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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

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 that something to write with and write on and someone to talk to or something to talk to will be excellent as well.

Let's get straight into our lesson, then.

In today's lesson, we're going to be applying the T-I-O-N spelling, which is a suffix.

And it makes a shun sound.

The outcome is, I can spell words using T-I-O-N.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

I'd love to hear you say these back to me.

Please keep an out for them as well.

They're gonna be really important in today's lesson.

The first word is suffix.

Could I hear you say that back to me? Spelling.

Word class.

Noun.

Brilliant.

So, a suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word that turn it into a new word, often changing its meaning or word class.

A spelling is a letter or group of written letters representing a sound or part of a word.

You might also hear spelling referred to as a grapheme.

Word class refers to the different types of words which make up our sentences.

Word class involves nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.

And nouns, they're a particular type of word class.

They're people, places, or things.

Sometimes more abstract ideas such as love.

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Please keep an out for these in our learning.

Here's the learning cycle for today.

We're gonna be applying that T-I-O-N spelling, that suffix.

First we're gonna look at the spelling and then we're gonna apply it within some sentences.

Let's get on with spelling that T-I-O-N, that shun suffix.

So, the T-I-O-N spelling is the most common way to spell the suffix shun when you hear that shun at the end of a word.

Let's have a look at some words that contain it.

Action, station, like a train station.

Portion is the amount of something you're given.

I was given a small portion at dinner.

Option, being given the choice, more than one option.

Potion, which is a drink, often magical or mystical that might be healing or poisonous.

Section, a part of something.

So we can see here that each time our T-I-O-N, shun, is coming at the end of these words.

So it's a suffix.

Many words ending in a T-I-O-N suffix are nouns.

A noun's a person, a place, or a thing.

"The action in the film kept me on the edge of my seat." Action there is a noun.

"She has a large collection of stickers." That collection is a thing, it's a noun.

"I have a question about our homework." That question you might ask is also a noun.

"Please read the first section," so it's a part, it's a noun, "of your book tonight." Each of these words refers to a thing or an idea, which is why they are nouns.

So, have a look here for me.

Words ending in T-I-O-N, that shun suffix at the end, like fraction or station, are often what word class? A, adjective, B, verb, or C, noun.

Pause the video and select the correct answer now.

Good job.

So, let's have a think about this.

We're thinking about words like fraction or station with that T-I-O-N, shun spelling at the end, that suffix.

Are these words adjectives? Adjectives describe nouns, don't they? They're describing words.

Fractions are things, aren't they? A trained station is a place you might go to.

So it's not an adjective.

They're also not verbs, which is a doing word in word class.

They are nouns.

Good job.

So let's look more closely at some of these words that contain this T-I-O-N spelling.

I'd like us to really pay attention to the spelling, so looking at the written letters that represent the sounds in these words.

Is there anything tricky about them? Is there anything that might be an exception to them that you wouldn't expect to see that makes them perhaps more difficult or that might trip us up in our spelling? Have a look at these words in more detail for me and have a think.

Say them out loud as well.

Pause the video, off you go.

Lovely, heard some really nice conversations going on there.

And there's obviously some great thinking of word consciousness being shown.

Here's a couple of things that I thought.

The word station has a single A spelling, making that A sound.

So we know that A spelling can make an ah-ah sound, but it can also make a long ay sound.

And it's the same in potion.

That single O, that spelling there, is making a long O sound.

You might expect it to make an oh sound.

You might expect these spellings to be stashion and poshion, but they're both making long O and A sounds.

So watch out for that in your spelling.

So we're gonna have a look at some of these shun words now, some of these T-I-O-N suffix words, and we're gonna choose the correct spelling.

I'll read the sentences to us and then we'll select the correct spellings.

A is, "The wizard mixed his potion." B, "Get off at the next station to ask." and C, "This is an action film." So I'd like us to pause the video now and select the correct spelling.

Off you go.

Good job everyone.

So let's talk through this.

The first one, A, potion.

Well, let's look at both my options.

One is po-toin.

I don't see my I-O-N.

It's the wrong way round.

And we know our shun, our T-I-O-N suffix is spelled T-I-O-N.

So it's gonna be the second one.

Remember, as well, that that O after our first consonant there, P-O is not making a long O sound.

Is making, sorry, a long O sound, not a short sound.

Remember that O spelling, just don't know.

It can make a short or a long sound.

The next one, "Get off at the next station." Well, they both have my T-I-O-N suffix for that shun sound.

Let's think about the spelling earlier in it, though.

Okay, so I've got st-ation.

And yeah, remember that A there, okay is making a long A sound, but it's just being spelled with an A.

So that's my correct spelling.

And then action, let's have a look.

