Lesson video

Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. (indistinct) and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you today, you need to bring with you your looking eyes, your listening ears and your thinking brains, as well as that something to write with and someone to talk to would be great as well.

Let's crack straight on into today's lesson.

So in today's lesson, we're going to be applying your new er spellings, including er spelled O-R and er spelled E-A-R.

The outcome will be I can apply two new spellings of the er phoneme, that er sound, the digraph O-R and the trigraph E-A-R.

Our key words for today, and please keep an eye for these in our learning, my turn, your turn and I need to hear you saying these back to me.

Digraph, trigraph, word family.

Brilliant.

So let's have a little discussion about these words then.

A digraph is a two-letter written representation of one sound.

So for instance, today, we're looking at O-R, we could say that that is a digraph that represents that er sound.

A trigraph then is a three-letter representation of one sound.

So our E-A-R, trigraph we're looking at today, is three letters that then represent that er sound.

Word families are words that share the similar form or pattern and they can be really useful in our spellings.

Because if we know the spelling of say a root word, then we can then know other spellings that contain that word, okay? This is our lesson outline.

We are going to be applying new er spellings, including er spelled O-R and er spelled E-A-R.

We're gonna start by looking at some common exception words.

Then we're going to review what we know about these new er spellings.

And then finally, we're gonna apply those spellings within a couple of sentences.

So we're gonna have the chance to practise writing out some different er words.

So spelling common exception words.

Common exception words are those words that don't follow our regular phonics patterns and therefore, they're a little bit trickier to read and spell.

So let's read the following words.

Friend.

My turn, your turn, friend.

Hmm, quite a high-frequency common word that I'm sure you've seen or used before.

What do you notice about this spelling? What do you think might make it difficult? Is there a particular letter in there which is naughty? Pause the video, have a think.

Incredible.

So having a look at this word, I think it's the I here, which is a bit of a naughty letter.

Here it is, that I.

We can't hear the I in friend.

I didn't say friend, do I? I say friend.

So that I is actually not pronounced, but it's there.

It's part of the spelling.

And that's why this is a common exception word.

A thing we can do is we can draw a naughty face over the I to help us remember it.

And I like to do this, okay? We call it the naughty letter.

And if I'm writing out, when I'm writing out, when I'm practising my spellings, if I put a naughty face over that I, I'm gonna remember that there's a naughty letter in that word.

So I've got a naughty I here.

I know, if you know how to spell friend, we also know how to spell words linked to it.

For instance, the word friendly, and this is because they're part of the same word family, they have that same root word friend in them.

And we just added the suffix, a Y there.

So we're gonna practise spelling that word as well today.

Which of these words shows our common exception words, spelt correctly? Pause the video and point to the correct spelling of the word friend now.

Excellent.

If you pointed to this one, you'd be correct.

Remind me, which is our naughty letter there? Say it to me now.

Absolutely.

It is our I, okay? We don't pronounce that I.

It's a naughty letter in there.

Remember that.

Okay, so because of these common exception words, we need to basically just learn them off our heart, we need to learn them by sight, we need to embed them in our long-term memories.

'Cause we can't apply phonics to them.

So we're gonna use the strategy here, called the look, cover, write, check strategy.

But I'm also gonna ask you to practise adding a naughty letter when writing out these words, friend and friendly.

So remember that I is our naughty letter.

The way this strategy works is, is you look at the word, so I'm looking at the word friend.

I then cover it up.

I then have a go at writing it.

And I also am expecting you to try and add that naughty letter, okay, today.

I check it back and I'm also gonna add my naughty letter here.

Perfect.

So I'd like you to pause the video now and have a go at independently practising writing out the word friend, using the look, cover, write, check strategy and adding that naughty letter for both friend and friendly.

Pause the video, off you go.

Amazing! So we have been using this strategy and I'm hoping you've got something that's a bit like this.

Check now, did you manage to spell these words correctly? Did you manage to add any naughty letters? Well done if you did.

Pause the video now, make any corrections if you need to.

Superstar spellers.

Onto our next learning cycle.

So we are going to be looking at new er spellings and those new er spellings spell O-R, that digraph and E-A-R, that trigraph.

So less common spellings of the er sound, include O-R and E-A-R.

What can you remember about where these spellings like to be found? Pause the video and have a think now.

Brilliant.

I can hear some excellent conversations going on there.

And I can see loads of children remember where they like to come in the word.

So our O-R spelling, O-R is often found in the middle of a word and after a W.

And some words that exemplify and show this are work and world.

So you can see our O-R digraph here in the middle of the word and they're followed in both instances by that W.

Our E-A-R trigraph is often followed, sorry, found at the beginning or the middle of a word.

And here are a couple of words that show that, the word early and the word learn.

So remember, beginning or the middle of the word for that E-A-R spelling of the er sound.

These are words using different spellings.

The common spellings, er spelled E-R, er spelled I-R and er spelled U-R.

And also are rarer spellings that we are concentrating on today, are O-R, digraph and our E-A-R, trigraph.

