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Hi there, and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, 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 have something to write with and write on or someone and something to talk to you would also be excellent.

Right, let's waste no time and crack right into today's spelling lesson.

In today's lesson, we're going to be spelling words with the suffixes, S-I-O-N, and double S, I-O-N.

The outcome will be, I can spell words using the suffixes S-I-O-N, and double S, I-O-N.

Now, these suffixes can commonly make a shun sound, but our S-I-O-N suffix can also make a zhun sound.

So listen out for that today.

Here are the key words to keep an eye and ear out for.

Root word.

Suffix.

Noun.

Verb.

Great, so a root word is the base word from which other words are formed, often by adding prefixes or suffixes.

And today we're concentrating on adding that S-I-O-N and that double S, I-O-N suffix.

A suffix remember, is a letter or group of letters to be added to the end of a word to change its meaning and create a new word.

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

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

Remember that adding certain suffixes can also change a word's word class, perhaps from a verb to a noun.

So we only have two learning cycles today.

We're gonna begin by spelling words using the S-I-O-N and the double S, I-O-N suffix.

And then we're gonna practise and apply some spellings.

Let's get on with spelling words, using our S-I-O-N and our double S, I-O-N suffix then.

Remember that a suffix is a letter or group of letters that we attach to the end of a root word.

Unlike prefaces, which come at the beginning, suffixes can change a word's tense or word class.

Let's look at some examples.

Here we have admire.

If I add my A-T-I-O-N suffix, it creates admiration.

Notice that the spelling of my root word has changed.

I removed the E and then added my A-T-I-O-N suffix.

Admire is also a verb and then admiration is a noun.

Joy, and the suffix ful, we create the word joyful.

Here we have deep, deep is an adjective.

If I add my E-N suffix, it creates the word deepen, a verb.

So we can clearly see here, from some of these examples that adding certain types suffix can change the root word's word class when creating the new word.

There are loads of different types of suffix.

And remember today, that we are concentrating on adding those shun or zhun suffixes, S-I-O-N and double S, I-O-N.

And different suffixes, remember, can create words with different word classes.

There are several ways of spelling the suffix which sounds like shun.

You may be aware of some of them already.

Here we have the word musician, hear that shun? And it's spelled C-I-A-N.

This is a profession, a job, someone who plays music for a living.

The word passion, an abstract noun with our double S, I-O-N for that shun.

Here we have exploration, T-I-O-N is also a representation of that shun.

And extension, S-I-O-N.

So you can see here, the two that we are concentrating on today, double S, I-O-N and S-I-O-N.

The spelling, T-I-O-N, shun, is the most common and best bet for spelling.

So if you're unsure and you hear it, it's the most common spelling that is used.

When we are writing a word ending that sounds like shun, we might be able to also hear a word within a word.

The last letter or letters of that root word can give us a clue about how to spell the shun suffix.

So our T-I-O-N shun, the root words tend to end in T or T-E.

And remember, this is the most common representation.

Our C-I-A-N shun, our root words end in C or C-S.

And remember, this is usually professions, people's jobs like musician, magician, technician.

Our S-I-O-N spelling that we're concentrating on today is added to root words that end in D, D-E or S-E.

But watch out for this one 'cause it can also sound like a zhun, like the word division.

And our double S, I-O-N for shun is added to root words that end in double S or M-I-T.

I want you to pay particularly close attention to these last two, as these are the ones we're concentrating on today.

So our S-I-O-N spelling again, root words ending in D, D-E or SE, and it can also sound like zhun.

And our double S, I-O-N, root words ending in double S or M-I-T.

So I want you here, to look at the two spellings for the shun suffix, C-I-A-N and T-I-O-N.

Match the spelling of the shun suffix to the clue that helps us to spell it.

Off you go.

Great job, I'm wondering if you've also thought of any examples.

So our C-I-A-N spelling is added to root words that end in our C or C-S, and it's for professions.

If you think about magician, its root word is magic, ending in a C.

If you think about politician, it's politics, ending in a C-S, and they're both jobs.

Our T-I-O-N spelling then is root words ending in T or T-E.

And remember, this is our most common spelling of the shun sound.

Do you recognise a root word for these words ending in S-I-O-N? We have division, watch out for that one 'cause it's making that zhun, not necessarily a shun.

