Hello everyone.

I'm Ms. Afzal and I'm feeling really excited because guess what we're going to do together? We're going to do some handwriting.

I love sharing handwriting.

I love forming new letters together, making patterns.

It's all so much fun.

So what you need to be ready is to have your eyes ready looking.

You need your ears ready to listen out for keywords.

And we're gonna be warming up our hands and our wrists soon so you'll need those ready.

And let's begin.

Let's have a great time.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can correctly form the third join with a lead in and a lead out.

And here are our keywords, our special words to look and listen out for.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

Cursive.

Lead in.

Lead out.

X-height line.

Dips below.

Okay, those are our special words for today's lesson.

And what are we covering? So here's our lesson outline.

What are we covering today? The third join, ON, OM and OW with lead in.

We'll begin with the usual handwriting warmups.

Next we'll look at the third join ON and then the third join OM and OW.

Let's get started with thinking about our warmups.

So before starting to write, it's important to warm up your hand and your wrist muscles because your hands, your wrists, they get stronger when you exercise them.

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

Let's get into it.

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, it can go back in the other direction.

Forwards 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 you 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 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 something 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're 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.

Also practising handwriting patterns can help us to prepare for writing and joining letters.

Look at these fantastic patterns you can see before you.

Let's have a go at some.

So I'll have a go at this writing pattern in the air with my finger.

Then afterwards it'll be your turn.

So I'm gonna start up here and I'm just going to kind of wiggle down.

Ooh, that felt good.

Another one, wriggling down.

And one more.

I'm just like moving from left to right.

It feels really good.

I won't take all the fun for myself.

It's your turn.

Ready to join in? Let's go.

Let's make this a writing pattern in the air, one.

Two, one more.

Three.

Really, really nice.

Well done everyone for joining in.

For your task I'd like you to copy and continue these patterns using your tripod grip.

And remember, don't lift your pencil when forming pattern.

Focus on keeping the movements smooth and flowing.

Enjoy these patterns.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with copying and continuing the patterns? Did you use your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page? Was your movement smooth? Did you enjoy it? I really hope so.

And now it's time for us to move on to the next part of our lesson, the third join, ON.

Let's start with some reminders about the joins that we've looked at so far.

Look at these lovely examples of joins, of joined up writing of cursive handwriting.

So what cursive means, cursive writing is the kind where letters are joined together without lifting your pencils.

That's the meaning of the word cursive.

Sometimes it's called joined up handwriting, cursive handwriting or joined up.

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

And the cursive letter joins refer to how the letters connect together to the actual connection between the letters.

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

The first join we learned is shown below.

Take a look at all of these letters.

Oh, I wonder if you can notice what is it that they all share the same particular kind of join? Do you need a little helping hand to remind you? Okay, here we go.

Here's Aisha.

Thanks Aisha.

Give it to us.

All right, so the first join is from the baseline to the X-height line says Aisha.

Thank you for that reminder.

So we're gonna put a baseline up to the X-height line, one of our keywords.

So the X-height line is the dotted line that you can see that most of these letters are reaching up as high as.

So X-height letters like the A, the W, the N, the R, they all sit between the baseline and the X-height line.

And here are the arrows to show us that join from the baseline to the X-height line.

The second join we learned is shown below.

What do you notice about this join? Where's this one going from and to? Do you want a little reminder? Here's Jun.

Thank you Jun for your helpful reminder.

Here we go.

The second join is from the baseline to above the X-height line towards the ascender line.

Fantastic, thank you Jun.

So again, we're starting at the baseline, but this time we're going up higher above the X-height line towards the ascender line.

And there are those arrows just to show us really clearly how high that join goes.

Check for understanding, select the correct second join.

Hmm, take a look at these three.

There's something fishy going on here with two of them, but one of them is the real deal, is the correct second join.

Pause the video while you decide which one that is.

Well done if you selected the IF in the middle.

There we can see the second join is going from the baseline up above the X-height line towards the ascender line, fantastic.

Okay, let's take a close look at this example of the third join that has joined us on the screen.

Take a look at this ON.

What do you notice? What do you see? Tell the person next to you.

Pause the video here.

Oh wow.

Look at everything that's going on here.

Did you spot these? Did you spot the lead in to the O? Did spot the lead out from the N? And how about that join? Did you see that it dips below the X-height line? And also we've got a lot of keywords here.

