Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

My name is Mrs. Richards and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

Today, we are going to practise and apply our knowledge of the suffixes -able and -ible.

And we've got our spelling test.

So let's get started.

We're going to start today's session by recapping the -able and -ible suffixes then we're going to learn a spelling practise strategy.

And at the end.

For this lesson, you will need an exercise book or paper, pencil and definitely your brain.

So pause the video and go and get any resources that you might need.

Ready to start? Let's recap our key vocabulary.

There are three terms on the board, adjective, root, and suffix.

I want you to pause the video, and give the screen a definition of each of these words.

Off you go.

Shall we see how you got on? An adjective is? Yes, that's right a describing word.

A root is the most basic version of a word onto which the prefix or suffix is attached.

And a suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning.

And sometimes it's word class.

Well done.

On the board are two sentences that summarise our learning.

At the bottom of the screen, you can see five words which might fill the gaps.

Here are the words, root, suffix adjectives, able, ible.

I'm going to read you the two sentences and then I want you to pause the video and work out which word should go in which gap.

Are you ready? able and -ible are that can be added to words to form is the most commonly used suffix and is our best bet.

Pause the video and give it a try.

Well done with that.

Let's do it together.

Able and -ible are suffixes.

That's right, able and -ible are suffixes that can be added to root words to form adjectives.

Well done.

Something is the most commonly used suffix and is our best bet.

Which one was the most commonly used? Do you remember? able? That's right.

able is the most commonly used suffix and is our best bet.

Well done.

On the board is the grid that we constructed in our last session together.

On the one side, you have A-B-L-E, the -able suffix, and four words which use the suffix.

On the other side, we have I-B-L-E, the -ible suffix and two examples.

Can you remember any rules that help us decide when to spell the suffix A-B-L-E, and when to spell the I-B-L-E? Pause the video now and write down or tell the screen any rules that you can remember.

Off you go.

How did you get on? Should we look at them together? A-B-L-E, This spelling of the suffix, was the most common spelling.

It was the best bet.

In fact, any new words that are created in the English language would use the spelling A-B-L-E.

So how interesting when you look in the dictionary and you can see new words that are added that are no longer going to be spelled I-B-L-E and always be spelled A-B-L-E.

These words are more likely to have a root word which we can recognise in English.

If you can hear that word within a word and it seems to make sense in English, and you probably need to use A-B-L-E.

I-B-L-E, what were the rules here? I-B-L-E was used for older words.

There are approximately 180 words in English language that use this spelling suffix, and no new words are going to be created.

So there's only those 180 words that are spelt in this way.

These words are more likely to have a root word which ends in an s.

Look at possible, for an example.

And they're more likely to have a root word which we might not recognise in English.

In both of these examples, possible and incredible, I can't recognise those root words in English, I can't hear a word within a word.

So, let's do some examples together.

Are you ready? I'm going to give you a word ending in either -able or -ible.

Your job is to listen carefully and see if he can hear a word within a word.

If you can hear that root word, your job is to point to the correct spelling on the screen.

Are you ready? Here's the first one.

Understandable.

Understandable.

Can you hear a word within a word? Does that give you a clue about which spelling to use? Pause and tell the screen the root word you can hear and point to the correct spelling.

Off you go.

Shall we see how you got on? In understandable, I can hear? Yes.

Understand, well done.

And so if I can hear that root word, it makes sense in English by itself, I probably need the spelling A-B-L-E let's see if I right.

Yes.

Understandable, with the spelling A-B-L-E.

Let's do another one.

Excitable.

Excitable.

Can you hear a word within a word? If you can hear that root does that give you a clue about which spelling to use? Tell the screen now.

Off you go.

Let's have a look together.

Excitable.

Oh, you might get to hear excite.

Yes.

And yes, because we get hear that root word we need the suffix A-B-L-E well done.

Do you notice the slight spelling change here? When that root word ended in an e, I needed to remove the e, before adding the suffix.

Let's have a look at another example.

Here's your word.

Replaceable.

Replaceable.

Can you hear a word within a word? Can you decide which ending you might need? Pause and tell the screen now.

In replaceable, what could you hear? I could hear the root word replace.

Because I can hear a root word.

I think I should use the ending A-B-L-E.

Oh and look, I remember because it ends in an e, perhaps I need to take off the e, to put on the suffix -able.

Should we see? Oh well, I got it partly right.

I do need the spelling A B-L-E for my suffix.

Look what has to happen here with that letter e, because before it as a soft c, that makes that sound.

I need to keep that e, to help make that c soft.

Listen here to the soft c, replace, replace.

If I remove the e before adding my suffix, here's what it will sound like replac, replacable.

And that's just not right.

So if you have a soft c or soft g before the suffix, you need to keep that e.

Let's try another one.

Your word is manageable.

Manageable.

Can you hear a word within a word? Can you decide which spelling to use? Pause and tell the screen? Let's have a look together.

In manageable, I can hear manage.

Yes, well done.

Look, here I have a root word ending in e but there's a g before it.

I remember that if I want to keep a soft c or a soft g.

I need to keep that e.

Manage, yes it's a soft g.

Let's look.

Yes, we remembered when we went to keep the soft c or the soft g sound that e needs to stay where it is when we add the suffix.

Let's do another one, visible.

Visible.

Can you hear a word within a word? Could you point to the correct spelling on the screen? Off you go.

Visible, I didn't think I could hear a word within a word.

So I think I'm going to need the suffix -ible.

