Lesson video

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 setting 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 applying the j spellings, including g, ge and dge.

The outcome will be, I can apply spelling patterns for the representations of the j phoneme, j sound, including g, ge and dge.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn, and I need to hear you say these to me.

Digraph.

Trigraph Consonant.

Short vowel.

A digraph is a two letter representation of a sound.

The digraph we are looking at today is ge.

A trigraph then is a three letter representation of a sound, that word try, three as in a triangle, three sides.

And the trigraph we are looking today, looking at today is the dge, trigraph.

So it represents that j sound.

A consonant is a sound that is made by blocking the air in the mouth, using the teeth, tongue, or lips.

P is an example of a consonant.

T is an example of a consonant.

A short vowel is a vowel sound that sounds short when spoken.

Our short vowels are ah eh, ih, oh, uh.

And these are the shorter representations of a, e, i, o, u.

So in today's lesson, we are going to be applying the j spellings, including g, ge and dge.

We are going to be first of all looking at some common exception words.

Then we're going to be looking at the three j spellings.

And finally, we're gonna have a chance at applying spellings within a sentence or two.

Let's get on with looking at spellings and common exception words then.

Common exception words are those words that don't follow our regular phonics patterns and therefore, trickier for us to spell.

Here's an example of a common exception word.

My turn, your turn.

Let's have a go at saying it.

Laugh.

Laugh.

You might as well try pronounce this.

Laugh, laugh.

This is a word that can be difficult to pronounce, depending on how you pronounce it.

We wouldn't expect it to be spelled with augh, making that f sound would be, doesn't follow a regular phonics patterns.

So this augh spelling then is irregular.

It doesn't follow regular phonics patterns, and this is a common exception word.

Which of these is spelled correctly then? Point to the correct spelling of the word laugh now.

I laugh at the joke.

Point to the correct spelling of a laugh.

Pause the video.

Fantastic.

Absolutely, it's this one here.

(clears throat) Let's have a look at the others.

U-af, laugh.

The first one does make phonetic sense, doesn't it? 'Cause that augh makes an r and f sound.

But this is our correct spelling.

Let's have a look at u-af, laugh.

Yeah, that would make phonetic sense again.

But remember, it's our l-a-u-g-h making that r or f sound.

So because this is a common exception where we just need to memorise it, we need to learn it.

And a really good strategy for doing this is the look, cover, write, check strategy.

I like this strategy because it allows you to be independent and it's repetitive.

So you'll need is handwriting.

You're going to first of all look at a word, then you are going to cover it up so it's not there anymore.

I've got it here and then have a go writing it and then I check back and see how I did.

And I don't just do this once.

I do this a number of times to ensure that I've really embedded that spelling into my long-term memory.

I'd like you to pause the video now and have a go at doing this.

Brilliant work.

Let's see how you got on them.

Check now.

Did you manage to spell them correctly? Do you have any corrections to make? Pause the video and make any corrections now.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is reviewing what we know about these three j spellings, g, ge and dge.

So the g, ge and dge are common representations of that j sound.

That j sound, obviously the spelling j itself is also a very common one.

What can you remember about where these spellings are most often found in words? Pause the video and think where is g most often found? Where is ge most often found? Where is dge most often found? Pause the video and have a think now.

Some good conversations going on there.

And I can see some children really showing some good word consciousness as well.

Some really good awareness of where these spellings like to come and some examples being said as well.

Good job.

Our g spelling is often found at the beginning or in the middle of a word, but remember never represents that j sound at the end of a word.

Words like giant and magic show this at the beginning and in the middle.

The ge spelling is most often found at the end of a word.

The word cage shows this.

Remember, it's usually found after those sort of long vowel sounds as well or a consonant.

And our dge spelling is most often found at the end of a word as well.

But after a short vowel sound, ah, eh, ih, oh, uh.

Edge is an example of this, that short eh-eh sound.

The grapheme j can itself represent the j sound.

And here we can see it in the words jump, jacket, juice, join and just, and grapheme remember is just another way of saying the spelling.

It is most commonly found at the beginning of a word.

The j spelling is never found at the end of a word.

Where is the j spelling usually found in a word? Pause the video and select the correct answer now from a, b, c or d.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant.

It's most commonly found at the beginning absolutely.

Words like juice, jungle and jump show this.

And remember that j sound, okay, with the j spelling is never found at the end of a word.

What do you notice about these spellings then? So these are all words that have our g spelling in.

Remember, we said our g spelling likes to come at the beginning or in the middle of a word.

Let's have a good at reading them first.

My turn, your turn.

Magic.

Energy.

Gentle.

Giant.

Giraffe.

That's a giraffe that you might find at a zoo.

The g spelling is often followed by the letters i, e or y.

And let's have a look in magic, it's followed by an i.

In energy, it's followed by y.

In gentle, it's followed by an e.

And in giant, in giraffe, it's followed by an i.

