Lesson video

Hello everyone.

This is Miss Afzal.

I'm so happy to be here today because we are going to learn some new handwriting letters today.

I hope that you are all set to go and we are gonna have a lot of fun together.

Let's get started.

The outcome of today's lesson is, I can form the letters E, S, and F, and this comes from the unit "Writing Lowercase Letters in Print.

" We have got some very special keywords in our lesson today, and I want you to be on the lookout.

I want you to be listening out for these words.

Let's go through what our keywords are for today's lesson.

I'll say the word first and then it's your turn.

X-height letter.

X-height line.

Baseline.

Ascender line.

Anti-clockwise.

Let's make sure our eyes are looking out for and our ears are listening out for these keywords.

Today's lesson has four parts to it.

First of all, we'll begin with our handwriting warmup.

Next we'll be forming the lowercase letter E in print.

After that, forming the lowercase letter S in print.

And finally, forming the lowercase letter F in print.

Let's get started with our handwriting warmup.

Can you remember why it's important to warm up our hands before handwriting?

Your hands and your wrists get stronger when you exercise them, just like any other muscle in your body.

So making your hands and wrists stronger will help you to hold your pencil using your tripod grip.

Let's have a go at our warmups for today.

We are going to start with some fun finger pulls.

Let me show you.

I'm gonna pull my thumb and then I'm gonna pull each of my fingers.

I'm pulling from the base of my finger, and I'm pulling all the way along.

And this feels good.

It's like a lovely stretch.

It's kind of like a squeeze and a stretch all in one for each of our fingers.

Okay, now it's your turn.

Are you ready?

So start with your thumb and just pull and squeeze your thumb and with your pointing finger, pull and squeeze.

This feels great.

Are you enjoying it?

Next hand, pulling each of your fingers in turn.

It's like a nice little massage, a nice little workout for our fingers, lovely.

Next, let's try the wiper wrist action.

This is almost as if our hand was like a windscreen wiper on a car or on a bus, and it just goes from side to side like this.

So let's try that with one hand, and we're gonna try that with the other hand, just wiping the windscreen.

And now I'm gonna do both hands together.

This is fun.

It's kind of like waving as well, which is really nice.

Okay, it's your turn.

Are you ready?

Let's just go straight for both hands together.

Okay, so here we are, we're in our vehicle.

It could be a car, it could be a bus.

What else could it be?

It could be a van.

And we are wiping the windows.

It's raining, we don't want that rain getting in the way of us seeing clearly, so we are going to wipe the windows.

Mm, this is lovely.

Okay, well done everyone.

Hands warmed up, wrists warmed up, we're ready for our letters.

Practicing writing patterns helps to prepare us for writing letters.

We can do patterns that go up and down like this.

We can do zigzag patterns or we could do loops.

Today we're going to have a go at making this writing pattern in the air.

Let me go first.

I'm going to start at the top and I'm going to go all the way down.

Let me try that again like this.

And now it's your turn.

Are you ready?

Show me with your finger, going all the way down.

So we're going back and forth and down at the same time.

Fantastic.

I'm going to have a go with my fist now.

Have a look.

I'm going down and I'm going back and forth.

One more time, let me show you.

I'm going down and going back and forth.

And now it's your turn.

Are you ready with your fist?

Let's go.

Moving down, but also we are going from one side to the other.

Fantastic.

We are warmed up, we are ready.

For your task, I would like you to use this writing pattern to add strings to the balloons.

So it's the same movement we were just making in the air.

This time you're going to do this with your pencil.

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

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with using this writing pattern and adding strings to the balloons?

Did you use your tripod grip?

Did you keep your pencil on the page the whole time?

Did you have fun?

For the next part of today's lesson, we'll be forming the lowercase letter E in print.

Let's begin.

Can you see the letter E has appeared in the middle of the screen?

Let's look closely at it.

What can you see?

What can you notice about this letter E?

Turn to someone nearby and tell them everything you notice about the letter E.

Pause the video here.

Did you notice that it's an x-height letter?

Did you notice that it's a curved letter?

Most of the lines in this letter are curved.

Let's find out more about the letter E.

Letter E is an x-height letter, so it goes up as high as the x-height line.

Letter E is a small letter.

It does not have an ascender reaching up above the x-height line.

