Hi, everybody, it's Miss Gardner, and welcome to today's handwriting lesson.

In today's lesson, we're going to continue writing more common exception words in cursive handwriting.

So these are words which appear a lot in our writing, but they don't follow regular spelling or phonics rules.

So thank you for joining.

I really hope you enjoy today's lesson.

And let's get started.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to correctly write common exception words in cursive handwriting.

Let's start with the key words.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Common exception words.

This is a word that does not follow the regular phonics or spelling rules.

Join.

This is how the letters are connected together.

Letter string.

A group of letters that are written together in a word.

Lead in.

The stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter.

Lead out.

The stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter.

So there are three sections of our lesson today.

In the first, we'll be doing a handwriting warmup.

Then, we'll be writing the common exception words, some, come and live.

And then, we'll be doing the common exception words, mother and father.

So let's start with our handwriting warmup.

Before we start our handwriting today, have a look at these pictures.

What are they reminding us to do? Pause the video now and have a little think or discuss this with your partner, your class, whoever you're with.

Off you go.

Okay, so our first picture of the boy sat on his desk is reminding us to sit on a chair and at a table, to have your feet flat on the floor and have your back against the chair.

The second picture is reminding us to angle our paper correctly.

So if you're right-handed, your paper should be tilted slightly to the left.

And if you're left-handed, the paper should be tilted slightly to right.

And then your non-writing hand is supporting you by keeping the paper or book still to make sure it doesn't move around.

Then the final picture is reminding us to hold your pencil or pen in the tripod grip.

So before starting to write, it's really important to warm up your hands and your wrist muscles, just like you would warm up your leg muscles if you were about to take part in a gym class.

Your hands and wrists actually get stronger when you exercise them.

So warming up your hands before writing actually then helps to improve your cursive handwriting.

Let's do our warmup today.

So let's do the hand squeeze warmup.

I'm going to go first, and then you're going to have a go.

So we can start with one of your hands, doesn't matter which one.

I'm gonna start with my right.

And then I'm gonna start by stretching my hand as wide as I can.

And then I'm going to squeeze my hand together.

I'm almost gonna imagine there's something really precious in the palm of my hand that I don't want to lose.

So I'm gonna squeeze my fingers really tight onto my hand so that there's no gaps.

Maybe like a chain of a necklace or something really small or gemstone that I don't want to lose.

So I'm squeezing my hand tight.

Then, I'm gonna open it and stretch my hand wide again, and then squeeze it again.

Then we'll do it with my other hand, and start by stretching my hand wide open and then squeezing it together, imagining there's something inside I don't want to let go of.

Stretching wide, squeezing tight.

Okay, it's your turn.

Choose whichever hand you want to start with.

I'm gonna start with my right, and we are going to start by stretching the hand wide and open, and squeezing it tight, tightly holding in whatever is precious to you.

Stretching wide, squeezing tight.

Okay, let's swap hands.

And then the same thing.

Start by stretching your hand wide and then squeezing it really, really tightly.

Stretching out wide and then tight squeeze.

Great job, well done.

Okay, let's do some wrist circles.

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

So I'm gonna start by putting my hands out, forming little fists, and then moving my wrists in one direction together.

Really nice feeling on your wrists.

Feels like they're getting lots of movement there.

And then I'm gonna switch direction, go the other way around.

Little circles, forming little circles with my wrists.

Really great way to warm your wrists up.

Okay, are you ready? It's your turn.

Get your hands out like this, form little fists, and then choosing which one direction you wanna go in.

Which direction you gonna go in? Let's go to the right, and then forming circles, this direction, and then switch direction, other way around, making sure your wrists are feeling really ready for handwriting.

Great job.

Another good thing to do before you start your cursive handwriting, it's practise writing patterns, as this helps us to prepare for writing and for joining letters.

So you can see these writing patterns on the screen here actually require very similar hand movements and wrist movements to cursive handwriting.

