Hi everybody.

My name is Joe Mistry and I'm so pleased to be with you today.

In today's lesson, we are going to be practising our cursive writing by reviewing proper nouns with no lead-ins.

That means you're gonna get the opportunity to write more words in your cursive handwriting.

And this comes from our unit review no lead-ins.

Really looking forward to our lesson today and I hope you are too.

Shall we get started? The outcome of today's lesson is I can correctly use capital letters and cursive handwriting when writing proper nouns.

There are a few key words in our lesson today that I want you to be looking out for, listening for, seeing if you can spot them.

Should we do my turn, your turn? Let's try.

The first one, capital letter.

Proper noun.

Join.

Lead out.

Starting point.

Well done everybody.

Let's see if we can listen and look for those key words in our lesson.

There's going to be three parts to our lesson today.

The first part, we're gonna be looking at some proper nouns that are names.

We're gonna be looking at the names Jacob and Sam, and what they look like in cursive handwriting.

The second part of our lesson, we're gonna be looking at places.

We've got two city names, Leeds and Glasgow.

We're gonna be looking at how we write those words in cursive handwriting.

And finally, we've got two more proper nouns.

Monday and Tuesday, which are the names of days of the week.

Really looking forward to getting started with you.

Let's start with proper nouns, Jacob and Sam.

Now before we start writing, it is important to warm up our hands and our wrist muscles, isn't it? Your hands and wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

Just like any other muscle in your body.

The more you exercise it, the stronger you will get.

Warming up your hands before writing will help to improve your right handwriting.

Well, we better do some warming up then.

Okay, so let's get started with our warming up.

We're gonna start with our hand squeeze exercises.

So first of all, let's take one hand.

I'll do it, then you'll do it.

Okay, so we're gonna squeeze our hands.

We'll just take one hand.

It doesn't matter which hand you use first.

We're just squeezing it tight, waking up those hands.

All my hands need woken up this morning and the other hand.

And there we go.

Squeezing them, squeezing them tight and then let now I can really feel my hand stretching today.

Okay, your turn.

Will you join with me? Take one hand, doesn't matter which one.

And we're squeezing, stretch those fingers.

Almost feels like you're actually getting your fingers to grow this.

They stretch out so far.

And the other hand.

Very good.

So we've stretched our fingers and our hand, but what about our wrists? We're gonna do some wrist circles.

My turn and then your turn.

So this is how we do wrist circles.

It's like we're almost stirring some soup or we're stirring some porridge.

I had porridge for breakfast this morning.

Stir, stir, stir.

You can even do it up as well.

So it's almost like you're holding.

Imagine you're holding a big wand or something.

And then the other hand.

So we stir like we're stirring soup, and then stir.

Well, we're doing a wand.

Very good.

Okay, your turn.

Let's do this circle.

So start off with your soup or your porridge.

You can decide which one you think it is today.

And then maybe you're gonna use your magic wand.

That's right.

And then other hand staring your so around and you're wand up in the air.

Wow.

You must feel like your hands and your wrists are more warmed up.

The more you do that, the stronger your wrists and hands will get and the better your handwriting will become.

Okay, let's keep going.

Let's look a little bit closer at what a proper noun is.

So proper nouns, name specific people, places or things.

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

Let's look at some examples of this.

Here's Andeep.

So Andeep is a name.

So it's a specific person, therefore it's a proper noun.

And can you see that A for her name is a capital letter.

Just like if we were writing your name, it would be a capital letter or my name, it would be a capital letter at the beginning.

Can you see the next picture is a castle.

Now this is Edinburgh Castle.

So it's a specific place, therefore the E for Edinburgh and the C for castle needs to be a capital letter.

Can you see that last picture? It shows like a street sign.

Well this is showing for Oxford Street, which is a very famous street in London.

And because it's a specific place, we need to make a capital letter for the O and a capital letter for the S.

The difference is, with common nouns like flower, or grass or tree.

They don't need capital letters because it's not a specific person, place or thing.

Let's do a check for understanding.

