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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

I love spelling and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you for today's lesson you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, as well as that sent me to a right with and right on.

And someone or something to talk to you would also be excellent, right? Let's get right into today's spelling lesson then.

In this spelling lesson, we're going to be looking at other sounds represented by the letter string, ie.

The outcome will be, I can spell a range of words using the letter string, ie.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Phoneme, grapheme, exception, letter string.

Let's have a chat about what these mean then.

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change its meaning.

We're going to be looking at many different phoneme today.

The grapheme is a letter or group of letters that represent the sound.

And another way of referring to a grapheme, is the spelling, and we're concentrating today on that ie grapheme.

An exception is a case or situation that does not follow the usual or expected rule or pattern.

And a letter string is a group of letters that are written together in a word.

We are concentrating on both the ie and the ei letter strings today and the different sounds that they can represent.

Here is the outline.

We're going to begin by using ie and ei to represent that e phoneme.

Then we're going to look at other phoneme or sounds represented by ie.

And finally, we're going to look at spelling and curriculum words.

Let's review them what you may know already about using ie and ei to represent ee.

There are many ways to represent that phoneme ee that sound.

How many can you remember and can you give an example of a word the spelling is found in? Off you go.

Brilliant some great thinking going on there.

Lots of words being said at me.

There are many ways to spell that ee phoneme that ee sound.

We can have ee, ea, e-e, just an e, a y, an ey, ie and ei.

And let's look at some examples of words that contain these different spellings.

Tree has our double ee.

Dream has our ea, athlete has our e split e, our split D graph.

There me has just an e on its own, often found in high frequency words like me, she, we, he.

Honey, er at the end there.

Sunny an adjective with that y, making that e sound.

Thief with our ie there.

Remember our rule I before E except after C, conceive or we have a c so it's ei.

The saying I before E, except after C, can help us to decide between our IE or our ei spellings in words as it can be tricky, otherwise.

I before e words include niece, like that member of your family.

Retrieval, you must use retrieval all the time in your learning where you cast your memory back and retrieve the that information from your brain.

You go and take it.

Thieves, the plural of thief.

After C words so ei, words received.

I received a letter in the post.

Deceiving, perceived.

He perceived an idea.

Knowing which spelling to use can be difficult.

Hence why we use this rule.

I before E accept after C, the spelling IE is used unless the E phoneme comes after a C.

When the ei spelling is used, remember our rule? My turn.

Your turn.

I before E accept after C.

Brilliant.

Can you remember any exceptions to this rule though? As there are some spellings that don't follow it, cast your memory back and have a think.

Great thinking.

Some exceptions include seize, as in she seized power.

Protein, that nutrient that's used to help the body grow.

Caffeine, that chemical found in coffee or either when you're giving two options, either mm or mm.

These words are exceptions.

They all have that E sound in them.

But don't follow our rule I before E, except after C.

They're ei, but it's not following a C.

With that in mind, and given some of the words that we've just looked at, use the rules, select the correct spelling in each sentence, read the sentences and select the correct spellings.

Off you go.

Great job, having good hygiene is very important.

What's our rule here? I before E except after C.

It's no C before it, so it's our IE.

The next one, eating protein is essential for building muscle.

Now, there's no C before this, but it's ei.

This one is an exception.

It doesn't follow our I before E except after C rule.

But the last one does, she received a package in the mail yesterday of our soft C there received, there's a C, so it's our ei spelling.

If I now spell received, I also then now spell the word receive or receiving.

It's always that ei.

Great for our practise task now then.

I'd like you to spell the words that I'm going to say for me.

Remember to sound it out.

Think of any spelling rules.

So remember our I before E except after C, but watch out.

Some might be exceptions.

Think about those words we've looked at and then read and check the word.

See if it looks right.

Listen to me say the words.

Hygiene, personal hygiene is very important.

Number two, retrieval.

I use retrieval skills in my reading all the time.

Number three, niece.

My father's niece came to stay and four thieves.

The thieves stole the money.

So we have hygiene, retrieval, niece and thieves.

Pause the video and have a great writing those words now, off you go.

Excellent job team.

Really good application of our rules there.

Remember I before E except after C, watch out for those exceptions.

The first word was hygiene, also cleanliness.

If you know how to spell this, we're also now spell words like hygienic.

So be careful.

It's that I sound but with a Y and then our G is like a soft G a just sound so hygienic and it's follows that rule I Before E, except after C.

There's no C before it so it's IE and it ends in that E at the end there as well, hygiene.

The next word is retrieval.

Okay, retrieved a retrieving retrieves.

If we now spell this, spell we'll now spell lots of other words.

Let's think about our rule I before E, except after C.

There's no C before it is there.

So it's IE retrieval and it's that al suffix at the end there.

Al for that L.

The next word was niece.

Okay, niece.

No C before this.

