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 ‘l’.
Whereas others follow more complicated patterns, such as ‘t’. They still start the same, straight down before the pencil leaves the page, then comes back over to cross the ‘t’.
There are those that even head back up for a second line, joined by a curve underneath like ‘u’ and ‘y’.
The exceptions are ‘i' and ‘j’, 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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