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Hello, everybody! It's me, Miss McCartney.

And I am so excited today because we are having our reading lesson.

In our reading lesson today, we are going to be making inferences based on what is said and done.

Before we do that, I would like to have a little quiz to check our understanding of the story.

My first question is who is it that Ganesh and Kartikeya both admire so much that they want to host a feast for? Whisper to your screens.

Fantastic.

It is Princess Buddhi.

Question number two.

Can you remember on Kartikeya's trip around the world which animal tells him some stories? Whisper to your screen.

Brilliant.

The buffalo tells Kartikeya stories on his adventure.

Question number three.

What was Ganesh holding in his hands when he was sat in his library? Whisper to your screens.

Very good.

That was a trick question.

He was actually holding two different things because he has four hands.

In two of his hands, he was holding a book, and in two of his hands, he was holding a mango.

You have done such a great job at remembering our story.

We are now going to move on to today's lesson.

Okay, wonderful storytellers.

There are three things that you will need to be fully prepared for our lesson today.

The first thing is a piece of paper or something to write on.

The second thing is a pencil or something to write with.

And the third thing is your wonderful, curious brain.

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

Okay, shall we have a look at what we are going to be learning today? We are going to start by learning a new spelling rule.

Then we are going to do a strategy check to make sure that our brains are ready for our reading.

We are going to read all together and then hunt to make some inferences from our text.

Let's start with our spelling rule.

Today, we are going to be adding the suffix ed to our root words.

But it's a little bit tricky because today we have to change something about our root word before we add our suffix ed.

Shall we have a closer look? Okay, our first word is rob.

You can see before I add my suffix ed, I have done something to the word rob.

I have put another b, then I have added my suffix ed to create the word robbed.

Now, the first thing we need to know about the spelling rule is how we identify our vowels, so we are going to do a Your Turn, My Turn.

The vowels are coming up on your screen now.

My turn, A.

Your turn.

Fantastic.

So the next thing we need to do is have a look at our three words.

We have the words travel, stop, and admit.

And we need to find the vowel before the last letter.

Now, in our three words, the last letters are all consonants.

My turn, your turn.

Consonants.

Your turn.

Fantastic.

It's a bit of a tricky word, but all consonants mean is any letter that is not a vowel.

So we have got a consonant as our last letter.

I would like you to have a look for the vowel before the last letter.

Can you do that now and start pointing to your screen where you can find the vowels? Brilliant.

I can see lots of learners identifying our vowels.

Let's look at our first word, travel.

Now, my last letter and consonant is l, and the letter before that is e, which is a vowel.

Let's have a look at the word stop.

My last letter is p, and that is a consonant.

And the letter before is o, which is a vowel.

Let's look at our last word, admit.

Our last letter is a t, and it is a consonant.

And the letter before is a vowel, and that vowel is i.

So, when we double our consonants, just like we did in robbed when we had two b's, before we do that, we need to make sure there is a vowel before the last letter.

Let's have a look at this in some more detail.

I have still got my vowels at the top of the screen to help me.

I then have the word travel.

Now, you can see my vowel is already highlighted because we found it together.

So, I need to double my last letter, double my consonant, and then add my ed suffix.

Can you think what letter I need to have first? Or can you whisper it? Well done.

I need an extra l and then I add my suffix ed to make the word travelled.

Brilliant learning, everybody.

My next word is stop.

Can you have a little think and shout to the screen which letter I need to double before my suffix? Ooh.

Nearly made me jump out of my skin.

So much wonderful shouting of the letter p.

We need another p before we add our suffix ed to make the word stopped.

Well done, everybody.

Let's see if we can do our last example.

Our last example is admit.

You can already see the vowel i is highlighted, so that means we need to double our consonant.

Hmm, this time, can you say it in a really squeaky voice which letter do I need to double? T.

Fantastic.

I double my consonant t.

Oh no! It's actually not on my slide.

There should be two t's there, silly, Miss McCartney, to make the word admitted.

Can you point to the two t's in admitted? Fantastic, everybody.

You have done such wonderful learning about our suffix ed when we need to change the root word.

Okay, we are going to put our spellings into practise now.

Can you write down three sentences using our ed suffix and rule? These are our rules for the sentence writing.

I will read three sentences.

I will say each sentence twice.

And I would like you to write down the sentence.

I am going to start by reading your first sentence.

Kartikeya felt robbed when Ganesh told his story.

I'm going to read it again.

