Hi everybody.

My name's Ms. Gardner, and welcome to your first lesson of your new handwriting unit.

In this unit, we are going to be practising using cursive handwriting across different letter strings.

In today's lesson, we're going to be practising using our cursive handwriting in two different suffixes.

So thank you for joining and let's get started.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to correctly form words using the suffix's, ed and ing.

Let's start by looking at the key words.

We'll do my turn.

Your turn.

Suffix.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word, which then creates another word.

Join.

Join is how the letters are connected together.

Letter string.

This is a group of letters that are written together in a word.

Lead in.

The stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter.

Lead out.

The stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter.

So there are three sections of our lesson today.

In the first we'll be doing our handwriting warmup.

Then we'll be writing the suffix, ed or ed, which is made up of the letters E-D.

And then we'll be writing the suffix, ing, which is formed with the letters I-N-G.

So let's start with our warmup.

Before we start, what do these pictures reminding you to do when we're thinking about handwriting? Pause the video now and either have a think by yourself or talk about this with your partner in your class, or whoever you're with.

Off you go.

(no audio) Okay, so the first picture is reminding us to sit on a chair at a table, have our feet flat on the floor, and have our back up against the chair.

The second picture is reminding us to angle our paper correctly.

So if you've got, if you're right-handed, have it slightly tilted to the left with your non-writing hand, supporting the paper, holding it in place so it doesn't move all over the place.

And if you're left-handed, your right hand will be doing that.

Then the third picture is to hold your pencil in the tripod grip.

Before starting to write, it's also really important that we warm up our hand and our wrist muscles.

Your hand and wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

And we want our hands to be really strong for us to be able to use cursive handwriting for a long time.

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

So let's start with some warmups.

Let's up our hands using the piano playing technique.

This is one of my favourite warmups to do because you get to use your imagination to imagine in your head a really lovely tune.

So you are going to pretend that you've got a piano underneath your hands and you're gonna stretch out your hands and your fingers ready to play your tune.

Then you're gonna start pushing down on the keys and playing a melody in your head.

Maybe you might stretch your fingers, you've gotta reach a note that's a bit further away.

Maybe you're gonna push down on one finger for a bit on one note for a bit longer.

There's no right or wrong with this.

You're just imagining a nice song and the tune might change, the melody, the speed might change, which means that you need to move your fingers in different ways.

Okay, it's your turn.

Get your fingers ready.

Imagine you've got a keyboard or a piano underneath you.

And then in your head, imagine a song that you're playing on the piano with your fingers.

This is a really good way to not only warm up your fingers, but also stretch them, 'cause you might need to stretch to play a different piano.

Have you got a fun song that you're imagining in your head? I'm sure you're all doing great.

Well done and I hope your fingers feel really warmed up now for handwriting.

Now we're going to do the clapping position for our warmup.

So you're going to put your hands together as if you were going to clap.

I'm gonna have a go first and then you'll be up to have a go.

So make sure your fingers are lined up, precisely touching, and then you're gonna push your hands against each other.

Feels really nice and it kind of warms up your arms, your wrists, and your hands.

Okay, your turn, get your two hands, put them together as if you're about to clap.

And then put some pressure on each hand so they're kind of pushing into each other.

Should feel quite nice.

Okay, well done.

Another really helpful thing we can do when we're warming up for our handwriting is to practise writing patterns as this helps us to prepare for writing and joining our letters together.

So you can see here there are three writing patterns, two, which are kind of up and down, left, right movement, and then the final one, which has more of a loop in it.

So these are really useful to practise before you write as they'll require similar hand movements to cursive handwriting.

So I'm going to practise the writing pattern in the air with my finger first.

So I'm gonna start at the bottom and then I'm gonna go up and then I'm gonna loop down and then I'm gonna go up and then I'm gonna loop down again and then up loop down, up, then loop down and then finish almost like a lead out.

Your turn now, everyone got your writing fingers ready? We're going to practise this writing pattern in the air together.

So starting at the bottom, then let's go up and loop down, then up, and then loop down, then up, loop down, up, and then loop down and then finishing with a lead out.

Great job everybody.

Really well done.

It's time for task A.

You now need to copy and continue these patterns on a piece of paper using your tripod grip.

Remember, don't lift your pencil off the page when forming the pattern.

