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Hello, and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, I love spellings, and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you today, you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains.

As well as that, something to write with and write on and someone or something to talk to will be brilliant as well.

Okay, let's get right into today's spelling lesson then.

In this spelling lesson, we're going to be creating nouns with the suffixes -tion, -ity, and -ness.

The outcome for this lesson is I can recognise and use nouns ending in -tion, -ity, and -ness.

Here's the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix.

Root word.

Noun.

Abstract noun.

So what do these words mean then? A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, and we'll be concentrating on a few of these today.

The root word is that base word from which other words are formed, often by adding prefixes or suffixes, or may concentrating on adding suffixes at the end of words today.

A noun is a naming word for a person, place, or thing.

And an abstract noun is also a naming word.

It's specific type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen or touched.

So here's the outline.

We're going to be creating nouns with the suffixes, <v ->tion, -ity, and -ness.

</v> Some of these nouns are going to be abstract nouns.

So we're gonna concentrate on the first part of this lesson looking at both nouns and abstract nouns.

Then we're going to concentrate on the suffixes -tion, -ity, and -ness, and some rules for adding those to the ends of words.

And we're finally then going to look at spelling some curriculum words.

So let's get on with looking at nouns and abstract nouns then.

Remember, the noun is a naming word for people, places, and things.

There are different types of noun.

We have, my turn, your turn, common nouns.

Common nouns are physical things.

A circle is a common noun.

Heart, calendar, woman, medicine.

We also have, my turn, your turn, proper nouns.

Proper nouns are specific named things, people, or places.

You'll notice something unique about all of the proper nouns we look at here as well.

So the Earth, the planet we live on, is a proper noun.

February, the month, is a proper noun.

Birmingham, the city, is a proper noun.

Mr. Moss, me, I'm a proper noun.

And Stonehenge is also a proper noun.

You'll notice there that proper nouns all have capital letters.

Finally, we have one of our keywords.

My turn, your turn, abstract nouns, they have no physical form.

These are things like history, experience, knowledge, opportunity, and happiness.

They're all examples of abstract nouns.

They're not physical things, places, or people.

Only proper nouns need capital letters, and that can be wherever they are in a sentence, they would need a capital letter.

Nouns are one type of word class that you may see in a sentence.

Remember, we may also see things like verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

So abstract nouns.

This is one of our key words for today.

My turn, your turn once again, abstract nouns.

They are a type of thing, so they're a noun, but they have no physical form, so they're quite unique.

Abstract nouns include things like happiness, bravery, equality, and knowledge.

They are the names of ideas, qualities, or states that we cannot see or touch.

Have a look at these sentences for me.

They contain some proper nouns, some common nouns, and some abstract nouns.

I just want you to look through the sentences and find all of the nouns.

Doesn't matter what type of noun it is.

Just the nouns though.

Pause the video, read through the sentences, and find the nouns now, off you go.

Excellent, so let's read through these sentences then.

I can definitely see some proper nouns, common nouns, and abstract nouns.

Andeep visited Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

But I can see here I've got Andy, Buckingham Palace, and Tuesday.

They are all proper nouns.

And you'll notice here that they therefore have to be capitalised.

Obviously, Andy would have to be capitalised as well because beginning of our sentence.

But Buckingham Palace is a proper noun and Tuesday is a proper noun, so they're capitalised.

The brightness of the sun made the dog squint.

Here we have brightness, sun, and dog.

None of these are proper nouns, so they're not capitalised, but they are nouns.

The telephone was a significant invention.

Here we have telephone and invention as our nouns.

Did you manage to find all of those nouns in the sentences? Pause the video now.

Have a look, double check.

Remember, nouns are PPTs: people, places, or things.

And they can also be abstract ideas, and qualities, and states that we cannot touch.

So have a look here for me.

I've got some nouns on the left.

And then I've got the type of noun, common noun, proper noun, abstract noun on the right hand side.

I'd like you to read those nouns on the left and then match them to the type of noun that they are.

