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Hello everybody, welcome to today's lesson.

My name is Mrs. Richards.

And in today's lesson, we are going to practise and apply our knowledge of prefixes.

I've got some great games and activities for us to do.

So let's get started.

In this lesson, we will recap the prefixes which we learned last time, we will learn a spelling practise strategy and then we have our test.

In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or paper, a pencil and definitely your brain.

So if you need any resources, go and get them now.

Okay, let's recap what we looked at last time.

Here's our key vocabulary.

Prefix, , prefix, root.

What did a prefix mean? What does the term root mean? Pause the video now and tell the screen.

Okay, let's hear.

A prefix is a group of letters at the beginning of the word that change its meaning.

And root, the most basic version of a word onto which the prefix is attached.

Remember, that word prefix gives us a handy clue about what a prefix is.

The word prefix contains a prefix, pre- meaning before.

So prefix means we attach something before a word at the beginning of a word.

Okay, here are the four prefixes which we looked at in our last lesson.

Super, re, sub, de.

On the board, there are four definitions, under, nearly, again, undo or make the opposite, above or exceeds the normal.

In a moment, I'm going to ask you to pause the video and I want you to match the prefix with it's definition.

You've got to say the prefix and the definition out loud.

I'm listening, are you ready? Go, well done let's see how you go on.

So super means above, something that exceeds the normal, supermarket.

Re means to do something again, recycle, processing waste so that we can use it again.

Sub means under or nearly like submarine or subtropical and de means to undo or make the opposite of, decompose.

Think about your food waste, decomposing humming compost.

Which two prefixes that we looked at last time can be opposites? Tell me, yes you're right.

Sometimes de and re can act as opposites, sometimes sub and super can act as opposites.

These things aren't always true, but they're handy guides to help us remember what these prefixes mean.

Okay, these are the activities that are a little bit more challenging.

Here, I've got four words, each containing a prefix.

I need you to match the word with the meaning of the prefix.

I'll read them to you now decompose, , decompose, reappear, submerge, supermarket and the meanings as before, again, under or nearly, undo or make the opposite, above exceeds the normal, pause the video.

Okay, in decompose the prefix de meant to undo or make the opposite.

In reappear, the prefix re meant again, to reappear means to appear again.

In submerge, the prefix sub meant under.

In supermarket, the prefix super meant above or exceeds the normal.

A supermarket is larger than a normal market.

This activity is a little bit more challenging.

On the board, I have two words, each containing a prefix.

I need you to match these words with their definition and with the meaning of their prefix.

Here are your two words, superstar, subcontinent.

Can you match those words with their definition in an orange box and the meaning of that prefix in a black box, have a go.

Well done for giving it a try, let's see how you go on.

So superstar means a person with extraordinary talent, exceeding what is normal.

The meaning of that prefix super is something which is above or exceeds the normal.

Subcontinent means an area smaller than a continent, nearly as big as a continent.

And the meaning of that word sub was under or nearly.

Let's have a go at another set.

Here your two words are recount and decode.

You need to match these words to their definition in an orange box and the meaning of the prefix in a black box.

Have a go now, pause the video.

Good try, let's see how you got done.

So recount means to count again, the meaning of the prefix re is again, decode and you'll know this word from your phonics means to work out the code or to be able to read.

The prefixed de means undo.

If I work out the code, I undo it, because I understand it and I can break it apart.

Okay, I'm going to teach you a spelling practise strategy and this strategy is going to help you to learn your spelling words for this week.

Today, we're going to look at the naughty letters strategy.

Here's how it works.

You write the tricky letters in a word, the letters that we often misspell larger than the others.

You then draw a picture around the tricky letters to represent the meaning of the word or use colours to make the letter stand out.

Everyone's naughty letters, the letters that you find challenging to spell are going to be different to somebody else's, that's okay.

It's about looking closely at the word, reflecting carefully on your spelling and deciding which letters within each word did you find hardest to spell.

For me in reappear, it's often the double p's.

And so I've written the word out making those two p's larger than normal and I've drawn a little picture inside them to help me remember what reappear means.

Reappear means to appear again, the ghost will reappear.

So I've drawn to the faces of people reappearing.

Why is this a useful strategy? It forces us to interact with words, to look at them closely.

The strategy highlights the tricky letters within each words and it consolidates our understanding of their meaning.

Here I've used my naughty letter strategy to help me spell the word rebuild.

Rebuild has that tricky letter U that I always forget.

So I've made the letter U larger and underneath, I've drawn a picture of some bricks to help me remember the word rebuild and its meaning.

In the second example, I made that letter U into a house.

The important thing about the pictures that you draw is that they have to represent the meaning of the word.

Now it's your turn to have a ago.

On the board, you have our 10 spelling words, I want you to look at each word, decide if there were any tricky letters which you often spell wrongly.

And if so, practise them using our naughty letter strategy.

Pause the video now and give that a go.

Okay, you can have as much practise time as you need.

So if you feel like you need more time to practise your words, then go and do that now.

The more practise, the better.

That's what helps things stick into our long-term memory and improves our spelling when we're writing.

However, if you think that you're ready for the spelling test, then we can get started.

Here's some useful strategies.

Remember, pause, take a deep breath and take as much time as you need.

If you're not sure how to spell a word, try writing the word more than once.

Which spelling looks right? If you're not sure, try writing the word more than once and now sound out the different spellings.

Which word sounds right? To start the test, you need a blank piece of paper and a pencil and you need to put the numbers one to 10 in the margin or down the side of that piece of paper.

Make sure you can't see your spelling words anywhere.

Pause the video now and get ready.

Okay, number one, reappear, reappear.

I hope that ghost doesn't reappear.

Number two, recycle, recycle.

It is important to recycle our waste.

Pause the video whenever you need to, give yourself as much time as you need to write these words.

Number three, rebuild, rebuild.

The three little pigs had to rebuild their house.

Pause if you need to.

Spelling number four, decompose, decompose.

My food waste will decompose and form compost.

Pause if you need to.

Spelling number five, deflate, deflate.

After the party, I deflate the balloons.

You're doing really well, keep going.

Spelling number six, subheading, subheading.

A subheading is a heading that comes below the title.

Number seven, submarine, submarine.

The submarine went under the water.

Pause if you need to, you're doing brilliantly.

Remember those strategies.

Number eight, submerge, submerge.

To submerge means to go under the water.

Number nine, supermarket, supermarket.

I bought some milk at the supermarket.

Pause whenever you need to.

Number 10, superhero, superhero.

I wonder who your favourite superhero is.

Well done, so you can have as much time as you need to reflect on your words, to practise writing your word a couple of times and think about which word looks right and which word sounds right.

Whenever you're ready, then we'll look at the answers.

Okay, you're ready? Number one, reappear, R-E-A-P-P-E-A-R.

Number two, recycle, R-E-C-Y-C-L-E.

Pause the video whenever you need to.

It's important to have enough time to look at your spellings.

If you've made a mistake, don't worry, but make sure that you correct it now.

Make sure that by the end of the test, all of the words are written correctly on your page.

Number three, rebuild, R-E-B-U-I-L-D.

Pause if you need to and correct.

Number four, decompose, D-E-C-O-M-P-O-S-E.

Edit and pause.

Number five, deflate, D-E-F-L-A-T-E.