Hello, everybody.

My name is Ms. Avsal and I am really delighted to be with you today.

That's because we're going to be doing some handwriting and that's one of my favourite things to do.

So, I hope you're ready.

Hope you're feeling good.

I hope you've got some paper, a pencil, a great deal of enthusiasm, because we are gonna have a great time together.

Let's get into it.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can form the pre-cursive letters i, l, and t.

Let's get into it.

There are a number of key keywords for us to look out for, listen out for, and think carefully about in today's lesson.

Let's go through each of them.

My turn, your turn.

Are you ready? Pre-cursive.

Lead in.

Lead out Baseline.

Ascender.

Those are our keywords.

Let's make sure we're super curious about them and we're gonna find out lots more about these words in our lesson.

Today's lesson has four sections to it.

First of all, we're going to begin with our handwriting warmup.

Next, we're gonna look at forming the pre-cursive letter i, next forming the pre-cursive letter l, and then, we'll finish with forming the pre-cursive letter t.

Let's have a good at those warmups.

And remember that before we start try, it's really important that we warm up our hands and our wrist muscles to get them all set.

We are gonna get stronger when we exercise and we work out those parts of our body.

And warming up your hands before writing will help to improve your handwriting and this is great, especially since we are moving into our pre-cursive letters.

Let's have a go at the finger touch warmup.

I'll go first of all and then it will be your turn.

I'm going to imagine I've got a little bit of Play-Doh here on my thumb and I'm just gonna touch that Play-Doh with each of my fingers.

So, this is the finger touch warmup and I can go backwards.

You can go back in the other direction, forward and backwards.

I'm gonna take my other hand.

Imagine I've got a little bit of Play-Doh there and I'm gonna just touch the piece of Play-Doh with each of my fingers going the other way.

So, it can just go back and forth in each direction.

Wonderful.

Now, it's your turn.

Are you ready? Take whichever hand you want to begin with and imagine a little bit of Play-Doh there.

And you're just gonna touch the Play-Doh with each of your fingers.

Each of your fingers is stretching out, reaching down and touching that Play-Doh and you can go in the other direction.

Try with your next, your other hand.

There's your little bit of Play-Doh.

So, you're gonna touch it with each of your fingers.

You can go back in the other direction.

Fantastic.

Should we do some really fun both hands at the same time? There's your bit of Play-Doh.

Let's go.

So we're gonna touch the bit of Play-Doh.

We're gonna go back the other way.

And we're gonna speed it up.

Do you wanna try that? Speeding it up a little bit in one direction.

The other direction.

What fun.

Next, we're going to have a go at the wiper wrists warmup.

This is really gonna help our wrists and is gonna be good for our imagination 'cause we are going to imagine that we are in some kind of vehicle.

So, we could be in a car, or a bus, or a van, or whatever you like, something that has windows.

And we're imagining that it's raining really hard and we don't want that rain to get in the way of us seeing clearly through the windows.

So we are going to be wiping the windows with these wipers windscreen wipers.

Who knew that our hands could be really effective windscreen wipers.

So, let's just do this.

Let's keep wiping away that rain and now it's your turn.

Are you ready? Get your hands up, your windscreen wipers, and let's go.

Oh my goodness, it's raining so hard.

We really need to get this rain off of our screen so we can see clearly and so that we can get to school, or the park, or the library, or wherever is our favourite place to go.

Well done.

Great job.

Practising writing patterns helps to prepare us for writing letters.

We can do patterns that go up and down like this.

We can do zigzags.

We can do loops.

There are so many fantastic patterns that we can explore and experiment with.

Check for understanding, true or false.

Practising writing patterns helps to prepare us for writing letters.

Pause the video while you decide.

You are right, it does help us.

It absolutely helps us to get ready for our letters.

For your task, I'd like you to copy and continue the pattern using your tripod grip.

Make sure that some of your lines are going up high and some of them is shorter.

And keep your pencil on the page the whole time while you are forming the pattern.

Enjoy.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with copying and continuing the pattern using your tripod grip.

Did you hold your pencil in the tripod grip the whole time? Did you keep your pencil on the page? Did you enjoy this lovely flowing pattern? For the next part of our lesson, we are going to look at forming the pre-cursive letter i.

This is really exciting,, moving into pre-cursive.

Print and cursive are the most common forms of handwriting.

Print is when each letter is formed separately.

