Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name is Miss Madden.

I love reading.

I love stories and I love words.

And that's one of the reasons that I love spelling.

It doesn't mean that I find spelling that easy.

I just find it really, really interesting because I love to find out about words and I love to spot patterns in words.

And find out why we spell some ways in the way that we do.

So I'm really excited to start today's lesson with you.

And in today's lesson, we are going to be looking at suffixes.

Suffixes that turn verbs from the present tense to the past tense.

Let's get going.

In this lesson we are going to look at our key vocabulary.

Investigate and generate rules.

And set some spelling words.

In this lesson you will need, an exercise book or some lined paper, a pencil, or a pen.

And of course your brain.

'Cause we're going to be doing lots of thinking.

Pause and get your things now.

Fantastic.

So let's start with our key vocabulary.

Suffix.

Thank you.

I want to hear you say the word after me.

Suffix.

A suffix is a group of letters at the end of the word that can change its meaning.

In today's lesson, we're going to be looking at the suffix E-D.

Verb.

A verb is a doing or being word.

Past tense.

When we talk about verbs in the past tense, we're talking about things that happened in the past.

Happened previously.

Present tense.

When we talk about the present tense we mean in the present, happening now.

Well done.

These are words that we're going to use to explain our spellings and think about them in today's lesson.

Before we start, we need to do a little bit of revision about our vowels.

You might know your vowel letters, A E I O U.

But we're going to be thinking about our vowel sounds.

And when we think about our vowel sounds, we often talk about our short vowel sounds and our long vowel sounds.

So our short vowel sounds are those that make a clipped, short sound like, a, e, i, o, u.

There are more than these, but these are the very common ones.

And our long vowel sounds are the ones that we can stretch.

These are vowel sounds such as ay, eee, igh, oa, ue.

You may have done this when you've done phonics previously.

And you'll remember there are lots of different ways that we can spell our long vowel sounds.

And there are more sounds than the ones I've just shown you.

Ah, eh, your.

In year in today's lesson, it's going to be important to spot when we have a short vowel sound.

'Cause that's going to help us know when to use a particular spelling pattern.

So let's have a quick practise.

I'm going to say some words and you need to spot if you think it has a short vowel or a long vowel sound.

Cup.

C, u, p.

Point to which one it is.

Yes that was a short vowel.

C, u, p.

Let's have another go.

Light.

L, aigh, t.

Point.

Yes that was an example of a long lown.

L, aigh, t.

Fantastic, I think we're ready to start investigating.

So now we're going to investigate and generate some rules.

What are we investigating? We are investigating what happens when we add the suffix E-D.

We'll start off with our first pattern.

Here we have some present tense verbs.

I wonder if you can think what could be that verb in the past tense? Today I walk, yesterday I? Today I visit, yesterday I? Today I enjoy, yesterday I? Let's have a look.

Today I walk, yesterday I walked.

Today I visit, yesterday I visited.

Today I enjoy, yesterday I enjoyed.

Something you might notice.

Is they in the word walked, it sounds like a t sound But it's actually an E-D at the end of the word.

In the word visited, visited.

It sounds like id at the end of the word.

It sounds like it should be spelled I-D.

But it's actually E-D.

It's the E-D suffix.

In the word enjoyed it sounds like it's just d sound at the end.

Like it should just be spelled with a D.

But actually it's the suffix E-D.

Because when we turn present tense verbs into the past tense, we add the E-D suffix.

So even though sometimes it sounds different, we know that generally it's spelled E-D because we're adding the E-D suffix.

Let's look at these spellings a bit more closely.

Walk.

Walked.

Just add E-D.

Visit.

Visited.

Just at E-D.

Enjoy.

Enjoyed.

Just add E-D.

Okay, I want you to have a go now.

What is the rule? Add the E-D suffix to the verb to form the past tense.

Just add E-D.

Well done.

Now I want you to try by writing down.

Today I jump, yesterday I? Write down what you think it should be.

Today I wait, yesterday I? Write it down.

Press pause.

Okay let's have a look.

Jump, jumped.

We just add E-D.

Were you right? Don't worry if you weren't, that's how we learn.

Correct the spelling that you've written.

J, u, m, p, E-D.

Jumped, jumped.

E-D at the end, Waited.

Just add E-D.

Have a look and correct your work.

Fantastic.

That was our first pattern, just at E-D.

