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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 prefixes de, re, sub, and super.

The outcome will be, I can spell words using the prefixes de, re, sub, and super.

So here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

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

I know there's only two, but they're super important, so please keep an eye for them.

Prefix, well done.

Root word, brilliant.

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

A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the start of a root word to change its meaning.

The root word then is the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes.

So we today are gonna be concentrating on taking root words and adding four prefixes in particular to those root words, to create new words with new meanings.

Here's the outline for today's lesson: We're gonna be practising and applying spelling words with these four prefixes.

We're gonna look at these four prefixes closely first, review what they mean, have a look at some words that use them, and consider how they affect the root word.

Then we're going to practise some strategies for spelling, so there's no replacement for good old practise.

And then finally we're going to apply some spellings that use some of these prefixes within a sentence.

Let's get on with looking at these four prefixes then.

A prefix, remember, is a letter or group of letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning.

Here, I had my root word, kind, and I've added the prefix un before it to create a new word, unkind.

Notice how the spelling of my root word hasn't changed here.

It's a bit like a jigsaw piece.

I had started off with my piece happy, and then I found a piece that could fit on before it, creating the word unhappy, which means not happy.

My prefix un means not.

Remember, prefixes can have different meanings.

Here I have another prefix, dis, dishonest means not to be honest, and understanding prefixes can help us to work out the spelling and meaning of unfamiliar words.

Remember, often the spelling of the root word won't change when we add a prefix.

So the prefixes de, re, sub, and super can be added to the beginning of a word without changing the spelling of that root word.

The prefix re usually means again, like redo to do something again.

The prefix de usually means make the opposite or undo.

Deice, get rid of the ice.

The prefix sub usually means under or nearly.

Think about subtropical, which is nearly in the tropics.

And finally, super means above.

The prefix re means again.

Let's have a look at it in action.

My turn, your turn.

Reappear.

Rebuild.

So you have the prefix re here at the start, remembering that this prefix means again.

Reappear then means to appear again.

Rebuild quite straightforwardly means build again.

So remember our prefix re means again.

Re means again.

Let's have a look at our prefix.

De, spelled D-E, it means the opposite or to undo something that's been done.

So decompose.

My turn, your turn, deflate.

So let's have a think about what these mean then.

Decompose means for something to rot, to break down.

It's the opposite of composing, which means for something to be made or built.

If something decomposes, it then is destroyed, breaks down.

Deflate is means to release air.

It's the opposite of inflate.

So our prefix de here means opposite or undo.

Notice here how my spelling D-E hasn't changed and the spelling of my root word in both instances hasn't changed either.

Let's have a look at the next two then.

So you've looked at re and de.

Let's look at sub and super.

Sub means under or nearly.

Let's look at it in some contexts.

Submarine.

My turn, your turn.

Subtropical.

Brilliant.

Something under the surface of the sea is what submarine means.

Under.

Subtropical are those regions that are near the tropics.

They're nearly there.

So submarine, subtropical, sub, under or nearly.

Let's have a look at the prefix super then, which means above.

So supermarket, superhero, brilliant.

A supermarket is a very large market.

It's greater.

It's above what a normal market would be.

And a superhero is a hero but they have extraordinary powers.

They go above and beyond what a superhero is normally, a hero, sorry, is normally capable of doing.

So that word super means large, extraordinary, above the norm.

So by above, I mean it exceeds the normal.

For example, is larger or more powerful than what the normal thing would expect it to be.

Will be expected to be.

So what do these prefixes mean then? Hopefully you've been paying attention.

We have de, super, sub, and re.

I'd like you to pause the video.

Can you remember what each of them means? What each of them does to that root word to change its meaning? Pause the video.

So the prefix de means to make the opposite or undo as in the word deflate.

Super means above.

Above the norm, greater than, or extraordinary.

Sub means under or nearly, like the subtropical regions or a submarine, which is underwater.

And re means to do again.

Redo, rebuild, rewrite.

How did you do? Did you manage to get those right? Great.

So have a look here for me.

I'd like you to match the prefix to its definition.

We've got our four prefixes here: super, re, sub and de, and we have A, B, C, and D.

Pause the video, match the prefix to its definition now.

Great job, team.

Let's see how you did them.

A was under or nearly, that is sub.

B was again, to do again, remember? Re.

Above, and I don't mean like necessarily above something, but I mean above as in going above the norm, extraordinary.

Bigger, larger, like a supermarket or a superhero.

That is super.

And finally we had to make the opposite or undo.

And that one is de.

Deflate, decompose.

Great.

Oh, final check here to really show that you know what each of these prefixes means.

