Hi everybody.

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

I think we're gonna have so much fun with our learning today, especially as I will be guiding you through how to form your first set of letters.

I'm really excited.

I hope you are too.

You're going to do brilliantly.

Let's get started.

The outcome of today's lesson is, I can form the letters i, l and t.

That's right.

You are going to be learning how to form your first set of letters i, l and t.

And that comes from the unit of work writing lowercase letters in print.

There might be some new learning today and there might be some things you may find challenging, but don't worry, I'm going to be here to guide you and we'll be doing it together.

Shall we get started? During today's lesson, there are going to be some key words that are going to help you with your learning.

What I would like you to do is to use your looking eyes and your listening ears throughout the lesson to see if you can hear or see these words.

Shall we say them together? Let's do my turn, your turn.

Let's go.

Ascenders.

X-height letters.

Small letters.

Tall letters.

Letter families.

Wow, what a fantastic start everybody.

So during the lesson, let's see if we can use our looking eyes to look for these keywords and our listening ears to listen for them.

Well done.

The title of our lesson today is the Formation of i, l and t.

In our lesson today, there's going to be four parts to it.

The first part is very important.

We're going to be warming up our hands through exercises and handwriting patterns to get them ready for practising our handwriting.

The next part of our lesson, we're going to be learning how to form the letter I in print.

That's right.

That will be your first letter.

The next part of the lesson will be learning how to form the letter l in print.

And the last part of our lesson today we'll be learning how to form the letter t in print.

Let's get started with our handwriting warmup.

Before starting to write, it's really important that we warm up our hands and our wrist muscles.

Your hands and wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

Just like if we exercise our arm muscles, they get stronger, or if we exercise our leg muscles, they get stronger.

The same as with your hands and wrists.

Warming up your hands and your wrists will help to improve your handwriting, and it will help you to be able to hold your pencil in the tripod position for longer.

Shall we get started with our handwriting warmups? Let's do that.

What we're going to do is I'm going to show you my turn and then it will be your turn.

We're going to start with the finger tap warmup.

You can start with any hand that you want to.

I'm gonna start with this one.

First thing I'm gonna do is give it a big stretch out, stretch out all those fingers and then I'm going to pretend that I have a bit of Play-Doh on my thumb and I'm going to be squeezing that bit of Play-Doh.

Let's see how I do it.

First of all, I'm gonna start with my pointing finger.

So I'm gonna squeeze that Play-Doh down on my thumb.

So we go pointing finger, tall finger, next finger, little finger.

Let's go back now.

Little finger, next finger, tall finger, pointing finger.

Okay, fab.

Let's try it on the other side now.

I'm gonna stretch my hand out.

Let's see if I can do it on this side.

My bit of Play-Doh is there.

Pointing finger, tall finger, next finger, little finger.

Then back, little finger, next finger.

tall finger, pointing finger.

Wow, I did it.

That was my turn.

Can you join in with me this time? It's your turn, right? Choose a hand, I don't mind which one and stretch your hand all the way out.

Get your bit of Play-Doh on your thumb.

And let's go.

So, pointing finger squeezing, tall finger, next finger, little finger.

Little finger, next finger, tall finger, pointing finger.

Wow, fantastic everybody.

Let's do the other hand.

Stretch those fingers out.

Get your Play-Doh ready.

Pointing finger, tall finger, next finger, little finger.

Little finger, next finger, tall finger, pointing finger.

Let's see if we can do them both at the same time.

Stretch your hands out.

This time I'm not going to say the names of the fingers.

I'm just going to count.

Ready? Get your Play-Doh ready.

One, two three, four, and back.

One, two, three, four.

Well done.

Let's see we can go a bit faster.

Ready? One, two ,three, four.

One, two, three, four.

And slow it down.

Are you ready? One, squeezing.

Two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Wow, well done everybody.

You did really well there.

Now that our fingers are warmed up, let's warm up our wrists.

My turn, your turn.

I'll show you first.