Which of these words would need a capital letter? Pause the video now.

Well done.

Let's see how you got on.

Which of these words would need a capital letter? A, Tim would need a capital letter because it says person's name and therefore is a proper noun.

Manchester, C.

That would need a capital letter because it's a place and therefore, a proper noun.

And D, Asda is a proper noun because it's an organisation and therefore would need a capital letter 'cause it's a proper noun.

But B, chair, this is a common noun and so therefore it does not need a capital letter.

Well done everyone.

Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together without lifting your pencil.

How the letters are connected together depends on which letter is joining to which letter.

Learning the letter joins will improve your cursive handwriting skills allowing for a smooth flow of handwriting.

When writing a word or sentence, you will use a range of letter joins.

So cursive handwriting is known as being smooth and connecting the letters.

That's why we don't lift our pencil.

But the way that the letters are joined can be different.

And if we learn those, it makes it much easier for us to connect our letters smoothly.

I hope we're gonna practise that today.

I wonder, can you remember the four joins? Okay, there are four joins in cursive handwriting.

I wonder if you can remember them.

Let's have a look.

Here's a table and it shows you some examples of the first join, the second join, the third join, and the fourth join.

Let's look at the first join.

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

Can you see that from the baseline up to the X height line? The second join is from the baseline up towards the ascender line, the top line.

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

So for this example, from the top of the O across to the top of the M.

And the fourth join goes from the X height line up towards the ascender line.

Can you see that with the arrow from the R to the L? Those are your four joins.

And in today's lesson, you'll be using all four of these joins as you write different words.

Let's get going.

So here are our first two proper nouns.

Let's look closely at them.

They're both written in cursive handwriting.

What I'd like you to do is have a really good look and what do you notice about how these proper nouns have been written? And what do you want to talk about with your friends? Have a good look.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back everybody.

I wonder what you noticed.

Let's have a look.

Did you that each of the words has a capital letter at the beginning.

That's because they're proper nouns.

Did you notice that the capital letter is not joined to the rest of the work? The letters in the word, it's separate.

Did you also notice that there is a lead out on the last letter of each word on the B for Jacob and the M for Sam.

I wonder if you also noticed that there is appropriate space between the letters.

They're all sitting next to each other, but they're not squashed together, and they're not far apart.

There's the perfect amount of space in between the letters.

Let's look a little bit closer at the word Jacob.

And here Jacob is.

Jacob is a person's name.

So it is a proper noun.

The letter J is a capital letter because it's the first letter of the proper noun, the capital letter does not join to the next letter.

The first join is used to connect the a to the C, and the C to the O.

Can you see that? Because it goes from the baseline to the X height line.

The fourth join is used to connect the O to the B because that goes from the X height line up to the ascender line.

So there are two different joins used in the word Jacob.

Here's Sam.

Let's have a closer look at the word Sam.

Sam is a person's name, so it is a proper noun.

The letter S is a capital letter because it is the first letter of the proper noun.

The capital letter does not join to the other letters in the word.

And the first join is used in this word to join the A to the M.

It goes from the baseline up to the X height line.

Wow.

Well done everybody.

That's also had a really close look at those proper nouns.

Okay, now we're gonna have a chance to do my turn, your turn and we're going to write the word Jacob and Sam in the air with our finger.

Okay, so first of all, I'm gonna have a go and then I'll give you a chance.

We'll start with Jacob.

So Jacob, the capital J is the first letter.

And I remember that after I've done the capital letter, I need to take my finger off.

So I'm gonna start, I'm gonna do the top for the J down, up and round, finger off.

And then my starting point at the top for the A, I'm gonna go round down, up for the c, for the o and for the b.

Jacob.

And then remembering my lead out.

Fabulous.

Okay, your turn.

Let's do it with me.

So we start at the top, we go across and then down, lift up.

Remember to lift off our finger because that's the J.

The J.

Then we're gonna start at the top for our A, our starting point.

And then we keep our finger on.

So we go round up and down.

That's our A.