It does not have a descender going down below the baseline.

Letter E is curved.

Check for understanding.

Select the two true statements.

Letter E is a tall letter.

The letter E is an x-height letter.

The letter E has a descender.

The letter E is a curved letter.

Pause the video here.

Well done if you selected B and D.

The letter E is an x-height letter.

And letter E is a curved letter.

It's time to have a go at forming the lowercase letter E.

I'm going to have a go first and then it will be your turn.

I'm gonna start using my finger.

Now I start in the middle, in between the x-height line and the baseline.

And I go across, straight across, and then I go up and over to the x-height line, and I curl around in an anti-clockwise direction, all the way down to the baseline.

Let me try that again.

I'm gonna start in between my imaginary x-height line and my imaginary baseline.

I'm gonna do a straight line across and then I'm going to go up to the x-height line and I'm curling around in an anti-clockwise direction, all the way down to the baseline.

It's your turn.

Get your finger ready.

In between your imaginary x-height line and baseline and make a line straight across, then curl up towards the x-height line.

Keep going around in an anti-clockwise direction, down to the baseline.

It's a fun letter to form.

Let's have another go.

Ready?

In your position and then straight across, and then up to the x-height line and curling around in an anti-clockwise direction, fantastic.

I'm going to do the same thing, this time I'm gonna use my elbow, just to have super, lots of fun.

All right, I'm starting in my position in between the x-height and the baseline.

I'm gonna make a line straight across, and then I'm gonna go up to the x-height line and I'm curling around in an anti-clockwise direction to the baseline.

Let me try one more.

I'm going to go straight across and then up to the x-height line, curling around in an anti-clockwise direction to the baseline.

It's your turn.

You get those elbows ready.

Those writing elbows, let's go.

Straight across and then curling up to the x-height line, round in an anti-clockwise direction down to the baseline.

One more, straight across, and then let's curl up, around in an anti-clockwise direction down to the baseline.

Look at all those lovely letter Es.

Well done, everybody.

I'm going to model how to form the lowercase letter E.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My paper is angled, and I'm holding my pen in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start letter E in the middle, between the x-height line and the baseline.

I'm going to go straight across, and then I'm gonna curl up to the x-height line, and then go around in an anti-clockwise direction, down to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

Start in the middle in between the x-height line and the baseline, go straight across.

And then I'm gonna curl up to the x-height line, go around in an anti-clockwise direction, all the way down to the baseline.

And let's try one more.

Start in the middle, go straight across, up to the x-height line in an anticlockwise direction, curling around to the baseline Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the lowercase letter E?

Is it the E that you could see above box A, B, or C?

Pause the video here.

Well done if you chose the E above box A, that has the correct formation.

It's starting in the right place, in between the x-height and the baseline, it's making a line straight across, and then it goes all the way up to the x-height line, and it curves around in an anti-clockwise direction, down to the baseline, well done.

For your task, I'd like you to practice forming the lowercase letter E.

First of all, go over the gray examples.

Starting in between the x-height line and the baseline, make a line straight across, and then going up to the x-height line and curling around in an anti-clockwise direction, and then coming all the way down to the baseline.

Next, try using the starting dot to inform your lowercase letter Es.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy forming every E.

Pause the video here.

I wonder, how did you get on with forming the lower case letter E?

Did you start between the x-height line and the baseline?

Did you make that line straight across?

And then did you go up and around in an anticlockwise direction?

Did you keep your pencil on the paper for each of those Es?

Take a look at all of the letter Es on your paper and choose your best one, circle it and celebrate.

You've done really well today.

For the next part of our lesson, we'll be forming the lowercase letter S in print.

Let's begin.

Oh, wow, can you see that letter S that has appeared in the middle of the screen?

Take a close look.

What can you see?

What do you notice about this letter S?

Turn to someone nearby and tell them everything that you can see about this lowercase letter S.

Pause the video here.

Did you notice that it's an x-height letter?

Did you notice that it's a curved letter?

Let's find out more about the letter S.

Letter S is an x-height letter.

Letter S is a small letter.

It does not have an ascender reaching up above the x-height line to the ascender line, and it does not have a descender, reaching down past the baseline to the descender line.

And letter S curls not just once, but two times.

