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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.

For today's lesson, you need to bring me 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 you will be brilliant as well.

Let's get on with today's learning.

In today's lesson, we're going to be using and spelling suffixes.

And the two suffixes we're going to be looking at are the M-E-N-T and the N-E-S-S suffixes.

The outcome is, I can spell words using the suffixes M-E-N-T and N-E-S-S.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix, root word, noun.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word that creates a new word.

When we add suffixes to words, they can sometimes change the tense or the word class of a word.

Root words are the base words onto which prefixes or suffixes are added.

And a noun is a PPT, a person, a place, or a thing.

It's a naming word.

It can also be used to name abstract ideas like love.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We're going to be using and spelling suffixes, M-E-N-T and N-E-S-S, and we'll be looking at them first.

And then we're going to apply those spellings within a sentence, as well as looking at a couple of common exception words.

Onto looking at the M-E-N-T and N-E-S-S suffixes then.

A suffix, as I've said, is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word, which creates a new word, or another word.

"Play" plus "ing" becomes "playing", and I've added that I-N-G onto the end of the word.

"Play" plus "er" gives us a new word, "player".

"Play" plus our "E-D" suffix creates the word "played", changing play's tense there.

So there are lots of different types of suffix, and we're gonna be looking at two of them today.

The M-E-N-T and the N-E-S-S suffix.

Remember, suffixes are found at the end of a word.

Here you can see, it's our root word, "play", and we've added on that suffix "E-D" to then create another word, "played".

Let's have a read of some words.

My turn, your turn.

"Appointment," "enjoyment." And we pronounce this M-E-N-T, "munt".

"Entertainment," "improvement," "punishment," "treatment," how someone is treated.

They all contain this M-E-N-T suffix.

And it's at the end of our word.

If we think about word class, these words are also nouns.

They're a type of thing, or an idea, that you can't always see.

An appointment is something that you might go to.

"I went to a doctor's appointment." It's an arrangement at a specific time.

"Improvement" is that getting better.

"Punishment" is something you might receive if you do something wrong.

And "treatment" is how you are treated.

Let's read some more words.

"Dark-ness." My turn, your turn.

"Fit-ness," how fit you are, how healthy.

"Happiness," "illness," "laziness," "sadness." In these words, I can see that N-E-S-S suffix each time, coming at the end, of course, because it's a suffix.

Be careful with this because quite often, it sounds like I say "nuss".

Okay, it's quite short.

I don't necessarily say "ness".

I don't necessarily go "dark-ness".

I say "dark-nuss".

So it's that "uss" there.

So be careful with this one.

These words are also nouns.

They're a thing, an idea, and potentially an idea that we can't always see as well.

A more abstract idea.

"Darkness" is that lack of light, isn't it? "Happiness" is that sense of happiness that you might feel.

"Illness" means that you are not feeling very well.

Words containing the suffix M-E-N-T and N-E-S-S are usually nouns.

They are a name of an idea or a quality.

By quality, I mean the attribute or feature of something.

For instance, that word, "darkness".

If I say "The room was plunged into darkness," that room is now dark.

It's completely dark.

It's a feature of that room.

"The improvement in your work is great." So that's the quality of your work there.

"The man's illness lasted for two weeks." "What entertainment shall we watch tonight?" So that's something you're going to watch.

The illness is something that man had.

They're nouns.

"Your fitness is excellent." That fitness is something that belongs to you.

It's a noun.

Words ending in M-E-N-T and N-E-S-S are generally which word class? Have a look here.

I've put three word classes up, A adjective, B noun, C verb.

Pause the video and select the correct word class.

Brilliant.

So think about some of those words that we've just looked at.

"Darkness", "improvement", "entertainment", "fitness".

They are all nouns.

Brilliant.

The M-E-N-T and N-E-S-S suffixes start with a consonant.

Both of them begin with M.

This means the root word, so that base word onto which our suffix is being added, usually doesn't change when we add it.

So if you look here at the word "sad", I'm just going to add N-E-S-S.

Sadness.

That root word "sad" hasn't had to change.

Here are some other examples.

Appoint.

I add on a M-E-N-T suffix, it becomes "appointment".

An appointment is an organised event that you are going to go to at a specific time, like a doctor's appointment or an optician's appointment.

Here's another example.

