Hello everyone.

This is Miss Absal 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.

<v ->The outcome for today's lesson</v> is I can write common exception words using cursive handwriting.

Here are our keywords for today's lesson.

Let's go through them one at a time.

My turn.

Your turn.

Common exception words, lead in, lead out, join, letter string.

Fantastic.

I heard this loud and clear.

Let's make sure we're on a lookout for those words.

Let's listen out for them.

Let's think about them.

Let's be curious and excited about them.

So let's find out what's happening in our lesson today.

Well, there's three parts to our lesson reviewing common exception words Using lead-ins, we will begin with the common exception words.

No and go.

Next, the common exception words, he and she.

And finally, the common exception words, the and was.

Let's begin with the common exception words: No and go.

And some handwriting warmups.

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

Your hands and wrist get stronger when you exercise them.

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

Let's get into it.

<v ->Let's have a go at the finger tap warmup.

</v> 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.

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

Mm, really nice.

And now it's your turn.

Get your hands ready, place 'em 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.

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 are saying bye just for now or we can be saying, hello, hello.

Well done.

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

They do their own thing.

They often appear frequently in written text and require memorization but we need to remember these words and how they're spelled.

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

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

It's gonna look good, it's gonna feel good.

It's gonna be probably a little bit speedier.

So there's really a lot of reasons why we should put some time and effort into learning our letter joins.

Check for understanding.

Which of these do you think are common exception words said the dog hill? Pause video while you decide which of these are common exception words.

Well done if you selected, said.

Well done if you selected the.

These are the two common exception words from this list.

Said and the are common exception words as they do not follow the usual spelling or phonic rules.

And now can you remember the four joins? Here they come, the first join, the second join, the third join and the fourth join.

Don't they look good? Let's remind ourselves how these joins go.

Let's begin with the first join.

The first join is from the baseline to the x-height line, and we can see that clearly shown with the purple arrow.

Baseline to the x-height line.

Next up, the second join.

Here it comes.

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

And again, that purple arrow shows us exactly where that join goes from the baseline up towards the ascender line.

And next it's the third join.

Here it comes.

The third join is from the x-height line to the x-height line.

So it goes across, it just dips down below the x-height line it comes back up.

And finally the fourth join.

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

And we can see that very clearly shown there with the purple arrow joining from the x-height line up towards the ascender line.

Here are our four fantastic joins.

And now let's look closely at some common exception words.

Incursive.

Here they are.

Here's the no, here's the go.

Take a look at them.

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

Pause the video here.

And we have some of our key words here.

So did you spot with the no? It begins with a lead in and the lead in is a line or a stroke that smoothly leads us into a letter.

Then we can see from the O there is a lead out.

And lead out is the stroke on the line that smoothly leads us out of the letter and it'll help us to join to the next letter.

And let's have a look at the G.

Let's have a look at the go.

So the G also has a lead in, it's got that stroke or line guiding us into letter.

It's got a looped descender.

You see that down at the bottom.

And the looped descender is actually what helps us to lead outta the G and into the O.

And we can see that O also has a lead out guiding us smoothly out of that letter, hope you spotted these things.

Let's find out more about these common exception words.

The word no is a common exception word.

So it doesn't follow the normal spelling or phonic rules.

The letter N has a lead in.

Letter O has a lead out.

The N connects to the O using the first join.

And remember, join is how we connect, join connect link letters together.

And here's the go, the word go is a common exception word.

The letter G has a lead in the letter O has a lead out letter G connects to the O using the lead out loop and the first join, it's going from the baseline to the x-height line.

Okay, and now it is time to have some fun.

We are gonna be forming these common exception words.

No, and go in the air.

I'm gonna go first using my finger to form these words in the air, afterwards it'll be your turn.

I'm gonna begin with the no.

So I'm gonna begin.

I'm gonna say to myself, "Ready line, go." I'm gonna put my finger at the imaginary baseline and I'm gonna start with a lead in.

And I'm gonna form my word no.

I'm gonna remember how I joined my N and my O together.

And then I'm gonna finish my O with a lead out at the x-height line.

Fantastic.

Now it's your turn.

Are you ready to form the word No? We're gonna start at the baseline.

Ready line, go.

Let's begin with our lead in.

We're gonna form our letter N and then we're going to join.

Remember first join, we're going from the baseline up to the x-height line.

We're gonna form our letter O.

So nice one to form and then we'll finish with the lead out at the x-height line.

Very nice job, everybody.

Do you wanna try it one more time? Let's do one more.

Okay.

Ready line.

Go lead in.

Here's the N.

We're gonna join it to the O and we're gonna finish with a lead out.

Fantastic job.

Next.

It's time for go.

It's time to go.

It's time to go, go, go.

I'm gonna go first of all, ready line, go.

I'm gonna start at the baseline lead in I'm gonna form my letter G.

This has got that lovely loop descender.

Go all the way down to the descender line leading me into the letter O.

