Watch: Forming long ladder letters
Practise your handwriting and learn how to form the long ladder letters l, i, t, u, j and y.
Long ladder letters are fun to write, try forming the letters in the air whilst the video is playing.
Long ladder letters are known for their straight lines.
Some are simple, with just a single line straight down like 鈥榣鈥.
Whereas others follow more complicated patterns, such as 鈥榯鈥. They still start the same, straight down before the pencil leaves the page, then comes back over to cross the 鈥榯鈥.
There are those that even head back up for a second line, joined by a curve underneath like 鈥榰鈥 and 鈥榶鈥.
The exceptions are 鈥榠' and 鈥榡鈥, which always leaves an extra dot behind.
Activity 1
Test your knowledge of long ladder letters with this quiz.
Activity 2
Try practising your letter formation by clicking on the link below and completing the work sheet.
If you're not able to print the sheet, just use a piece of paper and write each letter six times.
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Activity 3
Can you think of words that contain long ladder letters?
Draw a table like the one below and see if you can think of words that contain long ladder letters at the beginning, middle and end of words.
Some have been filled in for you.
| long ladder letter | at the beginning | in the middle | at the end |
|---|---|---|---|
| l | - - - - - | - - - - - | - - - - - |
| t | - - - - - | - - - - - | - - - - - |
| i | Iron | - - - - - | chillI |
| j | - - - - - | - - - - - | - - - - - |
| u | - - - - - | - - - - - | menu |
| y | - - - - - | - - - - - | - - - - - |
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