So a really good thing to do before you start your cursive.

So I'm going to do the writing pattern in the air first with my finger, and then you're going to have a go.

So you can see here, the writing pattern looks a bit like three snakes, doesn't it? I'm trying to keep my movement as smooth and flowing as possible.

So I'm going to try and just, if I was imagining a pen, a paper in front of me, keep my paper on the page.

So starting the top and squiggling down all the way to the bottom.

Second one, starting at the top, squiggle down, left, right, left, right, left, right.

And then the third one, I'm gonna start at the bottom and go up.

Squiggling up, right, left, right, left, right, left.

Okay, it's your turn.

You got your finger ready? Let's all do this together.

Let's do the first one, starting from the top, and then all the way down, left, right, left, right, left, right.

And let's go from the top again, top to bottom, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right.

Really try to keep a smooth movement.

And then finally, we'll do the third one, bottom to top.

So starting at the bottom, right, left, right, left, right, left, all the way up to the top, well done.

It's time for task A.

You need to copy and continue these patterns using your tripod grip.

Remember, don't lift your pencil off the page when you're forming the pattern, and really try to focus on keeping the movement smooth and flowing.

Pause the video now, off you go.

Well done, everybody.

I hope you enjoyed that.

Have a think, did you use your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page? Was your movement smooth and flowing? If you need to, you can pause the video and have another go.

Otherwise, really well done.

It's time for the second part of our lesson, where we are writing the common exception words, some, come and live.

Common exception words do not follow the regular spelling or phonics rules.

Here are some examples.

My turn, your turn.

The, she, have, said, friend.

These are all common exception words because they appear frequently, so often, in written text, and they require memorization.

So we have to just learn them.

There's no rules we can use to help us work out how to spell them.

We just have to memorise them.

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

Practising the letter joins in these words will improve your cursive handwriting skills, which allows for a really smooth flow of handwriting.

Can you remember the four joins in cursive handwriting that we have learned? Here are an example of each join to help you.

Pause video now and have a think or discuss with your partner or your class, how you can describe each join.

Off you go.

Okay, so our first join, A to W, is from the baseline to the x-height line.

The second join, joining C to H, is from the baseline up towards the ascender line.

The third join, O to M, is from the x-height line, dipping just below, to the x-height line.

And then the fourth join goes from the x-height line up towards the ascender line.

Let's have a look at these common exception words.

Some, I'd like some milk in my tea.

Come, come here now, it's time to go.

And live, I live in England.

What do you notice about the formation of the words? Pause the video now and take a closer look.

Okay, so some starts with a lead in on the baseline.

All of the letters are x-height letters.

And we finish with a lead out on the baseline.

Come, again, all of the letters are x-height letters.

The lead in begins the letter C from the baseline, and there's a lead out at the baseline for the letter E.

Then finally, live, there's a lead in to form the ascender letter L, and then there's a lead out on the final letter E at the baseline.

Let's look a little bit more closely, focusing on the joins this time.

First letter in each word has a lead in, and the last letter has a lead out.

The word some is formed with x-height letters only, and uses the first join and the third join in its formation.

Can you spot the joins? So the first join is from S to O and M to E.

And then the third join, joining the letter O to the letter M, just dipping below the x-height line.

Then the word come is formed with x-height letters, and again uses the first join from C to O and M to E.

And the third join, joining O to M again just below the x-height line.

Then the word live uses the first and third join in its formation.

So L to I and I to V are joined using the first join from the baseline to the x-height line.

And then V to E is joined just below the x-height line, dipping down below, so that's the third join.

Remember, you don't lift your pencil until you have completed the letter string.

So you won't dot the I in live until after you've completed the letter string.

I'm going to form the common exception words some and come in cursive in the air with my finger.

So let's start with the word some.

I'm going to start on the baseline, find a starting point.

Then, starting with my lead in, lead in to form the letter S, joining S to O, baseline to x-height line, O to M, third join, dipping just below the x-height line.

