- Hello.

Today you're going to learn the lowercase letters i, u and t to make sure that you do your very best.

I would like for you to check your writing position, make sure that you're sitting back in your chair but not leaning against it.

Your feet should be on the floor and you should be facing your desk squarely if you are right-handed.

The bottom left hand corner of the paper should be pointing toward you and you should hold your pen or pencil about an inch from the point between the thumb and index finger.

The pen should be resting against the knuckle of your hand and the end of the pen should point toward your right shoulder.

If you are left-handed, the bottom right-hand corner of the paper should be pointing toward you.

You can hold your pencil a little bit further back than an inch so that you can see you're writing a little better.

Again, it should be resting on the knuckle of your hand and the end of the pen should point out and away from your left shoulder.

I'm going to now do the under curve oval and I would like for you to watch and of course, as I write, I'm going to hold the top of the paper with the hand that I'm not using to write With the oval begins at the baseline with an under curve up to the headline, then curves back down, around and closes.

And then we're going to do this to the count of eight.

This is 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Hold your pencil in the air and I would like for you to trace the oval.

Ready, begin, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Put your pencil on the baseline and I would like for you to make the oval ready.

Right.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Now I would like for you to watch as I do four of the under curves and remember they begin at the baseline and curve up to the midline.

There was 1, 2, 3, 4.

Put your pencil in the air and I would like for you to trace these.

Ready, begin.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Put your pencil on the baseline and I will count for you as you make four of the under curves ready.

Right.

1, 2, 4.

Now watch as I make four of the slants beginning at the midline and pulling down to the baseline.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Hold your pencil in the air and trace these.

Ready.

Begin.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Put your pencil on the midline and I would like for you to make four of these while I count.

Ready Write 1, 2, 3, 4.

Now you're ready to make the letter I. Let's take a look at it.

It begins at the baseline with an under curve to the midline.

Then a slant that retraces the under curve slightly goes back down to the baseline and then an under curve up to the midline for the finish.

Then you lift your pencil and dot the I. Let's look at it again Under curve slant under curve dot.

Now watch as I write the letter I on my paper beginning at the baseline with an under curve to the midline.

I slant to the baseline and under curve back up to the midline and then dot the I hold your pencil in the air and trace the letter I ready.

Begin under curve, slant under curve dot.

Put your pencil on the baseline and I would like for you to make the letter I ready write under curve, slant under curve dot.

We can make the letter I to the count of two.

Watch as I do that one is the under curve.

Then two is the slant and the finish.

Then you lift your pencil and dot the I put your pencil on the baseline and I will count for you as you make your second i Ready.

Begin one, two dot check to see that you started at the baseline that you came up to the midline and that you retraced the under curve slightly.

Then back down to the baseline, up to the under curve for the finish.

And that the.is partway between the midline and the headline.

See if you can find the letter I hidden in this picture.

Look carefully.

I'll bet you have found the eye already.

Watch as the picture disappears.

And there it is, the letter I. The next letter you're going to learn is the letter U. Let's take a look at it.

It begins at the baseline with an under curve to the midline, then a slant back down to the baseline, another under curve to the midline, a slant back down to the baseline and an undercurrent to the midline for the finish, let's watch as it appears again under curve slant, under curve, slant, finish.

Now watch as I write the letter U on the board, beginning at the baseline with an under curve to the midline, a slant back down to the baseline and under curve to the midline, a slant back down to the baseline and an under curve to the midline.

For the finish, hold your pencil in the air and I would like for you to trace this letter U Ready.

Begin under curve, slant under curve, slant, finish.

Put your pencil on the baseline and I would like for you to write the letter U ready.

Write under curve, slant under curve, slant under curve.

For the finish, we can write the letter U to the count of three.

Watch As I do that, the first under curve is number one.

Then two is the slant, and the next under curve three is the slant and the under curve.

For the finish, put your pencil on the baseline and I will count for you as you make your second letter U. Ready, write 1, 2, 3.

Check to see that you started on the baseline, that you came up to the midline with the under curve back down to the baseline, then back up to the midline, down to the baseline, and finished at the midline.

See if you can find the letter U hidden in this picture.

Look carefully.

Have you found the letter U yet?

Watches the picture disappears and there it is, the letter U. The next letter you're going to learn is the T. Let's take a look at it.

It begins at the baseline with an under curve to partway between the midline and the headline.

Then a slant that reach races comes back down to the baseline, then an under curve to the midline for the finish.

Then you lift your pencil and cross the T. Let's watch as it appears again under curve slant, under curve cross.

Now watch as I write it on the board for you, beginning at the baseline with an under curve to partway between the midline and the headline.

A slant back down to the baseline and an under curve to the midline for the finish.

Then you'll lift the pencil and cross the T. Hold your pencil in the air and trace the T with me.

Ready.

Begin under curve, slant under curve cross.

Put your pencil at the baseline and I would like for you to write the letter T on your paper.

Ready.

Write under curve S, slant under curve, lift a pencil, cross the T. We can write the letter T to the cat of two.

Watch as I do that.

Number one is the under curve.

Two is the slant and finish.

And then we cross the T. Put your pencil at the baseline and I will count for you as you make your second T ready.

Begin one, two, lift a pencil.

Cross the T check to make sure that your under curve comes partway between the midline and the headline that you come back down to the baseline finish at the midline and then carefully cross the T. See if you can find the letter T hidden in this picture.

Have you found letter T yet?

And keep looking.

I'm sure you found it by now.

And there it is, the letter T. Now we can write a word with two of the letters that you've learned today.

And that word is it.

Watch as I write it on the board, beginning with the letter I, with an under curve, then a slant.

And notice how we connect it to the letter T with that under curve, slant, finish.

And then we dot the I and cross the T. Hold your pencil in the air.

And I would like for you to trace the word it.

Ready.

Begin.

First.

The I under curve.

Slant the T under curve slant finish dot the I and cross the T. Put your pencil at the baseline and I would like for you to write the word it on your paper.

First the letter i. Ready.

Write under curve.

Slant the letter T under curve slant.

Finish.

Lift your pencil, dot the I and cross the T. I would like for you to check your word it as it appears again.

First the letter I and then the letter T. Then you dot the I and cross the T. Continue to practice the under curve oval, the under curve in the slant and the letters i, u and T, as well as the word it.

You can also practice your letters in a series.

For example, you can do three of the i's together, three of the T's together, three of the u's together to give you more practice in connecting the letters.