Hello everyone.

I am Ms. Afzal and I'm feeling really excited because guess what we're going to do together? We are 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 the lead in and a lead out.

I'm excited about this lesson.

I hope you are too.

Let's find out what our keywords are today.

My turn.

Your turn.

Let's go through them.

Cursive, lead in, lead out, x-height line, dip below.

Well done.

Loved hearing those from you.

Let's find out what we're doing today in our lesson.

So in our lesson, the third join, os, rs, and ws would lead in.

We will go through, first of all, handwriting warmups.

Next, the third join os and rs.

And then we'll finish with the third join ws.

But first of all, handwriting warmups.

And hmm, why are they important? Well, the fact is, before starting to write, it is important that we warm up our hands and our wrist muscles.

Your hands and your wrist will get stronger when you exercise them.

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

What's not to love about that? 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, I 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 into a lovely squeeze.

Mm, feels great.

Okay, it's your turn.

Choose which hand you're going to begin with.

Put the 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.

Practising writing patterns helps us to prepare for writing and joining letters.

And look how fantastic they are.

Let's have a go at some.

Hmm.

This is a fun one.

Okay, I'm gonna do this writing pattern in the air and then it will be your turn.

So I'm gonna just go zig zagging across my imaginary page.

I'm gonna do the same backwards.

Oh, this feels good.

I think I'd better do it one more time.

Oh yes lovely.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Starting at, starting up hi.

Let's make a zig zag pattern going in a kind of diagonal down.

Let's go back.

Zigzagging along.

And let's do it one more time.

Great job.

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

Remember, don't lift your pencil when forming the pattern and focus on keeping the movement smooth and flowing.

Pause the video while you get on with your patterns.

So how did it go? How did it get on? Did you use your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on a page? Was your movement smooth? Did you enjoy the patterns? I hope so and now it's time to look at the third join between letters os and rs.

But let's begin with a little recap.

Here we can see some joined up letters, and cursive handwriting involves joining letters together without lifting your pencil.

So there's our keyword cursive.

And that's what cursive handwriting's all about.

It's about keeping your pencil on the page as you join the letters together.

That's what cursive handwriting is.

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

Cursive letter joins refer to how letters connect together.

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

That sounds good, doesn't it? The first join we learn is shown below.

What do you notice about how these letters are joining to each other? What's the thing that they all have in common in that join? Here's Aisha to remind us.

The first join is from the baseline to the x-height line.

Oh, thank you Aisha.

And here it is.

There's that join from the baseline up to the x-height line.

Fantastic.

Next we looked at the second join.

Here it is.

It's shown here.

What do you notice about this join? Do you want a little reminder? Here's Joan.

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

Thank you Joan.

And here are some arrows to illustrate that.

Next up, the third join we learnt is shown below.

Take a look at this join.

What do you notice about how these letters are joining to each other? Here's Alex to remind us.

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

Thank you Alex.

And there we can see with the arrows, there's that third join.

Check for understanding.

The third join starts at the descender line, x-height line or ascender line.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the x-height line, absolutely.

That's where the third join starts.

And in fact, it's also where it ends.

Okay can you see what's appeared on our screen? We have got some examples of the third join.

os and rs, have a very good look at them.

Look very closely.

What do you see? What can you notice? Tell the person next to you and pause the video here.

I wonder, did you notice all of these things? Any of these things? Some of these things? Let's go through them.

Let's start with the os.

Can you see that lead in to the o? How about from the s? Can you see there's a lead out? How about the join between the o and s? Do you see that it dips down below the x-height line? How about with the rs? Lead in to the r, lead out from the s.

And again, we've got our same join dipping down below the x-height line.

Also, I'm noticing we've got a lot of our keywords here, so let's go through them.

So let's start with lead in.

So a lead in is a line that, guess what, leads us in? It takes us in to the letter.

That's what a lead in is.

Lead out, that you can guess, it leads us out of the letter.

It takes us outta the letter and helps to join to the next letter.

So a lead out from one letter and a lead in from another letter they join together.

It's like they're friends, they've got their hands joining, connecting.

And that's what gives us our join.

And we've also got two more keywords.

We've got dips down.

So if something dips, it means it's going under a little bit.

So it's just going a little bit under.

So it's dipping down, so it's going under the x-height line.

Another key word, the x-height line is the dotted line you can see there and x-height letters, such as all of these letters, o, r, and s are all x-height letters.

x-height letters go up as high as the x-height line.

It's time to have some fun.

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

I'll go first os and then rs and and it will be your turn.

Okay, I'm gonna begin with my os.

I'll say ready line go.

And I'm going to, do you know what it is? Yes, it's a lead in, I'm gonna start with my lead in to the letter o, I'm gonna form my letter o.

It's quite a nice one to form.

And then I'm gonna keep my pencil on the page for that lead out dip below.

Dip down below the x-height line.

And then I'm gonna form my letter s.

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

I'll show you one more time.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in form my letter o.

And then to join, I'm going to keep going with that lead out.

Dip down below the x-height line and then form my letter S.

Finish with the lead out.

All right, it is your turn.

Let's do it.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in.

Form the o.

And then to join, keep going with that lead out, dip below.

Dip down below the x-height line form the letter S.

Make sure you've got enough room but not too much for the letter s and lead out.

One more.

Lead into the o.

Form your letter o.

And then to join, keep going with that lead out.

Dip down below the x-height line.

Leave enough room for the S.

Form your letter s and lead out.

Oh yes, I like them.

My turn for rs.

Ready, line, go lead in.