And then M to E, finishing with a lead out on the baseline.

Now I'm going to write the word come, starting on the baseline, finding the starting point, lead in to form the letter C, C to O, joining O to M, just below the x-height line, that's the third join, and then M to E, baseline to x-height line, back to the baseline for the lead out.

Okay, it's your turn.

Now you're going to form the common exception words.

some and come, in the air with your finger.

So starting, let's write some first.

Starting on the baseline, find a starting point, and lead in, forming the letter S.

Joining S to O, O to M by dipping just below the x-height line, and then M to E, baseline to x-height line, and then a lead out on the baseline.

Well done, now let's write come.

So starting on the baseline, starting point, lead in to form the letter C, C to O, joining O to M, just below the x-height line, M to E, baseline to x-height line, and then back to the baseline for your lead out.

Well done.

Let's practise writing the common exception word, some, like would you like some milk in your tea? And come, come here right now.

I'm making sure I'm sitting comfortably, and I've got my pen in my tripod grip.

I'm going to find my starting point on the baseline to start my lead in from.

I'm ready to go.

So I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go." So starting, forming the lead, starting the lead in to form the letter S.

Form the letter S, and join S to O, baseline to x-height line.

Dipping below to the x-height line to join O to M.

Then, joining M to E, baseline to x-height line, finishing with a lead out on the baseline.

Now we're going to write the word come, come here, starting on the baseline.

Lead in, ready to go.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in to form the letter C, joining C to O, baseline to x-height line, dipping below the x-height line to join O to M.

And then joining M to E, baseline to x-height line, finishing with a lead out on the baseline, great.

Checking for understanding, which joins are used to write the word sum.

Pause the video now.

So we use the first join to join S to O and M to E, and we use the third join to join O to M, just dipping below the x-height line, well done.

It's time for task B.

You need to practise writing the common exception words, some and come, using the starting point on the baseline.

Then, you'll practise writing the following words on your lines.

Some, come and live.

And I recommend writing each word at least three times.

So pause the video now, make sure you've got your pen or pencil in your tripod grip, and off you go.

Okay, well done, everybody, I hope you enjoyed that.

Have a look at your words that you've just written.

How do they compare to the cursive handwriting on the screen? Did you use the correct joins within the letter strings? Did you keep your pencil on the page until the end of the letter string? And are all your letters the correct size? They're not too big.

They don't go past the ascender line or above the x-height line.

If you need to, you can pause the video now and make any edits or rewrite the word again.

Well done, everybody.

Okay, have a look back through all the words you've written in task B.

Circle your best join and celebrate, great job.

It's time for the third part of our lesson, where we are writing the common exception words, mother and father.

Let's have a look at these common exception words.

Mother in a sentence, my mother is an amazing runner.

And then father, my father loves to garden.

What do you notice about the formation of the words? Have a look at the lead ins and whether the letters are ascenders or descenders, and any of the joins.

Pause the video now.

Okay, let's start with mother.

So mother has a lead in for the first letter, M.

We have two ascender letters actually, T and H, but T doesn't go all the way to the ascender line, whereas H goes all the way.

And then we have a lead out at the x-height line from the letter R.

Father, the letter F begins with a lead in loop from the baseline, and ends with a lead out loop to join F to A.

We have an ascender letter after the ascender line, the letter H, and then the letter T goes towards the ascender line, but not all the way.

And then a lead out on the letter R at the x-height line.

Let's look a little bit more closely.

The first letter for both words has a lead in and the last letter has a lead out.

The letter F in father has a lead in loop and a lead out loop.

The letter R has a dip down as the lead out.

It dips down just below the x-height line.

The word mother uses the first, second and fourth join in its formation.

And the word father uses the first and second join in its formation.

You don't lift your pencil until you have completed the letter string, so you won't cross the Ts until after you've completed the letter string.

There is adequate space between the letters and the words.

So none of the letters are squashed too closely together or spread too far apart.