"Enjoy", plus M-E-N-T, "enjoyment".

"Darkness".

This time it's our N-E-S-S suffix.

"Dark" isn't going to change, that root word's not going to change.

It becomes "darkness".

And finally here we have "fitness".

Pause the video.

Spell out loud how you think the word "fitness" is going to be spelled.

Is that root word going to change? Pause the video and spell it now.

Great job.

Absolutely.

"Fitness", that root word doesn't change and we just add our N-E-S-S suffix.

So this is our general rule.

Most of the time when we add the M-E-N-T and the N-E-S-S suffix, 'cause they both contain a consonant, the root word does not need to change.

However, if the root word has more than one syllable, and a syllable is that vowel beat in each word, and ends in the consonant Y, then the Y is replaced by an I before adding either the M-E-N-T or the N-E-S-S suffix.

This rule is really similar to some other suffixes you may have looked at in your previous learning.

It's the same as the L-Y, the F-U-L and the L-E-S-S, less suffix.

Here are two examples.

We have the root word "lazy".

(claps twice) "Lay-zee", two syllables, and it ends in that consonant Y.

So I need to get rid of that Y and add I before then adding my N-E-S-S suffix.

It's the same with the word happy.

(claps twice) "Hap-py", two syllables.

I then also know it ends in a consonant Y.

I get rid of the Y and then I add an I before adding my N-E-S-S suffix.

So I'd like you to have a look here at the four words underneath.

I'd like you to sort these root words, these base words onto which we're gonna add our suffixes, into these two columns.

Do you just add N-E-S-S or do you remove that Y and add I before then adding your N-E-S-S? Consider, does the word have more than one syllable? Does it end in a Y consonant? Pause the video and sort these words now.

Brilliant work, everyone.

So I'm hoping you've sorted them into these two columns.

"Sad-ness." There we are just adding our N-E-S-S, our root word's not changing.

"Ill-ness".

Again, the root word "ill" is not changing, but with "happiness" and "laziness", our root word does change a little bit.

We are gonna get rid of that consonant Y in both of these words, add the I before then adding our N-E-S-S suffix.

Check and see how you did.

Pause the video.

So remember, if the root word has more than one syllable, so those beats in it, those vowel sounds, and ends in a consonant Y, then the Y is replaced by an I before then adding our suffix.

We are gonna have a go now at spelling some words.

In this round, we're gonna spell some nouns by adding the suffix M-E-N-T.

Here are the words we have.

My turn, your turn.

"Enjoy", "entertain", "improve", "punish".

I'd like you to try adding the M-E-N-T suffix to these words now.

Pause the video and have a go.

Great work, everyone.

I saw some brilliant spelling there and some lovely handwriting.

I think these are quite straightforward, aren't they? Let's have a look at how I've seen the word "enjoy".

"Enjoy-ment" or "enjoi-ment".

Is our root word going to change here? No, I don't think so.

We're just going to add our M-E-N-T spelling, aren't we? Brilliant.

This is the correct spelling of "enjoyment".

"Entertainment." Now let's have a look at this one.

In the first one, for some reason I've added an I here.

"Entertainiment"? I don't think so.

It is just "entertainment".

Does "entertainment" end in a Y consonant? No.

So there's no need to be adding an I there if we're just gonna add the M-E-N-T suffix.

So this is the correct spelling.

I've seen "improvement" written like this.

"Imrovment", "improvement".

Is my root word going to change there? I'm not taking any letters out, am I? I'm just adding M-E-N-T.

So the correct spelling is this one.

And finally, "punishment".

And the punishment you might receive for doing something wrong.

I've seen it written in these ways.

Again, does "punish" end, that root word, end in a Y consonant? No.

So there's no need for us to be adding an I before our M-E-N-T.

So this is our correct spelling here.

Notice how all of these show that rule that we've looked at, which is the most common rule when adding M-E-N-T, is that root word stays the same.

We are now going to look at some nouns and add that suffix, N-E-S-S.

So I want you to turn these words into nouns by adding the suffix, N-E-S-S.

The words are, my turn your turn: "Sad," "happy," "dark," "lazy." Remember to think about our rule here.

If our root word ends in that Y consonant, what do we need to do? Pause the video and have a go at adding the N-E-S-S suffix to these words now.