Tension.

Extension.

And decision, again, a zhun.

Have a look carefully at these words.

Do you recognise any root words? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant job, some really careful thinking going on there.

So division, our root word is divide, ending in D-E.

Tension, our root word is tense, ending in S-E.

Extension, our root word is extend, ending in D.

And decision, our root word is decide, ending in D-E.

So we can see here, our root words when adding our S-I-O-N suffix for that zhun or shun, is D-E, S-E, D or D-E.

So when adding that S-I-O-N suffix then our root words will end in D, D-E or S-E.

And remember to be careful 'cause it can also sound like a zhun, like in the words division or decision.

So do you recognise a root word for these words ending in double S, I-O-N, another of those shun spellings? Let's read these words.

Discussion.

Permission.

Impression.

Okay, pause the video.

What are the root words here? Have a think.

Brilliant.

Well, in discussion, it's discuss, ending in that double S.

In permission, it's permit, ending in M-I-T.

And in impression, it's impress, ending in double S.

So you can see here, when adding our double S, I-O-N, our suffix there for that shun, it is root words ending in double S, M-I-T, and double S.

Bear this in mind for the rest of today's learning.

So there are many words ending in T-I-O-N, S-I-O-N, and double S, I-O-N, without obvious root words.

For instance, the word vision, which is that S-I-O-N spelling, but sounding like a zhun.

Passion, our double S, I-O-N, spelling.

Television, again zhun, S-I-O-N.

And station, our T-I-O-N spelling there.

They might not have obvious root words here.

And sometimes they have Latin roots, for instance, vision being related to vis, meaning to see, and your vision has to do with your eyes, isn't it? Or station being linked to the Latin, statio, meaning standing still.

Can you spot the root word in the words I'm about to show you? And can you also work out which spelling pattern we are going to be applying? Here is our word with the zhun or shun ending.

Decision.

What's the root word? Which rule have we used? Brilliant job, our root word is decide so it's ending in D-E.

So we've added our S-I-O-N suffix.

Great.

What's the root word? Which rule have we used? The word is discussion, off you go.

Great job, our root word is discuss, ending in double S so we've added our double S, I-O-N suffix.

Okay, so now for our practise task, you are going to get a chance to apply all of the learning we've done so far.

I'd like you to spell these words with the shun suffix.

Be careful and choose the correct one.

Remember to sound out the word, think of a root word, if there's an obvious one.

Think of the spelling rules we've looked at, what does that root word end in, perhaps? And read the word and check.

The first word is decision.

It was a tough decision to make.

Number two is expression.

There was a sad expression on his face.

Number three, discussion.

They had a long discussion.

Number four, tension.

Tension filled the room.

And number five, extension.

I got an extension on my work project.

I'll say those again.

Decision, expression, discussion, tension, extension.

Pause the video and have a go at writing those words.

Off you go.

Brilliant job team, I'm super impressed.

You've done a fantastic job there.

So I'd like us to really look carefully now.

Decision, so decide is our root word here, ending in D-E.

And we've said if our root words end in D-E, then it's our S-I-O-N spelling.

So decision, be careful as well, it's that zhun, not just a shun.

Expression, our root word here is express, ending in a double S, so it's our double S, I-O-N, shun.

Discussion was the next one.

Again, our root word is discuss, ending in U double S, so it's our double S, I-O-N spelling for that shun.

Tension was the next one.

Our root word here is tense, S-E.

We said words ending in S-E, we'd use our S-I-O-N spelling for that shun, tension.

Remember, the S-I-O-N spelling can be zhun or shun.

And finally, extension, extension.

Extend here, is our root word ending in a D, so it's our S-I-O-N spelling.

Be super careful, I feel like that's very easy to confuse with the T-I-O-N spelling as well.

How did you do there? Check your learning, make any corrections, off you go.

Onto then, our final learning cycle, which is to practise and apply the spellings that we've been looking at so far today.

Let's read some curriculum words, first of all.

Curriculum words are those words which are going to appear very often in our reading and writing.

And they might have slightly tricky elements about them so it's important we know to spell them.

So profession.

Oh wow, look, that uses, doesn't it, our double S, I-O-N.

Say it with me one more time, profession.

A profession is someone's job.

Develop.