Up for the C, curl around, up for the O, curl around all the way up to the ascender line as it were down for the b and lead out.

Well done everybody.

Now let's try Sam.

So I'll start.

So this time the first letter is that S this.

So I know that starts right at the top and I'm gonna take my finger off once I've formed it.

So I start at the top, go round, curling round and down, right? I finished.

I'm gonna tape my finger off and then it's an A the next letter.

So I'm starting at the top of the A.

I go round at anti-clockwise direction.

Back down, back up for the M, remembering my lead out and finished, Sam.

Okay, let's join in with me now.

So everybody get your finger.

Let's start at the top and form my capital letter S, finger off.

Start at the top for the A round down up for the m, the M and then lead out.

Well done everybody.

That was fantastic.

Now remember, that capital letters don't join.

You have to lift your pencil after forming them.

We did remember that, didn't we? Thanks so much for reminding us.

Okay, now we're going to practise writing the proper noun, Jacob and the proper noun, Sam in cursive handwriting.

So let's start with Jacob.

So we know that the capital letter is J.

So we start from the ascend line, we go all the way down to the baseline pen off, and then the cross on the ascend line.

Then we know that we take our pencil off and we start at the X height line for the top of the A.

And then the rest of the letters in the string, we're gonna join together.

So I'll show you.

So the top of the A, the C, the O, all the way up for the B, and the lead out.

That's how we do Jacob.

Let's do that one more time.

So we start at the top of the assembly line, we come down pencil off to put the top pencil off, start for the A, run down for the C, for the O and up for the B, and the lead out.

Okay, now let's try for Sam.

So for Sam, we know that the capital letter S we begin with.

So we start at the top, The ascender line, we curl round, pencil off, and then we do the A, and the M and the lead out.

Let's do that one more time.

So starting at the ascender line, we go round and down for the capital S, pencil off, and then the A join to the M and the lead out.

Well done.

Okay, let's do a check for understanding.

Please select the correct join sequence.

There are three ways to write Jacob low and one is the correct formation in cursive, pause the video now.

Well done.

Did you select B? That is the correct formation of the proper noun Jacob in cursive.

Can you see that the capital letter is not joined to the rest of the letters, and they've used the correct joins and remembered the leader out on the B.

Well done.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Please select the correct join sequence for the proper noun Sam.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

Did you select C? That's the correct formation of the proper noun Sam.

Can you see that first of all, the capital letter is not joined to the rest of the letters, but also the letters are well spaced out.

Some of those examples, the letters were too squashed together.

Well done.

Now it's time for your task.

First of all, I would like you to go over the grey examples of the proper noun Jacob, practising how you take your pencil off for the capital letter, and join the rest of the letters.

Then I'd like you to use the starting dot, and try and write two of the proper noun Jacob on these tramlines.

And then finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines of the proper noun Jacob.

We'd also like you to do the same for the proper noun Sam.

First of all, going over the grey examples, then using the starting dot and then completing two lines independently on your tramlines.

Good luck.

Have fun and enjoy.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Well done everybody.

I hope you had fun and enjoyed writing the proper noun, Jacob and Sam in cursive handwriting.

Let's look at your Jacobs.

Did you remember to use a capital letter J? Did you remember to lift your pencil after writing the capital letter J? That's important.

And did you join the letters A, C and B without lifting your pencil? Did you manage to keep your pencil on? Well done.

I'd like you to circle your best and celebrate.

Let's look at your Sams as well.

Did you remember to use the capital letter S when writing the proper noun Sam? And did you lift your pencil after the S? And did you join the letters a and m without lifting your pencil? I wonder.

Well done everybody.

I'd like you to circle your best Sam and celebrate.

We're now moving on to the next part of our lesson where we're going to be looking at proper nouns relating to specific places, Leeds and Glasgow.

Let's look closely at some of these proper nouns below in cursive handwriting.

First of all, we have the city name Leeds, and the city name Glasgow.

I would like you to have a really close look at these with the people around you and talk about what do you notice, and what can you see? Pause the video now.

Well done everybody.

