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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you for today's spelling lesson, you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, as well as that something to write on and write with, and someone to talk to you would be excellent.

Let's get into today's lesson then.

I'm really looking forward to it.

In today's lesson, we're gonna be concentrating on using and spelling suffixes, and in particular, we're gonna be concentrating on the -ing suffix.

Our outcome will be, I can spell words using the suffix I-N-G or -ing.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Make sure I can hear you saying these back to me.

Suffix.

Root word.

Syllable.

Consonant.

So a suffix is a letter or group of letters that we can add onto the end of a word to create a new word.

Often, adding a suffix will change a word's word class.

A root word is the base word onto which either a prefix or a suffix is added.

If we know the spelling of a root word, we often know many spellings in a word family.

A syllable is a single sound or beat in a word that contains a vowel sound.

The word hot contains one vowel and therefore, contains that one vowel sound, that one syllable, (claps) hot.

It can really help to clap out the syllables in a word.

Polysyllabic words are words that contain more than one syllable.

And a consonant.

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

Consonants include the letters P, T, N, M and so on and so forth.

They are not vowels.

Please keep an eye and an ear out for these keywords in today's learning 'cause they're going to be very important.

Here then is the lesson outline today.

We're using in spelling suffixes and we're concentrating on that -ing suffix.

We're gonna break this lesson down into two parts.

We're gonna look at spellings where we just add -ing to the root word, and then we're going to look at some words where we then have to change the root word, either by removing an E or by doubling that consonant that that root word is ending in.

Let's get on with looking at just adding -ing.

Remember, a suffix is a group of letters or letter that we add to the end of a word that creates another word.

Let's look at some suffixes in action.

Play adding our -ing becomes playing.

My turn, your turn.

Playing.

We can see here we have our root word, which is play, and we've added on that -ing suffix to the end of the word to create a new word, playing.

Notice here how the word play has not changed at all.

We've just had to add that -ing suffix.

Smile, and then we add our -ing becomes smiling.

Notice here how my root word smile has changed.

And we're going to be thinking about that in today's lesson a little bit later.

There are lots of different types of suffix.

There are different rules for how the root word changes when the suffix is added.

And we're going to be looking and generating some of these rules today.

So let's have a read of some words.

Playing, singing, eating, crying, smiling, running, swimming.

Have a look at these words for me.

What do you notice about them? Pause the video and have a think.

Great.

Well, one thing I've certainly noticed is that they all end in this -ing.

They all end in this suffix.

Adding the suffix -ing to the root word creates an extra syllable.

So my word play was initially just one syllable.

Let's cut that out, (claps) play.

But adding the -ing has created another syllable, (claps) play (claps) -ing, because we then have another vowel sound there, don't we? So it's a polysyllabic word.

It has more than one syllable.

Let's check and see if that's true with the other ones too.

(claps) Sing, (claps) sing (claps) -ing.

The root word sing had one syllable.

The word singing has two syllables.

Let's do it with one more.

(claps) Smile, one syllable.

(claps) Smile (claps) -ing, two syllables.

So when we add this -ing suffix to the end of root word, it adds an extra syllable to the new word that we've created.

So we have (claps) play.

(claps) Play (claps) -ing, two syllables.

Choose the correct words to complete these sentences.

Let's have a look at the words we have below.

We have the words suffix, prefix, end, start, (claps) syllable (claps) and rhyme.

I'll read the sentence to you, and then your job is to put in the correct words from below.

There's only three you can select and figure out which ones they are.

I-N-G or -ing is a type of (hums) that is added to the (hums) of words.

When -ing is added to a word, an extra (hums) is created.

Pause the video and finish this sentences now with the correct words.

Good job.

Let's see how you've done them.

<v ->Ing or I-N-G is a type of suffix.

</v> Remember, a suffix is a letter or group of letters to be added to the end of a word.

That is added to the end of words.

When -ing is added to a word, an extra syllable is created.