So that's a really good thing for us to remember that g spelling in the middle or at the end of a word is often followed by an i, an e or y.

Let's have a look at these spellings.

These are our ge spellings, which remember is often found at the end of a word.

My turn, your turn.

Page, like the page of a book.

Large, package, like a package you might receive in the post.

Village.

Range.

So the ge is often followed other vowel sounds or consonants.

So we've got page, large, package, village, range.

In there, I can hear a couple of longer vowel sounds in page and in range in particular.

And also I can see it then following some consonants as well, n and r for instance.

And finally our dge spelling.

Let's have a read of these words.

Fudge.

Badge.

Edge.

Ledge.

Lodge.

Fantastic.

We know it likes to come at the end of the word and it often follows, okay, a short vowel sound.

Let's have a look here in fudge.

I can hear that, uh-uh.

That's the short u, isn't it? In badge, I can hear, ah-ah.

That's our short a.

In edge, I can hear that, eh-eh.

Our short e vowel sound.

Same in ledge and in lodge, I can hear that, oh-oh.

That short o vowel sound.

So remember our dge spelling at the end after short vowels.

So let's have a look at some words now.

I'd like us to think about which column they would go into.

And I've got two columns here.

I've got a short vowel column and an other vowel sound column.

Another vowel potentially being a longer vowel sound.

So let's read the words at the bottom first and then listen out for some vowel sounds.

Remember our vowel sounds are a, e, i, o, u or ah, eh, ih, oh, uh.

This word here, dodge.

Okay, as in dodge out of the way.

Engage.

You're all engaging in this lesson right now.

Yeah, you're engaging with it, you're listening to me, you're taking part in it.

Edge.

Judge.

Large.

Cage.

I'd like you to pause the video and have a go at saying each of these words and listening out for either a short vowel sound or an other vowel sound.

And think which spelling is going to come with our short vowel sound.

Keep an up for that as well.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant.

Excellent.

So I'm hoping that you've managed in the short vowel column, sort these three words, dodge, edge and judge.

And you'll notice that all that short vowel sound and for that j spelling at the end, that j sound, we can see our dge spelling.

In our other vowel sounds here.

We have engage, which is that long a vowel, isn't it? And then, that's our ge spelling, large, which is in other vowel sound.

We have our consonant r there before our ge and the word cage, again, that long a sound, isn't it? And so we've got our ge spelling.

Brilliant.

So I'd like you now to match the word to the spelling pattern it uses.

We can see here, we've got g, ge and dge spelling patterns.

We're gonna have a look at the four words underneath and you're gonna match them, please, to the correct spelling pattern they use.

Let's read the words first.

Ginger.

Large.

Ledge.

Age.

So they all contain that j sound, don't they? But they have different spellings.

Match them to the correct spelling pattern now.

Pause the video.

Good job.

Let's see how you got on them.

Ginger contains our g spelling.

Remember, it likes to come either in the beginning or the middle and it's often followed by an i or an e.

And we can see it here followed by an i and an e 'cause there's two of those j sounds in there, aren't there? Large is our ge spelling and often remember follows other vowel sounds and consonants.

Ledge, that is our dge spelling 'cause it's that short vowel and age that longer vowel, that other vowel sound.

And so it's our ge spelling.

Brilliant.

Check and see how you did.

So we're now going to have a little practise task.

I've got a sentence below.

I'd like us to read this sentence.

I'd like us to then whisper the sentence out loud to a partner.

I'd like us then to have a look in particular at the green words in a sentence and think if they're spelled correctly or not and why not, and then correct them.

So let's first of all have a read of the sentence in our head.

Everyone just look at that sentence now below and read it in our head.

Brilliant.

Then I'd like us to whisper the sentence out loud to ourselves or to a partner.

I'm gonna have a go now.

The jentle jiraffe ran through the hej and into its cayj.

Brilliant.

You pause the video and whisper that sentence now.

Great job.

Then I'd like us to in particular look at these green words, jentle, jiraffe, hej, cayj.

Are they spelled correctly? If not, why not? Pause the video and have a think now.

Brilliant.

And finally, I'd like us to then correct those four spellings in green.

Consider which j spelling they should have with them making that j sound.

Think about where the sound comes.

Think about what it follows.

Think about what follows it.

Pause the video and correct those spellings now.

Excellent job.

So we're gonna have a look at this sentence written out, but with the correct spellings.

And I'd like you to make any corrections as you go along.

So here's the sentence that was incorrect on top and below, you can see the sentence corrected.

So let's have a look at our spellings of the word gentle.

The gentle, yeah, it's that g spelling at the beginning of that word.

Gentle, giraffe.

Again, it's our g spelling there.

It's coming at the beginning.

And remember our g spelling likes to often be followed by a y, an e or an i.

And in gentle and giraffe, I can see that it's followed by an e and then an i.

Then we have the word ran through the hedge.