Did you notice that both of the proper nouns have a capital letter as their first letter? Well done for noticing that.

Did you notice that there is a lead out on the last letters? So for the S, for the leads and the W for Glasgow.

I wonder if you also notice that loop descender for the G in Glasgow.

We'll talk about that a little bit more.

Did you also notice that there's appropriate spacing between the letters when writing the word? They're not squashed together, they're not far apart.

Let's look a little bit more closely.

First of all, let's look at Leeds.

So Leeds is a city in England, so it is a proper noun.

The letter L is a capital letter because it is the first letter of the proper noun.

The capital letter does not join the next letter and actually the rest of these letters all join using the first join, which is from the baseline to the X height line.

Let's look at Glasgow.

So Glasgow is a city in Scotland, so it is a proper noun.

The letter G is a capital letter because it is the first letter of the proper noun, the capital letter does not join to the rest of the letters.

And the rest of these letters all join using the first join except for when the O joins to the W.

This join is the third join.

So in this word there's a mixture of the first join and the third join.

Okay, now it's my turn and your turn.

We're gonna have a go at writing in the air, the words Leeds and Glasgow.

My turn.

Your turn.

So I'm gonna start by doing Leeds.

So I'm gonna think that L needs to be a capital L.

And then I'll be taking my finger off.

And then it was just the first drawing for this one.

So my turn first, I'm gonna start at the top.

I'm gonna go down and across for the L, take my finger off and then I'm gonna start with the E ready round, another E, round and down.

Up for the D, all the way up for the to the ascender line back down, and the S and lead out.

Well done.

Okay, can you join in with me this time? Get your finger ready.

We'll start at the top.

So we go down and across capital letter L, finger off, and then we do the E, the next E, the D, all the way up to the ascender line and down for the S, and the lead out.

Well done.

Very good.

Let's try Glasgow now my turn first.

So I'm gonna think about it.

The G is definitely gonna be a capital letter.

And then I'll take my finger off.

So I'm gonna start at the top for my G.

Go all the way round up, put the cross on and finger off.

And the next letter is the L.

So we start all the way at the top.

Now I'm gonna keep my finger on, so down for the L and the A, up for the S, or I've got the loop descender coming up.

So for G, we go around down and loop.

Very good, o, w, and the lead out.

Well done.

So your turn.

Now remember we've got that capital G and we've got the loop to send a G.

Let's try it.

So starting at the top, you go round and down and up across on the G, finger off.

Then we start at the top for the L, coming all the way down, up for the A, up for the S, up for the G, round down and loop up, down for the O, W and lead out.

Well done everybody.

You did really well there.

Or just reminding us to always take our finger off after that capital letter, which we did.

So thanks again for the reminder.

We're now gonna practise writing the proper nouns, Leeds and Glasgow.

So let's start with Leeds.

We know that it begins with a capital letter L and that then we take our pencil off.

So let's practise that.

We start at the ascender line, we go down to the baseline and across pen off, and we start just below the X height line for the first e.

So we go round and down, round and down, up for the D, the tall D, all the way up to the ascender line back down for the S and the lead out.

Let's do that one more time.

So we start at the ascender line, we go down for the capital L across the baseline, pencil off.

The e, e, back up for the tall d, and the S, and the lead out.

Well done.

Now let's try Glasgow.

So we know that Glasgow begins with a capital letter G, and then we take our pen off.

So we go start at the ascender line.

We go round and down to the baseline, back up and the cross pencil off and then start at the top and the ascender line as the starting point for the L.

And then we do our letter string.

So down for the L, the A, the S, the loop descender and remembering the lead out Glasgow.

Let's try that one more time.

So capital G, l, the a, s, the loop, descender, Glasgow.

Well done.

Okay, let's do a check for understanding.

Please select the correct join sequence below.

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

Well done.

Did you select B? That is the correct formation of the word Leeds in cursive handwriting.

The capital letter is not connected, and the letters are adequately spaced out and there's a lead out on the S.

Well done.