Should we see? Visible yes, spelt with an I-B-L-E, there's also that s, that gives me a clue.

Visible does have a root word.

And it's part of that word family with vision about seeing things.

But it's not a root word that makes sense in English by itself.

It's a root that comes from Latin.

And so for that reason, I add I-B-L-E on the end.

Let's do one more.

Terrible.

Terrible.

Can you hear a word within a word? Can you point to the correct ending? Pause and try now.

Should we have a look? In terrible, I don't think I can hear a whole root word.

No, it sounds a bit like terror, but in terrible there's not an English root word that makes sense by itself.

So I need the suffix I-B-L-E.

Again, this root comes from Latin, part of that same family with terror about something which is awful, and feeling scared.

Well done.

You did that bit brilliantly.

This bit's really fun.

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

I'm going to teach you today how to spell these words to a rhythm.

We're going to try to sing, clap or rap the words to a rhythm, for example, accessible.

Are you ready? A-C-C-E-S-S-I-B-L-E, again, A-C-C-E-S-S-I-B-L-E See if you can crack along to the rhythm.

A-C-C-E-S-S-I-B-L-E.

If I can remember that rhythm, if I can remember that short rap, then I'll remember how to spell that word.

Let's try another one.

Invincible.

I-N-V-I-N-C-I-B-L-E.

I-N-V-I-N-C-I-B-L-E.

And at the beginning of each of those groups of letters I had I, listen.

I-N-V-I-N-C-I-B-L-E.

This is really fun.

I know you're going to love practising this way.

And I find it really useful.

Here's how the strategy helps us.

It causes us to interact with the word and how it looks.

It helps us to retain how the word is spelt and break the word into smaller chunks.

So on the board are the instructions of how to spell to rhythm and your spelling words.

Pause the video now and take some time to practise this for yourself.

Off you go.

I hope that you found that fun and I hope that you found that really useful.

If you're ready for your spelling test, then we can start that now.

If you feel like you need more practise time that is absolutely fine.

Pause the video here, and go and take some more time to practise your words.

Remember, the more practise you do, the easier it will be to submit this word to your long-term memory.

And that's what will help your spelling when you're writing.

But if you're ready for your spelling test, we can start now.

Here's some strategies to help us.

In your test, remember to pause, take a deep breath and take as much time as you need.

Try writing the word more than once and consider which spelling looks right.

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

Which spelling sounds right? If you're ready to start, you need a pencil, and a blank piece of paper.

You need to put the numbers one to 10 down the margin or down the side of your page.

And make sure you can't see your spelling words anywhere.

In the test, I'm going to say each word twice and I'm going to put the words into a sentence for you.

Number one, sensible sensible, the child was very sensible when crossing the road.

Pause if you need to and give yourself more time.

Number two, incredible.

Incredible.

That action was incredible.

Spelling number three, invincible, invincible.

The superhero was invincible.

No one could beat him.

Pause the video if you need more time.

Number four, accessible, accessible.

The cinema was accessible in a wheelchair.

You're doing really well.

Pause the video, if you need more time.

Number five reasonable, reasonable.

You have been very reasonable today.

Number six, reliable, reliable.

My dog is very reliable.

He likes to walk every day.

Pause the video if you need more time.

Number seven, available, available.

I am available to work every day.

Pause the video if you need to.

Number eight, noticeable, noticeable.

It is noticeable how happy you are.

Number nine, vulnerable, vulnerable.

The young child was very vulnerable.

Pause the video if you need more time.

Number 10, inevitable, inevitable.

It is inevitable that it will rain soon.

Pause the video now and give yourself as much time as you need.

Check over your spelling's really carefully and remember all of our strategies to help you.

Well done.

Are you ready to check your answers.

Word number one, sensible.

S-E-N-S-I-B-L-E Self correct and pause the video to give yourself enough time.

Number two, incredible.

I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E.

Self correct, pause the video to give yourself enough time.

Invincible, I-N-V-I-N-C-I-B-L-E Self correct, pause the video to give yourself more time.

You're doing really, really well.

Don't worry if you've made a mistake.

What's important is that you now correct your errors.

If you made an error, write the word out correctly now.

Number four, accessible A-C-C-E-S-S-I-B-L-E.

Number five, reasonable.

R-E-A-S-O-N-A-B-L-E.

Self correct, pause the video.

Number six, reliable.

R-E-L-I-A-B-L-E.

Self correct, pause the video.

Available.

A-V-A-I-L-A-B-L-E.

Self correct, pause the video.

Noticeable, N-O-T-I-C-E-A-B-L-E.

Self correct pause the video.

Vulnerable, V-U-L-N-E-R-A-B-L-E, self correct and pause the video.

Number 10, inevitable.

I-N-E-V-I-T-A-B-L-E.

Now pause the video here, and give yourself as much time as you need to correct any errors.

Well done.

So some things to think about.

One, be proud of how much you practised.

Did you practise every day for 10 minutes.

Number two, be proud of the number of practise strategies that you used.

Did you try letter blocking? Did you try saying your letters to a rhythm? Did you try writing it as a pyramid? Number three, be proud of how you're paying close attention to words in your reading and writing.

I wonder if you've seen any of these spelling words around you this week and before? In misspelt words, look at how many letters you spell correctly as well as the letters which are wrong.

Lastly, remember learning comes from mistakes.

You might not be able to spell this word yet, but keep practising and you will.

There's no such thing as a good speller and a bad speller.

We're all learning and we're all improving.

You just need to practise.

Well done for today's lesson.

I hope to see you soon.