It's that IE and the sound at the end is that soft C and that E also that C, e making that sound and thieves not an exception either, is it? Thieves, there's no C before it.

So it's IE and it's that plural.

We chopped off the F and thief and added VES to turn it into a plural, thieves.

Brilliant.

How did you do that? Share your learning and make any corrections now, off you go.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is one of the key bits of learning that we're looking at today, which is other sounds that this letter string, IE can represent.

It doesn't just have to represent E.

Let's have a look at some other sounds that it can represent them.

The IE spelling string can be found in a variety.

So lots of different types of other words, making a different sound to E.

Can you think of any, I wonder? Pause the video and have a think.

Create some wonderful words being said to me there.

I'm gonna show some words now.

Read them after me and think, what sound is my ie letter string making? Lie, it's making an I sound there.

Pie, cried, replied, applied like you applied for a job.

So in those instances, it's making an I sound, isn't it not an e sound.

Friend, diet.

In friend we have an s sound in diet we have an I sound don't we? Happier, so an er sound there.

Spicier again er.

We're adding our er suffix onto the end of the word to create our comparative adjectives.

Greediest of our superlative est here we have.

So it's almost making that e sound.

Then we have patient that shouldn't.

There is that IE is helping to make efficient, again an T sound efficiently ly there.

Sufficient.

He wasn't given sufficient evidence and soldier.

So it's making yes sound there, isn't it? Wow, this IE letter string can make so many different sounds and not just that e sound.

IE is a common way to represent our phoneme our sound I, here it is.

We have die, pie, cries and fried.

Here are other ways of representing that I sound.

Igh, I split E.

That IE that we are looking at just a y, making an I.

And the letter I itself, the spellings IGH, I split EY.

And I also make that long I sound remember, but we are concentrating on that IE letter string making that I sound.

The IGH and the I split E representations are the most common though.

They appear most regularly.

The IE can be part of a root word like in pie or lie.

And sometimes it is formed when the word ending in a Y has had the suffix ed or es added to it and we've removed the Y and then added our IE and then the suffix.

So cries for instance, I chop off the Y and add IES.

Cried, I chop off the Y and add IED.

Try becomes tries.

I chop off the Y and add IES and tried I chop off the Y and add IED.

So because of the way that these root words have changed, when we're adding the suffixes, we've added that letter string, IE in these words the IE makes the sound I.

The spelling string IE can also be found in many other words created by adding suffixes like es, ed, er or est are comparative and superlative adjective, suffixes there.

Worry can become worries.

It's become a plural.

Worry can become worried.

My past tense.

Heavy can become heavier.

IER, my comparative adjective there and heaviest my superlative adjective trump off the wire and add IEST.

In these words, the IE can make the sound E or two sounds E and eh as in heaviest.

So be careful.

How will these words change when the suffix is added? Remember all of those rules that you know for adding suffixes already, party.

How will that become parties? Fry, fries, occupy, occupied, past tense.

Happy,, happier, grumpy, grumpiest.

Hmm.

Think about our rules here.

How are we going to add these suffixes? How will I spell parties, fries, occupies.

Happy, happier and grumpiest.

Pause the video and have a think.

Great job team.

So party will become parties with that IE making an E sound.

I remove the Y here the IE makes an I sound, fries.

Occupied again an I sound before my D I remove the Y and add IED.

Happier, so it's making two sounds here er.

So here remove the Y and add IER for my comparative adjective and for my superlative, he is the grumpiest iest.

Replace the Y, then add the the I before adding your suffix is our rule here.

The spelling of the root word can help us here to spell the new word remember, when we are dealing with suffixes.

We can also find the spelling string IE in words that contain the letters TI or CI that make a shi sound.

And we have the suffix, ENT hmm, patient for instance, efficient.

He chose the most efficient strategy for solving the problem.

Efficiently, so that root word efficient there with my ly suffix.

Sufficient, so being given enough of something.

In these words that IE is contributing to the sh and oo sounds.

Have a look here for me for our little check.

I'd like you to sort these words into the correct column.

Some words may go in more than one column, so watch out.

We have IE making the I sound, IE making the E sound, IE making a different sound and IE created by adding a suffix.

So removing a letter and then adding our I and then our ie and then our suffix.

Read the words carefully, watch out.

Some of them might make more than one sound with that IE.

Sort those words down.

Superb job team.

Really great work.

Let's see, I'm hoping you've managed to sort 'em like this.

So applied, tied and cries will have IE making that I sound.

Parties, chief and priest have that IE making that e sound.

Friend, efficient and diet have IE making a different sound in friend it's making eh, eh, efficient is part of that C, working with that ie to make that shunt and in diet is making an I sound.

And then we also then have applied parties and cries going in that addition of suffix, we've added that ed suffix from the root word apply, remove the y add IED in party.

We've taken party and removed the Y and added IES to make the plural parties and in cry we've removed the Y and added IES to create cries.

Great job.

