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Hello! And welcome today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Marsh and I'm really excited about today's spelling lesson.

Because it's going to give us the opportunity to practise and apply all of that knowledge that we gained in lesson two, about the suffixes -ed and -ing.

Now, if you haven't watched lesson two, I'd like to pause this video, go and watch lesson two, and then you can come back to it later.

But if you have watched that video, then excellent.

We're ready to start today's lesson.

Okay, let's look at the agenda for today's lesson.

We can start by recapping some of the key vocabulary that is going to help us understand some of the rules that we learned related to the suffixes -ed and -ing.

And we're going to recap those rules.

And then we're going to recap the spelling words that we set in lesson two.

Then we're going to look at something called irregular verbs and I explain this a bit later in the lesson.

And we're going to learn a new spelling practise strategy that can help us learn our spellings.

Then finally at the end of this lesson, we're going to do a test on the spelling words that we set in lesson two.

Okay.

Before we properly begin, make sure you have a book, or some paper.

Make sure you've got a pen or a pencil.

And make sure those brains are switched on.

And re ready to go.

If you need to get any of those things, pause the video now.

Okay.

So we're going to begin today's lesson by looking at some key vocabulary that we looked at in the last lesson, lesson two.

But, that we can recap to help us understand some of the rules that we found.

So like in previous lessons, I would like you to repeat the key vocabulary after me.

Suffix.

Your turn.

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

Verb.

A verb is a doing or a being word.

Past tense, your turn.

So the past the past tense is referring to something that has happened in the past.

It's already happened.

Present tense, your turn.

Present tense, refers to something that is happening right now.

Like I'm speaking to you right in this moment.

Now, we've looked at verbs but we're going to talk about irregular verbs in this lesson.

But, a verb is a doing or a being word.

And an irregular verb is still a doing or a being word but it's a verb that doesn't follow the normal rules or patterns.

So we'll look at those verbs later in the lesson.

So think about, you've got the prefix actually there before regular, you've got ir-.

and ir- means not.

It's something that's not regular.

So irregular verb, your turn.

Okay.

Let's recap some of the rules that we had and we established in the last lesson related to the suffixes -ed and -ing.

So here were the four rules for adding the suffix -ed that we investigated in the last lesson.

So remember -ed generally turns a verb from the present tense into the past tense.

So the four rules we had were just adding -ed, doubling the consonant and adding -ed, remove the E and add -ed, and then remove the Y and add an I and add -ed.

So we have the verb descend.

So today I descend.

Yesterday I descended.

So we're just adding the -ed suffix to the verb.

Remember, we had the rule that if the vowel sound is short, so we drag, you've got that /a/ sound.

So short vowel sound with drag, it becomes dragged.

So if the vowel sound is short, you double the consonant and you add -ed.

Drag becomes dragged.

Double the G, add -ed.

Our third rule was that my present tense verbs, so here recognise, ends in an E.

We remove the E and we add -ed.

And then my final rule was if my present tense verb, so here identify.

So today I identify.

I remove the Y, add I and then add -ed.

So identify becomes identified by adding the suffix -ed at the end of the word.

Okay.

Now, challenge time again for you.

At the bottom, I have a present tense verb, promise.

Which rule should we use to turn this into the past tense? Okay, pause the video.

Off you go.

Okay, how did you get on? Well, promise ends in an E.

So we need to remove the E and then add -ed.

So promise, today I promise.

Yesterday, I promised.

So add -ed at the end.

We've got blast.

Blast.

Okay, pause the video.

All right, with blast it doesn't end in E, it doesn't end in Y, and blast has got kind of a longer vowel sound.

So we don't need to double the consonant at the end.

We just add -ed.

So blast becomes blasted.

Now, worry.

What rule should be used here? Pause the video if you need to.

Okay, well worry, present tense verb end in a Y.

So we need to remove the Y, add an I, and then add -ed.

So today I worry.

Yesterday, I worried.

Final one for you, drag.

Again, think about the vowel sound here.

Before the final consonant, is it a short vowel sound? Or is it a long vowel sound? Pause the video if you need to.

So drag has got that /a/ sound before the G that's left at the end.

Before that consonant G.

So because it's a short vowel sound, we need to double the consonant G, and then add -ed.

Okay.

If you got any of those wrong, don't worry.

You can always watch the video again.

We can just remember those rules for next time when we're looking at the suffix -ed.

Okay.

So also in lesson two, we looked at rules for adding the suffix -ing.

So when we add the suffix -ing and it's talking about things in the present tense, when we have the -ing.

So the four rules.

We can just add -ing.

We can double consonant and add -ing.

We can remove the E and add -ing.

Or, if the verb ends in Y, we can add -ing to the end of it.

Okay.

Let's do a little bit more detailed look at those rules and recap and revise them from lesson two.