So let's talk about these.

So the lead in.

A lead in is a line that does what it says.

It leads us into the letter.

So it takes us into that letter.

And a lead out does the opposite.

It takes us out of the letter.

And actually a lead out from one letter and a lead in from another letter, when they join together, that's our join, that's our cursive handwriting.

And then let's take a look at the other keywords we've got up here.

So we've got the join dips below the X-height line.

So this is a really important thing to learn about the third join.

What it does is it dips.

Dips means just to go down, to go down a little bit.

So it's dipping below, below means under, so it's dip.

So let's say this is the X-height line, it's dipping below under the X-height line.

Let's find out some more about how these letters are joined.

So all the letters have a lead in, we talked about that, and a lead out.

The first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

And the join starts at the X-height line.

And what it does, remember what it does, it dips below the X-height line and then back up again to join the next letter.

And the last letter has a lead out on the baseline.

This is a really important thing with this particular join.

We need to make sure that the gap is a certain amount.

It needs to be big enough so that the letters are not touching.

But at the same time, we don't want it to be too big.

So we really gotta be quite careful about the gap between these letters.

And here's Alex.

Thank you Alex, for giving us a little reminder.

So what's Alex saying? The third join is from the X-height line to the X-height line.

Thank you, Alex.

There it is.

There's our helpful reminder with the arrow.

Okay, it's time to form letters in the air.

I'm feeling excited about this one.

I think we're going to really enjoy the flow and the smoothness of these movements.

All right, let me go first and then it'll be your turn.

So I'm gonna make the join ON in the air.

I'm gonna start at the baseline with my lead in.

And then I'm gonna go anti-clockwise for my letter O.

And then from my lead out, I'm gonna dip below the X-height line, come back up, and then form my letter N lead out.

Lemme show you one more time.

Lead into the O, form my letter O.

And then for my lead out, I'm gonna make that join, dip below the X-height line, come back up, form the letter N, lead out.

Oh yes, it's looking good and it's feeling good.

That's a great combination.

It's your turn.

Ready? Let's go.

Lead in, form the letter O anti-clockwise.

And then for our join from our lead out, we're gonna dip below the X-height line.

We're gonna come back up, form the letter N, lead out.

Oh yes, one more.

Lead in, form the letter O.

And here's our join.

We're gonna dip below the X-height line, back up.

And there's our N, there's our lead out.

We are done.

And it's looking and feeling good.

Well done everyone.

I'm going to show you how to form the third join ON.

I'm sitting comfortably, my pen's in the tripod grip and I'll say ready, line, go.

And then I'll begin the baseline of my lead in to the O, go anti-clockwise, form my letter O.

And then to join, I'm going to go from the lead out, dip down below the X-height line, leave enough room for the next letter as I form the letter N.

Finish with a lead out.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the letter O, anti-clockwise.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from that lead out, dip below the X-height line, back up, leave enough space for the next line, letter but not too much.

There's my N, lead out.

One more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the O.

And I'm gonna dip down and back up.

Form the N.

Lead out.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these three ONs is joined correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the one in the middle, it's got the lead in to the O.

It's got that little dip down and then back up of the join between the letters.

And a lovely lead out from the letter N.

For your task I'd like you to practise the third join ON.

First, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy every ON, enjoy the flow, enjoy the smoothness.

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

Pause the video here.

We are back together and look at your writing.

Look at those ONs.

I'm impressed.

Let's check a few things though.

Did you join from the X-height line to the X-height line? Did you dip below the X-height line and then back up again when joining? Did you leave enough space for the letter? Circle your best ON and celebrate.

And now it's time for us to look at a third join between letters OM and OW.

Are you ready for them? Here they come.

Here they are.

Here's the OM.

Here's the OW.

Take a very good look at them.

Mm, take a look from every angle.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby what can you see? Okay, have a look at this.

Did you spot all of these things? Did you spot the lead in? Let's look at OM first.

We'll lead in.

And then from the end, a lead out.

Did you notice that, the OW as well, let's go there, has a lead in, for the OW has a lead out? And now let's take a look at that join in between the letters.

What that join is doing is it's dipping below the X-height line.

Do you remember these keywords that we had? Remember dips means it goes down a little bit and then it's coming back up.

Good spot if you noticed these things.

What else do you notice about how these letters are joined? Did you notice that all the letters have a lead in and a lead out? The first letter has a lead in from the baseline and the join starts at the X-height line.

