Hi everybody.

My name is Mrs. Mystery and I am so pleased to be with you today.

In our lesson today, we are gonna be getting a chance to practise our cursive handwriting and even start to write some full sentences in cursive handwriting.

This comes from our unit review, no lead ins.

I am really looking forward to this lesson.

I think you're gonna feel really proud of yourself at the end of it.

Shall we start? The outcome for today's lesson is I can write a sentence in cursive handwriting using capital letters correctly.

In today's lesson, there'll be some key words that I would like you to listen out for and to look out for.

Should we do my turn, your turn? My turn.

Capital letter.

Proper noun.

Join.

Lead out.

Wow.

Well done everybody.

So these are some words that I'd like you to look out for and listen out for in today's lesson.

Let's look at the outline for our lesson today.

There will be two parts to this lesson.

In the first part of the lesson, we will be practising using capital letters in a sentence.

And the second part of the lesson we'll be focusing on you writing your own sentence in cursive handwriting.

Let's get started with using capital letters in a sentence.

Let's have a think about when we use a capital letter in a sentence.

I wonder if you can remember when a capital letter is used in a sentence.

Let's have a look and see if we can remind ourselves.

The first word in a sentence always needs a capital letter.

If we look at this example, the sentence, we went to the shop, we is the first word, and therefore the W needs to be a capital letter because it's the first word in a sentence.

The pronoun I is always a capital letter anywhere within a sentence.

For example, the sentence Andeep an I went to the shop, the I is a capital I because it is the pronoun I, and it's always a capital letter.

Proper nouns name specific people, places, or things.

And when we're writing proper nouns, they always need a capital letter.

If we look at this sentence Andeep, I went to the shops on Princess Street.

Now Princess Street is a specific place and therefore it's a proper noun.

So needs a capital letter for the P and for the S.

Now let's think about the joins that we use when we're writing in cursive handwriting.

Here's our table reminding us of the four different joints that we might use.

The first join is from the baseline to the X height line.

In this example, the letter N joining to the letter A.

The second join is from the baseline up towards the ascend line.

In this example, the C joining to the letter K.

The third join is from the X height line to the X height line.

In this example, the letter O joining to the letter M and the fourth join goes from the X height line up towards the ascender line.

In this example, the letter R joining to the letter L.

In today's lesson, we will be writing a range of words that will use a range of these letter joins.

Let's do a check for understanding.

Take a look at this sentence, which words need a capital letter and why? The sentence is, June and I like to watch the football at Old Trafford Stadium.

Have a think which words need to have a capital letter and why? Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

I hope you had some time to look at this sentence and think about which words need capital letters.

Let's see.

First of all, the first word, June, needs a capital letter.

Firstly, because it's a proper noun, because it names a specific person, but also because it's the first word in a sentence.

And the first word in a sentence always has a capital letter.

The pronoun I is always a capital letter wherever it appears in a sentence.

And finally, Old Trafford Stadium is a proper noun because it names a specific place and therefore needs capital letters.

Well done.

Here is a sentence which has been written in cursive handwriting.

I would like you to speak to the people around you.

Have a good look at it.

What do you notice and what can you see? Pause the video now.

Thank you so much for your discussions there, everybody.

Wow.

We've got a sentence on the page here.

I wonder if you notice these things.

Did you notice that there are two capital letters in this sentence? The I is a capital letter and the H for Highlands is a capital letter.

Did you notice that there's adequate spacing between the letters? They're not really squished together.

They're not really far apart, but the letters are joined so that they're sitting next to each other comfortably.

Did you also notice that there are finger spaces between the words and that they're even along the sentence? Let's look a little bit closer at this sentence.

A sentence always begins a capital letter.

That's why the I is a capital letter.

It is also a capital letter though because the word is I and the pronoun, I always has a capital letter.

The proper noun, Highlands, has a capital letter.

Highlands is a specific place and therefore a proper noun.

The capital letters do not join to the other letters.

So when you form the capital letter, you have to take your pencil off before forming the rest of the letter string.

The letters are joined using a range of joins.

The last letter of the word has a lead out.

So for the word went, the T has a lead out for Highlands, the S has a lead out.

And this sentence is all written in cursive handwriting.

Now gonna model how we write the sentence.