That word hedge, eh-dge.

That's a short vowel, isn't it? So it's our dge spelling and finally into its cage.

That's another vowel sound.

That's a long vowel sound.

So it's our ge spelling.

Pause the video now.

Make any corrections to those spellings.

See how you did.

Onto our final learning cycle then.

In this cycle, we're going to be applying spellings within a sentence.

We are going to write a sentence containing some of our focus spellings and common exception words.

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 letters correctly.

We need to sound out each word.

We need to look out for common exception words.

And we need to remember sentence punctuation.

Just listen to me say the sentence first.

The gentle village was located at the edge of a cliff.

The gentle village was located at the edge of a cliff.

So we're gonna use some strategies now to help us remember the sentence.

The first one, marching it out, I'll have a go first.

The gentle village was located at the edge of a cliff.

You pause the video and have a go at matching that sentence out now.

Good job.

The next strategy is whispering it.

The gentle village was located at the edge of a cliff.

Pause the video and whisper it to yourself or to someone around you now.

Brilliant.

Could barely hear you.

And finally counting those words so we make sure we don't miss any.

The gentle village was located at the edge of a cliff.

The gentle village was located at the edge of a cliff.

Pause the video and count the words on your fingers now for that sentence.

Good job.

So we're gonna have a good writing the sentence now.

I'd like you to make sure you sound out each word.

Think about any common exception words that you hear.

And remember sentence punctuation, capital letters, full stops.

I wanna say the sentence one more time.

The gentle village was located at the edge of a cliff.

Pause the video and write it now.

Excellent job.

You're gonna check your work now and make any corrections as we go along and see how we did.

The, needs capital letter 'cause it's at the beginning of the sentence.

Gentle, and that's our j spelling now of g 'cause it's at the start.

And remember, it's likes to be followed by an e.

Village.

Oh, that's another vowel sound there, isn't it? Village.

And so we've got our ge spelling at the end there.

Was located at the edge, eh-eh, short vowel.

So it's our dge spelling, of a cliff.

Double f there, on cliff.

Full stop 'cause it's the end of our sentence.

Good job.

See how you did.

What did you learn? Make any corrections now.

Pause the video.

We're now going to look at another sentence.

Just listen to me say the sentence, first of all.

The gem moved with a magic energy and would not budge.

And if something doesn't budge, it means it won't move.

The gem moved with a magic energy and would not budge.

So we're gonna use some strategies now to help us remember the sentence.

We're gonna tap it out first.

You can do this in your head or your shoulders or on the table or on the floor.

The gem moves with a magic energy and would not budge.

The gem moved with a magic energy and would not budge.

Pause the video and tap it out now.

It's gonna help you make sure you hear all of those sounds in the words.

Some good tapping now.

Our next one is shouting out.

The gem moved with a magic energy and would not budge.

Pause the video and shout it out now.

I need to hear you doing this.

Brilliant.

Can really hear you there.

So loud.

And finally counting the words.

So make sure we've got all of them.

The gem moved with a magic energy and would not budge.

The gem moved with a magic energy and would not budge.

Pause the video and count out each word now.

So we can have a go at writing the sentence now.

I'd like to make sure you sound out each word, look out for those common exception words again, and check any sentence punctuation, capital letters and full stops.

I'm gonna say the sentence one more time.

The gem moved with a magic energy and would not budge.

Pause the video.

Write that sentence now.

Brilliant.

So we're gonna check through our sentences now and make any corrections as you go along and give us a chance to do this at the end as well.

The, obviously needs a capital letter.

Its beginning of our sentence.

Gem, gem, sound j spelling at the beginning, isn't it? Gem, it's our g.

Remember, it likes to be followed by an e, an i or y.

Moved with a magic, again, it can come in the middle of that g spelling, remember? And again, it's followed here by an i.

Energy.

Energy, again in the middle and this time followed by that y.

And would, ou-lucky duck, not budge, and that's uh-uh, short vowel sound.

So it's our dge spelling.

And of course, the end of our sentence, we need a full stop.

Brilliant.

What did you learn? You made any magical mistakes.

Remember, magical mistakes in spelling are excellence.

How we learn, celebrate them, learn from them.

Share how you did now and make any corrections.

Pause the video.

Fantastic work today, everyone.

Today, we continued looking at that j phoneme and we said it can be spelled in a variety of ways including g, ge and dge.

And these are quite common representations for that j sound.

That j sound, that j phoneme.

So our g spelling is usually at the beginning or in the middle of a word.

Gentle, giant, magic.

Remember, it likes to be followed by an i, an e or y.

Our ge spelling is usually found at the end of a word, and particularly after other vowel sounds, like long vowels or consonants.

Age, page and village show this.

And our dge spelling is usually found at the end of word.

Remember, it likes to follow that short vowel.

Okay, that short vowel sound, ah, eh, ih, oh, uh.

Hedge, edge and badge.

Brilliant work.

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