Hi everybody, it's Ms. Gardner and welcome to today's handwriting lesson.

I'm really excited for today's lesson because we're going to continue practising our cursive handwriting, this time with words that end in s-u-r-e, or t-u-r-e.

So thank you for joining.

I hope you enjoy the lesson and let's get started.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to correctly form words that end in s-u-r-e and t-u-r-e.

Let's start with the key words, we'll do my turn, your turn.

Word ending.

These are letters or groups of letters at the end of a word.

Join.

How the letters are connected together.

Letter string.

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 learning today.

In the first we'll be doing a handwriting warmup, then we'll be writing words ending in s-u-r-e, and then we'll be writing words ending in t-u-r-e.

So let's start with our warmup.

Before we start, what are these pictures reminding you to do when it comes to handwriting? Have a think by yourself, we'll chat about this with your partner, your class, whoever you're with.

Pause the video now.

Okay, so the first picture is reminding us to, be sat on a chair and at a table or a desk, to have your feet flat on the floor, not dangling or swinging around, and to have your back against the chair.

The second picture is reminding us to angle your paper correctly, so if you're right-handed, have your paper at a slight left angle.

And if you're left-handed, and your paper angled slightly towards the right.

Then your non-writing hand is supporting, so holding the paper or book down so that it doesn't move around.

And then finally, you are holding your pencil or pen in the tripod grip.

Before starting to write, it's really important to warm up your hand and your wrist muscles, a bit like you would warm up your leg muscles, your arm muscles before a gym class, before a football match.

Your hands and wrists get stronger the more you exercise them.

So the more exercise you do for your hands and your wrists, the more strong they will become.

And this is really important with handwriting.

Warming up your hands before writing will really help to improve your handwriting, especially your cursive handwriting, and help you to write in cursive for longer.

So let's start with a warmup.

Let's warm 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 are 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 are 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 to put some pressure on each hand so they're kind of pushing into each other.

Should feel quite nice.

Okay, well done.

It's also a great idea to practise writing patterns as these help us to prepare for writing and for joining letters.

You can see the writing patterns on the screen here.

They will require the same movements in your hands that cursive handwriting would, or similar movements anyway, so it's a really good thing to do before you start your cursive handwriting.

So I'm going to do the writing pattern in the air with my finger in that first, and then you are going to have a go.

So you can see here, this pattern is almost like a loop pattern, isn't it? It looks a bit like it's one of those toys, the slinkies that go down the stairs.

So I'm gonna start at the bottom, then I'm gonna go up and loop down, and then back up and loop back down, back up, loop back down.

Back up, loop back down.

And then I can finish.

Okay, it's your turn, get your finger ready, we're going to do this together.

Let's start at the bottom and then let's go, loop up and back down, loop up, back down, loop up, back down, loop up, back down.

And then off we finish.

I hope you enjoyed that, really well done.

It's time for task a.

You need to copy and continue these patterns using your tripod grip, so you the rest of the pattern that you continue doing looking as similar to the patterns that are on the screen now or on your paper now.

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

You want to keep the pencil kind of glued to the page or stuck to the page to help create that really smooth and flowing movement.

So pause the video now.

Off you go and enjoy.

Well done everybody, I hope you enjoyed that.

Have a think.

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

Really well done.

Okay, it's time for the second part of our lesson where we are writing words ending in s-u-r-e.

S-u-r-e is a common spelling for the ending of words.

Let's have a look at some examples.

We'll do my turn your turn because we know it's really important to not just read and see the words, but also to hear them and say them aloud ourselves.

Measure.

Measure.

A ruler is used to measure the length of something.

Pleasure.

Pleasure.

Thank you for doing that for me, it was my pleasure.

Treasure.

You can find the treasure using the map.

Closure.

Closure.

The closure of the swimming pool is due to not enough people using it.

Enclosure.

Enclosure.

The lions live in an enclosure at the zoo.

And finally, leisure.

Leisure.

You can go swimming at your local leisure centre.

So you can see that the spelling s-u-r-e makes a sound ju, measure, pleasure, treasure.

It can really help our handwriting and spelling to practise letter strings ending in s-u-r-e as they appear in lots of words.

So can you remember the four joins that we've learned in cursive handwriting? Here are some examples of each join to help you.

Pause the video now and have a think or discuss this with whoever you are with.

Off you go.

Okay, so let's go through these.

The first join, could you remember the first join? The first join is from the baseline to the x height line.

The second join was from the baseline, but this time up towards the ascender line.

The third join is from the x height line dipping down below back up to the x height line.

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

If you need to, you can pause the video now and have another look through these because it's really important we feel confident with these four joins.

Pause the video now.

Okay, great.

So, here is the ending, s-u-r-e or ju in cursive handwriting.

Take a close look at the letter formation.

What do you notice? Pause the video now.

Okay, so, all the letters are x height letters, they don't go above the x height line or below the baseline to form ascender or descender.

