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Hi there, and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, I love spelling and 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 or something to talk to would be great as well.

Let's get right into today's spelling lesson then.

In today's lesson, we're going to practise and apply spelling words with the silent letters, b, w, k, and g.

The outcome is, I can spell words with silent letters, b, w, k, and g.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, then your turn.

Make sure I can hear you say these, silent letter, phoneme, grapheme, pronunciation.

Brilliant.

Let's have a think about what these words mean then.

A silent letter is a word that is not pronounced when the word is spoken, so we don't hear that letter said, it is there, it's within the word, but we don't hear it.

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change its meaning in a word.

A grapheme is a letter or group of letters that represent those phonemes that represent those sounds.

Pronunciation is the way in which a word is spoken.

Pronunciation can vary dependent on regional accent.

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

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We're practising and applying spelling of silent letters, b, w, k and g.

We're going to have a look at the mb, wr, kn and gn digraphs.

Then we're going to have a look at some strategies to practise.

And finally we're going to apply spellings in a sentence.

Let's get looking at the mb, wr, kn, and gn spellings then.

The presence of sign letters in many English words is often a reflection of their older pronunciations, so how they would've been pronounced or said in the past.

Over time as the English language evolved, the pronunciation of many words changed, while their spellings did not.

This is why we have silent letters in some words today.

For example, the k in knight was once pronounced.

We obviously don't pronounce it now.

We say knight, so we have a silent k, but in the past it would've been pronounced, very interesting bit of history for you there.

A representation of the m sound includes mb.

The mb spelling can be known as having a silent letter because you cannot hear the b.

If we look at some words here, my turn your turn, comb, thumb, climb, crumb, climbed.

You are not hearing the b in any of those words are you? The mb is working together a bit like a digraph to make that one phoneme, that m sound.

The mb spelling is usually found at the end of a word and we can see in these words here, it's consistently found at the end of the word.

In the example of climbed, it's still at the end of the root word, and added that ed suffix to the end.

Here you go, mb still at the end of that root word, but we've just added that ed suffix.

So have a look here.

Where is the mb spelling usually found in a word, a, b, c, or d? You select the correct answer now, pause the video.

Fantastic.

Absolutely, it is found at the end.

Comb, thumb, lamb, climb.

Remember we don't pronounce that b, it's a silent b, that and that b are working together to make that m sound and it's consistently found at the end of a word.

A representation of the r sound includes wr.

The wr spelling can be known as having a silent letter because we cannot hear that w when we say words with that wr spelling, let's have a look at some, my turn your turn.

Wrestle, wriggle, wrinkle, like the wrinkles on a skin, write and wrote.

Hmm, so the wr spelling is usually found at the beginning of a word.

We can see that in these words here.

Also, if we know the present tense of a word that has that silent w, that wr spelling, then we will know the past tense so we can see the present tense of write here, we then know the spelling of wrote in the past tense.

So where is the wr spelling usually found in a word? Pause the video and select from a, b, c, or d, off you go.

Good job team.

Absolutely.

It is found at the beginning, these words here, wrist, wreck, as in to destroy or something that's been destroyed, wrong and wreath, like a Christmas wreath, show here that our wr spelling of that silent w likes to come at the beginning of a word.

A representation for the n sound includes kn.

The kn spelling can be known as having a silent letter because the k is not heard when we say the words, let's have a look at these words.

Know, as in, I know, knew, knee, knock and knocked.

If we look at these words, we can see that the kn spelling is usually found at the beginning of a word.

Interestingly as well, we can see here if we know the present tense of a kn word, so we know knock, we will then also know how to spell the past tense, knocked, the root word's suddenly not going to change.

And you can also see here with know and knew, anything to do with knowledge is part of that word family, isn't it? They're linked together, so they're all going to have that kn spelling with that silent K.

So where is the kn spelling usually found in a word? Choose from a, b, c, or d? Pause the video now.

Brilliant job everyone, absolutely, it's found at the beginning, similar to our wr.

These words show this, know, knew, knee and knock.

A representation for the n sound includes gn.

The gn spelling can be known as having a silent letter because you cannot hear the g when words that contain it are pronounced.

Let's have a look at these, gnat, which is a type of small fly, gnaw, which means to chew, (imitates chewing) gnash, like you gnash your teeth together, a sign that you might read, and a design.

The gn spelling can usually be found at the beginning or the end of a word.

So there's two places in which this is commonly found, either at the beginning or at the end of a word.