Remember that one? That's the dotted line.

X-height letters reach up to the X-height line.

And what's it doing? Can you remember? It dips below the X-height line and back up again to join the next letter.

The letter M has a lead out on the baseline, whereas the letter W has a lead out at the X-height line.

And the gap between the letters is big enough that the letters are not touching, but at the same time, it's not so big either.

So we've gotta really think carefully about that gap we're leaving.

And here's Alex.

Thank you Alex for letting us know that the third join is from the X-height line to the X-height line.

And there it is demonstrated with those lovely arrows.

Thank you Alex.

So helpful.

It's time to form the joins in the air.

I'm gonna go first, OM and OW, and then it's gonna be your turn.

We're gonna focus on keeping the movement smooth and flowing.

Here we go.

I'll start with OM.

Lead in.

Gonna form my letter O anti-clockwise.

And then to join, I'll keep going for my lead out, I'm gonna dip below the X-height line, back up again and then I'm gonna form my M, finish with a lead out.

I'll show you one more time.

Lead in.

Form the O.

Then to join, dip below the X-height line, back up, leaving enough space for my letter, form my letter M, lead out.

All right, it's your turn to form OM.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in.

Form the O.

Dip down and back up for your join.

Leaving enough room but not too much, form the M, lead out.

Let's do one more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the O.

And here's our join, dip below the X-height line, back up.

And now we form our N.

Now it's time for me to form OW.

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

I'll form my O anti-clockwise.

And here's my join, dip below, come back up.

And now I'll form my W.

And this time my lead out is at the X-height line.

Now it's your turn.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the O.

And here's the join, dip below the X-height line, back up.

Form our W, lead out.

One more.

These are looking so good.

Really, really well done.

Lead in, form the O.

Here comes a join.

Dip below, back up.

Form the W, lead out.

Oh yes.

Wow.

These are really, really great formations of OM and OW.

I'm going to show you how to form the third join OM.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen's in the tripod grip.

I am going to say to myself, ready, line, go.

Begin with my lead in to the O, form my letter O.

And then to join, I'm gonna dip down below the X-height line and back up, leaving enough room, but not too much for my letter M.

Finish with the lead out.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

There's the O.

And then to join, I'm gonna dip down and then back up to the X-height line, form my M, lead out.

One more.

Ready, line, go.

Form the O, dip down and then back up to the X-height line, form the M, lead out.

I'm going to show you how to form the third join OW.

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

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

Begin with my lead in, in the baseline up to the X-height line, form my O.

And then to join, I'm gonna dip below the X-height line and back up, form my W and finish with a lead out at the X-height line.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the O and then to join, I'm dipping below the X-height line, back up, leaving enough room but not too much for my next letter.

There's the W and the lead out.

One more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the O, dip below the X-height line and back up.

Form my W.

Finish with a lead out.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these three OMs has been joined correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done.

It's the first one.

We have the lead in to the O.

We have that join dipping below the X-height line and back up.

And then we've got that lead out from the M.

Select the correct join between the O and the W.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the one in the middle, we've got the lead in to the O.

We've got the join dipping below the X-height line and back up.

And then we've got that lead out from the W.

For your task, I'd like you to practise the third join OM.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

Finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Next, I'd like you to practise the third join OW.

First of all, go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot.

And finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy all the OMs, enjoy all the OWs, keep it flowing, keep it smooth, and I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

All right, we're back together and I'm curious to find out how did you get on with joining OM and OW together? Did you join from the X-height line to the X-height line? Did you keep your pencil on the page for the join? Did you dip below the X-height line for the join? So many things going on here in this lesson.

Well done if you did all of those.

Circle your best join and celebrate.

In our lesson the third join, ON, OM and OW with lead in, we have covered the following.

Cursive letter joins refer to how the letters connect together.

The letters all have a lead in and a lead out.

The third join starts at the X-height line and dips below the X-height line and then back up to join the next letter.

You do not lift your pencil when forming the join.

When using the third join, you leave enough space to ensure the letters are not touching without leaving a big gap.

Very, very well done everybody for joining in this lesson, making the third join with that little dip down and coming back up, leaving enough space, but not too much.

So many things you covered so well today and I'm feeling very proud of you.

I hope you're proud of yourselves and I look forward to seeing you on our next lesson.

Bye for now.