So first rule, is that if the vowel sound before the consonant is long.

So we have rain.

So we've got that /a/ sort of stretched /a/ sound, rain.

Then, we just add -ing.

So rain becomes raining.

The vowel sound before the final consonant is a short vowel sound.

So we've got run, so we've got the short /u/ sound.

So run.

You double the consonant and add -ing.

So run becomes running.

I run.

I am running.

Now, if your present tense verb, say place, I place, ends in an E.

Well, to add the suffix -ing you remove the E and add -ing.

So I place becomes I am placing.

And then finally, our fourth rule for adding the suffix -ing.

Is if the verb ends in Y.

So here we have worry.

We just add -ing to the end.

So I worry, present tense.

I am worrying.

So remember when we add the verb to be, that's the present progressive tense.

You just add an -ing after the Y.

Okay.

Challenge time for you again.

At the bottom, I have a present tense.

So I queue.

How do I add the suffix -ing? Pause the video if you need to.

So queue, I queue, ends with an E.

So we just remove the E and add -ing.

I queue, I am queuing.

Next one.

Pause it here if you need to.

Okay.

How did you get on? Well, tip uses where we double the consonant and add -ing, because it's got the short vowel sound.

Tip.

It's got the /i/ sound.

So double the P and add -ing.

Justify.

Pause the video if you need to.

So I justify, present tense verb ends in a Y.

So because it ends in a Y, we just add -ing to the end of it.

I justify.

I am justifying.

Finally for you, train.

So I train to be better at football.

Pause the video if you need to.

Okay.

Because we've got that longer vowel sound, train, /a/, we've got the /a/ sound there which is stretched.

Then, we just add -ing to the present tense verb.

I train to play football.

I am training to play football.

So we're now just going to quickly recap some of the spellings from the last lesson.

So I'm going to do my turn, your turn.

Okay? Developed.

Your turn.

Equipped.

Referred.

Persuaded.

Occupied.

Explaining.

Dragging.

Can't hear you! Referring.

Promising.

Occupying.

Okay, well done.

So we've recapped some of the rules for the verbs that we looked at and the suffix -ed and -ing.

And we've recapped our spelling, so we're now going to move on to talk about irregular verbs.

So we've got all those rules that we've established in putting the -ed suffix to change verbs into the past tense.

And we've looked at some rules for adding -ing.

Now, some verbs though, don't follow those rules.

And that's where we get irregular verbs.

So remember the prefix ir-, I-R, means not.

So they're not regular verbs.

So here, we've got the verb, buy.

So I buy some books.

Now, because that ends in Y, if I was thinking about my rules, I would remove the Y, and add an I, and then add -ed.

So I would think, if I followed the rule that my past tense verb of buy would be buied.

Now, that doesn't quite look right to me and sometimes you look at words and go, "Hm, that doesn't look right." And this, the verb buy, is an irregular verb because the past tense is actually bought.

So it doesn't follow the rules that we learned in lesson two and we have just recapped.

So we talked about irregular verbs.

So reminder, irregular verbs, your turn.

And those are verbs that don't follow the normal rules or patterns.

So we're going to look at some other irregular verbs.

And you, I might think about some of the rules that we've looked at.

And think, "Okay, well this probably should be that verb in the past tense." So we have creep.

Your turn.

Sing.

Write.

So if we were going to follow the rules we'd look at that long vowel sound of creep, we'd think we'd have creeped, would become creeped.

Now, sing, has got that short vowel sound.

That /i/ sound in sing.

So you think that, with our normal rules, that we would double the consonant at the end and then add -ed.

And then write.

Remember, that's a verb that ends in E.

So our normal rule would be that we remove the E and then add -ed.

But, these are all irregular verbs.

So creep, the past tense doesn't involve the suffix -ed.

The past tense is actually crept.

Your turn.

So I creep along the ground.

I crept along the ground.

So that means it's already happened.

So sing, the present tense, I sing.

In the past tense, is sang.

I sing a song.

I sang a song.

And write.

Again, this is another irregular verb.

So I write in my book.

And if I stop in the past, it's already happened, I wrote in my book.

So although it's fantastic that we've got all of those rules and patterns that we've established for using the suffix -ed, sometimes, there are some irregular verbs that we just need to learn.

Because they don't follow the rules.

Okay.

Fantastic! We're doing so well in this lesson! The next think we're going to do and I'm going to teach you is a spelling practise strategy.

And it's so good to have spelling practise strategies up your sleeve.

So that when you're practising , it really helps you embed that spelling in your head.

And when you're trying to spell some words, it helps you recall the correct spellings.

Now, the spelling practise strategy I'm going to teach you today is call pyramid words.

And this is one of my favourite strategies.

And I love using it to learn new words.

So let me show you how the pyramid word strategy works.