Remember, syllables are those beats or sounds where we contain vowels in our words.

See how you did.

Why don't you pause and read this full sentence out now to yourself.

I'll have a go at reading it first.

I-N-G is a type of suffix that is added to the end of words.

When -ing is added to a word, an extra syllable is created.

Pause the video.

Read the sentence now.

Good job.

Often, we can just add the suffix -ing to the root word without changing it.

Let's have a look at this in action then.

Snow.

I add -ing, it becomes snowing.

Sing.

I add my -ing suffix, it becomes singing.

Eat, eating.

Read.

How do you think I'm going to spell the word reading by adding my -ing suffix? Pause the video and have a go at spelling out that word reading now.

Good job.

Absolutely, my root word is not going to change.

It's going to become reading.

R-E-A-D, read.

There's my root word, and then my -ing suffix.

When though a root word ends in a y, it is often replaced with an i before the suffix.

And this is very common in a number of other suffixes, as well that you may have learned about.

So here we have the root word funny.

I would now, with our -ly, it will become funnily.

We would replace that y with an i, and then add our -ly suffix.

However, because -ing begins with an i, we have that letter i at the beginning of our suffix.

The root word doesn't change when it ends in y.

So this is unlike other suffixes.

So if you look here at the word fly, I want to make (claps) fly (claps) -ing.

Because it ends in a y, I don't need to do anything to it.

I just add -ing.

Here's the word cry.

I want to make the word crying by adding my -ing suffix.

How do you think I'm going to spell that? Pause the video and spell out the word crying for me now.

Excellent.

I'm hoping that you've remembered because this word ends in a y, I don't need to do anything to it.

I'm just going to add my -ing.

So the correct spelling of crying is C-R-Y, and then my -ing suffix.

So have a look here.

I've got some words below.

I've got the words, my turn, your turn, eat, carry, join, as in join in, and cry.

I would like you to put these root words in the correct column to show what will happen when we add our -ing suffix.

Will we just add -ing or will we keep the y and just add -ing? Which column should each of them go into? Pause the video and select the correct columns now.

Good job, everyone.

Could see children pointing to the word and then pointing to which column it belongs into.

Some children even wrote down which columns these should go into.

Well done.

So here we go.

Eating and joining, we're just adding -ing.

The root word was eat, the root word was join, and I just add my -ing.

Now the words carry and crying ended in a y, but remember, when adding -ing, it's not like other suffixes.

We can keep that y, and then we just add -ing because our suffix already begins with an i.

So we have the words carrying and crying.

Well done.

See how you did.

Root words that end in y usually just add this -ing suffix without changing.

So let's have a go now at adding this -ing suffix to these verbs.

Let's read the verbs.

We have first.

Play, eat, cry, sing.

So I'd like you to have a go at spelling the words playing, eating, crying, and singing.

Pause the video and add our -ing suffix to these verbs now.

Off you go.

Good job, everyone.

Quite straightforward with these ones, I think.

Let's have a look.

Adding our -ing suffix, I've seen playing written like this.

Would our root word change at all here? I don't think so.

I think it's ending in a y.

We know we're going to keep our y and just add -ing.

So our correct spelling of the verb playing is this one here.

Eating.

That first one says eating, doesn't it? Eating, I've got that -ng.

My correct spelling is this one here.

Again, my root word doesn't change and I just add my -ing suffix.

Crying.

We know the rule here, don't we? It's ending in that y.

We're gonna keep that y for this suffix and just add our -ing, crying.

And finally, singing.

Again, my -ing is always going to be -ing.

It's not gonna be singin, it's going to be singing.

So my correct spelling is here.

See how you did.

Make any corrections? Pause the video now.

Onto our next learning cycle then.

We are now going to look at removing the e from some root words or doubling the consonant of the root words before adding our -ing suffix.

When the root word ends in an e, the e is removed.

We get rid of it before adding our suffix -ing.

