Hello, everyone, this is Miss Afzal 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.

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 for today's lesson.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

Cursive.

Lead in.

Lead out.

X-height line.

And dips below.

Fantastic.

I loved hearing those.

Let's look out for them.

Let's listen out for them.

They are going to be appearing in our lesson.

In our lesson today, the third join, oo, wa, and wo with lead in will cover the following.

First of all, handwriting warmup.

Next, the third join, oo, and then the third join, wa and wo.

Let's begin with the warmups.

Before starting to write, it's important to warm up your hands and your wrists muscles.

Your hands and wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

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

So let's have a go.

Let's have a go at our hand squeeze warmup.

I'm going to go first of all and then it will be your turn.

I'm gonna choose which hand to begin with, this one, and I'm gonna start by stretching out all my fingers, stretching them really wide, really far apart, and then I'm gonna slowly bring them in and I'm going to imagine I've got something precious in my hand and I'm squeezing and holding it tight, holding something tightly in my hand.

Something tiny, tiny and precious, and then I'm going to open out my fingers into that lovely stretch once again, and then back into a squeeze.

Holding something precious and tight.

I'm gonna try with the other hand.

First of all, that lovely big stretch.

Stretch all my fingers, and then bringing all those fingers in and squeezing something, holding something precious, holding it tight, out to that lovely stretch, and then fingers in to a lovely squeeze.

Mm, feels great.

Okay, it's your turn.

Choose which hand you're going to begin with.

Put that hand up, open up the fingers, stretch them wide, and then squeeze them tight.

Hold something precious and tiny and tight, and then stretch and squeeze.

Lovely.

Other hand.

First of all, stretch, and then squeeze the hand tight, stretch, and squeeze.

Oh, lovely job, everybody.

Next, we're going to move on to our wrist circles.

First of all, I'm going to stretch my hands out in front of me, and then I'm going to pull my fingers in, form fists, and then I'm going to make circles moving in one direction.

Lovely circles.

And then I'm going to go in the other direction.

This feels good.

This feels fun.

Are you ready to join in? Let's go.

Take your hands, put 'em out in front of you, form fists.

Let's go one direction, other direction.

Let's just do it again because it's so much fun, we can't really stop 'cause we're enjoying ourselves so much.

That's the way to do it.

As well, we can practise writing patterns.

These will help us to prepare for writing and joining letters.

Look at these great patterns and I've got a really nice one for you.

Have a look at this.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

I'm gonna have a go at making this pattern in the air.

Let me show you.

I'm going to begin on one side and I'm just gonna loop around.

These are quite nice, lovely, big, flowing loops.

I gotta say, it feels good.

Are you ready to join in? I'm not gonna keep all the fun to myself.

Ready, let's go.

You make this looping pattern in the air.

Oh, yes.

Doesn't it feel quite nice? Quite calming actually.

Really enjoying that.

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

So the pattern we just did, and similar pattern, but just the other way around, so we're kind of looping the loops down by the bottom this time.

Pause the video while you have a go at this, and remember to don't lift your pencil when forming the pattern.

Keep the movement smooth and flowing.

I'll see you when you're finished.

How did you get on with copying and continuing these patterns using your tripod grip? Did you hold the pencil in the tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page the whole time? And was your movement smooth and flowing? I hope so.

For the next part of our lesson, we'll be looking at a third join between the o and the o.

But first of all, just a reminder of the journey we take from print to cursive.

So here we can see on the left, this is print formation.

There's no lead ins.

There's no lead outs.

The letters are each separate.

They're doing their own thing.

They're standing alone and proud.

Of course, together they form the word, but they are not joined in any way.

Next in the middle we have pre-cursive formation.

Remember, the word pre means before, so this means before cursive.

And we can see here that every letter has a lead in and each one has a lead out.

And finally, all of this is leading us in the direction of cursive formation.

Oh yes, this is the real deal.

Here we go.

These letters are all joined.

Each letter is joined to the next one, and cursive means the way that letters are joined, so it's the join between the letters.

This is cursive writing, sometimes it's called cursive, it's also called joined up.

And in our other key words, they lead in, lead out.

So lead in is when we have the line that takes us into a letter, so it's leading into a letter.

And then lead out is at the end of a letter where we have a line that takes us out of that letter.

And actually a lead out and a lead in, so lead out from one letter and lead in from another letter hold hands.

They join together and that's what gives us joined up writing or cursive writing.

Take a look at these joins that we can see here on the screen.

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.

Cursive letter joins refer to how the letters connect together, so there are different ways that we make these connections between the letters.

And learning all these different letters joins will improve your cursive handwriting skills, allowing for a smooth flow of handwriting.

And it feels good, let me tell you.

I'm looking forward to us exploring this together.

So here's the first join that we've learned already, and it's shown below.

And thank you Aisha.

Great reminder there.

The first join is from the baseline to the x-height line, just like this.

Can you see that join that Aisha's telling us about all the way from the baseline to the x-height line.

That is the first join.

The second join is shown below.

This one, thanks, June, popping up there to to remind us.

The second join is from the baseline to above the x-height line, going up to towards the ascender line just like this.