Let's select the correct join sequence for Glasgow now, is it A, B, or C? Pause the video now.

Well done.

Did you select A? That is the correct formation.

Can you see that the G, is not connected to the rest of the letters, but also it's sitting next to them.

Whereas if you look at B, the G is too far away from the rest of the letters.

So A is the correct answer.

Well done.

Okay, it's time for our task B.

We are going to practise writing the proper nouns, Leeds and Glasgow.

We're gonna first of all focus on Leeds.

So I'd like you to start by going over the grey examples of the formations of Leeds.

Then I'd like you to try using the starting dot, and then finally trying two lines independently on your own tramlines.

Once you've completed that for Leeds, I'd like you to do the same for Glasgow.

So first of all, going over the great examples, then using the starting dot and then doing two lines independently on your own tramlines.

Enjoy, have fun and good luck.

Pause the video now.

Okay, welcome back.

Well done.

I hope you enjoyed writing the words Leeds and Glasgow.

Let's have a look at your Leeds words first.

Did you remember to use a capital letter for the letter L? Did you use the first join to connect all of the rest of the letters in this word? And did you remember a lead out on the S? I wonder if you did.

Well done.

I'd like you to have a look at your words and circle your best and celebrate.

Now let's look at your Glasgows.

I wonder, did you remember to use the capital letter G? Did you lift your pencil after forming the capital letter G before starting your L? And did you keep your pencil on the page as you joined the rest of the letters? Remembering that loop descender.

Well done everybody.

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

We're now moving on to the last part of our lesson where we're going to be looking at the proper nouns Monday and Tuesday.

So here they are that the words Monday and Tuesday.

They're proper nouns because they are the name of specific days.

I would like you to have a really close look at these.

Talk to the people around you and talk about what do you notice about how they've been written in cursive handwriting.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

I hope you had some good conversations there.

Did you notice that the capital letters are at the beginning because they're proper noun? So the M and the T, it's a capital letter.

Did you notice the lead out? But this time it's a little bit different, isn't it? Because the lead out is actually a loop descender because they end in the letter Y, so it comes down and up.

It's a loop descender as the lead out.

And did you also notice that there is appropriate space in between the letters? They're not squashed together, they're not far apart.

Fantastic.

Let's look a little bit closer.

Okay, let's have a close look at the word Monday.

So Monday is a day of the week.

So it is a proper noun.

The letter M is a capital letter because it is the first letter of the proper noun.

The capital letter does not join to the next letter.

And the first and the third join are used in this word.

So that's the first is when it goes from the baseline to the X height line.

And the third is when it goes from the X height line to the X height line.

So the O to the N.

And the letter Y has a loop descender as the lead out.

Let's look at Tuesday now.

So Tuesday is also a day of the week, so it is a proper noun.

The letter T is a capital letter because it is the first letter of the proper noun, the capital letter does not join to the next letter, and only the first join so from the baseline to the X height line is used in this word.

And just like Monday, Tuesday, the letter Y has a loop descender at the end as the lead out.

Okay, so now's the chance for us to try and write our words Monday and Tuesday in the air with our finger.

So I'll go first my turn, and then it'll be your turn.

We'll start with Monday.

Okay, so I'm looking at the word, I know there's a capital letter at the beginning.

I'll need to tape my finger off.

And I can also see we've got that tall D and we've got the looped y.

Okay, I'm gonna start at the top for my capital letter M, down, up, down, up, down.

Taking my finger off starting at the top for the letter O.

And then I'm gonna keep my finger on.

So round for O, N, D, all the way up A, and the Y with the loop descender lead out.

Oh, that was quite fun.

Alright, are you ready to join in with me this time? Get your finger ready.

Let's start at the top for our capital M.

Down, up, down, up, down, finger off.

Start at the top of the O, round for the O, cross for the N, round for the D and all the way up then the A, and get ready for this loop descender and the Y loop descender up.

Well done.

Okay, I'm gonna try Tuesday now.

So my turn first, so it's a capital T again, we've got the tall D, and we've got the looped descender y.