Have a look at these for me.

Do you notice any exceptions here to our rules? If I look here, I can see my E-R words.

They tend to come at the end with that spelling.

My I-R tends to be in the middle.

My U-R tends to be in the middle as well.

My O-R as we've said, likes to come in the middle and after a W.

And our E-A-R can come either in the middle or at the end.

Do you notice any exceptions? And by exceptions, I mean words or spellings that do not follow our regular patterns.

'Cause I think I've spotted one in particular in the er column spelled E-R.

Have a look at that column now.

Do you notice any exceptions there? Pause the video and think.

Brilliant, some lovely conversations going on there.

Yeah, I've noticed the word yesterday, okay? I'm expecting my E-R to come at commonly the end of the word, but it's in the middle of the word here.

It's at the end of that part, yest there and then we've added the day onto the end there.

So be careful and watch out for that one.

Let's have a look at these sentences.

I'm gonna read these sentences to you and I want you to decide which spelling should be used, which of the correct graphemes of a er sound, should be used in the word.

A says, "The early bird catches the worm." B says, "Please help me search for my pen." C says, "We are ready to learn." Pause the video now and decide which is the correct spelling in each sentence.

Pause the video, go.

Excellent.

So let's go through these.

"The early bird catches the worm." Now, most of the time, our E-R spelling likes to come at the end, doesn't it? And we know our O-R spelling likes to come in the middle and after a W.

So the correct spelling is this one here.

It's not werm, it's worm.

"Please help me search for my pen." Hmm, let's have a look here.

The first one there, doesn't look right, S-U-R, spelled U-R.

I think it's my E-A-R, which remember, can come in the middle of the word as well as at the start.

And finally, "We are ready to learn." Now my O-R can of course make an er sound.

But it often comes after a W, doesn't it? And here, it's after a L.

So I don't think the first one's right there.

It's this spelling here.

Brilliant.

Make any corrections and check how you did.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic.

So we're gonna have a go now at spelling, okay, some of the words that contain some different er spellings.

So remember, we're gonna stretch the words.

We're gonna sound them out, count those sounds right and then look and check.

So the first word that we're doing here, I'll run through the words.

My turn, your turn.

The first word is word, I wrote the word hello.

You can see it written there.

Word.

Brilliant.

The next word is earth.

We live on planet Earth.

Earth.

Three is work.

Work.

We really put in some hard work on this project.

You can see some people working there in our picture.

Work.

And finally, early.

I woke up early this morning.

Early.

So let's go through these words one more time.

We've got word, earth, work and early.

Stretch, let's stretch one, word, W-OR-D.

Three sounds, word.

Now write it and look and check.

So you're gonna do that now for these four words, word, earth, work, early.

Pause the video, write them for me.

Exceptional spelling, everybody.

Really good work.

I see some brilliant handwriting, some excellent application of our rules.

A couple of magical mistakes that are gonna be brilliant opportunities for us to learn from as well.

So let's see how I've written the word, word written down.

I've seen it written in these three ways.

And for me, they all make phonetic sense, but only one is correct.

Let's have a think.

We've been looking at a spelling of the er sound today that likes to come in the middle and likes to follow a W.

Which one is it? Point to the correct word right now.

Go.

Amazing.

It's this one here, isn't it? We know our O-R spelling likes to follow a W and comes in the middle here.

Brilliant.

The word earth, let's have a look.

Remember, this is a proper noun.

So what does it need to have? Absolutely needs to have a capital letter.

Also, we know our E-A-R spelling likes to come at the beginning of a word and both our I-R and our E-R really don't.

So it is this one here, excellent.

And remember, proper nouns needs to have a capital letter.

The next word was work.

I've seen it written in these three ways.

Again, I think they all make sort of phonetic sense, but only one is correct.

Hmm, now our E-R spelling, I know that's to come at the end most of the time.

And there was that one exception.

The word yesterday rose, so it came in the middle.

So I don't think it's gonna be our E-R spelling.

So we know our O-R spelling for er does like to come after a W.

So could be the second or the third one.

And I don't think the ck looks correct right here.

So the correct spelling is work here, okay? And you are all working really hard for me right now, so well done.

Number four was early, okay? I wake up early in the morning.

I saw the sunrise early in the morning.

So early, hmm, let's think about this.

My I-R, my E-R spelling for that er sound, don't really like to come at the beginning of words.

I'm quite sure of that.

And we know our E-A-R spelling can either come at the beginning or in the middle of a word.

And it's that e, e, sort of funny bunny, isn't it, that Y spelling there at the end.

So the E spelled Y.

So it's this one here.

Brilliant! Take the time now to make any corrections and see how you did.

Pause the video.

So onto our final learning cycle, we're gonna be applying some er spellings within a sentence and also keeping near as well for any of those words which are common exception words.

So we are gonna 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're gonna need to remember the whole sentence.

We're going to need to form letters correctly.

We're going to sound out each word.

Look out for common exception words, so those words that don't follow our normal phonics patterns.