Our first letter s starts with a lead in from the baseline, and our final letter e ends with a lead out.

Let's look at it really closely.

The first letter s has a lead in from the baseline.

The last letter has a lead out.

The first join is used to connect the letters s to u and the letter u to the letter r.

The third join is used to connect the letter r to the letter e.

You don't lift your pencil when you're forming the joins.

Okay, so I'm going to form the word ending in s-u-r-e, or ju in cursive in the air with my finger before we start writing it down on paper.

So, starting at the baseline at my starting point with my lead in, I'm going to lead in to the x height line to form the letter s.

And then I'm going to join from the base height line for my first join up to the x height line to form the letter u.

Then back down to the base line to join u to r, up to the x height line.

And then I'm going to join r to e, just dipping below the x height line and then a lead out from the baseline.

Okay, it's your turn, get your fingers ready, let's all do this together.

Fingers on the baseline.

Are we ready? Let's start with the lead in to form the letter s, up to the x height line forming the letter s.

Then from the baseline joining the s to u.

Then up to the x height line back down to the baseline to join u to r.

Then when we're at the x height line, we can join r to e to dipping below, and then a lead out from the baseline.

Well done, I'm sure you were all really smooth with your movements there.

Great job.

If you need to, you can pause video and have another go at using your finger to write the ending s-u-r-e.

Otherwise, great job, well done.

So these words are written in cursive handwriting and use the word ending, s-u-r-e or as we say it as ju.

Our first word is leisure, and our second word is closure.

Have a close look.

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

Okay, so leisure, what do we notice? The first letter l starts with a lead in from the baseline and it's ascender letter, so it goes up to the ascender line.

And then the last letter is the letter e finishing with a lead out.

Closure.

Our first letter c also starts with a lead in from the baseline, we have an ascender letter, l.

Then the rest of the letters are x height letters, aren't they? And then our final letter e ends with a lead out from the baseline.

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

The last letter has a lead out.

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

In the word leisure, the word ending s-u-r-e is joined from the letter i using the first join, so i to s are joined using the first join.

In the word closure, the word ending s-u-r-e is joined from the letter o using the third join, so o and s are joined with the third join.

Let's practise writing words with the ending s-u-r-e.

We're going to write leisure and closure.

So I'm making sure I'm sitting comfortably and I've got my pen in my tripod grip.

I'm going to find the baseline that I'm going to start on, which is here.

I'm ready to go.

I'm really gonna focus on not lifting my pen off the page and trying to keep a smooth flowing movement.

So I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go." And let's start with our lead in to form the letter l.

Up to the ascender line, back down to join l to e.

E to i, baseline to x height line.

I to s, baseline to x height line.

S to u, baseline to x height line.

U to r, baseline to x height line.

And then r to e, x height line to x height line.

Now I'll go back and dot my i.

Okay, now we're going to write the word "closure".

Again, we're gonna start on the baseline to form our lead in, to start the lead in to form the letter c.

Ready, line, go.

Starting the lead in, forming the letter c.

C is going to join to l, up to the ascender line, back down, joining l to o, baseline to x height line.

O to s, dipping down just under the x height line.

S to u, baseline to x height line, and then u to r, baseline to x height line.

R to e.

I'm just dipping down underneath the x height line.

And then I'm done.

Checking for understanding.

Select the correct formation.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it is a.

It can't be b because not all the letters reach the x height line, and these are all x height letters.

And it can't be c because u and r are not joined.

Great job.

It's time for task b.

First you're going to practise writing the word ending s-u-r-e using the starting point on the baseline to help you.

Then you're going to practise writing the following words on your lines, measure, closure, treasure, and leisure.

I suggest you try to write each word at least three times.

Pause the video now.

Off you go and good luck.

Great job everybody, I hope you enjoyed that.

Have a look at your words that you've just written.

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 the video and go back through any of your joins and make any edits using the examples on the screen to help you.

Pause the video now.

Well done everybody.

Okay, here's the fun part, look back through all the joins that you've done in task B.

Circle your very best one and then celebrate.

Great job.

It is time for the third part of our lesson where we are writing words ending in t-u-r-e.

T-u-r-e is a common spelling for the ending of words.

Let's have a look at some examples.

Again, we'll do my turn, your turn.

Nature.

Nature.

Trees and plants are part of nature.

Picture.

Picture.

Take a picture with your camera.

Feature.

Feature.

A subheading is a feature of a non chronological report.

Structure.

Structure.

The building has a really impressive structure.

Future.

Future.

In the future, I would like to be an author.

Adventure.

Adventure.

On the weekend we went on an adventure in the woods.

So you can see here all these words end in t-u-r-e, and it makes the sound ture, nature, picture, feature.

It can really help our handwriting and spelling to practise letter strings ending in t-u-r-e as they do appear in lots of words.

Here is the word ending, t-u-r-e in cursive handwriting.