You start off by writing the first letter of the word that you are practising.

So our word now is darted.

Your turn.

So I write down the D.

And then on the next line, I start creating my pyramid.

So I write letters D-A.

Then I write D-A-R.

D-A-R-T.

D-A-R-T-E.

And then D-A-R-T-E-D.

And then you can see how it started to form a pyramid.

And then the other really clever thing I like about it is that on the diagonal, you also have created the word.

Now, why is this a useful strategy? I think it's a useful strategy because firstly, you'll repeat copying all of the letters in there.

So you can really see each individual letter.

And then, by doing it one letter at a time, it helps you visualise that letter.

You're doing it slowly and methodically.

And then it really helps you identify the different features of the word.

Okay, let me show you another example.

Here is the word, referred.

Your turn.

So again we start off with the first letter R.

Then we have R-E.

R-E-F.

R-E-F-E.

R-E-F-E-R.

And then, this is when I really like pyramid words because sometimes you've got that tricky, and I would if I was spelling the word referred, I might forget that second R.

So sometimes, I like to draw a box around the bit of the word that I know that I'm going to find tricky.

To help me try and remember it.

So here, because I've got that second R in referred.

I've drawn a box around it.

When we finish off with our pyramid, draw a pyramid around it.

And then, what I really like about it, is that diagonal where you spelled the word on the diagonal too.

So what I want you to do now.

I would like you to pause the video.

You can come back to it later.

But I would like you to take four of the spelling words from our spelling lesson.

And practise using the pyramid spelling strategy.

Okay, pause the video for me now.

Okay, we're now going to do our spelling test.

So make sure you've got a pad or some paper, a pen and a pencil, and then you're ready to start.

The first thing I want you to do, is write the numbers one to ten on your piece of paper.

Pause the video, and make sure you've done that now.

Okay, excellent.

Well, what I'm going to do is I'm going to read the word to you from our spelling words.

And then I'm going to say the word in a sentence.

If at any point you think, "Mr. Marsh, you're going too fast for me." Then you can just pause the video and restart it when you're ready to hear the next word in our test.

Fantastic.

If you're ready, let's begin.

Spelling number one, the word is referred.

He referred to the book.

Okay the third spelling is explaining.

They were explaining the rules.

Okay, the third word is persuaded.

She persuaded them to do it.

Okay, the fourth word is dragging.

I was dragging it behind me.

Okay, the fifth word is developed.

They developed a new car.

Okay, word number six is occupied.

We occupied the house.

Word number seven is equipped.

They were equipped with new tools.

Spelling number eight is promising.

He was promising to do his homework.

Spelling number nine is occupying.

She was occupying the top floor.

And our final spelling is referring.

I am referring to the last lesson.

Okay.

What I want you to do now.

I want you to pause the video.

Check through your answers.

Think about maybe some of the spelling practise strategies that maybe you've practised and see if that helps you.

And, if you need to, you can always rewind the video and go back and have a look through these if you just want to check what the spelling words were for each one.

Okay, what are we to do now? You can either change your colour.

But I'm going to go through the answers for our spelling test.

Okay.

So the first word was referred.

That's R-E-F-E, double-R, E-D.

Referred.

The second word was explaining.

E-X-P-L-A-I-N-I-N-G.

The third word was persuaded.

P-E-R-S-U-A-D-E-D.

The fourth word was dragging.

D-R-A-, double-G, I-N-G.

The fifth word was developed.

D-E-V-E-L-O-P-E-D.

The sixth word was occupied.

O, double-C, U-P-I-E-D.

The seventh word was equipped.

E-Q-U-I, double-P, E-D.

The eighth word was promising.

P-R-O-M-I-S-I-N-G.

The ninth word was occupying.

O-C-C-U-P-Y-I-N-G.

And finally, our tenth word was referring.

R-E-F-E-R-R-I-N-G.

Okay.

I want to pause the video now.

And just really double-check your answers.

Now, if there are any that you got wrong, make sure you copy down the correct spelling.

Okay, pause the video now.

Fantastic and well done! Now, the most important thing you can take away from this is that if there are one or two that maybe you got wrong.

So take those away.

Make sure you've copied them down correctly, and go away and practise those spellings.

But well done on your spelling test.

And congratulations! That brings us to the end of this lesson.

So let's just do a quick recap of what we've done.

We looked at some key vocabulary.

We recapped the rules and the spelling words for the suffixes -ed and -ing.

We looked at some irregular past tense verbs.

We learned a new spelling practise strategy.

Using that pyramid strategy, so you can use that for lots of different spellings that you're practising.

And finally, we did our test at the end.

So, that brings us to the end of our lesson! Well done, you've completed it! I hope you enjoyed the lesson as much as I did.

And I'll see you next time.

Goodbye!.

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