So as you can see here in the word cat, the c, the a, and the t are each formed separately.

They're right next to each other, but they are not joined to each other in any way.

Cursive is also known as joined up handwriting and this involves joining the letters in a flowing manner.

So now if we look at this word cat, each of those letters is joined to the letter before and to the letter after.

This is cursive handwriting.

Now, there is something that comes in between, print and cursive.

This is called pre-cursive.

So pre-cursive formation supports the transition from print to handwriting.

So, that's what pre-cursive means.

Pre means before.

So it's before cursive.

Before we get to cursive, we're gonna have a go at pre-cursive.

Have a look at this l and this u.

Can you see that they each have a little bit of a line going into the letter and they have a line coming out at the end.

These what make letters pre-cursive.

So as we practise pre-cursive letter formation, you will learn the following.

Cursive letter formations have a lead in and they have a lead out.

Cursive letter joins how the letters connect together and we're going to practise cursive skills.

So we're gonna be practising having this smooth flowing movement as we form our letters.

Let's take a look.

Let's go on a journey.

Let's go on this journey from print to cursive.

Let's start all the way here on the left with the l.

Look at this lovely print l, It's just a long line down, and then just coming out to the side.

So this is, this l is in print.

It's the print formation of the lowercase letter l and it doesn't have a lead in and it doesn't have a lead out.

It's just got that tiny little line at the bottom.

Okay, let's carry on our journey.

Next stop, pre-cursive.

Here is the pre-cursive l in the middle.

Now, this one has got, can you see at the beginning there is a lead in, there's a little line leading into the out and at the end there's a little bit of a longer line at the end.

That's the lead out.

So, the lead out is gonna help us to connect to the next letter.

Okay, last stop on our journey is cursive formation.

Have a look on your right at the word leg and let's look at that l, Now, can we see in this l here, we've got lead in.

We've got a lead l and it's joining to the next letter.

It's joining to the e and the e is joining to the g.

So these are, so this is how we move from print through to cursive.

And in the middle is pre-cursive and that's what we are really focusing on in our lesson today.

Check for understanding.

Select the true statements.

Print is the only form of handwriting.

Practising pre-cursive formations of the letters supports the transition to cursive handwriting.

Print and cursive handwriting are the same.

Cursive handwriting is also known as joined up.

Pause the video while you select the true statements.

Well done if you selected b and d.

Practise in pre-cursive formations of letters supports the transition to cursive handwriting.

Remember, pre-cursive means before cursive and cursive handwriting is also known as joined up.

Okay, what do we see here? Can you have a look at the centre of your screen and do you see this pre-cursive letter i? Let's sit closely at it.

What can you see? What can you notice? Tell the person next to you everything you notice about the pre-cursive letter i.

Pause the video here.

Aha.

Oh my goodness.

So much to see, so much to notice.

All right, let's get started over on the left.

Can you see the lead in to the letter i? Can you see the lead out? Also, we know that it's an x-height letter and it has that lovely at the top.

Well done if you noticed all of these things.

Let's find out more.

This is the pre-cursive formation of the letter i.

Let's remember, let's repeat that word.

Ready? Pre-cursive, your turn.

Fantastic.

It has a lead in and it has a lead out on the baseline, sitting on the baseline.

Letter i is an x-height letter.

It goes up as high as the x-height line.

Letter i has a lovely dot at the top.

Always enjoy making that dot.

Check for understanding.

Select the true statements.

The pre-cursive letter i has a lead in and a lead out.

The pre-cursive letter i is a tall letter.

The pre-cursive letter i has a dot at the top.

The pre-cursive letter i starts at the x-height line.

Which of these are true? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected a and c.

Yes, the pre-cursive letter i has got a lead in and it has got a lead out and it has got a dot at the top.

Well done.

There are a few things that are helpful to remember in terms of pre-cursive letters.

So, one is that you always start at the baseline when forming a pre-cursive letter.

Every single time, it's the baseline for us.

Before starting to practise your pre-cursive letters, it can be helpful to say ready, line, go.

Just to remind us that we have to start there on that line on the baseline.

So just getting us ready, getting us in gear.

Ready, line, go.

This will remind us always to start on the baseline.

So, I'm going to have go at forming the lowercase letter i, the pre-cursive lowercase letter i in the air.

I'm gonna have to go using my finger.

Then it will be your turn.

