first join, and the letter a connects to the n using the first join.

Next up, here's "out." The word "out" is a high-frequency word.

The letter o has a lead-in.

The letter t has a lead-out.

The letter o connects to the u using the third join, straight across, and the u connects to the t using the second join.

The cross for the letter t is added once letter string is complete.

Okay, it's time to have some fun.

We're gonna form these high-frequency words "can" and "out" in the air.

Let me go first, and then it'll be your turn.

Here we go with the "can," ready, line, go.

Lead-in to my c.

Join to the a, join to the n, finish with the lead-out.

It's a really nice straightforward one there with those first joins.

It's your turn, ready, line, go.

Lead-in to the c, join to the a.

Join to the n, finish with the lead-out.

Oh yeah, looking good, let's do one more.

Lead-in to the c.

Here's the a.

Here's the n, lead-out, oh, yes! Okay, now I'm going to form the word "out." I'm starting at the baseline, ready, line, go.

Lead-in to my o, join to the u, join to the t finish with the lead-out, and pencil off, cross the t.

It's your turn to form the high-frequency word "out." Ready, line, go.

Lead-in to the o, join to the u, join to the t.

lead-out, pencil off, cross that t.

Let's do one more.

Let's all form the word "out." Lead-in to the o.

Join to the u, join to the t.

lead-out, pencil off, cross the t.

Wonderful, wonderful job, everyone.

A lovely cursive handwriting.

I'm gonna show you how to form the high-frequency words "can" and "out." I'm sitting comfortably.

I'm gonna say to myself, "Ready, line, go." And I'll begin with my lead-in to the c.

Form my letter c, join to the a, form the a, join to the n, form the n, and finish with a lead-out at the baseline.

I'm going to show you how to form "out," ready, line, go.

Begin with my lead-in to the o, form the o, join to the u, form the u, join to the t, form the t, lead-out, pen off, and cross the t.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join sequence for the word "can." Pause the video while you decide which "can" is formed correctly.

Well done If you selected the "can" above the C, it's got a lead-into the c, it's gonna lead-out from the n, the joins are looking good.

Select the correct joint sequence for the word "out." Pause the video while you decide which "out" is formed correctly.

Well done if you selected the first "out," this has a lead-in to the o, the joins are looking good, the t has a lead-out.

And now it's time for your final task.

I would like you to practise forming the high-frequency word "can." Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot, and finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Next, I'd like you to practise forming the high-frequency word "out." Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot, and finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video while you have a go at this task, and I'll see you when you're finished.

So how did you get on with forming the high-frequency words "can" and "out?" Did you remember a lead-in at the baseline? Did you join the letter string using the correct joins? Did you keep your pencil on the page when joining the letters? Was there focus? Was there flow? Did it feel good? Did you have fun? I hope so.

Circle your best and celebrate.

In our lesson, reviewing more high-frequency words using lead-ins we've covered the following.

High-frequency words are words that appear most frequently in written texts.

Letters in the high-frequency words will be joined using a range of joins, depending on the letters in the word.

The first letter always has a lead-in, the last letter always has a lead-out.

There is an appropriate space between the letters joined in cursive.

You don't lift your pencil until the letter string is complete.

Our lesson is complete, and it's been completely fantastic reviewing these high-frequency words together using lead-ins, using lead-outs, using all of our joins, and practising our high-frequency words.

I've loved it, I hope you had a good time too, and I'll see you at the next lesson, bye, for now!.