Ah, definitely my first one's not right there, is it? Remember, the most common spelling for that shun sound at the end of a word is T-I-O-N.

Action.

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Remember, all of these words are also nouns.

So let's have a go now at applying some of these spellings.

Let's practise writing some.

So we're gonna spell these words with the T-I-O-N suffix, that shun sound at the end of the word.

I'd like you to make sure that you stretch the sounds, okay, sound them out, count the sounds in the words as well, write it, and then look and check to really take our time with this.

So let's go through these words.

Just listen to me for now.

The first word is portion.

I was given a huge portion of food at lunchtime and I was very full afterwards.

Portion.

The next word, say it back to me, is station.

You need to get off at the next bus station.

Station.

Action.

Action.

I watch the action movie.

And potion.

Potion.

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Like, the wizard mixed a potion.

So, take our time with these.

I'm gonna say them one more time, then you are gonna have a go at writing them.

Portion.

Station.

Action.

Potion.

Pause the video and write these now.

Excellent job everybody.

So, I could see some amazing handwriting there.

I could see some brilliant use of that T-I-O-N spelling for that shun suffix at the end of the word.

But more than that, I also saw some great word consciousness.

People had obviously really been paying attention earlier on when we looked at some of these words and some of the trickier parts of them, especially some of those short or long vowel sounds.

So really, really good job.

The first word was portion and I've seen it written in these three ways.

Let's have a look at them.

Well, I think immediately I could discount the last two, right? That's not how we represent our common shun sound, is it? T-I-O-N is our spelling that we're expecting.

So, it's also gonna be P-O-R, as opposed to pouring, which I can see in the third one, which be like pouring out something.

So the correct spelling is this one.

Portion.

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The next word we looked at was station.

So let's have a look.

I think immediately I can disregard the last one, right? 'cause we are looking at that T-I-O-N spelling for that shun sound.

So it's between the first and second one.

And we said earlier, we've station, that A spelling, okay, is making that long A sound.

So it's this one here that's the correct one.

Well done.

C was action.

Okay, lights, camera, action.

Or, I'm watching an action film.

Again, the second one, that's not our common representation for that shun sound, is it? It's T-I-O-N I'm looking for.

And on the last one that says act-oin, doesn't it? I've got my I and my O mixed up.

So the correct spelling is the first one.

Well done.

And finally the last one was the word potion.

Potion.

And we said earlier, didn't we, that the O in it is spelled just with an O, but it's making that long O sound.

So the first one definitely not.

And also look at the way the last one's spelled.

The last part of that, the suffix is spelled.

I'm looking for T-I-O-N.

So the correct spelling is this one here.

Brilliant.

Share your successes.

Share any magical mistakes.

Make any corrections now.

Pause the video.

Fantastic.

Onto, then, our final learning cycle, which is gonna be applying some of these shun spellings and some other common exception words in some sentences.

Let's read the following words together.

My turn.

Your turn.

Every.

Everybody.

These words are common exception words.

They're words that don't follow our regular phonics patterns.

So they're words that we really just need to have a look at and memorise and understand their spelling of, 'cause we can't use on phonics to help us work them out.

What do you notice that makes 'em difficult, perhaps trickier words.

'Cause you may often hear common exception words referred to as trickier to read or harder to spell words.

But I like to call 'em common exception words 'cause they don't follow normal phonics patterns.

Look carefully at these two words and have a conversation with someone around you or have a think.

What do you notice about 'em? What makes 'em trickier? Pause the video and have a think now.

Brilliant again, I can hear some wonderful conversations and I can also see some excellent, excellent consideration of thought being given to these.

So for me it's these E's here that are slightly naughty letters.

'Cause I don't necessarily really say ev-eh-ry.

I just say every, don't I? I don't say ev-eh-ry-body, I say everybody.

So you can't hear that second E very clearly.

It's not really emphasised at all, is it? That's why it's a common exception word.

It's a bit of a naughty letter going on there.

You might want to even draw a naughty letter around it when you're practising writing these out.

So, which of these are spelled correctly? Which is the correct spelling of the word every.

Pause the video and point to it now.

Fantastic.

It's absolutely going to be this one here.

And let's have a look and see why.

First one, evree.

Well, it does sound right, doesn't it? The next one evry, with my Y as my E is sound at the end.

Everee.

Hmm.

Definitely not gonna be that one is it? And then every, at the end.

So remember we've got that Y spelling at the end for that E sound, and we also have another E there.

We might not emphasise it, but it is there.

Use this to help you with the next word.

Point now to the correct spelling of the word everybody.

Pause the video and point.

Absolutely.

It's gonna have that word every, and again 'cause they're related aren't they? And it's this one here.

We spell the word body again with that Y for that E sound at the end.

And so it's every-body put together.