For this one, I'm going to pretend that I'm baking.

I'm going to take my wooden spoon with one hand.

I'm gonna pretend that I'm mixing some ingredients in the bowl.

I wonder if any of you bake.

I'm gonna pretend there's flour, and eggs, and sugar, and I'm mixing my bowl there.

Maybe I'm gonna go the other way.

There we go.

And now I'm gonna change hands.

I'm gonna take this hand and I'm gonna take the wooden spoon and I'm gonna stir it in one direction, mixing up all my ingredients and I'm gonna stir it in the other direction, mixing up all my ingredients.

That was my turn.

Can you join in now? Choose one of your hands and grab that wooden spoon and we're going to stir our ingredients in one direction.

Maybe you can hear that your wrist is warming up.

Sometimes it makes a couple of noises, your wrist when it's warming up, but that's okay, that's normal.

And then the other direction.

Okay, change hands, grab that wooden spoon and in one direction, and then the other direction.

Well done everybody.

You're doing so well.

Let's see if we can do it at the same time.

Both wooden spoons in one direction, and in the other direction.

Can we go a little bit faster do you think? One direction and the other direction.

Wow.

Well done.

I can definitely feel that my hands and my wrists are feeling warmed up.

Remember, you can practise this anytime.

Always practise it before your handwriting, but you could also practise it at home, in the car, just before you go to bed maybe.

The more you practise, the stronger your fingers and your wrists will become.

Well done everybody.

Now we're going to move on to practising our handwriting patterns.

Practising writing patterns helps to prepare us for writing letters.

Can you see these three images? Let's have a really close look at them.

The first one, can you see it goes up and down, up and down.

Could you help me do that one? Get your imaginary pen.

Up and down, up and down.

Well done.

That one helps us to practise forming letters that go up and down.

Can you see the next one? Let's try that one together.

Get our pens up it goes zig-zag, zig-zag, zig-zag with straight lines.

That pattern helps us to practise four letters that have straight or zig-zag lines.

Do you see the last one? This one's my favourite.

It goes up and round and down, up and round and down, up and round and down.

Can you have a go at that one? Get your pen ready.

Up and round and down, up and round and down, up and round and down.

That one helps us with letters that have loops or that have curves in them.

Well done.

Let's check for understanding, true or false.

Practising writing patterns helps to prepare us for writing letters.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video now.

That's right everybody, practising writing patterns helps to prepare us for writing our letters.

Well done.

Now we're going to do our first task.

Can you see this writing pattern? I would like you to copy and continue the pattern using your tripod grip.

Remember, don't lift your pencil when forming the pattern.

Keep your pencil on the page and remember you can do small ones, small ones.

Have fun everybody pause the video now.

Excellent.

Did you all enjoy doing that? I think practising handwriting patterns is really fun.

Did your pattern look like this? Did you remember to use your tripod grip, and did you keep your pencil on the page? Well done everybody.

We're now moving on to the next part of our lesson, which is forming the lowercase i in print.

Before we start practising our handwriting, we need to think about what we're going to write our letters onto.

Can you see this picture? Can you see there are four straight parallel horizontal lines? These are called tram lines.

Tram lines are lines used to help people write neatly.

They help us to keep our letters the same size.

They also help us to keep our letters straight.

There are four lines on these tramlines and each of the lines has a different name.

The top line is called the ascender line.

Do you remember that was one of our key words, wasn't it? The top line is the ascender line.

The next line down, do you see that dotted line? That line is called the X-height line.

The next line down the green line, that's called the baseline.

And the very bottom line, that line is called the descender line.

We will be talking about these lines a lot in our handwriting lessons, but don't worry, we will keep going over them so that you can remember them.

Let's check for understanding, true or false.

Tram lines help to keep your letters the correct size and shape.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video now.

That is true.

Tramlines do help to keep our letters the correct size and shape when we are practising our handwriting.

Fantastic everybody.

Can you see that our new letter has appeared on the screen? That is the letter i.