Now we're going to have a look at pattern two.

So let's have a look at these words.

Can we work out with a past tense verb of these are? Today I hop, yesterday I? Today I slip, yesterday I? Today I rub, yesterday I? Today I hop, yesterday I? Hopped.

Today I slip, yesterday I? Slipped.

Today I rub, yesterday I? Rubbed.

So something tricky is happening with these words.

Let's have a look at the spellings a bit more closely.

I want you to look and see if you can notice what is happening.

Hop.

Hopped.

Slip.

Slipped.

Rub.

Rubbed.

With these words we're not just adding E-D are we? What's the rule? Can you see what's happening? Pause and have a think.

So with these words, we are doubling the consonant.

We're adding an extra letter in.

With hop, we added an extra P.

With slip, we added an extra P.

With rub we added an extra B.

We're doubling the consonant.

Our rule is double the consonant and add E-D.

So then the question is, why are we doubling the consonant? What's special about these words that means we double the consonant? And this is when you need to remember back to that start that we did about vows.

Is there anything you notice about the vowels in these words? Hop, h, o, p.

Slip S, l, i, p.

Rub, r, u, b.

Yes, you're right they're all short vowels.

That's why we double the consonant.

So when the verb has a short vowel in it, that's when we double the consonant and add E-D.

Well done.

Now you try.

Here's the present tense verb.

Can you write it down in the past tense? Think about what we just learned about spelling.

Off you go.

Let's see if you got it right.

Today I stop, yesterday I? Stopped.

Did you remember to put a double P before your E-D? Today I tap, yesterday I? Tapped.

Did you remember your double P to double the consonant? Well done.

This is tricky, but don't worry, we'll have more practise.

Are you ready for pattern three? I bet you're getting good at spotting the patterns in these words now.

Here are our verbs.

Cry, carry, spy.

You might notice something about all these verbs.

Yes, they all end in the letter Y.

So can you think what the past tense of these will be? Today I cry, yesterday I? Have a go.

Okay, let's look together.

Today I cry, yesterday I? Cried.

Today I carry, yesterday I? Carried.

Today I spy, yesterday I? Spied.

Hmm, something very different happened with these words.

We did add the suffix E-D, but something else happened.

Do you know what? Let's look more carefully.

Here are our present tense verbs.

They all end in a Y.

But what happens when we turn into the past tense? Have a look and see if you can spot.

Did you notice what happened? Did you spot a pattern? Yes, we took off the Y and then we added I-E-D.

So the rule was remove the Y and add I-E-D.

Fantastic.

Now you try.

Here we have the verbs study and spy.

Today I study, yesterday I? Studied.

Today I spy, yesterday I? Spied.

I want you to pause the video and try spelling these past tense verbs.

Pause.

Okay, let's see how you did.

Today I study, yesterday I? Studied Did you remember to take away the Y and add I-E-D? Today I spy, yesterday I? Spied.

Did you remember to take away the Y and add I-E-D? Remember sometimes those Y, the Y letters make a different sound.

In study, it made an E sound.

In spy, it made an I sound.

It doesn't matter.

When it ends with a Y, We take away the Y and I-E-D.

Great job.

So now we're ready for pattern four.

This is our last pattern.

You're doing so well.

Here are our present tense verbs.

What should the past tense verb be? Hope, bake and slice.

Again you might be spotting some patterns in these verbs that I'm showing you now.

Did you notice they all end in an E? Let's see what happens.

Today I hope, yesterday I? Hoped.

Today I bake, yesterday I? Baked.

Today I slice, yesterday I? Sliced.

What did you notice? Let's have a look at the spelling a bit more carefully.

Here are our present tense verbs.

What happens when we turn them to the past tense? See if you can spot.

What is the rule? Say it aloud.

Fantastic.

Did you notice that we took away the E and then added E-D.

All our present tense verbs ended in an E.

So we took that off first and then we could add our suffix E-D.

So this is the rule.

Remove the E and add E-D.

Well done.

Now you try.

Today I close, yesterday I? Closed.

Today I type, yesterday I? Typed.

I want you to write those past tense verbs.

Closed and typed.

Press pause.

Fantastic.

Let's see how you did.

Close.

Take away the E.

Type, take away the E.

Then add our E-D.

Have a look.

Did you get it right? Well done.

So we've investigated four different rules for adding the E-D suffix.

You have done so well.