Kartikeya felt robbed when Ganesh told his story.

Pause the video now to write down your first sentence.

Not only could I see children writing the word robbed that has our suffix, but I also saw wonderful capital letters and full stops.

Are you ready for sentence number two? Fantastic.

Even though Kartikeya was tired, he never stopped.

You may notice I have our keywords Ganesh and Kartikeya at the bottom to help you with some tricky spellings.

I'm going to read that one more time.

Even though Kartikeya was tired, he never stopped.

Pause your video now to write down your sentence.

Okay, fantastic, everybody.

Our third sentence.

When Ganesh admitted his trick, Kartikeya was shocked.

Pause your sentence now.

Pause your sentence? Pause your video now to write down your sentence.

Excellent work, everybody.

Let's have a look at the sentences to see if you spelt your keywords with your suffix correctly.

Kartikeya felt robbed when Ganesh told his story.

Robbed needed two b's.

You needed to double the consonant because the vowel o was before the last letter b.

Even though Kartikeya was tired, he never stopped.

Stopped also needs two p's before we add our suffix ed because there is a vowel before the last letter.

Last sentence.

When Ganesh admitted his trick, Kartikeya was shocked.

Fantastic, you have the word admitted, and you needed two t's in admitted as well.

Now, as a challenge, could you write your own sentence using one of our story words, so Ganesh or Kartikeya, and the ed suffix? That is your challenge.

Pause your video now to complete the challenge.

Fantastic, everybody.

Could you whisper to your screen the sentence that you wrote? Oh, I heard somebody say the sentence Even when Kartikeya was scared, he never stopped.

Fantastic.

It was wonderful to hear all your sentences.

Okay, now, we are going to do our strategy check to make sure that our brains are ready for our reading.

Firstly, when we are reading, we need our magnet eyes on the screen following the text.

We also need to make sure we are listening really carefully, especially to the words that we might not have seen before.

And finally, you need to have your special reading finger ready, with your magnet eyes, pointing to the words on the screen.

Okay, let's hear the first part of our story.

Elephant headed Ganesh, the God of success was sitting in his magnificent library.

In two of his hands he was holding a book and thoughtfully turning the pages.

In his other two hands he was carefully cutting and eating a mango.

When Kartikeya entered the room, he was dressed for battle.

His sword hung beside him and his armour had never looked so shiny.

Kartikeya always looked around a room carefully when he entered it to make sure there were no enemies hiding in any of the corners.

Ganesh knew that his brother was always there to protect him.

Ganesh was excited to show Kartikeya a book all about the old, forgotten land.

He thought that his brother would like to learn about the war skills of their ancestors.

Now, the word ancestors refers to your family members who were born before you.

So it could be Ganesh and Kartikeya's granddad, or great-great-granddad, or great-great-granddad, or grandmother, and it keeps going backwards and backwards.

So those are your ancestors, people in the past who are related to you.

Okay, we are going to play a little bit of a game now to develop our inference skills even more.

And the game is called Who would you rather? So you are going to be choosing between Ganesh and Kartikeya.

So who would you rather hear tell you a story? Challenge to a battle? Be your brother? Or help with your chores? So I'm going to use the sentence stems to give you an example now.

I would rather choose Ganesh to challenge to a battle because Kartikeya is the god of war, so I wouldn't want to fight him.

My evidence from the text to support my opinion is I know Kartikeya is the god of war.

And in the part of the story that we just read and heard, it said that he had his shiny armour and his sword hanging beside him.

So, for each of those different options, I would like you to use the sentence stem.

You can either speak to your screen or write it down.

So I would like you to pause and complete your task now.

Fantastic! I heard so many wonderful ideas.

I heard somebody say that they would like Ganesh to tell them a story because he knows all about stories, because he always reads his book in his library.

However, I heard somebody else say that Kartikeya would be a great person to hear a story from because he goes off to war to all different countries, and he would have some great tales to tell.

So it just proves that you can have your own opinion as long as you use evidence from the text.

So well done, everybody.

Great job.

Let's listen to the next parts of our story.

Kartikeya ran as quickly as he could from the palace.

He knew that if he got a head start then perhaps he would be able to beat his brother and host the feast.

The Himalayan mountains were no challenge for him.

They were so high that sometimes Kartikeya was running above the clouds.

He jumped, he climbed and he sprung across the rocks.

Even when his feet became sore or he tripped, he kept running.