Okay, I'm going to form the common exception words, mother and father, in cursive in the air with my finger first.

Then you're going to have a go, and then we'll do it on paper.

So starting on the baseline, I'm going to find a starting point.

We're going to write the word mother first.

So lead in and then form the letter M.

Join M to O, O to T, but not crossing my T just yet and not going all the way to the ascender line, T to H, all the way up to the ascender line and then back down to the baseline.

H to E, E to R, baseline to x-height line, and then finishing with a lead out, dipping down below the x-height line.

Now I'll go back and cross my T.

Okay, now I'm going to write farther.

So starting on the baseline, find a starting point, lead in loop, down to the descender line, lead out loop, joining F to A, A to T, but not crossing it yet.

T to H, all the way up to the ascender line, back down to the baseline.

H to E, E to R, baseline to x-height line, dipping down below the x-height for our lead out.

Then, I'll go back and cross my T.

Okay, it's your turn.

Have you got your finger ready? We're gonna do this together.

Let's write mother first.

Starting on the baseline.

Lead in to form the letter M, joining M to O, O to T, towards the ascender line, but not all the way, back down to baseline, up to the ascender line to form the letter H, back to baseline, H to E, baseline to x-height line, E to R, baseline to x-height line.

And then dipping down for the lead out from the x-height line.

Then, I'll go back and cross the T.

Great job, let's write farther now.

F is one of my favourite letters to draw, so let's do that together.

Starting at the baseline, find a starting point, lead in loop, down to the descender line, lead out loop to join F to A, A to T, not all the way up to the ascender line.

And we're not crossing it just yet.

T to H, all the way up to the ascender line.

H to E, baseline to x-height line, E to R, baseline to x-height line.

And then finishing with a lead out, dipping below the x-height line.

Then, I'll go back and cross my T, great job.

Let's practise writing the common exception words, mother and father.

We're going to start on the baseline, finding a starting point, making sure I'm sitting comfortably and my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm ready to go.

So saying to myself, "Ready, line, go." And then starting the lead in to form the letter M, and joining M to O, baseline to x-height line, O to T, x-height line, up towards the ascender line, but not all the way.

T to H, all the way up to the ascender line.

Back down to the baseline, joining H to E, baseline to x-height line.

E to R, baseline to x-height line, finishing with a lead out just below the x-height line.

Now I can cross my T.

Okay, let's now write the word father.

So starting on the baseline, find a starting point.

Ready, line, go.

The lead in loop to form the letter F, down to the ascender line, lead out loop, joining F to A, A to T, baseline up towards the ascender line, but not all the way.

T to H, baseline up to the ascender line, forming the letter H, joining H to E, baseline to x-height line, E to R, baseline to x-height line, finishing with a lead out just below the x-line.

Now I'll go back and cross my T, great.

Checking for understanding, which joins are used to write the word father.

Pause the video now.

So we use in father the first join and the second join.

Well done.

It's time for task C.

You need to practise writing the common exception words, mother and father, using the starting point on the baseline.

Then, you're going to practise writing the following words, mother and father, three times for each word on your lines.

Make sure you've got your pen or pencil in the tripod grip.

Pause video now, and off you go.

Okay, well done, everybody, great job.

Have a look at the words that you've just written.

How do they compare to the cursive handwriting on the screen? Did you use the correct joins within the letter strings? Did you keep your pencil on the page until the end of the letter string, and then cross your letter T? Did you remember the lead in and the lead out loop for the letter F? If you need to, you can pause video now and make any edits or rewrite any of the words again.

Well done, everybody.

Okay, have a look at the words that you've just written in task C.

Circle your best join and celebrate because you should be really proud of yourself, well done.

Here's a summary of everything we've learned today.

Common exception words do not follow regular spelling or phonics rules.

Common exception words appear frequently in written text.

Letters in the common exception 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, and you don't lift your pencil until the letter string is complete.

Great job today, everybody, well done.