Remember, in both examples that g is not pronounced, we don't hear it when we say it, even in when it's coming second, sign, design, I'm hearing that n sound at the end, not gn.

In which two places is the gn spelling, with that silent G usually found in a word then? Which two places? Pause the video and select two from a, b, c, or d? Off you go.

Good job, it is found at the beginning and at the end.

Here we have gnat and gnaw that show that gn at the beginning and sign, which shows it at the end.

Homophone alert! Remember, homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

I need to finish my work.

So that's something you need to do.

The recipe required me to knead the dough, which is where you work on something with your hands.

They both sound exactly the same, don't they? But they're spelled differently and have different meanings.

And in our knead, as in you knead the dough, you can see our silent k.

The stars are visible in the sky at night.

The brave knight rode into battle.

Again, night just with an n as in the night sky when it's dark, and knight with a silent k is that chivalrous, honourable person who used to protect the realm.

And, no, I haven't seen the film yet, and, I know the answer to that question.

No, spelled no is no, negative, and know with our silent k as in to do with knowledge.

Remember that word family.

I do not have time for this.

Again, a negative, not, and then knot with our silent k, she tied a knot in the rope, k-n-o-t.

That silent k as in that knot that you might tie in a piece of rope.

Watch out for these homophones.

Choose the correct spelling for each sentence, watch out for the homophones.

A says, the night/knight fought bravely.

Think about the context.

B says, I need/knead to borrow the glue for my artwork.

C is, I do not know/no the way to get there.

And D is, this is not/knot my bag.

Pause the video and select the correct homophone to complete each sentence and save the sentence now.

Off you go, pause the video.

Good job.

So, the night/knight fought bravely, well from that context, I know it must be a knight that who maybe is from myths and had a sword.

So it's our silent k spelling.

I need to borrow the glue for my artwork.

Knead, working the bread.

That wouldn't work.

It's, I need that, imperative.

You need something.

I do not know/no the way to get there.

That's that know, as in knowledge, and, this is not my bag, that negative, you're not gonna be tying a knot in it are you like that? So pause the video and check and see how you did.

Great.

So here's a little check for us.

I wanna check to see if you've been paying attention.

I'd like you to put the words into the correct column to show which silent letter they use.

Be careful, because not all of these words have a silent letter.

So some of them you'll be leaving outta the of the columns.

The words are lamb, mob, wrong, while, knot, king, gnaw, comb, write, sign, whisper, knight.

Pause the video, put 'em into the correct columns.

And remember, some of them don't have silent letters.

Off you go.

Fantastic job team.

Let's see how you've done them.

We can see lamb, comb, both have that silent b, wrong and write have that silent w.

Gnaw and sign have that silent g, which remember, can come at the beginning or the end of a word.

And silent k, we have knot and knight.

There were some words here which we didn't include.

Mob had no silent letters.

Whisper here had a slightly other silent letter, didn't it? A silent h which we haven't looked at here.

And while also had a silent h.

So we don't pronounce it w-hile or w-hispa, but we haven't looked at that silent h have we? Pause the video, see how you did, make any corrections, make any additions, off you go.

Onto our practise task then.

I'd like you to spell the words I'm going to say to you.

These words all have silent letters within them.

Listen carefully.

Consider where the silent letters are going to come in the word.

The first word is thumb, I gave you a thumbs up, thumb.

The next word is knight.

The knight rode into battle.

Think about that.

There's a homophone there.

Wiggle is the next word, wriggle, I tried to wriggle free.

And the final word sign, I read the sign.

So the words are thumb, knight, wriggle, sign.

Pause the video and have a go at writing them now, off you go.

Great job team.

So let's have a look and see how you've done them.

The first word was thumb.

Now, th, th, it's a th spelling.

Now we've looked at a particular spelling for that m sound, haven't we? We've looked at that mb spelling with that silent b.

So this is our correct spelling here, thumb.

The next one was knight, and I said, "A knight rode into battle." Now, there's two spellings of knight aren't there? Be careful, I'm not looking for the N-I-G-H-T spelling 'cause that would be the night sky, I'm looking for that silent K-N-I-G-H-T.

So this is our correct spelling here.

The next word was wriggle.

Now for that r sound, we've looked at a silent w, haven't we? And it's that le spelling at the end of the word.

Wriggle is the correct spelling there.

And finally we had sign, I read the sign, s-ign.

For that n sound we've looked at that gn, haven't we, with that silent g.