What I would like you to do is take your hand up so you can look really closely at this letter.

What can you see? What do you notice about this letter? I would like you to have a really good look and then I would like you to discuss with the people around you in the classroom or in your home about what you notice and what you can see when looking at this letter.

Pause the video now.

Excellent discussions everybody.

I wonder, did you notice that this letter has a dot at the top? Did you notice that the main body of the letter comes up to the X-height line? I wonder if you notice that the letter has a flick at the bottom? I'm going to try and write this letter.

Do you want to try with me? Let's see.

We start our finger up on the X-height line.

We come all the way down and flick, take our pen off and we dot at the top.

Should we try that again? Let's start at the top with our finger.

We go all way down and flick, take our finger off and a dot at the top.

Well done.

Let's learn more about this letter.

The letter i is a small letter.

The letter i is an X-height letter.

The letter i has a dot at the top.

We noticed that didn't we? The letter i starts at the top and finishes with a flick.

Let's do a check for understanding.

Select the true statements.

A, the letter i is a tall letter.

B, the letter i is a small letter.

C, the letter i has a dot at the top.

D, the letter i starts at the bottom.

Pause the video now.

Did you select B and C? Those are the correct answers.

The letter i is a small letter, and the letter I does have a dot at the top.

Well done.

In this next part of the lesson, I am going to model to you how we write the letter i on our tramlines.

Can you see that I'm holding my pen in my tripod position? I'm also resting my hand comfortably on the table and I've angled my paper slightly so that I'm comfortable.

I'm also making sure I'm sitting comfortably with my feet on the floor and my back against the chair.

To start with an i, we start on the X-height line, the dotted line.

We place our pen down there and we go all the way down to the green line, the baseline and flick.

We then take our pen off the paper and go to place a dot at the top.

Let's do that again.

Starting on the X-height line, we go down to the baseline and flick and a dot at the top.

I'm going to do one more for you, starting on the X-height line down to the baseline and a dot at the top.

Let's do a check for understanding which is the correct formation of the lowercase letter i.

Is it the image with A, the image with B, or the image with C? Pause the video now.

That's right, the correct image was the last image above the letter C.

Can you see that i starts on the X-height line, it comes down to the baseline, it has a flick and there is a dot at the top.

That's how we know that is the correct formation of the letter i.

Well done.

Moving on to our next task.

In this task we're going to be practising forming the lowercase letter i.

There are three parts to this task.

The first part of the task, I would like you to go over the grey examples on the first set of tram lines, remembering to use your tripod grip, start on the X-height line, come down to the baseline of flick and remembering to take your pencil off to do the dot at the top.

Once you've done the grey examples, you'll move on to the next part of the task where you will be using the starting dots to form your letter i's.

Can you see those starting dots on the X-height line, the dotted line, that's where you'll start your pencil and you'll go down to the baseline and flick, and add a dot to form the letter I.

The last part of the task, I would like you to complete two lines independently on your tram lines forming the letter i.

Have fun everybody.

Pause the video now.

Did you have fun forming your first letter, your letter i? I wonder.

Did you start on the X-height line? Did you add a flick at the bottom? I wonder if you remember to add a dot at the top.

What I would like you to do now is take a look at all the i's that you have written down and I would like you to choose your best, circle it and celebrate.

Maybe you want to give yourself a pat on the back.

Maybe you want to give yourself a little clap, but you should be so proud of yourselves.

Well done.

We're moving on to the next part of our lesson where we will be learning how to form the letter l in print.

Can you see our new letter on the screen? This is the letter l.

I would like you to take your hand up and look really closely.

Again, I wonder what can you see and what do you notice about this letter? Then I would like you to speak to the people around you and this people at home, what do you notice and what can you see with this letter? Pause the video now.

Some more great discussions there everybody.

I wonder, did you notice that this letter is a tall letter? I wonder, did you notice that it has a flick at the bottom? Should we do this one together? Let's get our fingers up in the air.