Gonna form my O and finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

It's your turn to join in.

Let's begin at the baseline, ready line go.

Lead in form the letter G.

Remember that looped descender.

It takes us into the letter O.

Form the O finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

Great job everyone.

Go, go, go.

I'm going to show you how to form the common exception words.

Know and go.

I'm sitting comfortably and I'm holding my pen in the tripod grip, I'm gonna say to myself, "Ready line, go." And I'll use my lead in to form the first letter, which is the N.

And then I'm gonna form.

And then I'm going to join my letters together.

We'll go from the N to the O, and then I'm gonna finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

I'll show you one more time.

I'm gonna say to myself, "Ready line, go," start at the baseline with my lead in to the N or form my N, join to the O form my letter O and I'll finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

Now I'm going to have a go at forming.

Go.

I am going to begin at the baseline.

I'm gonna start here.

Ready line, go.

Start with my lead in to the G gonna form my letter G.

And I go down to the descender line and I've got a lead out loop that takes me up to the O form a letter O and finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

I'll show you that one more time.

Ready line, go, start my lead in at the baseline form a letter G, and then go down to the descender line.

Got that lead out loop that takes me up to forming the O.

And I'll finish with the lead out at the x-height line.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join sequence.

Which of these nos is the correct one? And which of these nos do we wanna say no to? Let's leave those ones out and let's select the correct one.

Pause the video while you do that.

Well done if you selected the no in the middle, this has got the join going correctly from the baseline up to the x-height line.

And the N has a lead in the O has a lead out.

Select the correct join sequence of the word go pause the video while you decide which one it is.

Well done if you selected the go above the C, this is gonna lead in for the G and lead out for the O and a lovely loop descender for the G.

And for your task now I'd like you to practise forming the common exception word no.

Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot and then complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Next, I'd like to do the same thing for the common exception word go.

Great examples, try using the starting dot and then complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video here.

Enjoy every go.

Enjoy every no.

And I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to see you again.

How did you get on? Did you remember your lead in at the baseline? Did you use the correct join? And did you join with a lead out loop for letter G? I hope so.

Circle your best and celebrate.

And now it's time for us to look at the common exception words.

He and she.

Here they come.

Let's look closely for these common exception words in cursive.

Here's the he, here's the she.

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

Okay, so many things to spot.

Did you spot the lead in to the H in he.

Did you spot the H as in ascender going up to the ascender line.

The E has a lead out.

Let's look at the word she.

The S has a lead in the H has an ascender, and the E has a lead out.

The word he is a common exception word.

Letter H has a lead in, letter E has a lead out.

The H connects to the E using the first join, remember that one? Baseline to the x-height line.

The letter H has an ascender reaching all the way up to the ascender line.

Let's look at the word she.

The word she is a common exception word.

Letter S has a lead in, letter E has a lead out.

The S connects to the H using the second join.

This time our join is going from a baseline up towards the ascender line.

And H connects to the E using the first join baseline to the x-height line.

Letter H has an ascender.

Okay, it's time for more fun, more forming letters, words in the air.

I'm gonna go first for me, he and she and then it'll be your turn.

Okay, here we go with the he I am beginning at the baseline.

Ready, line.

Go.

Here's my lead in.

I'm gonna form my letter H.

I'm gonna join that to the letter E.

And I'm gonna finish with a lead out at the baseline.

So nice and straightforward.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Start the baseline, ready, line, go.

Here's our lead in to the H.

Order up to the ascender line form our letter H, here comes our join baseline to the x-height line form the E finish with the lead out at the baseline.

Wasn't that really nice and lovely to do? And now I'm going to form the word she in the air.

I'm beginning at the baseline.

You'll say, "Ready line, go," with my lead in, form my letter S.

And now I'm joining to the H all the way up to the ascender line, form the H.

Now I'm joining to the E and I'm finishing with a lead out at the baseline.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Ready line, go.

Lead in to the S.

Form my letter S, join to the H, form my letter H, join to the E, form a letter E finish with a lead out job done.

And very well done.

I'm going to show you how to form the common exception words, he and she.

I'm sitting comfortably.

I'm holding my pen in a tripod grip.

I'm gonna say, "Ready, line, go." And I'm going to start at the baseline with my lead in to the letter H.

I'm gonna form my letter H.

And then I'm gonna join to the letter E and I'll finish with a lead out at the baseline.

Let's try that one more time.

Ready line, go.

Lead in.

There's my H and I'm gonna join to the E.

I get to finish with a lead out at the baseline.

There is my word E.

Next I'm gonna have a go at the word she.

Ready line go.

I am going to put my pen in position at the baseline and I'm beginning with my lead in to the letter S.

I'll form my S.

Then I'm gonna lead into the H.

I'm gonna join to the E and I'll finish with a lead out at the baseline.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

From the baseline form a letter S.

Joining to the H.

Joining to the E.

And I'll finish with a lead out at the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct sequence.

Select the correct join sequence.