I'm gonna form my letter r to join.

I'll keep going with the lead out.

Dip down below the x-height line, form my letter s and lead out.

It's your turn to form the rs.

Ready, line, go, lead in.

Form your letter r to join lead out.

Dip below the x-height line and leave room for your S.

Form your letter S, lead out.

Let's do this again.

Ready, line, go, lead in.

Form your letter r.

Dip below the x-height line.

Leave room for the s.

Form the letter s and lead out.

Oh yes, they are looking mighty fine.

Well done everybody.

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

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

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

And I'll begin at the baseline with a lead in, up to the x-height line, form the letter 0, anti-clockwise.

Keep going all the way around.

And then to join, I'm gonna keep my pencil on the lead out.

Dip down below the x-height line.

Back up and then to the x-height line.

And I'm gonna form the letter s and finish with a lead out.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go, lead in, form the letter 0, anti-clockwise.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from the lead out, dip down, back up to the x-height line, form the letter S, lead out.

Let's try one more.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in up to the x-height line, form letter 0, anti-clockwise.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from the lead out, dip down below the baseline.

Back up to the x-height line sorry that was, and then finish with lead out.

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

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen's in the tripod grip and I'll say ready line go.

And I'll begin with the lead in up to the x-height line, form my letter r.

And then to join, I'll go from that lead out, dipping down below the x-height line.

Back up to the x-height line form a letter S and finish with a lead out at the baseline.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go lead in.

Form the letter r to join, I dip down below the x-height line.

Back up to the x-height line, form the letter s and lead out.

One more, ready, line, go.

Lead in form the r to join.

Dip down below the x-height line.

Back up to the x-height line.

Form the s and lead out at the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

What is going on here with these os's? Can you pick which is the one that is formed correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the os in the middle, we have got the lead into the o.

And there's that join crucially going from the x-height line dipping down below.

Back up to the x-height line to form the s and a lead out.

Select the correct join between the r and s.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the first rs, this one has got the lead in to the r and there is our join.

It's going down, dipping down below the x-height line.

Going back up to form the s.

And then there's our lead out.

For task, I'd like to practise the third join os.

Firstly, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot and then complete two lines independently on your tram lines.

After that, I'd like to practise the third join rs.

Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot.

And finally, confidently independently complete two lines on your tramlines.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

It's good to be back with you.

And I'm curious to find out how did you get on with these joins? Did you dip down below the x-height line to make the join? Did you remember to finish with a lead out? Were your movement smooth? Did they flow? Did you enjoy it? I hope so.

Circle your best join and celebrate.

And now it's time to look at the third join ws.

Here it is.

Let's sit closely at this example of our third join.

What do you notice about the way these two letters are joining together? What can you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Okay, lots going on here.

Did you notice the lead in to the w? Remember that keyword? The lead in takes us into the letter.

It's a line that leads us in.

Did you notice the lead out from the s that lead out at the baseline? How about the join? Did you notice how the join dips down below the x-height line? So it's dipping, it's going under the x-height line.

What did you notice about how these letters are joined? Let's go into it a little bit more.

All the letters have a lead in.

All the letters have a lead out.

The first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

The join starts at the x-height line and it dips below the x-height line and back up to join the next letter.

The last letter has a lead out at the baseline.

Here's Alex.

What are you saying Alex? Let's hear from you.

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

The lead out from the letter w dips down.

Thank you Alex.

There we go and there's an arrow to really make that so clear.

Let's have a go at forming this join in the air.

I'm gonna go first.

I'll use my finger.

Afterwards it'll be your turn.

Okay, here I go.

Ready, line, go.

I'm gonna lead in to my w.

I'm gonna form my w.

I always quite like making this letter.

Feels good.

Now to join, I'm gonna keep my pencil on the page called the lead out.

Dip down below the x-height line back up.

And I'm gonna form my letter S.

Finish with a lead out.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form your letter w.

And then to join, you'll keep going from that lead out.

Dip down below the x-height line.

Go back up to the x-height line.

Leave enough room for your s.

Form the s and lead out at the baseline.

It's looking great.

Let's do one more, ready, line, go, lead in form the w.

Then to join, keep going with that lead out.

Dip down below the x-height line.

Back up.

Leave enough room for the s, form your s, lead out.

Wonderful, wonderful job.

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

I'm sitting comfortably.

The pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm gonna say ready, line, go.

And begin with a lead in up to the x-height line.

And then form my letter w.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from the dip down of the lead out to form the letter up to form the letter s.

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

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Lead in, form my letter w.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from my lead out, dip down of the lead out.

Back up to the x-height line.

I'm gonna form the s and lead out at the baseline.

Let's try one more.

Ready, line, go.

There's my w.

And then to join, I'm gonna dip down below the x-height line.

Back up, form the s and lead out at the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these ws's is the one for us, which is join correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the one above the c.

This has got a lead in to the w.

This has got the join dipping below the x-height line and back up and a lead out from the s at the baseline.

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

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next try using the starting dot.

Finally complete two lines independently, confidently on your tramlines.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

Okay, it is good to be back with you.

I am wondering about a few things.

May I ask you the following questions? Did you dip down below the x-height line to make the join? Did you remember to finish with a lead out? Were your movements smooth? Were they flowing? Did you enjoy it? Circle your best join and celebrate.

In analysis, the third join os, rs, and ws with lead in, we 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, 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.

Well done everyone for joining in today's lesson, for joining in with the joins, with the third join.

And I love your focus and commitment and enthusiasm and I look forward to seeing you on the next lesson.

Bye for now.