Are you ready? First of all, just to watch, just to have a look.

All right, so I'm gonna start on the baseline.

So, I'm gonna say to myself, ready, line, go and do my lead in.

Go up to the ex-height line, back down to the baseline, and lead out.

Take my pencil off the page and dot at the top.

Lemme show you one more time.

So, I'm gonna say ready line, go.

Lead in, ex-height line, back down to the baseline for a lead out.

Pencil off dot at the top.

There we go.

Look at that lovely, those two lovely pre-cursive letter i's.

And now, it's your turn.

Get your finger ready in position.

What do we need to say? Remember ready, line, go.

Lead in up to the x-height line, back down to the baseline, lead out, pencil off, and a dot.

Let's do another.

This just feeling so good.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in up to the x-height line, back down to the baseline, lead out, pencil off, dot.

Those look fantastic.

I love your pre-cursive lowercase letter i's.

I'm going to show you how to form the pre-cursive letter i.

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

I'm going to say to myself, ready, line, go to remind me to start at the baseline, and then I'm gonna form my lead in.

Go up to the x-height line.

I'm gonna come down to the baseline for my lead out.

Take my pen off the page and dot the i.

Let's try that again.

I'll say ready, line, go lead in up to the x-height line, down to the baseline, lead out, and dot the i.

And I'll do one more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, up to the x-height line, down to the baseline, lead out, dot the I.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter i? Choose a, b, or c.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected b.

That one in the middle that is sitting correctly in between the x-height line and the baseline and it has crucially a lead in and a lead out.

And of course, the lovely dot.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the pre-cursive letter i.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Don't forget lead ins.

Don't forget lead outs.

Don't forget the dot.

Don't forget to have fun.

Pause the video.

Okay, we are back.

How did you get on with forming the pre-cursive letter i? So many things to remember.

Did you start on the baseline? Did you remember your lead in, your lead out? Did you add the dot at the top? Did you say to yourself, ready, line, go to remind you to start on the baseline.

Circle your best one and celebrate.

Yes, great job everybody.

For the next part of our lesson, we'll be forming the pre-cursive letter l.

Here it is.

Here's the l, the pre-cursive lowercase letter l, Take a close look.

What can you see? What do you notice? Tell someone nearby.

Pause the video.

Okay, here are a few really interesting things to notice.

Did you notice the lead in? Did you notice the lead out? Did you notice that this letter has an ascender? It goes all the way up to the ascender line.

Well done if you notice these things.

Let's find out some more.

This is the pre-cursive formation of the letter l.

The pre-cursive letter l starts on the baseline.

It has a lead in, and then it has a lead out.

Letter l is a tall letter, is reaching all the way up to the ascender line.

And that part of the letter that goes above the x-height line is the ascender.

So, ascender refers that part of the letter that goes above the x-height line.

And letter l is an example of a letter with an ascender.

Check for understanding.

Select the letters which have ascenders.

Pause the video while you think about this.

Well done if you selected the l and the t.

The l has got an ascender that reaches all the way up to the ascender line, and the t also has an ascender.

Unusually, the t doesn't reach all the way to the ascender line, but it does go above the x-height line, so it has an ascender.

It's that fun time to begin to form the letters in the air.

So, I'm gonna go first.

I'm going to form the lowercase letter l, the pre-cursive version of this in the air.

I'm gonna be using my fist.

And then afterwards, it will be your turn.

So, can you remember what we say to begin? So, I'm gonna say to myself, ready, line, go.

Gonna do my lead in all the way up to the ascender line.

I'm gonna come back down to the baseline with the lead out.

Have a look at that.

That looks and that feels great.

Another one, ready? Ready, line, go.

From the baseline, lead in, up to the ascender line, down to the baseline, lead out.

Okay, over to you.

Get your fist in position.

Are you ready for the pre-cursive letter l? Let's go.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in all the way up to the ascender line, down to the baseline, lead out.

Let's do another one.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in up to the ascender line, back down to the baseline, lead out.

Let's just do one more.

One more for luck.

One more for fun.

Let's go.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, ascender line, back down to the baseline, lead out.

Wow, I am loving these l's.

I'm going to show you how to form the pre-cursive letter l.

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

I'm going to say to myself, ready line, go.

Put my pen on the baseline, lead in, and then go all the way up to the ascender line.