It's a very curly letter.

Check for understanding.

Select the two true statements.

Letter S is a small letter.

The letter S has a descender.

The letter S is an x-height letter.

The letter S has an ascender.

Pause the video here.

It's true that the letter S is a small letter and the letter S is an x-height letter.

It's that really fun time where we form the letters in the air.

We are going to form the letter S.

First of all, I'm gonna have a go using my finger, and then it will be your turn.

I'm going to start the letter S just below the x-height line.

I'm going to go up, I'm gonna curl up to the x-height line, and then I'm gonna curl back to in between the x-height line and the baseline.

And then I'm gonna curl again down to the baseline.

So this letter loves to curl.

Let me try that again.

So I'm starting just below the x-height line.

I'm gonna go up to the x-height line, and then I'm gonna curl around to in between the x-height and the baseline, and then I'm gonna curl again down to the baseline.

Are you ready to have a go at forming this really fun curly letter?

Let's go, just below the x-height line, go up to the x-height line, and then curl around to in between the x-height and the baseline, and then curl around again down to the baseline.

Let's try it one more time.

Just below the x-height line, up to the x-height, curl around to in the middle of the two lines, and then curl around again to the baseline.

I'm gonna have a go now, this time using my fist.

And I'm gonna make my first letter S by curling up to the x-height line, curling around to in between the two lines, and I'm gonna curl down to the baseline.

Let me show you that again.

I'll start just under the x-height line, gonna go up to the x-height line, and then curl around in between the two lines, and then I'm gonna curl around again to the baseline.

It's your turn.

Get your fist ready.

Let's do some super curly Ss.

Let's go.

From just below the x-height line, we're going up to the x-height line, we're curling around to in between the x-height line and the baseline, and then we're curling around down to the baseline.

One more time, just because it's so much fun.

Below the x-height line we begin, and then we go up to the x-height line, we curl around to in between the x-height line and the baseline, then we curl around and down to the baseline.

Oh my goodness, that was one of the most fun letters to form.

I'm going to share how to form the lowercase letter S.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My paper is angled and my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start just below the x-height line.

I'm gonna go up to the x-height line, and then I'm going to curl back down to in between the x-height line and the baseline.

And then I'm gonna curl back around to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

Starting just below the x-height line, I'm gonna curl back, I'm gonna go back up to the x-height line, curl back down to in between the x-height line and the baseline.

And then I'm gonna curl back round to the baseline.

And one more, starting just below the x-height line, gonna go up to the x-height line.

I'm gonna curl back down to in between the two lines.

And then I'm gonna curl back round to the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the lowercase letter S?

Is it the S you can see above the A, B, or C?

Pause the video here.

Well done, it's that S that we see in the middle of our screen.

It's starting just below the x-height line, it's going up to the x-height line, curling around in an anti-clockwise direction, down to in between the two lines, and then it's curling around again down to the baseline.

For your task, I'd like you to practice forming the lowercase letter S.

First of all, go over the gray examples.

Starting just below the x-height line, you're going to go up to the x-height line, and I'm gonna curl around in an anti-clockwise direction until we get to in between the x-height line and the baseline, and then we'll curl around again down to the baseline.

Next, try using the starting dot to form your letter Ss.

And finally complete two lines of the letter S independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy these super curly fun letters.

Pause the video here.

So how did you get on with forming the lowercase letter S?

Did you start just below the x-height line?

Did you curl around, not just once, but two times?

Did you keep your pencil on the paper?

Take a look at your best letter S and put a circle around it and celebrate forming this fantastically fun super curly letter.

And now we've come to the part of the lesson where we'll be forming the lowercase letter F in print.

Let's begin.

Aha, what do you see in the middle of your screen?

Do you see the lowercase letter F has appeared?

Let's look closely at it.

What can you see?

What can you notice about this letter?

Turn to somebody nearby and tell them everything you notice.

Pause the video here.

So many things to notice.

Did you notice that it has an ascender?

Part of this letter is reaching up above the x-height line.

Did you notice that it has a cross at the top that goes across the x-height line?

And did you notice that it is a curved letter?

What else can we find out about the letter F?

The letter F is a small letter.

The letter F has an ascender.

The letter F has a cross at the x-height line.