You really want to try and keep the pencil stuck on the page rather than taking it off, 'cause that helps you focus on keeping the movement really smooth and flowing.

So pause the video now.

Off you go and enjoy.

(no audio) Great job everybody.

Well done.

Have a look at your writing patterns and think about what you just did.

Did you use your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page and was your movement really smooth? I'm sure you all did brilliantly.

Really well done.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson where we are going to be writing the suffix, ed.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word, which then creates another word.

Let's have a look at some examples.

We have the word, play.

This is our root word.

We've then changed it to become played by adding the suffix, ed.

So it's gone from being the verb, play, I like to play to being played in the past tense.

Let's have a look at another example.

Here we have our root word, smile.

And then we removed the E and added the suffix, ed, to make it smiled.

Cry, we removed the Y, replaced it with an I and then added the suffix, ed, to make it cried.

And then jog.

We added an extra G and then the suffix, ed, to make it jogged.

There are lots of different types of suffix and it can help our handwriting and our spelling to practise letter strings using common suffixes as they appear in lots of words.

The suffix, ed, appears all the time in our writing whenever we're writing in the past tense because lots of our past tense verbs end in ed.

Can you remember the four joins in cursive handwriting? There are four joins that we've learned.

I wonder if you can remember them.

Here are some examples as clues.

Pause the video now and discuss this with your partner or class or whoever you're with or just have a little think, off you go.

(no audio) Okay, so our first join is from the baseline to the X height line.

You can see a and W are joined together and it starts on the baseline and goes up to the X height line.

Our second join is from the baseline again, but this time up towards the ascender line.

Our third join is from the X height line to the X height line with a slight little dip down below the X height line.

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

Did you remember those? If you need to, you can pause the video now and have another look at these to remind yourself.

Great job.

So here is the suffix, ed, in cursive handwriting.

You can see it here on the screen.

What do you notice about the letter formation and the joins used? Can you see which join we're using here? Pause the video now and have a little think.

(no audio) Okay, so what do we notice about the joins here and the letter formation.

So E starts with a lead in, D is it goes up to the ascender line and it has a lead out.

Let's look even more closely at the join here.

What else do we notice? So you know the first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

The last letter, D, has a lead out from the baseline.

The letter, E, joins to the letter D using the first join from the baseline to the X height line.

And the letter, D, has an as sender as part of the letter reaches above the X height line.

Remember that when you're forming the join, the first join, you do not lift your pencil off the page.

So I'm going to form the suffix, ed, in cursive in the air with my finger because it's a really good idea to do that before you start writing it on the page.

So have a look at what I'm going to do here now.

I'm gonna start on the baseline and then I'm gonna go up to the X height line and form my letter, E.

And then I'm gonna form, draw my lead into the letter, D.

I'm gonna go up towards the ascender line, back down to the baseline and then I'll do my lead out.

It's your turn now, you're gonna form the suffix, ed, in cursive in the air using your finger.

So let's all do this together.

Have you all got your finger ready? Let's start on the baseline and let's go and start forming our letter, E.

So we're gonna go up to the X height line, form our letter, E, lead into the letter, D, up to the X height line, down again, and then up to the ascend line, back down to the baseline and then you'll lead out.

Everyone happy with that? If you want to, you can have another practise, go at practising that with your finger in the air.

Otherwise, really well done.

So these words are written in cursive handwriting and they finish with the suffix, ed.

So we have played and cried here.

Look really closely.

What do you notice about their formation? Pause the video now and take a closer look.

(no audio) Okay, so what do we notice about the word, played? It begins with a lead in, the letter P, there is a lead in, there's two ascenders, aren't there? From the letter, L, and the letter, D.

And the final letter, D, finishes with a lead out on the baseline.

Let's have a look at cried, Cried, the letter, C, our first letter also begins with a lead in.

Our final letter, D, finishes with a lead out and we go up to the ascender line on the letter, D.

So what do you need to think about when writing letter strings or the common suffix? You need to remember that the first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

The first letter P and C.

You can see them both here.

They start with a leae in.

The last letter here is D, has a lead out from the baseline.

There will be a range of cursive letter joins used within the letter string depending on which letters are used in the word.

The suffix, ed or ed, uses the first join from the baseline to the X height line and you don't lift your pencil off the page until you have completed the letter string.