I went to the highlands.

So first of all, before I start, I'm gonna think about where my capital letters are gonna be.

So I know that the first letter of the word, first word in a sentence is capital letter.

So in this instance, it's actually the pronoun I.

So that would be capital letter anyway.

And then the other capital letter is for the word highland because I know that that's a specific place, therefore it's a proper noun.

So I need to remember my finger spaces and also try to make sure that the letters are equally spaced apart within the word when they're joined.

Okay, so I'm gonna start.

The first word is I.

So I'm gonna, I know that that's a capital letter.

So I'm gonna start at the ascend line and I'm gonna come down and then add the horizontal lines.

I'm gonna lift my pencil because it's capital letter.

It doesn't join to the next word or or letter.

And then I'm gonna leave a finger space.

My next word is went.

And the starting point for that is on the X height lines.

I'm gonna start here.

A W, the E, making sure this, the words are letters as equally spaced out.

The N.

And then I go up to between the X height line and the ascender line, back down, pencil off and cross for the T.

I went to.

So the next word is to.

Starting point is between the X height line and the ascender line Pencil off cross for the T.

And the next word is the.

So again, starting point above the x height line.

The next letter, the H goes all the way to the ascender line and the E with a lead out, pencil off, cross with a T.

Not enough space to put highlands there.

So I'm gonna go down to the next line.

Highlands has a capital H because it's a specific place, therefore a proper now.

So I'm gonna do my capital H finger off.

It doesn't join to the next letter because it's a capital letter.

Starting point for the I is on the X height line.

I've got the G, which has a loop descender for the H again.

Oh, for the L two tall letters there.

The D, another tall letter and the S remembering the lead out at the end.

And a full stop.

And a full stop for the I.

There we go.

That is my sentence.

I went to the highlands, written incursive handwriting.

Let's do a check for understanding.

Please select the true statement below.

A, capital letters join to the next letter in the word.

B, capital letters don't join to the next letter in a word.

C, after forming a capital letter, you lift your pencil before writing the next letter.

Or D, you don't need to lift your pencil after forming a capital letter.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

I hope you had time to think about that question and select the true statements.

Let's see.

First of all, it's true.

Capital letters don't join to the next letter in the word.

After you form the capital letter, you have to lift your pencil, which leads us to the next correct true statement.

After forming the capital letter, you lift your pencil before writing the next letter.

Well done.

We're now moving on to our first task of the lesson.

I would like you to practise writing a sentence in cursive.

So the first part of this task is I would like you to go over the grey examples of this sentence.

It's the same sentence we were just looking at, but this time I would like you to use your pencil, go over the grey examples, and get used to how the letters are spaced and how the words are spaced out.

Once you've done that, I would then like you to complete two lines independently on your tram lines, copying out this sentence, good luck.

Have fun.

This is a real opportunity for you to practise that flowing smooth movement with your pencil in cursive handwriting.

Pause the video now.

Excellent.

Well done everybody.

Was that fun? Forming a full sentence in cursive handwriting? I wonder, have a look at the sentences that you wrote on your tram lines.

Did you start the sentence with a capital letter? Did you remember to make that I a capital? Did you lift your pencil after forming the capital letter? That's so important.

The capital letters don't join to the rest of the letter string.

And did you join the letters within the word with the correct joins? Look at this example on the page and compare it to yours.

What I'd like you to do now is look at your sentences and circle your best and celebrate.

Well done.

We're now moving on to the second part of our lesson where we're gonna be writing a sentence in cursive handwriting.

Let's look closely at another sentence written in cursive handwriting.

On the page, you can see a full sentence written in cursive handwriting.

I would like you to speak to the people around you about what do you notice? What can you see when you look at this sentence? Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

I hope you had some good discussions there.

So this sentence says, I went to the highlands to see a loch with Sam.

Did you notice that there are three capital letters in this sentence? The I at the beginning of the sentence, the H for the word highlands and the S for the name Sam.

Let's have a little bit of a closer look at this sentence.

A sentence always begins with a capital letter.

That's why the letter I is a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence.

It's also of capital letter because it's the pronoun I.

The pronoun, I always has a capital letter.

The proper noun, Highlands has a capital letter because it's a specific place.