And letter F curls up on the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Select the two true statements.

Letter F has a cross on the x-height line.

Letter F has a descender.

Letter F is an x-height letter.

Letter F has an ascender.

Pause the video here.

Well done if you selected A and D.

The letter F has a cross on the x-height line and the letter F has an ascender.

It's that time when we form the letters in the air.

I'm going to have a go at forming the lowercase letter F, first with my finger, then with my nose, and it will be your turn.

So I'm going to start my letter actually in between the ascender line and the x-height line.

So although it has an ascender, it doesn't reach all the way up to the ascender line.

It goes halfway in between the ascender and the x-height line.

So I'm gonna start here, and then I'm going to go round in an anti-clockwise direction.

So that's not the way that a clock moves around, but it's anti-clockwise.

So I'll get my starting place, and then I'll go round in an anti-clockwise direction, and then I'm going to go all the way down to the baseline, and then finish with a curl up.

And then I'll come up to the x-height line and make a cross across my letter F.

Let me try that again.

I'm going to start in between the ascender line and the x-height line.

I'm gonna go around in an anti-clockwise direction, all the way down to the baseline, curl up.

Take my finger off the page, imaginary page, come to the x-height line and make cross across my letter F.

Are you ready for your turn?

Get your finger in position in between the x-height line and the ascender line.

Go around in an anti-clockwise direction, all the way down to the baseline, curl up.

Take your finger off the page, and then make a cross on the x-height line.

Let's try that again.

In between the x-height and the ascender line, go around anti-clockwise, down to the baseline, curl up, finger off, and a cross on the x-height line.

Now let's have a go, this is going to be fun, we're gonna make letter F using our nose.

Okay, let me go first of all.

I'm going to get my nose in position, and then I'm going to go around anti-clockwise, all the way down to the baseline, curl up.

Gonna take my nose off, and then I'm gonna make a cross on the x-height line.

And let me do that one more time.

Ready?

Starting in between the ascender line and the x-height line, I'm going to go around in an anticlockwise direction, down to the baseline, curl up, and then across on the x-height line.

It's your turn.

Get your nose ready.

Get your writing nose ready.

Let's go.

Curling around anti-clockwise down to the baseline, curl up, and then across on the x-height line.

One more, ready?

Going around anti-clockwise, down to the baseline, curl up, and across, fantastic.

Who knew that you could make letter Fs with your nose?

Well done, everybody.

I'm going to share how to form the lowercase letter F.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My paper is angled and my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start in between the x-height line and the ascender line.

And I'm going to go round in an anti-clockwise direction and then go straight down to the baseline.

And then I'm going to curl up at the baseline.

And I'll finish by making a cross on the x-height line.

Let's try that again.

I'll start in between the x-height line and the ascender line.

Gonna go round in an anti-clockwise direction.

Go all the way down to the baseline, curl up at the baseline, and finish with a cross at the x-height line.

Let's try one more.

Here's our starting position.

I'm going to go in an anti-clockwise direction, and I'll go straight down to the baseline.

Going to curl up there and a cross at the x-height line.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the lowercase letter F.

Is it the F you could see above the A, B, or C?

Pause the video here.

Well done, it's the F we can see above the letter C.

It's starting in between the ascender line and the x-height line.

It's going around in an anti-clockwise direction, all the way down to the baseline.

It curls up.

And then there's a cross at the x-height line.

Well done if you selected this letter F.

For your task, I would like you to practice forming the lowercase letter F.

First of all, go over the gray examples, starting in between the ascender line and the x-height line, go around in an anti-clockwise direction, go all the way down to the baseline and curl up, and then add in your cross at the x height line.

Next, try using the starting dots to form your letter F.

And finally, complete two lines of the letter F independently on your tramlines.

Have fun, stay focused.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on?

How did it go with forming the lowercase letter F?

Did you start between the x-height line and the ascender line?

Did you curl up on the baseline?

And did you remember to add the cross at the x-height line?

Take a look at all of your letter Fs.

Circle the best one and celebrate.

Great job, everybody.

In today's lesson, Formation of E, S, and F, we have covered the following.

Letters E and S are x-height letters.

Letter F has an ascender.

Letters E, S, and F curl in an anti-clockwise direction.

The letter F has a cross on the x-height line.