Lesson video

Hello everybody, my name is Mrs. Richards.

Today we are going to practise and apply our knowledge of prefixes.

I think today's lesson is going to be really fun.

And I've got a great spelling strategy to teach you.

First, we are going to recap the prefixes that we learned in the last lesson.

Then we are going to learn a spelling practise strategy.

And at the end we have our test.

In this lesson, you will need some paper, a pencil, and definitely your brain.

So if you need to get any resources, pause the film now.

Okay, let's recap what we looked at last time.

Here's our key vocabulary.

There are two key terms that we need to understand.

Prefix, and root.

Now I've given you a bit of a clue with my underlining.

Can you pause the video and tell the screen the meaning of each of these terms? Well done for participating.

Okay, a prefix is a group of letters at the beginning of a word that change its meaning.

And root is the most basic version of a word onto which the prefix is added.

Remember, here's our easy way to recall what a prefix is.

Because prefix contains a prefix! It contains the prefix "pre", which means "before".

So prefix means attaching something before the word, at the beginning of the word.

Okay, let's see how much you can remember.

On the board are the four prefixes which we explored in our last lesson.

There are also the four meanings of these prefixes.

First job: I want you to match the prefix with its meaning.

Pause the video and have a go, now.

How did you get on? Shall we see? So "bi" means "two".

Hopefully you're remembering bicycle having two wheels.

"Tele" means "distant".

Do you remember when we looked at the word telephone? And that was about hearing someone's voice, even though they could be far away? "Circum" means "around".

Remember the first four letters in "circum" are the same as the first four letters in "circle".

"Trans".

"Trans" means "across", like in transatlantic.

Okay, next challenge.

There are four words on the board, each of these words contains one of our prefixes.

You've also got the four definitions, the four meanings of these prefixes.

Your job is to match the word to the meaning of its prefix.

So here are your words: Transparent, what does the prefix mean in transparent? Bisect, what does the prefix mean in bisect? Circumference, what does the prefix mean in circumference? Television, what does the prefix in television? Pause the video now.

Well done, for having a go.

Let's see.

So transparent contains the prefix "trans", which means "across" or "through".

I can see through something which is transparent.

Bisect contains the prefix "bi" which means "two".

And bisect means to cut something into two pieces.

Circumference contains the prefix "circum", meaning "around".

The circumference of a circle is the line around the outside of the circle.

And television contains the prefix "tele", which means "distant".

Using a television, we are able to see images that might have been filmed or broadcast from a long way away.

Okay, this one's slightly harder.

On the board in front of you, you have six boxes.

You need to choose three boxes to join together.

One purple box, one orange box, and one black box.

So in the purple box, you're going to find a word.

In the orange box, you'll find a definition.

And in the black box, you'll find the meaning of the prefix.

Your job is to see if you can match the three things, to help us develop our understanding of prefixes.

Here are your words: Transplant.

Can you find the definition? Can you find the meaning of the prefix? Binoculars.

Can you find the definition? Can you find the meaning of the prefix? Pause the video now, and have a go.

So, transplant meant: in surgery, to move an organ or tissue from one body across to another.

It contains the prefix "trans" which means "across".

Binoculars.

Binoculars means: an object containing two small telescopes that helps us see things clearly that are further away.

It contains the prefix "bi" meaning "two".

Let's have a go at this one.

Again, you're making groups of three.

You're matching the word with its definition and the meaning of its prefix.

You're joining together one pink box, one blue box, and one black box.

Here are your words: Circumvent and telescope.

Pause the video, and have a go.

Well done for having a go.

Let's have a look.

So circumvent.

Circumvent contains the prefix "circum", which we know means "around".

The definition of circumvent is: To go around or bypass something.

Telescope contains the prefix "tele" which means "distant".

The definition: An instrument for making distant objects appear closer.

Okay, now I'm going to teach you a spelling practise strategy.

In this session, we're going to learn about naughty letters.

Naughty letters is the name of our practise strategy.

Here's how it works: We write the tricky letters in a word, the letters that we often misspell, larger than the other letters.

We then draw a picture around the tricky letters to represent the meaning of the word.

Or use colour to make the latter stand out.

Everybody's tricky letters, the bits that you find difficult in a word, will be different from somebody else.

And that's completely okay.

This is about you looking closely at words, and deciding for yourself which letters are most challenging for you.

Here's an example.

In bilingual, one of our spelling words from this week, I find remembering that "u" really tricky.

Bi-ling-ual.

So what I've decided to do, is to copy the word accurately, and then to copy again making that letter "u" bigger than the rest of the letters.