So that's really important in the word, cried, 'cause you can see that we've got an I in there and I has a dot.

You don't dot the I until you finish the whole word and the whole letter string.

Then you go back and dot your I at the end.

So checking for understanding.

When would you add the dot for the letter I when writing the word, cried? is it A, after forming the main body of the letter, I? Is it B, once the letter string is complete, or C, whenever you feel like it? Pause the video now.

(no audio) That's right, it is B.

Once the letter string is complete, you would go back and dot your I.

Or if for example you were writing the letter, T, then you'd go back and cross your letter, T.

So to summarise the dot for the letter, I, or the cross for the letter, T, are only added once the letter string is complete.

Great job.

Let's practise writing words with the suffix, ed.

So I'm going to make sure I'm sitting comfortably and I'm holding my pen in the tripod grip.

Then I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go," to start the lead in from the baseline.

So the first word we're going write is, played.

So starting on the baseline, I'm going to start forming the letter, P, down this underline, this underline forming the letter, P, then up the ascender line, joining L to A, A to Y, lead out loop.

And then our ed suffix at the end, finishing the D with a lead out on the baseline.

Now let's write the word, cried.

Again, we're gonna start on the baseline and I'm ready.

I'm sat comfortably.

I've got my pen in my tripod grip.

So, ready line, go, starting the lead in from the baseline forming the letter, C.

All of these are X height letters so far.

I'm not gonna dot the I just yet.

Okay, and now joining the E to the D up to the ascender line, back down, lead out.

Now I finished so I can dot my I.

Checking for understanding.

Select the correct join of the lead string, the suffix, ed, pause video now.

(no audio) That's right, it is B.

We want to join E and D from the baseline up to the X height line.

Well done.

It's time for task B.

You need to first practise writing the suffix, ed.

So part A of the task practise suffix, ed, using the starting point on the baseline.

Then part two is to practise writing the following words on your lines.

Played, smiled, cried, and stopped.

I suggest writing each word at least three times.

Pause the video now and off you go.

(no audio) Great job.

Have a look at the examples of these words in cursive handwriting.

How similar do yours look to that, those? Did you use the correct joins within the letter strings? Did you keep your pencil on the page until the end of the letter string? If you need to, you can pause a video and have another go.

Make any edits to any of your cursive handwriting in these words.

Otherwise, have a look closely at all your words.

Circle your best join and celebrate.

Great job.

It's now time for the third section of our lesson where we are writing the suffix, ing, which is made up the letters I-N-G.

Here is the suffix, ing, in cursive handwriting.

Take a closer look.

What do you notice about the letter formation and the joins that are used? Pause the video now.

(no audio) okay, so what do we notice about the letter formations and the joins? Ing starts with a lead in, the letter I has a lead in from the baseline, there is a dot at the top of the I and g ends with a lead out loop.

What's really important to remember when we're writing the letter string, ing, is that you dot the I after you have finished writing the letter string.

Let's look, take another close look.

The first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

The last letter, G, has a lead out loop, both joins, so I and N, and N and G use the first join.

So from the baseline to the X height line.

the letter, G, has a descender as part of the letter falls below the baseline.

The descender becomes a lead out loop when using cursive handwriting.

Remember that when you are forming the joins, you don't lift your pencil off the page, you're only going to lift your pencil off the page at the end when you finish the letter string and you go back to dot the letter, I.

So I'm going to form the suffix, ing, in cursive in the air with my finger first.

So I'll start at the baseline, then I'm gonna start forming the body of the letter, I.

So I'm gonna go up to the X height line, then go back down again and join to form my letter N at the X height line.

Then back down to the baseline and then back up to the X height line.

And I'm going to form my letter, G, loop down below the baseline into my descender and then a lead out loop.

Then I can go back and dot my I.

Okay, your turn.

Get your finger ready.

Let's all do this together.

We're going to start on the baseline.

Then we'll go up to the X height line forming the body of the letter, I, back down to the baseline.

Then we're gonna join the letter to the letter, N, back up to the X height line, form the letter, N, back down to the baseline.

And then we're gonna go into the forming the letter, G, and then go down past the baseline into our descender and then form our lead out loop.

Then we dot the I.

Everyone happy with that? If you want to, you can pause the video and have another go.

Otherwise, really well done.