So my root word here is, my turn, your turn, smile.

I add my -ing suffix.

And now, I have smiling.

(claps) Smile (claps) -ing.

Notice how the e is no longer there.

And I have my -ing suffix.

Bake, as in I bake a cake.

Again, bake ends in an e.

I'm gonna (imitates air swooshing) get rid of that e and then add my -ing suffix.

Write, and this is write as in you're writing, writing with a pencil, writing with a pen.

It ends in an e.

So how do you think I'm gonna spell the word writing? Pause the video and have a think now.

See if you can spell it out in your head or out loud.

How will I spell the word writing? Good job.

Could see lots of thought going on there.

Absolutely, we're gonna (imitates air swooshing) get rid of that e and then add our -ing.

So that's how we spell writing.

Here's another one, dance, dancing.

And here we go, dancing, (claps) dance (claps) -ing.

Get rid of that e, add -ing.

So remember, that root word ends in an e.

Get rid of the e, and then add your -ing suffix.

Choose the correct spellings in each sentence here.

So we have three sentences.

I'm gonna read them to you, and then you're gonna choose the correct spelling.

Think about the rule that we just looked at.

I like baking at the weekend.

She will be writing a letter tonight.

He is very friendly and always smiling.

Pause the video and select the correct spelling for each sentence now.

You could just point it.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

So lots of pointing fingers there.

So in a, I like baking, oh, that root word bake ends in an e, doesn't it? It's that a split e.

I need to get rid of that e and then add my -ing.

Right.

It's the same, isn't it? I'm not gonna have e, then -ing.

We know we get rid of that e.

So it's this one here.

And finally, smiling here.

Now, obviously, what's a bit confusing about these ones is, is the fact that we then don't have that sort of longer vowel spelling, don't we? I don't have my i split e or my a split e.

So it looks like it might be smileing, but we know that root word was smile and we know it had that long stretch to it, that i sound, smile.

But we need to get rid of that e before adding our -ing suffix.

So our correct spelling is smiling here.

Brilliant.

Check and see how you did.

So we looked at getting rid of our e and adding our -ing.

Now, we're gonna look at some root words that contain a short vowel and end with a consonant.

Remember, a consonant is a sound that's made by blocking the air in the mouth, either with our teeth or our lips.

So it might be a p or a t.

Remember, it's not a vowel, sounds like an A-I-E-O-U, because they have an open mouth, don't they? So when we have a short vowel sound, ah-ah-eh-eh-oh-oh-ih-ih-au-au, and a consonant at the end of the word, like a t or a p, that consonant then is doubled before adding our suffix -ing.

Let's have a look at this in action then.

Here, we've got the word, my turn, your turn, hop.

(claps) Hop, one syllable.

Also, I've noticed there's a short vow there.

Oh, oh.

And then we have a p, ho-p-p, which is a consonant.

So before adding my -ing here, I'm going to double that consonant and then add it.

So I've got double p now, and then my -ing.

This is the word run.

(claps) Run.

Ah-ah-ng.

Ooh, n is a consonant.

I've got a short uh-uh sound before.

So I need to double that consonant, and then add my -ing.

Here's the word swim.

You say it for me, swim.

(claps) Swim, one syllable.

It's got eh-eh-eh and it's gone mm, an m at the end, hasn't it? That's a continent.

How do you think I'm going to then spell the word swimming? What do I need to do to that consonant before adding my -ing? Pause the video and have a think now.

Some good thinking going on there.

Absolutely, it's gonna follow that same pattern as the ones we've looked at before.

It's got a short vowel and a consonant.

We're gonna double that m, that m consonant, and then add our -ing.

So these root words are (claps) one syllable long and have a single vowel letter making that short vowel sound.

So in the word hop, single syllable, and it's that oh-oh making that sound.

Then we have (claps) run, single syllable, uh-uh.

And (claps) swim, ih-ih making that single syllable vowel sound.