Really great work, everyone.

I could see some brilliant application of the rules that we've generated there when adding this N-E-S-S suffix.

I've seen the word "sadness" written in these ways.

Let's have a think about this.

When we add that N-E-S-S suffix, it's always about N-E-S-S, isn't it? And here, I'm not going to need to change that root word, so it stays the same.

So our correct spelling is the first one here.

I've seen "happiness" written in these ways.

Now remember, let's say that root word, (claps twice) "hah-pee".

That's two syllables and it ends in that Y consonant.

Remember, when that word ends in that Y consonant, we need to get rid of it, add an I, and then our N-E-S-S suffix.

So the correct spelling is this one here.

The first one hasn't changed that Y to an I.

"Dark".

"Dark," hmm.

I've seen it written like this.

Is my root word going to change here? That base word onto which I add my suffix? No, I don't think so.

I'm just going to add my N-E-S-S suffix.

So it's the word "darkness" here.

And finally I've seen laziness written like this.

Laziness.

If you show laziness, you might not be working as hard as you should do.

Let's have a look here then.

(claps twice) "Lay-zee".

Two syllables and it ends in that Y consonant.

What does that mean I have to do? It means that I have to get rid of that Y, exchange it for an I, and then add my N-E-S-S suffix.

So the correct spelling is this one here.

Really great work, everyone.

See how you did.

Make any corrections now.

Pause the video.

Onto our final learning cycle then, which is gonna be applying some of the spellings that we've been looking at today over a sentence.

First of all, we are going to have a look at some common exception words.

Common exception words are those words that don't follow our regular phonics patterns, which can means they can be a little trickier to spell or trickier to read.

The words "brought" and "everyone" can be hard to spell.

This is "brought" as in, "I brought something with me to school," not "bought", like "I went to the shop to buy it." This is "brought with me." And the other word is "everyone".

Let's have a look at these two words more closely then.

My turn.

Your turn.

"Brought." "Brought." "I brought a jumper with me to school." And the next word is "everyone".

"Everyone." "Everyone in class is very happy today." I think the O-U-G-H here is a little bit tricky in spelling, isn't it? It's making an "aw" sound, "brought," but it doesn't usually make that sound.

If I look here at the word "every," there's a problem here as well.

I'm not going "ever-ee-one," I'm saying "evry".

That E doesn't sound like it's pronounced.

So there's two things here that makes these harder to spell.

The O-U-G-H in "brought" and that E in "every" because it's not emphasised or pronounced.

A way of remembering that O-U-G-H is this pneumonic device.

"Oh you grumpy hippo." "Oh" for that O, "you" for that U spelling, "grumpy" for that G, and "hippo" for that H.

And you can see I've got my grumpy hippo here.

So I know it's B-R-O-U-grumpy-hippo-T.

"Brought." "Every" here has a naughty E, and a good strategy here is to draw when you're practising writing this spelling out, either E as a naughty letter, perhaps a naughty little face on it.

So choose the correct spelling of our common exception word.

Pause the video and select the correct spelling of the word "brought" now.

Brilliant.

Absolutely, it is that "Oh you grumpy hippo" spelling, isn't it? And remember, we can use that to help us remember that spelling.

What is the correct spelling of the common exception word "everyone"? Pause the video and select the correct answer now.

Good job.

I can see lots of children pointing at the correct answer there.

It is B.

Remember it has that naughty E in it, doesn't it? We don't say "ev-ery", it's often pronounced "evry".

So it sounds like you don't pronounce that E.

It's the same with the word "every" and the same with the word "everybody".

Don't forget the naughty E.

We are going to write a sentence now containing some of our focus spellings and some of the common exception words that we just looked at.

When we write the whole sentence, we need to do several things at once.

We need to remember the whole sentence.

We need to form our letters correctly.

We need to sound out each word.

We need to look out for common exception words, and remember sentence punctuation, capital letters, and full stops.

So I'd like you to just listen to me say the sentence first.

"The entertainment brought enjoyment to everyone and they felt great happiness." "The entertainment brought enjoyment to everyone and they felt great happiness." So we're gonna use some strategies now to help us remember this sentence.

The first one is clapping it out.

(claps syllables) The entertainment brought enjoyment to everyone and they felt great happiness.

You pause the video and clap that sentence out now.