Then, I'm gonna come all the way back down to the baseline and lead out.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in at the baseline, all the way up to the ascender line, coming back down to the baseline, and lead out.

One more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, up to the ascender line, all the way back down to the baseline, and lead out.

There's my pre-cursive letter l.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter l, Pause video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the pre-cursive letter l that is above the a.

This one has a lead in, it has a lead out, and it's going all the way up to the ascender line.

It's perfect.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the pre-cursive letter l.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy every single letter l.

Pause the video here.

How did it go? How did you get on with forming the pre-cursive letter l? A few things to remember here.

Did you remember your ready, line, go, to remind you to start on the baseline? Did you go all the way up to the ascender line? Did you add the lead in and the lead out? Did you enjoy every single letter l? Which is your best one? Circle it.

Celebrate, you deserve a celebration.

For the next part of our lesson, we will be forming the pre-cursive letter t.

Here it is.

Here's the t.

The t is here.

The t has arrived.

Let's look closely at it.

Hmm, what can you see? Take a look from every angle.

What do you notice? What do you see? Tell someone next to you.

Pause the video here.

Woo, so many things.

So many things to notice.

Did you notice that lead in? Did you notice the lead out? Did you notice there's a cross at the x-height line and that this letter has an ascender that goes above the x-height line? Well done if you spotted all of these things.

Let's find out a little more about this curious pre-cursive letter t.

So, this is the pre-cursive formation of the letter t.

It starts on a baseline, has a lead in, and it has a lead out.

The letter t has a cross at the x-height line.

And letter t has an ascender that reaches above the x-height line.

There it is.

There's the ascender.

It's that fun time to form the letters in the air.

I'm going to form the pre-cursive letter t in the air.

I'm gonna use my finger.

After that, it's going to be your turn.

I'm gonna say to myself to remind myself to start on a baseline, I wanna say ready, line, go.

There's my lead in.

I am going up above the x-height line just a little bit above, not all the way to the ascender line.

I'm going back down to the baseline and I'm remembering my lead out.

Take my pencil off the page and at the x-height line, I draw a line across.

Hmm, look at that t, it's looking good.

I'm gonna do one more.

I'm gonna say to myself ready, line, go.

Lead in just above the x-height line, and then down to the baseline.

Lead out, pencil off, cross at the x-height line.

Okay, it's your turn.

Get your finger in position down here around the baseline.

Let's go.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, up above the x-height line, down to the baseline, lead out, pencil off, cross at the x-height line.

Should we do one more? Let's go.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, above the x-height line, down to the baseline, lead out, pencil off, cross at the x-height line.

Look at those t's.

You've got it down to a t.

They look fabulous.

I'm going to show you how to form the pre-cursive letter t.

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

I'm going to say to myself ready, line, go.

And I'll start at the baseline and draw a line up to just above the x-height line.

I'll come back down to the baseline, lead out, take my pen off, and do a cross at the ex-height line.

Let's try that again.

I'll say start here, ready, line, go.

Lead in, up to just above the ex-height line, back down, lead out, pencil off, add a cross.

One more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in just above the ex-height line, come back down, lead out, pencil off, add a cross.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter t.

Hmm, look at these three t's, which is the right one? Pause the video while you decide Yes, you've got it.

It's the one in the middle.

That one is sitting in the correct position between the baseline and above the x-height line.

And it has the cross at the top and it has the lead in and the lead out.

Well done if you selected this one.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the pre-cursive letter t.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy every single letter t.

Pause the video.

How did it go? How are the t's? How did you get on with forming your pre-cursive letter t's? Did you remember ready, line, go to help you remember to start on the baseline for your lead in? Did you go to just above the x-height line? Did you take your pencil, and then back down for the lead out? Did you take your pencil off the page to make that cross at the x-height line? Did you enjoy every single one? Have a look at closely, which is your best one.

Circle it and celebrate.

Great job.

In our lesson, Pre-cursive formation of i, l, and t, we have covered the following.

Pre-cursive letters all start on the baseline with a lead in.

We can say ready, line, go to remind us to start on the baseline.

The letters i, l, and t all have a lead in and a lead out.

Letters i, l, and t are all form by going up and back down.

Pre-cursive letter formation supports the transition from print to cursive handwriting.

Well done, everyone, for your really hard work today.

I love the how you joined in, you formed these letters, and you really went for it.

So, I am already looking forward to the next lesson with you.

See you then.