And it can come at the beginning or the end.

It's at the end here.

So it's S-I-G-N, sign.

Great job.

If you've made any magical mistakes, if you've got any successes to share, share that now.

Make any corrections too.

Pause the video.

Onto then our next learning cycle, which is going to be strategies to practise.

Let's read the following word.

Sentence.

What do you notice about the spelling? Is there a particular letter which we don't pronounce very clearly? Do you notice anything strange about the spelling? Pause the video and have a think.

Lovely conversation's going on there.

So the s sound at the end of the word is represented by a ce.

And it is also hard to hear our second e in this word, sentence.

I don't say sentence, I don't really emphasise that e, sentence.

So it's not very clear that there's an e there.

And don't forget it's a ce at the end for that sss sound, sentence.

It is a curriculum word.

And so it's really helpful for us to remember for our reading and writing.

Here, watch out for that e, and watch out for that ce at the end, take a snapshot of that word now, it's in your memory.

So which then from that snapshot in your memory is the correct spelling here of sentence? Pause the video and point to it now! Brilliant, absolutely, it's c, isn't it? Let's remember what's difficult about it.

That e, that second e, which isn't clearly pronounced.

And that ce for that sss sound at the end, good job.

So spelling rules can help us know how to spell words, but it's really important that we spend some time practising them as well.

When you practise, you remember the words more easily and you get better at noticing how the words are spelled and you become more confident in spelling them.

There are many different types of strategies that we can use.

And today we're gonna use one of my favourite strategies, naughty letters.

Really useful, especially when we're doing silent letters 'cause there's obviously going to be a very clear, naughty letter already within the words.

So the naughty letters strategy can help us in several ways.

First, we have to look at the word very carefully.

This means that we are paying attention to how it's spelled and any difficulties in spelling it.

Then we have to copy out the word, but we copy out in a very specific way.

We make sure that we write the naughty letter larger, and differently than the rest of the word so we really emphasised on the bit that's difficult about that letter.

You could even draw a naughty face onto that naughty letter.

I'm gonna show you an example of this now.

So if you look here, this is an example of people.

Now, the naughty letter in people, in my opinion, is that o, we don't say p-oppel, do we, we say people.

So the e there makes sense but the o being there's quite difficult.

So I call this the naughty letter, and notice how I've written out people, copied it out, but I've drawn the o larger and I've even drawn a naughty face inside of it.

So p-oppel, knowing that that's my naughty letter.

So what order do these go in for this strategy? Copy with a naughty letter? Look carefully, put them into the correct order, one or two, off you go.

Okay, so the first thing we have to do of every word we look at really is we have to look carefully.

Then we copy it with, we copy the word out again, we enlarge that naughty letter and we can draw a silly face on it.

We should always look carefully at spellings before we practise them.

So I'd like you to choose three words to practise using, using this naughty letter strategy.

I'd like to choose the words that you found most difficult so far in this lesson.

Choose three words, have a go, consider the naughty letter.

I suggest picking words that we've used that have silent letters.

Or you could maybe pick a curriculum word 'cause in the silent letters our naughty letters to go to are quite obvious, it's going through that silent letter that you don't pronounce.

And choose three, and then have a go at writing out using that naughty letter strategy.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Well done team, so I picked the words, knocked, wriggle and gnashed, and they had a silent k, a silent w, and a silent g.

So I made sure that they are my naughty letters.

Perhaps you've even, with the words you've chosen, drawn some silly faces onto your naughty letters.

Did you enjoy writing them in that way? Share your favourite naughty letter, naughty word that you've written out, a naughty letter with those around you and check your spellings now, pause the video.

So we just used this really nice strategy to practise.

Now we're gonna move on to our final learning cycle which is applying spellings within a sentence.

We are going to write a sentence containing some of our focus spellings.

When we write the whole sentence we need to do several things at once so let's really take our time, perhaps even have a brain break before we do this.

We need to remember the whole sentence.

We need to sound out each word.

We need to think of any spelling rules.

And today, remember we've been looking at silent letters, think about where they come.

And then we need to look out for any common exceptional curriculum words.

Think about that curriculum word that we've looked at today, sentence.

And finally, of course we need to remember sentence punctuation, capital letter, full stops, any other commas or other punctuation that might be in our sentence.

So I'd like to just listen to me say the sentence first.

So just listen, use those incredible ears! She wrote about a lamb that wriggled under a fence in her sentence.