Good job.

The next one is say it an loud voice.

"The entertainment brought enjoyment to everyone and they felt great happiness." Pause the video and say it in a loud voice for me now.

Make sure I can hear you.

Good job.

And finally, let's make sure we put all of those words in the sentence.

"The entertainment," long word, but all one word.

"The entertainment brought enjoyment to everyone and they felt great happiness." "The entertainment brought enjoyment to everyone and they felt great happiness." Pause the video and count the words on your fingers now to that sentence.

Good job.

So we're gonna have a chance to write this sentence now.

Make sure you sound out each word.

Keep an ear out for common exception words.

And don't forget, capital letters and full stops in your punctuation.

I'll say the sentence one more time.

"The entertainment brought enjoyment to everyone and they felt great happiness." Pause the video and write that sentence now.

Fantastic writing, everybody.

I saw some brilliant application of our suffixes there, and also some of the common exception words that we've looked at this lesson.

Let's check your work and make any corrections as I go along now.

"The" obviously needs to have a capital letter.

"Entertainment." Now, our root word there is "entertain" and we're adding that M-E-N-T suffix.

So it's spelt like this, that root word's not going to change.

"Brought," that's our "Oh you grumpy hippo." B-R-U-grumpy-hippo-T.

"Enjoyment." It's that root word "enjoy", and then we're adding our M-E-N-T suffix.

"to everyone." Careful with that word.

"Every".

It's got a naughty E in it.

"and they", E-Y there, "felt great happiness." Now the root word is "happy," H-A-P-P-Y.

"Hah-pee", two syllables and ends in that consonant Y.

That means we get rid of that Y, add an I and then add our N-E-S-S suffix.

And of course we need to have a full stop.

What did you learn? How did you do? Pause the video and make any corrections now.

We are gonna look at one more sentence now together.

"His fitness showed great improvement after his appointment with the trainer." "His fitness showed great improvement after his appointment with the trainer." So we're gonna use some strategies again to help us remember this sentence.

I'll go first then you'll have a go.

We're gonna tap it out, using your head, your shoulders, the table, the floor.

(shoulders tapping) "His fitness showed great improvement after his appointment with the trainer." Pause the video and tap out that sentence now.

Great job.

The next one saying it in a silly voice.

(voice lilting) "His fitness showed great improvement after his appointment with the trainer." Pause the video and say it in your silliest voice to me now.

See if you can make me laugh.

And finally, we're gonna count the words on our fingers.

"His fitness showed great improvement after his appointment with the trainer." "His fitness showed great improvement after his appointment with the trainer." Brilliant.

Pause the video, count that out now.

So you're gonna have a chance to write the sentence now.

Make sure again, you sound out each word, you think about any common exception words, and you also think about capital letter, full stop, any punctuation.

I'll say the sentence one more time.

"His fitness showed great improvement after his appointment with the trainer." Pause the video, write that sentence now.

So let's see how you did with that sentence then.

Check your work and make any corrections as you go along.

"His" needs a capital letter.

"fitness", so our root word there is "fit" and we've added the N-E-S-S suffix.

"showed improvement." Now I think I'd added the word great here in front of it.

So if you managed to put that in, that's great, but if you didn't, don't worry about it.

"Improvement." So "improve" here is our root word and we're just adding that M-E-N-T.

No need to change it.

"After." Careful with that one.

You might pronounce it "affter" I pronounce it "ahfter".

So it's a common exception word for me.

"His appointment." And again, it's just our root word "appoint" here.

So there's no need for its change and we're adding that M-E-N-T.

"with the trainer." Be careful with that one as well, 'cause it's really not to be emphasised at the end there, that E-R, but it's an E-R spelling.

And of course we need to have a full stop.

Brilliant.

What did you learn there? Did you make any magical mistakes? Make any corrections and share your amazing learning now with those around you.

Pause the video.

Brilliant work today, everyone.

So today we've been looking at suffixes.

We've been looking at two suffixes in particular, M-E-N-T and N-E-S-S.

Remember, a suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word, which creates another word.

If the suffix starts with a consonant, this means the root word usually doesn't change and we just add the suffix.

But if the root word has more than one syllable, so more than one beat and contains the consonant Y, then we replace that Y with an I and then add our suffix.

Really great spelling today, everyone.

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