Now the next step, is to draw a picture around that "U", or to colour it in.

Something that's going to help me to understand the meaning of the word "bilingual".

I remember from our last session that bilingual means to speak two languages.

So in my picture you can see that I've made the "U" into a tongue, to help me remember that it's about speaking.

My pictures aren't very good, I'm sure that you could do a better job than me.

But here are two examples.

Why is this a useful strategy? It forces us to interact with the word in front of us.

We've got to look at it really closely.

The strategy highlights the tricky letters in each word.

The letters we find the most difficult to remember to spell.

And the strategy consolidates our understanding of the word's meaning.

So now it's your turn.

On the board, you can see the instructions for how to use the naughty letters strategy.

And you've also got your spelling words from this week.

Now's your chance to practise.

Take as long as you need.

You can pause the video here if you'd like to, and have some time to explore using this strategy to learn our spelling words.

Coming up next is our test.

So, spelling test.

If you feel like you're ready for your test, you've practised really hard, little and often, then we can get started.

If you feel like you want some more time to practise before doing your test, than pause the video here, and you can have as much time to practise as you need.

Let's have a look at some spelling test strategies before we get started.

Number one, pause.

Take a deep breath.

And take as much time as you need to spell these words.

If you're unsure, try writing the word more than once.

And consider which spelling looks right.

If you're stuck, you can try writing the word more than once and then sound out the different spellings.

Think about which word sounds right.

Okay, if you're ready to get started, you need a blank piece of paper, you need to make sure that you can't see your spelling words, and down the margin, or down the side of the page, you need to put the numbers 1 to 10.

Pause the video, and do that now.

Okay.

Here are the words, are you ready? Number 1: Bicycle.

Bicycle.

I love riding my bicycle.

Number 2: Bilingual.

Bilingual.

If I'm bilingual, I can speak more than one language.

Pause the video whenever you need to.

If you need more time to write the words, that's fine.

Spelling number 3: Bisect.

Bisect.

The line bisects the square.

Number 4: Circumnavigate.

Circumnavigate.

I would love to circumnavigate the globe.

Spelling number 5: Circumference.

Circumference.

Circumference is the line around the outside of the circle.

Spelling number 6: Telephone.

Telephone.

I often chat to my friends on the telephone.

Remember, pause the video whenever you need to.

Spelling number 7: Television.

Television.

It can be interesting to watch television.

Spelling number 8: Transatlantic.

Transatlantic.

The journey was transatlantic.

Spelling number 9: Transparent.

Transparent.

My windows are transparent.

Spelling number 10: Co-operate.

Co-operate.

This is one of the words that we looked at last time.

Think about what particular piece of punctuation it might need.

Okay, well done.

Spend as much time as you need now, checking your spellings.

You can pause the video.

Go back and use some of those strategies that we discussed to help you to spell these words accurately.

When you're ready, we'll check our answers.

Okay, word number 1: bicycle.

B I C Y C L E.

Remember "bi" means "two".

Number 2: bilingual.

B I L I N G U A L.

Spelling number 3: bisect.

B I S E C T.

If you need more time, you can re watch me saying aloud any of the spellings of these words, or you can pause the video.

Number 4: Circumnavigate.

C I R C U M N A V I G A T E.

Number 5: Circumference.

C I R C U M F E R E N C E.

Number 6: Telephone.

T E L E P H O N E.

Number 7: Television.

T E L E V I S I O N.

Number 8: Transatlantic.

T R A N S A T L A N T I C.

Number 9: Transparent.

T R A N S P A R E N T.

Number 10: Co-operate.

C O - O P E R A T E.

Remember, this word had a hyphen to stop those two vowels, the two letter "o"'s, being next to each other.

Pause the video if you need to, you can go back and check the spelling of any of the words.

The most important thing, is that if you've made an error, then self correct now.

Go back and correct any mistakes you might have made, because that's how we learn.

So be proud of how much you've practised.

Did you practise every day for 10 minutes? Be proud of the number of practise strategies that you used.

Did you try letter blocking? Did you try naughty letters? Did you try wrapping the letters in the word? Next thing, be proud of how you're now paying close attention to words in your reading and your writing.

I wonder if you've seen these prefixes, or any of these words around this week? In misspelt words, look at how many letters you spelled correctly as well as the letters which were wrong.

Remember, you can't be a good speller or a bad speller, we're all learning.

And we're all getting better at this, all the time.

Learning comes from mistakes.

You might not be able to spell this word yet, but you will with more practise.

And that's what's really important.

So well done, for today's session! I hope you feel really proud of yourselves, you've done brilliantly.

I really look forward to teaching you again.

Bye!.