So can you see that? As June said, we go from the baseline to above the x-height line up towards the ascender line.

That's the second join.

Check for understanding, select the correct second join.

Which of these three is the correct second join? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected A.

That one has got the correct second join going from the baseline up beyond past the x-height line up towards the ascender line.

And now, here's an exciting time.

It's time for us to explore the third join.

Here's an example of it.

Have a look.

What do you notice? What do you see? What's going on here with this third join? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Did you notice that the first o has got a lead in, this second o has a lead eye out, and let's take a look at that join.

The join dips below the x-height line.

So there's some more keywords here, so dips below means it's just going down a little bit.

So a dip is when something just goes down a little bit, it dips, so it's dipping below.

That means it's kind of going under.

It's below the x-height line.

The x-height line is that dotted line that x-height letters go up as high as.

What else do you notice about how these letters are joined? All the letters have a lead in, all the letters have a lead out, and the first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

And the join starts at the x-height line.

Remember that the dotted line, that x-height letters go up to, and then what does it do? It dips below.

Can you show me a dip? This is a dip where something, it's like it's going down a little bit, so it's dipping below the x-height line, which is the dotted line, and then it dips below and then it goes back up to join the next letter.

And the last letter has a lead out on the x-height line.

The gap between letters is big enough that the letters are not touching.

So this is a key thing with this join, the third join.

We'll make that join, we need to make sure we've got enough space to then form that next letter, but at the same time, we don't want too big a gap either.

Hey, Alex, thanks for popping up and giving us this reminder.

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

There we go.

Okay, it's time to form the join between the o and the o.

I'll have a go.

I'm gonna form this join in the air.

I'm gonna keep my movement smooth and flowing, and then afterwards, you can have a go.

All right, here we go.

I'm gonna begin on the baseline with my lead in.

I'm gonna form my letter o, and then to join, I'm gonna keep my pencil on the lead out, dip just below the x-height line, and then back up, and then I'm gonna leave enough space to form my next letter o, but not too big a gap, form the o and then lead out at the x-height line.

Let me show you that one more time.

So I'll start at the baseline, lead in to my first o, form the letter o, and then to join, I'll keep my pencil here on the page, I'm gonna do my lead out, dip down, dip back up the x-height line, then leaving enough space to form the o, form my next letter O, and then I'll lead out at the x-height line.

All right, are you ready? Let's have we go together.

Okay, ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the first letter o, and then to join, I'm gonna keep my pencil on page, I'm gonna dip down, back up to the x-height line.

Leave enough space, but not too much, not too big a gap.

Form the next letter o and lead out at the x-height line.

Okay, let's do one more ready, line, go.

Lead in, make the first o.

To join, I'm gonna keep my pencil on the page, dip down, dip back up to the x-height line, anti-clockwise to form my next o, and lead out at the x-height line.

Okay, one more ready, line, go.

Form the o.

To join, dip down, back up, leave enough space but not too much, form the second o, lead out at the x-height line.

Great job.

I'm loving those os, those oos.

They are looking great.

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

I'm sitting comfortably.

I'm holding my pen in the tripod grip.

I'll say to myself, ready line, go, and I'll begin at the baseline with my lead in to letter o.

Gonna form the letter o going anticlockwise, and then I'm going to dip down, dip below the x-height line, back up, and then form my second o, leaving enough space for it, but also not too big a gap, and then I'll finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, up to the x-height line, form the letter o.

To join, I'll keep my pen going from the lead out, dip down, back up, I leave enough room for the letter, but not too much room.

Form the o and lead out at the x-height line.

Let's try one more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form the letter o, then I'll dip to join.

I'll dip below the x-height line, back up.

Form my next letter o, leaving space for it, but not too much, lead out.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these pairs of os are joined correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the one at the end and above the C, these two os have got the join correctly at the x-height line where we've got that dip down, back up, and that's joining those two os together really, really nicely.

For your task, I'd like you to practise the third join between the o and the o.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tram lines.

Enjoy all the os, enjoy these smooth flowing movements.

Remember that little dip down, back up, leave enough space for your next letter, but not too big a gap.

There's quite a lot to remember here.

I'm confident you're gonna have a great time at doing this.

Pause the video and I'll see you when you're done.

So how did you get on? Did you join from the x-height line to the x-height line? Did you dip below the x-height line when joining? Did you leave enough space for that next letter? Did you enjoy them all, enjoy all the oos? Circle the best one and celebrate.

And now, for the final part of our lesson, we will look at the third join between the w and the a and the w and o.

Here they are.

Here are these examples of our third join.

Look closely at them.

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

Pause was the video here.

Wow, so many things to notice.

Did you notice a lead in? They all have a lead in for the first letter.

Did you notice the lead out that they each have at the end? How about the join? Did you see how it dips below at the x-height line? So it just dips down a little bit and it comes back up.

So what did you notice about how the letters are joined? Any more things you noticed? So all of these letters have a lead in.

They all have a lead out.

The first letter has a lead in from the baseline, and the join starts at the x-height line and it dips below the x-height line, then back up to join the next letter.