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

I can develop photographs, I can develop ideas.

Say these words again and look carefully at them.

Do you notice anything maybe tricky about them? Off you go, have a think.

Great thinking team.

So I've noticed a couple of things about them.

Profession has a single F, but a double S doesn't it? And it comes from the root word profess, which ends in our double S.

That follows our rule, doesn't it? So it's a double S, I-O-N spelling for that shun.

It also sounds like, in develop di, doesn't it? D-I, but it's D-E, and it has our D-E prefix coming at the beginning there.

So with that in mind, how do I spell the word profession? Point to it now.

Great job, remember, single F, double S.

Our root word is profess, so it's our double S, I-O-N spelling, profession.

How do I spell develop? Great job, be careful, it sounds like di-velop, D-I, but it's D-E, vel-op, de-ve-lop, develop.

So when we are practising spellings, it can really help to sing, rap, clap to a rhythm as well.

This helps us to remember the words, and the particular letters within them.

Some of these have been quite tricky spellings we've looked at as well.

So I will clap and spell these words.

So the first word is extension, ex-ten-S-I-O-N.

(instructor claps) Brilliant.

Discussion, dis-cuss I-O-N, (instructor claps) discussion, great.

I find that this really helps us by breaking the words into smaller chunks and we get to focus on those tricky parts and those letters, particularly the tricky parts here being choosing which suffix is correct for that, shun or zhun.

So I'd like you now, to have a go at either rapping, clapping or clapping to a rhythm and spelling these words.

Pick one and have a go.

We have the words confession, division, impression, and confusion.

Have a go using that strategy.

Off you go, break them down.

Incredible job, I absolutely loved hearing you rapping and singing and clapping to a rhythm there.

Really, really, really helps you to break the words down and to memorise the tricky parts as well.

Great job.

So onto our final practise task then for today, which is going to be spelling a range of words that use that shun or zhun suffix.

Just like we did before, remember to sound out the word.

Think of the root word if there's an obvious one, remember, there might not be.

Remember the spelling rules if you do know that root word, and read the word and check.

So the first word that we are going to be writing is vision.

Now, that one has no clear and obvious root word, vision.

But it's making a zhun so it should help you.

Permission.

I require permission to go on the trip.

Three, confusion.

Number four, profession.

Remember, profession is a job.

And number five, passion, that abstract noun, linked to the word passionate.

She was passionate about her work.

So vision, permission, confusion, profession, passion.

Pause the video and have a go at writing these now, off you go, team.

Excellent work, I'm so impressed.

You really, really, really have been listening clearly, you've really considered the rules you've looked at for what our root words may end in.

And you've also been listening carefully as well.

So the first one was vision.

Now, this one didn't have a clear root word, did it? We get this from Latin, means your eyes or sight.

And it is, our vision is to do with our eyes, but it's a zhun, and we know our S-I-O-N spelling can make that a shun or a zhun sound, so it's our S-I-O-N spelling.

The next was permission.

Our root word here is permit, M-I-T.

So we know it's going to be our double S, I-O-N, permission.

The next word was confusion.

Our root word here is confuse, ending in S-E, so we know it's going to be our S-I-O-N spelling, confusion.

The next word was profession.

Now, be careful with this one.

The root word is profess and it has one F and two S's.

And because it ends in that double S, we know it's going to be our double S, I-O-N spelling, profession, someone's job.

And passion was the last one, passion, P-A, double S, I-O-N, passion.

Brilliant, how did you do there team? Do you have any corrections to make? Share your learning, make those corrections now, off you go.

Wow, what a team of spellers you've been for me today.

We've been looking at different shun suffixes today.

That shun suffix can be spelled T-I-O-N, S-I-O-N, double S, I-O-N, or C-I-A-N.

The shun sound is sometimes spelled S-I-O-N or double S, I-O-N, and that's what we've been concentrating on today.

Words spelled with the suffix S-I-O-N, often have a root word ending in D, D-E or S-E.

And remember that it can also sound like a zhun, like in the word division.

Words spelled with the suffix double S, I-O-N, often have a root word ending in double S or M-I-T.

Remember, using rap, clapping and rhythm and singing can help us to break words down and to concentrate on the tricky parts of them.

And keep up the great spelling practise.

I'll see you again soon, team.