So these words are all written in cursive handwriting and use the suffix, ing.

We have the word calling.

I was calling you on my phone and closing.

We are closing the door.

Look really closely.

What do you notice about the letter formations and the joins? Pause the video now.

(no audio) Okay, what do we notice? So in the letter, in the word calling, the word begins with a lead in on the first letter, C, we have two ascenders, don't we? In the L, the double L, and we finish with a lead out loop on the letter, G.

Then for the word closing, again, it begins with a lead in on the first letter, C, we have an ascender with the letter, L, and we finish on the letter, G, with a lead out loop.

What do you need to think about when you're writing letter strings with a common suffix? So the first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

The last letter has a lead out.

This time it's a lead out loop, isn't it? On the letter, G, There will be a range of cursive letter joins used within the letter strings because this depends on which letters are being used.

The suffix, ing, uses the first join from the baseline to the X height line for both of its joins.

So for joining I to N and N to G and you don't lift your pencil until you have completed the letter string.

So you don't dot your I on the ing until you finished the letter string.

Look closely at this word, mixing.

What do you notice about the joins here? Does something seem different at all? Pause the video now and take a closer look.

(no audio) Okay, I wonder if you've noticed something about the letter, X.

The letter, X, is called a break letter.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

Break letter.

So therefore you have to lift your pencil off the page to form the letter X.

Then the next letter in the letter string starts at the baseline with a lead in.

So lead in, so the letter, I, in our suffix, ing, starts with a lead in letter on the baseline.

You've had a, you can see there's a little break between the letter, X, and the letter, I.

A very, very small one.

You want to make sure it's really small so that doesn't look like two separate words, but it's still, there is still a little gap.

So it's called a break letter.

Checking for understanding.

Select the break letter.

Is it A, X or P? Pause the video now.

(no audio) That's right, it is X.

You have to lift your pencil to form a break letter.

They don't join to the next letter in the letter string.

Well done.

Let's practise writing words with the suffix, ing.

I'm making sure I'm sat comfortably.

I've got my pen in my tripod grip.

I'm going to start on the baseline.

I'm ready to go.

So I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go." And then start with the lead in to form the letter, C, and joining C to A from the baseline to the X line.

A to the L from the baseline to the ascending line.

Now we're going to join the suffix.

So L to I, I to N and N to G, the descender line and then the lead out loop.

Now I can dot my I.

I didn't remove my pencil from the page then until I dotted the I.

I did that.

I dotted the I after I'd finished writing it.

So now let's write the word, mixing.

Again, I'm making sure I'm set comfortably.

I'm starting on the baseline and I'm gonna start with my lead in.

I'm ready to go.

So saying to myself, "Ready, line, go." M, forming the letter, M, joining that to the letter, I.

And then this is the letter, X, which is a break letter.

Is it, isn't it? So I'm going to have to remove my pen and take it off the page to form the letter I, X, sorry.

And then leaving a little gap between X and I, I'm going to write my suffix, ing.

And then descender, the lead out loop.

Now I can dot my I's, I and I.

Checking for understanding.

Select the correct join for the suffix, ing.

Pause the video now.

(no audio) That's right, it is C.

Well done.

It's time for task C.

You need to practise writing the suffix, ing.

So for part A of the task practise just writing the suffix ing, using the starting point on the baseline.

Then part two is to practise writing the following words on your lines.

Cooling, closing, sitting and mixing.

And just like last time, I suggest you write each word at least three times.

So pause the video now and off you go.

(no audio) Great job, everybody.

Take a look at all these examples of the words in cursive handwriting.

Do yours look similar to these? Did you use the correct joins within your letter string? Did you remember to lift your pencil for the break letter? If you need to, you can pause the video now and have another go at writing out any of these words again in your neatest cursive handwriting.

Otherwise, look back through all of your words, circle your best join and celebrate.

Pause video now.

(no audio) Great job today, everybody.

Really well done.

Here's a summary of everything we've learned.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word, which creates another word.

Ed and ing are examples of common suffixes.

There are four joins used to connect letters together in cursive handwriting.

The join used depends on which letter is joining to which letter within a letter string.

Ed and ing only use the first join in their formation.

You don't lift your pencil and forming the joins.

You only lift your pencil once the letter string is complete, or if there is a break letter within the letter string.

Great job today, everybody.

Really well done.