The name Sam has a capital letter as it is a proper noun.

The capital letters do not join to the other letters.

You have to take your pencil off the page after their formation.

And the letters in these words are joined using a range of joins.

The last letter on each of the words has a lead out, and this whole sentence is written in cursive handwriting.

For the next part of our lesson, we're gonna be thinking about coming up with our own sentences.

In these sentences, we need to think of a sentence that has two proper nouns.

And I'm gonna say it out loud.

So gonna do my turn and your turn.

So to begin with my turn, this is the sentence that I've thought of.

I thought about it.

I've made sure there are two proper nouns and I'm gonna say it out loud.

So my turn.

We went to Chester Zoo with Sophia's mom.

Can you say that one more time? We went to Chester Zoo with Sophia's mom.

Can you see that there is two proper nouns? Because we've got Chester Zoo, which is a specific place, and we've got Sophia, the name of a specific person.

Now it's your turn.

I would like you to have a think about a sentence, including two proper nouns, and then I would like you to say it out loud to yourself.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

I hope you had the opportunity to think about a sentence.

You're gonna use that sentence in the lesson, so keep it in mind.

Maybe tell it to the person next to you so that you can remember.

Here's my sentence again.

We went to Chester Zoo with Sophia's mom.

I had a go at writing it out.

What I would like you to do in this check for understanding is look at this sentence and spot the following features with your friend and talk about why they were used.

So first of all, looking at capital letters, lead outs, finger spaces, and letter spacing.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Okay, I hope you noticed that there is adequate spacing between the letters in the words.

So the letters are not on top of each other and they're not really far apart.

They're in the perfect position next to each other, but not too close.

Did you also notice maybe you had a discussion about the fact that there is a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and that also the capital letters are used for the proper nouns.

So for Chester Zoo, there is a capital C and Z for Chester Zoo.

And there is a capital S for the name Sophia, because that is a proper noun.

And also our other capital letter is the capital W, and that's a capital W because it's the first letter in the first word at the beginning of the sentence.

Well done.

For the final task of this lesson, I would like you to practise writing a sentence in cursive, but instead of giving you a sentence to write, I want you to think about the sentence that you just came up with that had two proper nouns in it.

Before you start to write the sentence though, the first part of the task is to just think about how you would write your sentence in cursive.

So you might think about where would the capital letters be? When will you need to lift your pencil? Where will your starting point be? Which joins might you use in this sentence? Where will you use a lead out? How will you keep your words separated on the line? Once you've finished thinking and answering those questions, you don't need to write anything down.

You can just think about it in your mind.

Then it's gonna be your opportunity to practise writing the sentence in cursive.

So you'll come to your tram lines, and I would like you to practise writing your sentence in cursive on your tram lines, thinking about keeping your pencil flowing smoothly as you connect the letters.

I hope you enjoy this task.

Take your time, look at the letters, think about how you're going to write your sentence and have fun.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Well done.

I think that was fantastic.

Usually we give you an example of a sentence, but this time you've done your sentence all by yourself.

So that is wonderful, as you should be, should feel really proud of yourself.

I would like you to have a look at your sentence as I ask you these questions.

Did you use a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence? Did you remember to lift your pencil after the capital letter had been formed? Did you use the correct joins and keep the pencil flowing? And have a look at your sentence.

Did you leave adequate space between the letters in a word or do they look too close together or too far apart? Have a look and see what you think.

You've done really, really fantastically well with that and should feel very proud of yourself.

In today's lesson, we have been reviewing sentences with capital letters, writing sentences in cursive handwriting with no lead-ins.

This is an example of one of the sentences we've been looking at today.

I went to the Highlands.

We've also learned that capital letters are used at the beginning of a sentence.

Proper nouns need a capital letter anywhere in a sentence.

The pronoun, I always has a capital letter anywhere in a sentence.

Capital letters do not join to other letters.

You need to lift your pencil.

All the letters have a lead out except for the capital letters.

There is a finger space between each word when writing a sentence.

There is adequate spacing between the letters in the words.

All of the letters are connected using one of the four cursive joins.

Wow.

Thank you so much everybody.

You've been enthusiastic and you should be really proud of yourself for writing your sentence in cursive.

I really look forward to seeing you again.

Bye.