Lesson video

Hi, it's Ms Morgan again, Ready for your spelling lesson.

Today we're going to be looking at two more suffixes, er and -est.

When we add these to root words, they make brilliant adjectives to use in your writing.

and they are a special type of adjectives called comparative and superlative adjectives.

what's really important to know is that they are really good for describing things.

For example, I've got my book, my pen and my lizard.

I would say that the book is longer than the pen, but the lizard is the longest thing of all.

So the key words there we're looking at is long is the root word longer and then longest.

Let's get ready.

On our agenda today.

We're first going to look at the key vocabulary, we're then going to investigate and generate some rules.

And then finally, I'm going to set you 10 spelling words.

It's three things you need.

You are yelling at me already.

Ms Morgan We know we're ready to learn something to write on something to write with.

And finally, have you've got your thinking brain switched on.

You might want to pause and go and get these things now.

on the key vocabulary for today.

I bet that lots of you are going to recognise these words that we have used before suffix, root word, adjective.

Suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning.

For example, we're going to add -er to the end of the root word.

A root word is the most basic version of the word, no prefixes and no suffixes.

And finally, an adjective.

Yes you guessed that right.

An adjective describes a noun, a PPT, a person place or thing.

So for example with my dragon, I could be describing its tail.

I could just be saying, a red tail.

red is the adjective tail is the noun.

Let's see what you can remember.

I can see you all shaking your heads at me, Ms Morgan we know what these words are.

Suffix root word and adjective.

Brilliant ,Let's go.

It's really important that we remember the big picture with our spelling and that we try to make the links between the different spelling rules.

The image we've used before is the mind map for suffixes.

It's got the rules on use when we add suffixes.

And I know lots of you start to think, Oh, yeah you know what? The rules are the same, Ms Morgan.

I remember what you're talking about now.

So, how many suffixes can you remember? shout them at me now.

So many, let's have a look.

Did you get any? Oh, you missed a few.

Did you? Nevermind.

let's get on with our new learning.

Here is a picture of Earthworm a tortoise and a snail having a race.

I'm going to describe them.

The worm is slow.

The tortoise is slower and the snail is the slowest.

The worm is slow.

The tortoise is slower.

The snail is the slowest.

Have you spotted the suffixes that I've added? Slow is the root word we add the suffix -er to make slower.

And we are comparing the speed then we add the suffix -est to make slowest.

And that is the most.

So it's the slowest thing.

We call these adjectives, but specifically we call er suffixes comparative adjectives.

comparative, can you see the word compare in there? And then slowest, we call that a superlative adjective.

You just need to know that it's the most extreme.

So the slowest or the fastest or the quickest or most the one that would probably win if there was a race or a competition.

Now we're going to be looking at the root word tall.

And we're going to add er to say taller and -est to say tallest.

So here I have a dinosaur and Peter rabbit.

I would say that Peter rabbit is taller than the dinosaur, but who is going to be the tallest of them all? that's right.

The dragon is the tallest of them all.

The root word was tall.

We added the suffix -er She makes the word taller.

And we were describing the rabbit being taller than the dinosaur.

And then we added the suffix -est to make tallest.

And we use the dragon to describe and show that he was the tallest thing that we were measuring then.

Tall is the root word, er -est are the suffixes.

And remember those two special describing words.

Taller is a comparative adjective we are comparing something, we compared Peter rabbit's height to the dinosaur's height.

and then a superlative adjective talks about it being the biggest thing or the kind of the strongest or the fastest.

So here we have the tallest thing that we were measuring.

Let's have a look and see if we can investigate and generate some rules.

Pattern number one.

Can you add -er and -est to these root words? pause the video.

Say them out loud.

Cold becomes colder.

Long becomes longer.

Can you add -est? Cold becomes coldest.

Long becomes the longest.

Could you use those in a sentence for me? Say them out loud.

I had some brilliant sentences.

Well done.

Can you have a go now? Can you add -er and -est to these root words? We've got the word quick, small, rich.

If you finish that, you can see if you can put any of the words into a sentence off you go.

Quick becomes quicker.

Small becomes smaller.

Rich becomes richer.

Quick becomes quickest.

Small becomes smallest.

Rich becomes richest.

What is the spelling rule when we have in -er and -est? Pause.

Let's say it to your pencil or infact to a soft toy or an adult in the room.

What's the spelling rule? Do we have to change anything? Pause the video.

That's right.

We just add the suffix to the root word.

And it makes an adjective.

Going back to our mind map.

We just add the suffix.

Well done.

Spelling pattern number two.

Here are my two root words, Brave.

Nice.

Remember brave is another word.

If you're being fearless or you're not afraid of anything.

Nice is another word for just being kind.

Can you match them to the adjectives? Pause the video point with your finger.

Brave becomes braver, brave becomes bravest.

But hold on a minute.

I can see there was an e already yet.

The end of brave.

Oh, that's a bit of a clue.

We just remove the e and add -er.

Or we remove the e and add -est.

Let's see if it's the same with nice.

Nice, nicer yet we remove the e and add -er.

Nice, nicest.

Yes, remove the e and add -est.

Now you have a go with these two words.

Ripe and close.

Remember the rule.

You remove the e and just add the suffix.

Pause the video.

Write them down or say the spellings out loud.

Off you go.

How did you get on? Ripe becomes riper, close becomes closer.

Ripe becomes ripest.

Remember we removed the e and add the suffix.

Close becomes closest.

So what's the rule? Pause the video and shout it out loud.

Yes.

We remove the e and we add -er or -est and it forms an adjective.

So the rule here, remove the e and we add the suffix as normal.

Yes it's really similar to this other rules that we looked at before.

So, what two spelling rules have we learned today? Pause the video and say them to.

The Sky.

That's right.

We can just start with suffixes.

er or -est or we remove the e and we add -er or -est.

Let's see if you can apply these rules to these words.

It's the word cute.

You've spotted something.

Have you?.

It ends with an e.

That's right we remove the e and add -er or -est.

Cute becomes cuter or cutest.

Here's the root word short.

What rule are we going to apply here? Shorter.

Shortest.

The rule is we just add the suffix.

That's right.

Just add the suffix and remove the e and add the suffix.

I'm now going set your spelling words.

Make sure you've got a clean piece of paper and write down numbers.

One to 10 with each number on a new line.

Pause the video.

Do this now.

I'll go through the spellings one by one.

I'll say each spelling twice.

And I'll put it into a sentence for you.

Make sure you copy it down really carefully because you're going to have to practise these spellings.

These are this week's spellings, you'll see that I've grouped them in colour.

According to the rules that we use.

So spelling example one to six, we just add the suffix to the root word and spelling seven, eight, nine, 10.

It's where we remove the e and then we add the suffix.

Spelling number one, sweeter.

Sweeter, my tomatoes are sweeter than yours.

Number two, number two, sweetest.

I have the sweetest pineapple to put up my pizza.

Number three, weaker.

Weaker, my muscles are weaker than yours.

Number four, weakest.

Weakest, no I've got the weakest muscles, honestly.

Number five, stronger.

Who has the stronger chilli on their pizza? You or me? Strongest.

It's me.

I've got the strongest chilies.

Number seven, larger.

Mine was the larger pizza.

Be careful with larger.

Can you hear the J sound, but actually it's a G.

Number eight, largest.

Nope, Ms Burke has made the largest pizza.

number nine, safer.

Who was safer with the utensils? You or me? Number 10, safest.

I was the safest person using the knives to cut my ingredients.

Those are your 10 spellings.

Check you've got them all written down carefully.

Remember, you can practise using all those strategies that we've learned before.

Well done.

You finished your lesson for today.