Now we notice this is a tall letter so we're gonna start a little bit higher up.

We're gonna come all the way down and flick.

Wow! Should we do that again? Let's start at the top.

We go all the way down and flick.

Let's find out some more about this letter.

The letter l is a tall letter.

The letter l goes down and finishes with a flick.

Part of the letter l goes above the X-height line.

Can you see that where the blue boxes, that's the X-height line.

And do you see part of the letter l goes above the X-height line? Ascender, that's one of our key words, isn't it? Ascender refers to the part of the letter that goes above the X-height line.

Can you see that on the image where the X-height line is and part of the l goes above it? It's almost like it's reaching up above the X-height line.

The letter l is an example of a letter with an ascender, so with a part of the letter that reaches up higher than the X height line.

Let's check for understanding which letter has an ascender.

You can see three images there of three different letters.

What I would like you to do is speak to the people around you and then point to the letter that you think has an ascender.

Pause the video now.

Were you pointing to the first letter, the letter l? If you were, that is correct, because the letter l has a part of the letter which is reaching up above the X-height line.

The other two letters did not have a part of the letter reaching above the X-height line.

Well done.

Now we're going to write the letter l.

I'm going to model for you how I form the letter l using my pen and my tramlines.

First of all, I'm sitting comfortably feet flat on the floor, back against the back of the chair, and I'm holding my pen in the tripod grip.

You'll probably use a pencil.

What we do to begin with is we start our pen, place it down on the ascender line because the letter l is a tall letter.

So we start on the ascender line and we come all the way down to the baseline, and when we reach the baseline we flick.

Fabulous.

Let's do that again.

So we start on the ascender line and we come all the way down to the baseline, not taking my pen off the paper and we flick.

Let's try that one more time.

Starting on the ascender line, we go down not lifting my pen, touch the baseline and flick.

That is how we form the letter l.

<v ->Let's check for understanding.

</v> Select the correct formation of l.

There are three images of the letter l.

I would like you to speak with the people around you and then point to the letter that you feel is formed correctly.

Pause the video now.

Well done everybody.

Was that a little bit tricky? Did you point to the middle image? Did you notice that that l started on the ascender line, the top line, came all the way down to the baseline finishes with a flick.

That's why we know that is the correct formation of the letter l.

Well done.

Now moving on to our task.

We are gonna be practising how to form the lowercase letter.

I remember these tasks have three parts to them.

The first part, you're going to be going over the grey examples of the letter l.

Remembering to sit comfortably, feet flat on the floor using your tripod grip and you're going to start on the ascender line, the top line, and go all the way down to the baseline and flick following those grey examples.

The next part of your task you'll be using the starting dot, which this time is on the ascender line, placing your pencil on the starting dot, going all the way down to the baseline and flick.

Once you've done that, I would like you to complete two lines independently on your tram lines of the letter l.

Have fun everybody.

Pause the video now.

Excellent work.

I wonder when you were forming your letter l's, did you remember to start on the ascender line, the top line, and go down to the baseline? Did you remember to add a flick? And I wonder when looking at your letter l's, are they all the same size? I would like you to have a good look at all of your l's and then circle your best formation of the letter l.

And then I'd like you to celebrate.

Maybe you want to give yourself a pat on the back, a little clap or maybe you even want to say, well done to the person next to you.

Great work everybody.

We're now moving on to the last part of our lesson where we will be learning how to form the letter t in print.

Can you see it? The letter t has appeared on our screen.

Can I ask you to take your hands up again and look really closely at this letter? I wonder what do you see and what do you notice this time? Let's just have a think in our heads about what you can see.

If you want to speak to the people around you, you can.

Maybe you just want to have a good think in your mind about what you can see.

Pause the video now.

Good thinking everybody.

I wonder, did you notice that this letter has an ascender? It has a part reaching up above the X-height line.

I wonder if you notice that it's a small letter.

Did you notice that it has a flick at the bottom? And also did you notice that it has a cross on the X-height line? Well done everybody.