So let me have a go.

I'm gonna start at the top.

I'm gonna go down and across for the T, take my finger off and then I'm gonna start at the top for the U.

So the U, the E, the S, the tall D all the way up, the A and the Y with the loop descender and up.

Well done.

I really enjoy doing those loop descenders.

Okay, now let's do it together.

So get your finger ready at the top, you go down and across for the T, finger off.

Then start at the top of the U as we go down, up and round down the E, the S.

And we've got the tall D coming all the way up.

The A, and the Y loop descender up.

Well done.

That is fantastic everybody.

And that's right, another reminder that capital letters do not join.

It's really good that we're getting those reminders because sometimes it can be tempting when you're in the flow of cursive to keep it connected.

But remember, capital letters do not join.

We're now gonna practise writing the proper nouns Monday and Tuesday.

So let's start with Monday.

We know that the capital M starts on the Ascender line and that we're gonna take our pencil off after finishing the M.

So let's start at the M, come down site line down, pencil off.

And then the next letter is the O.

So we start at the X height line, go around, and then we keep our pen on as we do the letter string tall D, the A and the loop descender Y.

Well done.

Let's try that again.

Starting at the ascender line, down to the baseline pencil off starting point for the o, up for the D, and the loop descender.

Now let's do Tuesday.

We know that Tuesday has capital T, tall D and looped descender for the Y.

So starting at the ascender line for the T, straight down to the baseline, line across for the T.

And then starting at the X site line for the U.

Choose day toward d, a, and the loop descender.

Same again, starting at the ascender line across pencil off, sideline to the starting point for the U, the E, the S, the tall D, a, and the loop descender for the Y.

Let's do a check for understanding.

Can you select the correct join sequence from the examples below? Pause the video now.

Well done everybody.

Did you select B? That is the correct formation.

The capital letter is not joined.

The correct joins are used and there's the loop descender at the end.

Well done.

Let's check for understanding with the word Tuesday.

Please select the correct join sequence.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

Did you select C? That is the correct formation of the word Tuesday.

Using the correct joins and making sure that the capital letter is not joined to the rest of the letters.

Well done.

Now we're moving on to task C.

In this task, we're gonna practise forming the proper nouns Monday and Tuesday.

We'll first start with Monday.

I'd like you to go over the great examples of the word Monday.

Next, I'd like you to try using the starting dot to write the word Monday.

And then finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines of the word Monday.

Next, I'd like you to focus on Tuesday.

So first of all, going over the grey examples of Tuesday, then using the starting dot, and then completing two lines independently on your tramlines.

Good luck.

Have fun and enjoy.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back everybody.

I hope you had fun writing the words Monday and Tuesday.

Let's have a look at your Mondays.

Did you remember the capital letter M? Did you use the correct joins as the first and the third join used in this word? And did you remember that looped lead out for the letter Y? Well done everybody.

Have a look at your Mondays and circle your best and celebrate.

Now let's look at your Tuesdays.

I wonder if you remembered the capital letter T for the word Tuesday.

Did you use the correct joins in this words? It's all just the first join.

And did you keep your pencil on the page for the letter string? So from the U to the Y, I wonder if you did.

Well done everybody.

I'd like you to look at your Tuesdays, circle your best and celebrate.

Well done everybody.

I hope you've enjoyed the lesson today where we've been reviewing how to write proper nouns in cursive handwriting.

Here's some examples of some of the words we've written, Sam, Glasgow, and Monday.

Let's have a look at some of our key learning points from today.

First of all, we've learned that proper nouns, name specific people, places, and things.

The first letter of a proper noun always needs a capital letter.

Capital letters do not join to the next letter.

They sit on their own.

After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word at the correct starting point.

The remaining letters in the proper noun will be joined using a range of drawings depending on the letters in the word.

The last letter will have a lead out and there is appropriate spacing between the letters joined in cursive handwriting.

Well done everybody.

I hope you've enjoyed your lesson.

I've really enjoyed being with you, and I look forward to seeing you again.

Bye.