Bit of a compound word there.

Good job.

So we are gonna have a go now writing a sentence containing some of our focus spellings and some common exception words.

So listen really carefully.

We really need to take our time with this 'cause we're gonna be doing several things at once.

We're gonna be remembering that whole sentence.

We need to form our letters correctly.

We need to sound out each word.

Look out for those common exception words, like every or everybody, that we just looked at.

And also we need to remember sentence punctuation, capital letters, and full stops.

So I would like you to just listen to me say the sentence at first.

Just use these and listen carefully.

"Everybody meets at the last section of the station." We're gonna use some strategies now to help us remember this sentence.

I'm gonna say this sentence one more time.

"Everybody meets at the last section of the station." First we're gonna tap it out.

You can do this on your head, you can do this on your shoulders.

I'm gonna do on my shoulders.

"Everybody meets at the last section of the station." You pause the video and tap it out now.

Good job.

The next one is whispering it.

"Everybody meets at the last section of the station." You pause the video and whisper it to yourself or to someone now.

Good job, I could barely hear you saying it there, but I'm sure you were.

I'm also then gonna count the words on our fingers.

"Everybody," all one word, "meets at the last section of the station." I make that nine.

You have a go now counting those words out.

Off you go.

So, have a going out writing this sentence.

I'm gonna say it one more time in a moment, but make sure you sound out each of those words.

Make sure you look out for those common exception words that you've looked at.

And also consider your punctuation, capital letters, and full stops.

I'm gonna say it one more time.

"Everybody meets at the last section of the station." "Everybody meets at the last section of the station." Pause the video, write the sentence now.

Fantastic job, everyone.

We're gonna check our work now.

We're gonna make any corrections as we go along.

So follow me along.

Take your time.

Everybody.

Amazing, that's one of those common exception words, isn't it? We don't necessarily pronounce that second E.

We just have a capital S as well because it's the beginning of our sentence.

Meets.

Be careful with this one.

It's the double E spelling, okay? Could be the homophone, but it's not that meat that you eat.

It's meeting, going to meet someone.

So, double E.

At the last, or last.

Section.

Oh, that's that T-I-O-N suffix, isn't it for shun at the end of the word section.

The last part, of the station.

Now two things about this one.

It's that T-I-O-N, shun spelling.

And be careful with that A.

It's that A spelling, okay, for that long A sound.

And of course we did a full stop.

What did you learn? How did you do with the everybody, section, and station words in that sentence? Pause the video now make any corrections.

Off you go.

Going to do another sentence now.

Okay, so perhaps take a brain break before we move on to this.

Pause the video and take a break now, if you like.

But let's get on.

So our sentence is going to be, "You have the option of a portion of eggs or beans." "You have the option of a portion of eggs or beans." So a portion is an amount of something that you might be given, like a food portion.

We're gonna use some more strategies now to help us remember this sentence.

First one, marching it out.

I'll go first.

"You have the option of a portion of eggs or beans." Pause the video and march it out now.

Brilliant.

Say it in a low voice.

"You have the option of a portion of eggs or beans." Pause the video and say in your lowest voice now.

Wow, some really low voices there.

And counting on your fingers.

"You have the option of a portion of eggs or beans." I make that 11.

You pause the video and count out that sentence on your fingers now.

Brilliant.

Hopefully you've got 11 words there.

So I'm gonna say the sentence one more time and then you are gonna have a go at writing it.

But please make sure you sound out each word carefully.

Look out for those common exception words.

And also consider your sentence punctuation, capital letters, and full stops.

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

"You have the option of a portion of eggs or beans." Pause the video and write out that sentence now.

Really great job, everyone.

Saw some brilliant handwriting, some excellent application, and some really careful thinking of that shun spelling, that T-I-O-N suffix.

So let's check our work and make any corrections.

You, capital letter needed and it's Y-O-U, you.

Have the option.

Brilliant, So O-P and then our T-I-O-N suffix there.

Option of a portion.

And remember, that's P-O-R, por, okay? Not pour as in I'm pouring a drink, but just P-O-R.

And then our T-I-O-N, shun, suffix.

Of eggs or beans.

And don't forget, of course your full stop.

Mm.

I think I'd quite like both, really.

I wish I didn't have to have the option.

So how did you get on? What did you learn? Make any corrections, pause the video now.

Really great work today, everyone.

Really impressed with your spelling.

We've today been looking at that T-I-O-N spelling, Making that shin sound.

A suffix is a letter or group of words at the end of a word which creates another word.

The T-I-O-N suffix sounds like shun.

It is the most common way to spell this word ending.

Words ending in T-I-O-N are often nouns like action, portion, and section.

So their word class is a noun.

Really great spelling today, everyone.

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