Let's find out more about this letter.

The letter t is a small letter.

The letter t goes down and finishes with a flick.

The letter t has a cross on the X height line.

The letter t has an ascender, a part reaching up above the X-height line.

Shall we try forming this letter together? Let's do my turn, your turn.

Let's start with my finger.

I'm gonna start at the top, I'm going to go all the way down, and flick, and I'm gonna go back up, and across where the X-height line is.

Your turn.

Get your finger ready.

Let's go all the way down and flick pencil off back to the top and cross.

Well done everybody.

My turn again.

I'm gonna do it with my elbow this time.

I'm gonna start at the top.

I'm gonna go all the way down and flick, elbow off and cross at the top.

Great.

Now it's your turn with your elbow.

Let's start at the top.

We go all the way down and flick, and off, and then our cross at the top where the X-height line would be.

Wow! Well done everybody.

The three letters that we've learned today, i, l and t.

The letters i, l and t are formed in similar ways.

Did you notice that? They all start at the top and they all finish with a flick? Letters that are formed in similar ways are in the same letter family.

Let's check for understanding.

How are letters grouped to form letter families? Is it A, letters that are next to each other in the alphabet? Is it B, letters that are formed in similar ways.

Or is it C, letters that make a word together? Pause the video now.

That's right everybody, it's B.

Letters that are formed in similar ways are grouped in letter families.

Well done.

Now we're going to practise writing the letter t.

So first of all, make sure you're comfortable, sitting with your feet flat on the floor, your back up against the back of the chair, and your stomach touching your table gently.

Holding your pencil in your tripod grip and resting your hand onto the flat surface that you're writing on.

For the letter t, we're gonna start just above the X-height line, so the dotted line.

And we're gonna come down right the way down to our baseline and flick just like our l.

Then we're gonna go back up, lifting our pen off the paper, back up onto the X-height line to draw a line across to cause the cross.

And again, just above the X-height line, coming down, keeping my pen on the paper, a flick at the baseline, pen off, back on to the - height line and a cross.

Let's do one more.

Starting just above the x-height line, coming down to the baseline and flick pen off.

Back onto the X height line and a cross.

That's how we form the letter t.

Let's check for understanding.

Select the correct formation of t.

There are three images of the letter t below.

What I would like you to do is to speak to the people around you in your classroom or at home, and decide which of these do you think is the correct formation of the letter t.

Pause the video now.

Well done everybody.

Did you choose the last t? If you did, that is correct.

Can you see that it starts just above the X-height line, comes down to the baseline with a flick and then there is a cross on the X-height line.

That is the correct formation of the letter t.

The other two t's are not formed this way, so they are incorrect.

Great work.

We're now moving on to our task to practise forming the lowercase letter t.

The first part of the task, you're going to use your, pencil holding it with your tripod grip while you're sitting comfortably, to go over the grey examples of the letter t.

The next part of the task you will be using the starting dot.

Can you see the starting dot here is just above the X-height line.

So you'll place your pencil there and go all the way down to the baseline and flick, and then add the cross on the X-height line.

The final part of the task, I would like you to complete two lines independently using your tram lines, forming the letter t.

Enjoy everybody.

Pause the video now.

Well done everybody.

You have done so well.

When you were forming your letters t, did you remember to end with a flick? I wonder, did you remember to take your pencil off the page to make the cross on the X-height line? What I would like you to do now is look at all the t's that you formed and circle the one that you think is best and celebrate.

Perhaps you'd like to tell the people around you how well they've done or give yourself a pat on the back.

You should be so proud of yourselves.

Well done.

In today's lesson, we have been learning how to form the letters i, l and t.

Letters i, l and t are in a letter family.

They all go down and finish with a flick.

The letters i and t are small letters and l is a tall letter.

The letters l and t have ascenders, parts of the letter that are reaching up above the X-height line.

That brings us to the end of our lesson today.

You have all done so well and I have really enjoyed my time with you.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Bye.