Eagles were circling below and Kartikeya knew that if he fell, the eagles would scoop him up and carry him to their nest where their chicks were waiting hungrily.

He thought of his brother, who spent a lot of time in his library reading books.

Surely, he would be struggling to climb the mountain.

Kartikeya thought of the amazing feast he would throw if he were the champion of the challenge.

Okay.

This activity says which adjective best describes the beginning of Kartikeya's journey? And you have got the words frightening, your turn, dangerous, your turn, hopeful, your turn, exhilarating, your turn.

Exhilarating is when you are full of energy and really excited.

I'll give you my example.

I would choose the adjective, hmm, frightening because, actually, Kartikeya could see the eagles swooping below, waiting just for the moment if he fell to take him so that he was their food for their chicks.

Your second sentence stem: My evidence from the text to support my opinion is that Kartikeya saw the eagles hungrily waiting to catch him.

Pause your video now and choose the adjectives that you think best describes Kartikeya's journey, and don't forget to give your evidence.

Brilliant, I heard somebody say something very different to Miss McCartney.

They would choose the adjective exhilarating because, actually, Kartikeya was thinking that he might have a good chance at winning because the evidence for that is that he knows his brother always stays in the library and reads books, so he thinks he has more of a chance of being the champion.

Well done, everybody, for finding your evidence in the text.

Okay, let's read the next part of our story.

After emerging from the Amazon rainforest, Kartikeya was gasping for a drink.

How thirsty he was! After searching for a few hours, he fell to the floor, he could no longer continue without any water.

He felt some horns scoop up his frail, which means very weak, his frail body, but he was too tired to open his eyes to see what happened.

Was this the end? Perhaps this animal was taking him somewhere comfortable to devour him, to eat him, to devour him.

Kartikeya thought about his brother and wondered if this challenge was worth it after all.

Much to his surprise, Kartikeya found himself being lowered gently into a pool of water.

He rolled over and gulped and gulped.

Then he rolled over onto his back and started laughing and splashing.

The buffalo who had carried him, buried his own head in the water and took a well-deserved break.

Ahh! Wow, so we found out more about Kartikeya meeting the buffalo.

And actually, he thought the buffalo was going to eat him, but the buffalo carried him to get some water.

What a kind buffalo.

So, which emotion do you think Kartikeya felt the most? Do you think he felt relief? If you feel relief, then you're very thankful, and you are happy that something has happened.

If you feel terror, then you are really, really frightened.

Confusion is when you are not sure at what is going on.

And astonishment is when you are so shocked and surprised.

So, Miss McCartney would choose the noun.

I'm going to choose the noun, hmm, terror.

I think Kartikeya felt terror when he felt the horns picking him up because he just assumed the animal was going to eat him.

My evidence from the text to support this is, actually, Kartikeya was really surprised when the buffalo lowered him into the water.

Pause your video now to complete this task.

Fantastic learning, everybody.

I am so impressed with your inferences today.

You have hunted for clues in the text, and you have drawn conclusions that have helped you to infer.

Well done.

Okay, we are going to listen to a short rhyming poem about our story, and you are going to help me.

So, I am going to start by saying Ganesh was sat in his library with a book.

But when Kartikeya came in, he put up his head and had a? Look.

Well done, everybody.

Let's do the second rhyming couplet.

Just when Kartikeya had given up all hope, he looked through the trees.

He ran and he ran, but he fell over and he scraped his? Knees! Well done.

Trees and knees rhyme.

Let's do our last one now.

At the feast, Ganesh and Buddhi danced all night long.

But after a while, Kartikeya realised that he had got the journey all? Wrong.

Fantastic.

So he realised, actually, he had spent a long time racing around the world whilst Ganesh had sat and chilled in his nice, warm library, reading his book.

I wonder if you, after this lesson, could think in your head about any rhyming couplet about our story, where the last two words of your sentences rhyme.

Well done, everybody.

Hmm, I'm going to think of a special clap for us to do today.

Oh, I know what it is.

It is called the crown clap.

And it is what kings and queens wear when they have done a brilliant job.

So you can decide if you are a king or a queen.

I am going to be a king, and I'm going to get my crown clap ready.

And you showing yourself making a crown around your head, and it makes you feel all warm, fuzzy, happy, and most importantly, successful.

Well done, everybody.

Okay, if you would like, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter tagging @OakNational and @TeachTMcCartney #LearnwithOak.

Fantastic, everybody.

Well done.

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