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

Okay, so what do we notice? Our first letter, t starts with a lead in from the baseline and it's an ascender line that goes up towards the ascender line, not all the way to the line but towards it.

And then the rest of the letters are x height letters, and our final letter e ends with a lead out.

Can you notice which joins are used? The first and the third joins are used when forming t-u-r-e.

Let's take a closer look.

So the first letter has a lead in from the baseline.

The last letter has a lead out.

The first join is used to connect the letter t to the letter u, and the letter u to the letter r.

The third join is used to connect the letter r to the letter e 'cause it dips down just below the x height line.

Really important to remember is that the cross for the letter t is added once the letter string is complete 'cause you don't want to take your pencil off the page when writing the letter string.

You don't lift your pencil when forming the join.

So I'm going to form the word ending, t-u-r-e incursive in the air with my finger first.

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

I'm going to form the letter t up towards the ascender line, but I'm not going to cross it just yet.

Then back down to the baseline to join to the letter u, up to the x height line.

Then back to the baseline to join u to r, up to the x height line.

And then dipping down to join r to e.

And then finally back at the baseline, the lead out.

Then what do I need to do? That's right, I need to cross my t, don't I? Okay, it's your turn.

There's lots to think about here, so let's all do this together first.

Finger on the baseline.

Are we ready? Let's go.

Let's start with our lead in towards the ascender line to form our body of the letter t.

Back down to the baseline, forming the letter u, and then back down to the baseline to join u to r, up to the x height line.

And then joining r to e dipping below the x height line, back down to the baseline and then a lead out.

And then what do we need to do everybody? 'Cause we haven't finished yet.

What do we need to do? That's right, we need to cross our t.

So the most important thing to remember here is that the cross for the letter t is only added once the letter string is complete.

Great job everybody, really well done.

These words are all written in cursive handwriting, and use the word ending, t-u-r-e, nature and picture.

Have a look closely.

What do you notice about the formation? Pause the video now.

Okay, so nature starts with a lead in on the letter n.

We have one ascender letter, the letter t.

And then our final letter e finishes with a lead out from the baseline.

Picture.

We have a lead in on our first letter picture, which then descends down to the descender line.

We have an ascender letter with a letter t towards the ascender line.

And then we finish with a lead out the letter e.

So what do you need to think about when writing letter strings with a common ending? The first letter has a lead in, and the last letter has a lead out.

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

In the words nature and picture, the t-u-r-e is connected using the second join.

And then the dot for the letter i and the cross for the letter t are not added until the letter string is complete.

Let's practise writing words with the ending t-u-r-e.

We're going to write nature and picture.

I've made sure I'm sitting comfortably and I've got my pen in the tripod grip.

I'm going to find the line, the baseline that I'm starting on, which is here.

I'm ready to go.

So I'm going to say ready, line, go.

And I'm gonna start the lead in to form the letter n from the baseline.

So forming the letter n.

Joining n to a, baseline to x height line, a to t.

Baseline up towards the ascender, back down to the baseline, t to u, back down to the baseline, u to r.

And then joining r to e, dipping down just below the x height line, and then finishing with the lead out.

Then I'll go back and cross my t.

Now we're going to write "picture".

Again, starting on the baseline, and starting with our lead in to form the letter p.

I'm ready, so ready, line, go.

Lead in to form the letter p down to the descender.

Form the letter p, joining p to i, baseline to x height line.

I to c, baseline to x height line.

C to t, up towards the ascender line.

Then back down to the baseline to join t to u.

U to r, x height line to, baseline to x height line, and then joining r to e, just dipping below the x height line.

And then finishing with a lead out.

And now I'll go back, dot my i and cross my t.

Great.

Checking for understanding, select the correct join, a, b, or c? Pause the video now.

Okay, it is c, well done.

It can't be t because t and u are not joined and it can't be b because t hasn't gone up towards the ascender line.

Well done.

It's time for task c.

First, you're going to practise writing the word ending, the word ending, t-u-r-e, using the starting point on the baseline to help you.

Then you're going to practise writing the following words on your line, nature, picture, feature, structure.

So I suggest just like last time we tried to rewrite each word at least three times.

So pause the video now.

Off you go and enjoy.

Great job everybody, well done.

Have a look at your words and your joins that you formed.

Did you use the correct joins within your letter string? Did you remember to add the cross for the t once the letter string was complete? If you need to, you can use the examples on your page to help you make any edits that you might need to, to your cursive handwriting.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Well done, good checking everybody.

Okay.

Have a look at all your joins.

Circle your best one, the one you're most proud of, and then celebrate 'cause you've done a really good job.

Okay, here is a summary of everything we've learned today, s-u-r-e and t-u-r-e are common spellings of words endings.

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.

S-u-r-e uses the first and third join in its formation.

T-u-r-e uses the first and third join in its formation.

Which join is used to connect the ending depends on the letter before the ending is added.

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

Great job today everybody, really well done.