Let's my turn, your turn these nouns first of all, freedom.

Jumper, like the type of jumper you might wear.

Africa, the continent.

And peace, so no fighting.

Pause the video now.

Have a go at matching these nouns to the type of noun they are.

Off you go.

Brilliant, so let's go through these then.

Freedom is an abstract noun.

It's an idea or a state that we cannot touch or feel.

It's something we are all entitled to though.

Jumper that you might wear is a common noun.

It's a thing that I can touch and put on.

Africa is a proper noun.

You remember, proper nouns need to be capitalised.

It's a proper noun.

It's an actual name of a place of a continent.

And peace, again, an abstract noun.

We cannot touch or hold peace, but it's an idea or a state that we can yearn for and want.

So a suffix, remember, is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a root word to create another word.

Unlike prefixes, suffixes often change the word's tense or word class.

Offer, we add the -ed suffix becomes offered.

Notice that the spelling of my root word didn't change.

Joy, if I add the suffix -ful, it can be joyful.

And deep can become deepen.

Here we have three suffixes, -ed, -en, and -ful.

And interestingly, you'll notice here that our root words have not changed their spelling.

This won't always be the case dependent on the root word and the suffix that's being added.

There are lots of different types of suffix.

Different suffixes can create words with different word classes.

And remember today, we're concentrating on that noun word class.

Suffixes, which create adjectives include -er, -est, and -ous.

Remember, adjectives describe nouns.

The greener apples are the sweetest.

So we have here a comparative and a superlative -er, -est suffix.

He is a famous actor.

Here we have our -ous.

These words here are adjectives.

They're describing the nouns.

Suffixes which create verbs, so doing, being, or having words are -en, -ate, -ify, and -ise.

Let's look at some of these in action.

When you thicken the soup, it will intensify the flavour.

Please clarify the instructions before we finalise the plans.

They're doing words.

And finally, the suffixes -tion, -tion, -ity, and -ness help to create nouns.

The celebration brought happiness to the community.

The charity, we're grateful for the large donation.

These words here are all nouns of varying types.

Match the words here to the word class.

Think about those suffixes that we've just looked at.

Remember, some will be nouns, some will be verbs, and some will be adjectives dependent upon the suffix which they have at the end of the root word.

Our words are joyous, celebration, finalise, and widen.

In order to help you, remember that a noun is a PPT: a person, a place, a thing, or even an idea, like an abstract noun.

A verb is a doing, being, or having word.

If you do it or you are it, then the word is a verb.

And an adjective describes a noun, it tells you what it's like.

So think about these words carefully.

Perhaps even try putting them into a sentence to see which word class they would be, but also use that knowledge of the suffixes at the end to decide which word class they are.

Pause the video and have a think now.

Fantastic, so joyous, it was a joyous occasion.

Joyous is an adjective.

In my sentence, it was a joyous occasion.

That word joyous there is describing the occasion.

So it's describing the noun.

Celebration, -tion, that suffix there makes nouns.

Finalise, you must finalise your plans.

It's a doing word, isn't it? So it's going to be a verb.

And widen, we must widen the gap.

Again, a doing word, -ise and -en suffixes create verbs.

Doing, being, or having words.

So for our practise task now, what I'd like us to do is I'd like us to sort the words below into the correct columns that are either nouns, verbs, or adjectives.

Remember to look carefully at the suffixes.

That will help inform you as to which word class they are.

You may also try to put them into a sentence as well to help you.

Pause the video now.

Sort these words into the correct column dependent upon their word class.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Let's see how you've done then with sorting these words.

We had educate and education, happier and happiest, kindness, soften, beautify, famous, and curiosity.

So I sort them like this.

Our -tion, -ness, and -ity suffixes help make nouns.

Education, kindness, and curiosity.

Some of those are abstract nouns as well.

Ate, -en and -ify make verbs.

Educate, soften, and beautify.

And -er, -est and -ous make adjectives, those words that describe nouns.

Happier, happiest, and famous.