Remember, if we have a short vowel and a consonant, we're gonna double that consonant, then add our -ing.

So let's have a look at this.

Choose the correct spelling in each sentence.

I'll read them to you.

Think about the rules that we've just looked at.

I find hopping on one leg quite hard.

I do, actually.

My balance is terrible.

She loves running as fast as she can.

He loves to go swimming in the sea.

Pause the video and select the correct spelling of each of our verbs here.

Off you go.

Great job.

So let's have a look at this.

Remember, if it's got that short vowel, ih-eh-ah-oh-ah, and a consonant, we're gonna double that consonant.

So our correct spelling of hopping is this one here.

Running is this one here, double n, -ing, and swimming, double m, -ing.

Check and see how you did.

So when adding the suffix -ing, there are four different rules that we need to remember.

We've looked at four rules for this today.

Most of the time, we're just gonna add -ing, okay? It's quite a common way of doing it.

If the (indistinct) ends in a y, it's not like a lot of other suffixes.

We keep that y and add our -ing because the -ing suffix already has an i in it.

Remove the e if our root word ends in an e, and then add -ing.

And then if we have that short vowel and a consonant, we're gonna double that consonant, and then add -ING.

When spelling words with the suffix -ing, try to keep these rules in mind.

So have a look here.

We're now gonna have a go at keeping these rules in mind and applying them.

I've got my four rules here.

You can see them in my table.

I've got just add -ing, I've got keep the y and add -ing, I've got remove the e and add -ing, and then I've got double the consonant after that short vowel sound and then add -ing.

Let's read the words below, and then you're gonna put them into the correct column.

Smile, eat, fly, hop, run, bake, sing, carry.

Pause the video now and put these words into the correct columns.

Off you go.

Brilliant work, everyone.

So I'm hoping that you've managed to sort them into the table like this.

You can see here we have our just add -ing, we've got eating and singing.

We have our keeping the y, the root words fly and carry ended in a y.

We just add our -ing, remember, because it already has an i in it.

It's not like lots of other suffixes.

Our root word smile and our root word bake both ended in an e and they were split digraphs there.

So we got rid of that e, and then added our -ing.

And then our root words hop and run, short vowel ending in consonant.

Double that consonant, add -ing.

Check and see how you did now.

So we're gonna have a go practising now, adding the suffix -ing to these verbs.

I'll say the verbs.

Swim, speak, smile, fly.

We're gonna have a go adding that -ing.

Remember those rules that we've looked at today.

So I want you to write the word swimming, speaking, smiling, flying.

Pause the video and add -ing to these verbs now.

Off you go.

Excellent work, everyone.

So let's see if you've managed to apply the rules that you've been looking at today.

I'm trying to write the word swimming here.

Now, swim, ih-ih, and then ending in our consonant m.

Short vowel followed by a consonant, I'm gonna double that consonant, and then add -ing.

So my correct spelling is this one here.

Speak, speak.

I think I'm just gonna add -ing here.

My root word's not going to change.

So this is the correct spelling.

I'm not suddenly gonna add a c into my root word speak, am I? Smile.

Now, think about this one.

Ending in an e, what do we have to do? (imitates air swooshing) Get rid of that e, add -ing, smiling.

Looks like it might be smileing, but we pronounce it smiling, and finally, flying.

Now remember, if the word ends in a y, we don't need to do anything to that y like we do with many other suffixes.

We keep that y and add -ing because our -ing suffix already has an i in it.

Great job.

Check and see how you did, everyone.

So in today's lesson, we've been looking at suffixes.

We've been looking at adding in particular the -ing suffix.

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

When using the -ing suffix, there are four key rules.

We just add -ing.

Sometimes we have to keep that y and add -ing.

If the our root word ends in an e, we're gonna remove that e and add -ing.

And if we have that short vowel and then a consonant, hop, skip, run, we need to double that consonant and then add -ing.

Fantastic work in spelling today, everyone.