Let's have a little practise.

Here are our rules.

I'm going to show you a present tense verb.

And I want you to point to the rule that you think we will use to help turn that present tense verb into the past tense.

Smile.

Point.

Yes, it ends in an E, so we remove the E and add E-D.

Well done.

Cry.

Point.

Yes, it ends in a Y.

So we remove the Y and add I-E-D.

Yesterday I cried.

Skip.

Point.

That one was a tricky one.

Did you get it? Skip, s, k, i, p.

It has a short vowel in it.

So that's why we have to double the consonant and add E-D.

Skipped.

Yesterday I skipped.

Peer, so a peer is a tricky word.

It's a synonym for look.

I peered around the corner.

Today I peer.

Yesterday I peered around the corner.

Hmm.

Yes, we just add E-D.

Fantastic.

Don't worry if you're finding it tricky.

We'll have more time to practise in other lessons.

So what have we learned today? I'm going to read you a sentence and see if you can work out which of these words goes in the blank.

E-D is a type of.

When we add E-D to the end of a.

It changes from.

To.

See if you got it right.

E-D is a type of suffix.

When we add E-D to the end of a verb, it changes from present tense, to past tense.

Well done.

So there were four rules that we explored today.

Press pause and see if you can say them aloud.

Did you remember them? Just add E-D.

Double the consonant and add E-D.

Remove the E.

Add E-D.

Well, final one.

Remove the Y and add I-E-D.

Those are our four rules for when we're adding the E-D suffix to our verbs.

Fantastic.

That was a lot of learning today.

So now last but not least, I'm going to set your spelling words that I want you to practise over the coming days or lessons.

Here's this week's spellings.

There are 10.

You have a go at practising and learning as many of these as you can.

And they will help you with your writing in the BFG.

It can be quite hard to copy down a list of words so we're going to look at these one by one.

And you need to pause the video and make sure that you copy them really carefully because you don't want to make a mistake when writing it down, and then learn it wrong.

So we got to look really carefully.

We'll go one by one.

Peered.

Remember that's a synonym for look.

I peered around the corner.

Look carefully at the E-E-R spelling of the eer sound.

Pause.

Well done.

Number two, rained.

It rained yesterday.

It's the A-I spelling of of the ai sound, rained.

Pause.

On we go.

Looked.

Look is a tricky word.

And it's probably one that you've learnt off by heart.

So looked.

Remember with this one, it sounds like a t.

But it's actually E-D.

Pause.

On we go.

Slipped.

So here's an example where we're doubling our consonant because slip, our present tense verb has a short vowel.

S, l, i, p.

that's why we're doubling our P in the past tense.

She slipped out of the room.

Pause.

On we go.

Stepped.

Here's another example where we double the consonant because the short vowel.

S, t, e, p.

So it's got a double P in the middle.

She stepped into the room.

Pause.

On we go.

Spied.

This is one of our tricky words.

She spied something in the corner of the room.

Remember this comes from the present tense verb spy.

I spy.

Because it's got a Y, that's why we know we take away the Y and add I-E-D.

Pause.

On we go.

Hurried.

She hurried across the room.

Again, this is another example where our present tense verb ended in a Y.

That'll help us remember why this word ends in I-E-D.

Because we took away the Y and added I-E-D.

Pause.

On we go.

Closed.

She closed the door.

This is an example where our present tense verb ended in an E.

We took away the E and added E-D.

Closed.

Pause.

On we go.

Climbed.

She climbed up the ladder.

Climbed.

So this is where we're just adding E-D.

but there's something else that's tricky about this word.

Climb has a silent B.

C-L-I-M-B-E-D.

It's something you may have learned before.

But watch out for that silent B.

Climbed.

Pause.

On we go.

Snatched.

This is another verb where we're just adding E-D.

But there's something else tricky about this word.

It's got the T-C-H spelling of the tch sound.

Because it goes at the end of the word after a short vowel.

It's got the T-C-H spelling.

Snatched.

Make sure you copy it down right.

Pause.

Fantastic.

Look really carefully at those words and you can go back in the video if you need to check your spelling again.

Well done everyone, you have done so well in this first spelling lesson of this new unit.

We have looked at key vocabulary.

We've investigated these spellings and generated lots of rules.

And you've set your spelling words to practise.

Keep going, keep practising.

I know you can do it.

I look forward to doing more spelling with you soon.