And of course, remember our sentence punctuation, capital letters, full stops, any other punctuation that you think you might want to include in that sentence as well.

So just listen to me say the sentence.

Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. You can see we've got a picture here of us as well.

We've got people digging for worms early in the morning as the sun rises.

So early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. So we're gonna have a chance now to use some strategies that are gonna help us to remember this sentence.

So I'm gonna say it one more time and then we're gonna go through these strategies.

Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. And the first strategy that we're going to use to help us with this, it's going to be tapping it out.

You can tap on your shoulders, you can tap on your head, you can tap on your table.

I'm gonna go for my shoulders.

Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. Okay, you have a go.

Pause the video, tap it out now.

It's gonna help you hit each sound.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant.

Next strategy, we're gonna whisper it out.

Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. You pause the video and we'll whisper it now.

Excellent work.

Could barely hear you there, but I'm sure you are all saying it.

And finally, we're gonna count the words.

Early yesterday, that's just one word, remember? Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. One more time.

Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. I made that 10.

You have a go now, counting those words.

Off you go, pause the video.

Brilliant.

So you are gonna have a go right in the sentence now.

Can you please make sure, you sound out each word, look out for the common exception words and check your sentence punctuation? I'm gonna say the sentence one more time.

Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. Pause the video, write out the sentence for me now.

Exceptional work, everyone.

I saw some brilliant application of the different spellings for er sounds there.

I saw some brilliant punctuation, some lovely handwriting as well, lots of stretching and rare-word talking, sounding out those words.

So check your work and make any corrections as I go through the sentence now.

Early, brilliant, it needs a capital letter.

And look, it's this E-A-R spelling of that er sound that can come at the start or the middle, remember? So early, yesterday, oh, remember that, sorry, exception, er, E-R usually comes at the end, but it's in the middle of yesterday.

My friend, oh, that is one of our common exception words.

Remember, that naughty letter I? Friend and I were looking for worms. Remember, O-R for that er sound there.

It likes to go in the middle and follow a W and of course, a full stop at the end of your sentence.

Early yesterday, my friend and I were looking for worms. What learning have you found there? Did you make any mistakes in any of your spellings? Please take the time now to make some corrections and see how you did.

Pause the video.

Onto our next sentence.

First, I'm just gonna say the sentence to us.

So just listen to me say the sentence first.

We learnt what our friendship was worth as we worked.

Brilliant.

So again, we're gonna have a chance now to practise it and you're gonna use some strategies for me.

The first one we're gonna do is clapping it out.

We learnt what our friendship was worth as we worked.

You pause the video and clap it out now.

It's gonna help you hear each of the sounds that you're gonna be writing.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

The next one, shouting out.

We learnt what our friendship was worth as we worked! Amazing! I'd like you to pause the video and have a shout at this now.

I need to hear you doing this for me.

Brilliant, amazing! I can hear you shouting that at me so loud.

Brilliant.

Next one, counting the words on our fingers to make sure we count all of those words.

We learnt what our friendship was worth as we worked.

I make that 10.

You pause the video and count those words on your fingers now.

Off you go.

Excellent job, everyone.

So I'm gonna say the sentence one more time.

Again, remember to sound out each word.

Look out for common exception words and also check your sentence punctuation.

Okay.

We learnt what our friendship was worth as we worked.

Pause the video, write out the sentence for me now.

Off you go.

Excellent job, everyone.

We're gonna now check our work and make any corrections as I go along.

We, capital letter, in our sentence.

Learnt, oh, this is our E-A-R spelling for that er sound, isn't it, okay? Remember, it likes to come in the middle, or at the beginning.

What, be careful with that word.

Our friendship, oh, look, remember, we were considering today, weren't we, word families? This got that root word friend in.

We just added that ship onto the end, okay? Was worth, oh, worth, that er spelling after that W, so it's our O-R spelling, okay? Have the value of it, how much it was worth.

As we worked, again, just E-D on the end of the word work.

And work is a er sound, it's after a W, so it's your O-R spelling.

And I added an exclamation here, 'cause I thought this was quite an exciting sentence.

It was like "We learnt what our friendship was worth as we worked!" So you maybe did a full stop, maybe you've added an exclamation mark.

What did you learn here? Have you corrected any mistakes? Take the time now to pause the video, think about what you've learned, make any corrections.

Pause the video, off you go.

Incredible work today, everyone.

I'm really very impressed.

Today, we've looked at the rarer spellings of the er sound.

And they include er spelled O-R and er spelled E-A-R.

Remember, er spelled O-R is often found in the middle of a word and after a W, words like word, work and world.

And our E-A-R spelling for that er sound, is often found at the beginning or in the middle, words like early, learn and earn show this.

A thing we also considered today, was that words in word families can have linked spellings, such as friend and friendly and also friendship.

So keep an eye for those.

If you know the root word, you may well know another group of words as well, 'cause they're all part of the same word family.

Brilliant, keep up your amazing spelling, everyone.

I'll see you again soon.