So for our practise task now we're going to have a go at spelling some words that contain the IE letter stream, but making a variety of different sounds.

I hope you've been paying attention.

Remember too, sound it out.

Think of any spelling rules, especially if we are adding suffixes and read the word and check also, once you've written it, consider does it look right? Sometimes that helps.

The first word is friend, she is my friend.

Number two is parties.

Think about what a root word there is.

Number three, happier.

Again, consider how we've changed our root word happy.

Number four, lie, do not tell me a lie.

And number five, efficient.

She chose the most efficient strategy.

So remember these all have our IE letter string in, but they're making different sounds.

Friend, parties, happier, lie, efficient.

Pause the video and write those words now.

Off you go.

Excellent job team.

Really get application of the rules we've been looking at and really careful consideration of where your IE letter string is going in the words there.

Great sounding out of the words, the first word was friend.

Friend.

Now it's our IE letter string we're looking for here, aren't we? So iend remember I before E except after C in most cases.

Parties, now be careful our root word is party and it's that E with a Y.

So we're gonna remove the Y and add ies to turn it into a plural.

Happier, our root word here is happy.

It's that E sound and E with a Y.

As with most suffixes, we remove the Y, replace it with an IER to create our comparative adjective, happier.

I much hap I'm much happier today than I was yesterday.

Lie is our next one as in don't tell me a lie.

L-I-E, okay, like pie or tie is making that I sound.

And finally efficient.

Our IE letter string here is working with that C to make a shunt.

Okay, it might look like SH or sound like an SH I should say, but it's actually a C spelling.

So E-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-T.

Great job.

How did you do? Share your learning make any corrections now.

Onto our final learning cycle then, which is spelling curriculum words.

Curriculum words are those words which are going to appear with great regularity in our reading and writing.

And they might have slightly tricky elements to them.

Let's read some words, ancient.

Oh, that's a ie in it, hasn't it? As in the ancient Egyptians built pyramids.

Soldier, okay, someone who fights in an army.

What do you notice about these spellings? Is there anything tricky about them? Pause the video and have a think.

Great job team.

Well, I've noticed a couple of things.

Both words have that letter string IE in them, don't they? In ancient the letters CI make a chess sound, don't they before that ENT suffix and the ENT suffix also doesn't sound like ent.

It sounds like unt, ancient.

So be careful with that word.

And in soldiers, the di is working together to make a j sound, soldiers.

So be very careful with that one.

Remember they both have that IE letter string in them.

With that in mind, which of these words that we've just read are spelt correctly, point to the correct spelling of ancient now.

Great job.

Remember it is that IE letter string and it's that CI working together to make that chi.

And it's that ENT suffix, ancient, brilliant.

The next word, point to the correct spelling of soldier now.

Great, remember that IE letter lettering again and it's that DI making that j sound, soldier.

We don't necessarily hear it though.

It sounds like a just soldier.

Let's read some more curriculum words.

My turn.

Your turn.

Bargain.

I waited for the sales in the shop so I could get a real bargain on the product.

What do you notice about this spelling? Have a think.

Great job, is that ai, isn't it? The AI there sounds like an EH bargain.

You might also say that the A then is silent.

You can see several words inside this word to help you remember how to spell it.

I can see the words bar, I can see the words gain and I can only say in there's a bar again and an in in bargain.

Point to the correct spelling of bargain now, off you go.

Great.

Remember, there's a bar, gain and an in in bargain.

Remember that A is slightly silent, we don't hear it.

The AI writes together to make an A sound bargain.

So we're gonna use the look cover, right check strategy now to practise these words.

It's great because two of them have that IE letter string that we've been looking at in today.

Ancient and soldier.

This strategy works by looking carefully at the word and considering what's difficult about it.

Take the word ancient for instance.

I've got that CI working together to make a chacha and that ENT at the end, which makes an T sound ancient.

A-N-C-I-E-N-T.

I cover it up and now I have a go at writing at my neatest handwriting, great ancient.

And then I look back and check, wow, I got it right.

But I do it a number of times and use this strategy a number of times, really embed it into my long-term memory.

It's a really good strategy for practising with your memory and also your handwriting.

It allows you to be independent too.

Practise writing, ancient soldier and bargain using this strategy now, off you go.

Excellent job team.

So I'm hoping you've got ancient, soldier and bargain written out like this.

Share your learning now and make any corrections.

Off you go.

Really great job in spelling today team, we've been looking at other sounds represented by the letter string IE, remember there are many ways to spell the e sound, which includes ee, ea, e-e, e, y, ey, and our letter strings ie and ei.

The rule I before E, except after C, can help choose between ie and ei when spelling that e sound.

The letter string, IE can represent a range of different sounds remember.

Some spellings with IE are formed from root words ending in Y and a vowel suffix.

Remember your rules when adding suffixes to help you with these.

Keep up the great spelling team and I'll see you again soon.