Letter a has a lead out at the baseline, while the letter o has a lead out at the x-height line.

And the gap between letters is big enough that letters are not touching.

Hey, Alex, thank you for popping up and reminding us.

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

There we go.

Can you see that? Just going a little dip below from the x-height line to the x-height line.

Thank you, Alex.

Okay, I am going to have a go at forming the joins between wa and wo.

I'll have a go first and then it will be your turn.

All right, so I'm gonna begin with my lead in.

Yeah, lead in, I'm gonna form my w, and then to join, I'm gonna keep my pencils on page, I'm gonna dip down, dip below, dip back, and then back up.

And then I've left enough room for my letter, but not too much.

I'm gonna form my a down to the baseline and lead out.

Let me show you one more time.

I will start with a lead in.

I'm gonna form my letter w, and then to join, I'll keep my pencil on page, I'll do a little dip down, dip down, back up.

I got enough space, but not too much for the a.

Form, the letter a and lead out.

Oh yes.

Okay, it's your turn.

Are you ready? Let's go.

Lead in to your a, form the letter w, and then dip down, back up.

Leave enough space but not too much for the a, down and lead out.

Okay, one more time for the wa.

Let's go.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form your W.

Keep your pencil on the page for the join.

Dip down and up, enough room but not too much for the a, form that letter a, back down to the baseline, lead out.

That's looking really nice.

Now let's move on to the wo.

Okay, it's my turn, first of all.

I will go, ready, line, go.

Lead in, gonna make my W, and then I'm going to dip down, back up, leave enough space but not too much for the o, and clockwise for the o, and I'll lead out at the x-height line.

Let me show you one more time.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, w, to join, I'm gonna keep my pencil on the page, dip down and up, form the o, lead out.

All right, it's your turn to make the wo.

Let's go.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in.

Make a W.

To join, dip down and back up.

Leave enough space but not too big a gap.

Hold the O, lead out.

These are looking so great.

We gotta do one more.

Come on.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in.

W, dip down, back up, enough space but not too much for the o and lead out o.

Yes, I like it.

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

I'm sitting comfortably.

I'm holding my pen in the tripod grip.

I'll say to myself, ready, line, go, and I'm gonna begin at the baseline with my lead in to the w.

I'm gonna form my w, and then to join, I'm gonna go for my lead out, dip down, dip below the x-height line, back up, and I'm gonna form my letter a.

Leave enough room for it, but not too much space, and then I'm gonna finish with a lead out.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form my letter w, and then to join, dip below the x-height line, back up, leaving enough room for the a, but not too much room.

Form my letter A and lead out.

Let's try one more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in.

Form the w.

Dip down below the x-height line.

Back up.

Leave enough space but not too much for the a.

Finish with the lead out.

I am going to show you how to practise the third join, wo I'm sitting comfortably.

I'm holding my pen in a tripod grip.

I'll say to myself, ready, line, go, and I'll begin at the baseline with my lead in to the w.

Form my w, and then I'm gonna keep my pen on the paper, and for my lead out, I'm gonna dip below the x-height line, back up, and then form my letter o, leaving enough space for it but not too much, and then lead out at the x-height line.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form my w, and then for the join, I'm gonna dip down below the x-height line, back up, leave room for my o, but not too much room, form my letter o, finish with a lead out at the x-height line.

Let's try one more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form my w, and then dip below and back up to the x-height line, form my o, finish with a lead out.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these wos is formed correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Yes, you've got it.

It's the one in the middle.

The join together correctly at the x-height line.

We've got that little dip down and back up, and we've got the lead out from the o.

Next, select the correct join between the w and the a.

Two of these are really not doing quite the right thing, but one of them is absolutely bang on what we want to see from a wa join.

Pause the video and decide which one that is.

Yes, you've got it.

It's the first one.

We've got the lead in.

We've got the little dip down for the join.

We've got the lead out.

It's all there.

For your task, I would like you to practise the third join, wa.

First of all, go over the grey samples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tram lines.

After that, I'd like you to practise the third join between a w and the o.

Again, go over the grey samples.

Again, try using the starting dot.

And then, complete two lines independently on your tram lines.

Enjoy all these joins.

Enjoy the dip downs, the lead ins, the lead outs.

There's a lot to do and enjoy and appreciate here.

Have fun with it all and I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

Okay, it's great to see you again.

It's good to see this handwriting you've done.

I just wanna check in on a few things.

Did you join from the x-height line to the x-height line? Did you keep your pencil on the page for the join? How about that dip below? Did you dip below the x-height line for the join? Did you enjoy that little dip? Oh yes, I hope so.

And circle your best one and celebrate.

In our lesson on the third join, oo, wa, and wo with lead in, we've 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 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.

Oh, well, there was such a lot that we covered today in this lesson, this new join, the third join, so I really wanna say well done for your effort and for your focus.

And also, for that there's that tricky thing, of you gotta leave enough space for the next letter, but we don't wanna leave too big a gap, so there's some really careful things for you to consider and I love how you really, really brought your full focus to that today.

I look forward to seeing you in the next lesson.

Bye for now.