Did you manage to sort those into the correct columns? Pause the video now, and make any corrections, and check, off you go.

On to our next learning cycle then, which is going to be looking at specifically the suffixes -tion, -ity, and -ness, which we know make nouns.

The suffixes -tion, -ity, and -ness can be added to words to create nouns.

Here we have kind, kind is an adjective.

If I add my -ness and create the word kindness, it is now a noun.

Active, we can add -ity to create the word activity, a noun.

An activity is something you might do.

Happiness, happy becomes happiness.

Notice here that in some instances, my root words are changing before adding the suffixes.

Invent can become invention.

An invention is a thing.

There are different spelling patterns for when the suffixes are added, but they are similar to the other patterns that you, I'm sure, will know already when adding suffixes.

The -tion suffix creates nouns.

What will you create in your art lesson today? Create here is a doing word, it's a verb.

If we turn create into creation, this is a beautiful creation, creation now is a noun, it's a thing.

And we have here the adjective beautiful to describe that creation.

So -tion, T-I-O-N creates nouns.

What word class are words inform and information here? Pause the video, read the sentences, and work out what word class they are.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Please inform the teacher when you arrive.

This is a verb, it's a doing word.

You're letting someone know.

I read all the information in the booklet.

Here, information is a noun.

It's the thing that you are reading.

So remember -tion, T-I-O-N, when added to root words or at the end of a word has created a noun.

Ity suffix also creates what? Nouns.

Do not touch the electric cable.

Electric here is describing the cable.

It's an adjective.

Electricity helps us but it can be dangerous too.

Electricity here is a noun.

It's the thing that is being spoken about in the sentence.

So adding our -ity suffix, electric to electricity has created a noun.

We've changed word class.

Remember, adding suffixes can often change word class.

We've gone from a verb to a noun.

So with that in mind, have a look here at these two sentences.

We have the words equal and equality.

Pause the video and decide which word class each word is.

Read the sentences.

Off you go.

Okay, split this into equal portions.

Here, equal is describing those portions.

And a word that describes a noun is an adjective.

But if I add -ity to the end of this adjective to make the word equality, I believe in equality, we create the noun equality, it's a thing.

It's an abstract noun.

So the -ness suffix also creates nouns.

So just like the -tion and the -ity suffix, -ness also creates nouns.

I do not like cold showers.

Cold here is describing the water in the shower.

It's an adjective.

The coldness spread through her body on the snowy day.

Coldness here, we've taken the root word cold and we've added -ness, is now a noun.

So have a look here for me.

We have the word sad and sadness.

What is the word class in each sentence? Pause the video and have a think.

Great, the sad child hid behind the shed.

Sad there is describing the child.

So it's an adjective.

We add our -ness suffix, his sadness overwhelmed him, we get the word sadness, which is a noun.

It's a thing, an idea, a concept, a state of being.

So choose three of these abstract nouns and put them into a sentence.

This is what we're gonna do for our practise task.

It's really, really fun.

We get to choose three here that I'm gonna show you now.

We'll say them my turn, your turn.

And then try and put them into a sentence for me to show that you understand what they mean.

Activity.

Loneliness.

Attention, like how much attention you're paying.

Generosity.

Relation.

Kindness.

So remember these are abstract nouns.

They're not common nouns or proper nouns.

They're not physical things.

They're ideas, concepts, or states.

So I'd like you to pick three and have a go at putting 'em into separate sentences.

So three sentences you're going to come up with.

I might say, my loneliness made me feel sad.

Quite a sad sentence, but it's using that abstract noun loneliness.

So have a go at coming up with three sentences.

Pause video now, off you go.

Great job, team.

Let's see how you've done then.

Here are some examples of sentences you may have come up with.

And here are some that I've come up with.

The park was full of activity on Saturday.

So activity there is a noun.

It's the hubbub.

There are lots of things going on in the park, people playing games, et cetera.

All the different things happening.

The teacher asked for everyone's attention.