Which of these he's is the he for you? Pause video while you decide.

Yep.

It's the he over the letter C.

This he has a lead in for the H.

The H is going all the way up to the ascender line and the E has a lead out.

Select the correct joint sequence, which of these she's is formed correctly.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the she in the middle, this has got a lead in to the S.

The H is going all up to the ascender line.

And the E has a lead out at the baseline.

It's looking good.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the common exception word, he.

Go over the grey examples phrase in the starting dot and then complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

I'd like to do the same thing for the common exception word.

She.

Grey examples, starting dot, two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause video here while you have a go at this task, get your best shot and I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to see you again.

How did you get on? Did you remember to start on a baseline with a lead in? Did you use the correct joins to connect letters? Did you keep your pencil on the page when joining? Did you have a lot of fun? I really hope so.

Circle your best and celebrate.

Okay, it's time for the final part of our lesson.

The common exception words, the and was.

Here they are.

Look at these common exception words.

These are very, very common exception words because they come up so frequently in our writing and in our reading.

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

Okay.

Did you spot the T in the word the has a lead in.

The E, in the word at the has a lead out.

And the word was it's the same, the first letter the W has a lead in the final letter S has a lead out and there's an appropriate space between the letters when writing a word.

We don't want 'em all bunched up together and we don't want 'em to have really big gaps.

Wanna keep it somewhere in the middle.

The, the word the is a common exception word.

The letter T has a lead in.

The letter E has a lead out.

The T connects to the H using the second join baseline up to the ascender line.

The H connects to the E using the first one baseline to the x-height line.

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

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

And here's the was.

The word was is a common exception word.

Letter W has a lead in, letter S has a lead out.

The W connects to the A using the third join.

So we're going just across from the x-height line to the x-height line.

The A connects to the S using the first join baseline to the x-height line.

Okay, I am gonna have a go at forming these common exception words in the air.

And afterwards it will be your turn.

Here I go.

Gonna start at the baseline and say, "Ready line, go." And then I'm gonna begin with T.

Remember how high the T goes? I'm gonna join it to my H.

Form the H, I'm gonna join to the E and I'm gonna finish with a lead out.

And then I'm gonna go back and I'm gonna cross the letter T once I've completed my letter string.

It's your turn.

Are you ready for the? Ready line, go, lead in, form your T, join to the H.

Form the H, join to the E, form the E, finish with the lead out, pencil off cross the T.

Oh yeah, looking good.

And now it's time for me to form, the word was.

Ready, line go.

I begin with my lead in to the W.

I form my W.

I'm joining the join to the A.

I like that join.

A and I'm joining to the S.

And then I get to finish with a lead out at the baseline.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Ready line, go.

Start at the baseline with your lead in to the W.

Form the W.

Join today, form the A.

Join to the S form the S finish with the lead out.

Oh yes, the was.

I'm going to show you how to form the common exception words the and was.

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'm gonna start with a lead in to form my first letter, which is the T.

And then I'm gonna join to the H.

And then I'm going to join to the E.

Finish there with the lead out.

And then I'm going to go back and draw a line across the T.

Let's try that again.

Lead in to my T, join to the H, join to the E, finish with the lead out and cross the T.

Now I'm going to show you how to form the word was.

I am beginning at the baseline and I'm gonna say, "Ready line go." And I'm gonna lead into my W.

I'm going to join to my A.

I'm gonna join to the S and finish with a lead out at the baseline.

Let's try that one more time.

Ready line.

Go.

Lead into my W.

Join to my A.

Join to my S.

Finish with the lead out.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join sequence.

Which of these thes is formed correctly.

Pause video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the the in the middle, we've got a lead in for the T.

The T is reaching up to the correct height.

H is at the correct height.

The E has a lead out, it's really looking pretty good.

Next, I'd like you to select the correct join sequence for the word was, pause the video while you decide which one it is.

Well done if you selected the was above the C, we've got the lead in to the W.

We've got the joins correctly formed and we've got a nice amount of space in between those letters and the S as a lead out.

And now it's time for your final task.

I'd like you to practise forming the common exception word, the.

Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot and then complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

After that, I'd like you to practise forming the common exception word was.

Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot and then complete two lines, flowingly with focus, with great care and independently and having fun on your tramlines.

Pause video while you do this and I'll see you when you're finished.

Okay.

It's great to be back with you.

And I am curious, how did you get on? Did you remember the 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? I hope you had a lot of fun while doing this task.

Circle your best and celebrate.

In our lesson today reviewing common exception words using lead in, we've covered the following.

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's an appropriate space between the letters joined in cursive and you don't lift your pencil until the letter string is complete.

Well done everybody for joining in with these common exception words.

These are such common words, they're gonna be coming up again and again and again.

And the fact that you've been practising these words means it's really gonna help you out when you're doing your cursive handwriting.

I hope you enjoyed the lesson and I'm really looking forward to seeing you next time.

Bye for now.