So again, that's everyone looking up, listening, looking with their eyes.

His generosity was known throughout the town.

So again, that's that kindness and giving.

Generosity, abstract noun.

I wonder what sentences you came up with.

Which was your favourite sentence? Say it to me now or say it to someone around you.

Off you go.

Brilliant, some lovely sentences there.

And you all clearly understand what these abstract nouns mean.

So on to our final learning cycle then.

We're gonna be spelling some curriculum words now.

So let's read the following words.

My turn, your turn, describe.

Describe, please describe what is going on.

Often, often.

I often walk to school.

Notice, notice.

Did you notice me? Have a read of these words again.

What do you notice about these spellings? Compare how they sound to how they're spelled.

Do you think there's anything tricky about them? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant, in describe, I've noticed that our D-E here as this prefix -de often sounds like a di, discribe, D-I.

So be careful with that one.

Remember, it's the -de prefix added to the beginning of the word.

You won't always hear the T and the E in often depending on your pronunciation.

It has the word ten in it though, off ten.

We don't say off ten we say often.

So be careful with this word.

A good strategy here to remember is it has ten in it.

There's a ten in often.

And finally with notice, it's that C-E at the end making that (hisses) sound, that S sound.

So be careful, notice.

One more time, have a look at these words for me.

Describe, often, notice.

Remember what's tricky about them? Take a little snapshot, (imitates clicking) brilliant.

With that in mind, which is the correct spelling of the word describe here for me? Pause the video and point to it now.

Brilliant, now it sounds like di, -DI, doesn't it? But it's not, I know it's got the prefix -de, describe.

Here we go, D-E-scribe.

Which is the correct spelling of the word often? Pause the video and point to it now.

Fantastic, often, I remember it has a ten in it.

I might not always hear the T or the E, dependent on pronunciation.

Often, brilliant, O-F-T-E-N.

There's a ten in often.

And finally, which is the correct spelling of the word notice? What's tricky about this word? Pause the video and point to it now.

Great, I know at the end, it's that (hisses) is made by a C-E, not an S.

Some of these might be phonetically plausible, but my correct spelling of this curriculum word is N-O-T-I-C-E, brilliant.

So I'd like you now to have a go at using the look, cover, write, check strategy to help you practise these curriculum words.

The reason we need to practise these curriculum words is as curriculum words, they're going to appear a lot in our reading and writing, and they have elements that are tricky about them.

So it's important that we practise these words 'cause there's no rules we can apply here, which you need to know how they're spelled and understand the tricky parts in them.

So we have describe, often, and notice.

I'd like you to have a go using the look, cover, write, check strategy.

The way this strategy works is, is by carefully looking at a word, covering it up, having a go at writing it, and then checking back to see if you spelled it correctly.

And doing this a number of times to reembed that spelling into your brain.

Also, using your best cursive handwriting is really going to help you with your motor memory as well.

So please have a go at writing describe, often, and notice a number of times using our look, cover, write, check strategy.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Could see lots of children looking, visualising, covering, writing, and then checking back, and doing it a number of times.

This is a great strategy that's independent, and it really allows you, it's repetitive, and really embeds those spellings into your brain.

So I'm hoping you've managed to spell describe, often, and notice correctly here.

If you haven't, make any corrections now.

And remember what's hard about these spellings.

In describe, it's a D-E.

In often, there's a ten.

And in a notice, it's a C-E at the end.

Pause the video and make any corrections now.

Brilliant, great job in today's spelling, everyone.

Today, we've been creating nouns and different types of nouns as well, abstract nouns with -tion, -ity, and -ness.

Remember that a suffix is a letter or group of letters to be added to the end of a word to change its meanings and sometimes, its word class.

The suffixes -tion, -ity, and -ness create nouns.

Remember, they don't just create proper nouns or common nouns, they might also create abstract nouns.

And that an abstract noun is a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen or physically touched.

Keep up the great spelling, everyone.

And keep an eye and ear out for any abstract nouns in your work.

So I'll see you again soon.