Here are some other words containing these prefixes then.

De, re, sub, and super.

Use your knowledge of the meaning of the prefix to try and explain or predict what each word means.

So here are our four words.

We have relay, submerge, supersonic, declutter.

So think about what each root word means and then think about what each prefix means.

Then you should be able to work out what's the new word means.

Pause the video, see if you can predict what the definitions for each of these words will be now.

Off you go.

Brilliant, some excellent thinking going on there.

So replay then, a, means to play again.

Submerge means to go under water, sub meaning under, merge, being covered by water.

So you're going under the water.

Supersonic means very fast, faster than the speed of sound.

Sonic is to do with hearing.

Supersonic means above and beyond the speed of that sound.

And declutter means to remove or undo mess, to have a tidy.

Clutter is mess.

If you declutter, you get rid of the mess, you undo the mess.

Remember, re means again, sub means under.

Remember, super means above the norm, and de means to undo or the opposite.

So I'm gonna give you some words now for our practise task.

And I'd like you to have a go at spelling these words using the prefixes de, re, sub, and super.

So our first word is delay.

Delay.

There was the delay in the arrival of the package means it was late.

Repair is the number two.

Repair means to fix something.

Submarine is number three.

Remember, to go underwater.

Superhero.

So I'll say those words again.

Delay, repair, submarine, superhero.

Just a few tips as well.

Remember to think about what the root word is.

Do you know the spelling of the root word? Check for syllables so you don't miss any sounds in the words.

Remember how the prefix is spelled? Think.

Is the root word going to change its spelling? Well no, it's not going to 'cause that's what we've been looking at today and adding these prefixes and then read the word and check aloud, okay? So I'll say the words one more time.

Delay, repair, submarine, superhero.

Pause the video, have a go at writing those for me now.

off you go.

What a team.

Let's see how you've done them.

So our first word was delay.

Now be careful with this one.

It does sound like D-I-D, doesn't it? But we know our prefix de is spelled D-E.

The spelling of that prefix isn't going to change so delay, so starting to be late or to be held back is D-E-L-A-Y.

The next word was repair, to fix something.

So again, might sound like R-I, but we know it's R-E, repair, and our pair is gonna be not pear as in the pear you might eat, P-E-A-R, but pair as in P-A-I-R.

So this is our correct spelling.

Next one, submarine.

Okay, be careful with this spelling.

Marine as in a mariner or to do with the sea, mare, which we get from Latin.

Submarine.

S-U-B-M-A-R-I-N-E.

And finally, superhero.

Just those two words, super and hero.

So it's not gonna be supperhero with a double P, superhero.

The spelling of super, my prefix there isn't going to change so this is my correct spelling here.

Really well done, team.

Did you make any natural mistakes? What successes did you have? Do you need to make any corrections? Pause the video, share those now and make the corrections.

Off you go.

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

Let's read the following word.

My turn your turn, continue.

Continue.

What do you notice about this spelling? In terms of how the word sounds and how it's spelled? Is there anything maybe tricky about it? Pause the video and have a think.

Well done, team.

So I've noticed it's this U-E spelling at the end here, continue.

Hmm.

The U-E is used at the end like blue or glue, isn't it? So it's making that oo sound, continue, blue glue.

It's making that oo sound there.

And it has three syllables, con-tin-ue.

(hands clapping) Remember you can clap those syllables out.

Spelling each syllable in turn can help us with the spelling.

Con-tin-ue.

(hands clapping) And it's that U-E spelling there at the end, which is quite not a particularly regular spelling for that.

So con-tin-ue.

Here, I can also spot a word in a word.

The word tin is in the middle.

Sometimes spotting a word in a word can help us with our spellings, And that's a strategy that we're gonna be looking at now.

So have a look here me.

Continue.

Which is the correct spelling of continue? I'd like to continue teaching you this lesson means to keep doing it.

Pause the video and point to the correct spelling now.

Good job, team.

So let's have a look at these, continue.

Hmm.

Well the first two parts are definitely right, con-tin, (hands clapping) but Y-O-O at the end phonetically makes sense, but it's not my correct spelling.

Just like the bottom one as well, con-tin-ew.

(hands clapping) And I've got new there, the word N-E-W as in something brand new.

But that's not my spelling I'm looking for.

That would make phonetic sense.

It's that U-E, that rare spelling for that sound there at the end, con-tin-ue.

(hands clapping) And remember, you can spot a word in a word, tin.

So spelling rules can help us to know how to spell words, but we also need to practise.

There's really no replacement for good old-fashioned practise.

So when you practise words, you remember them more easily, you get better at noticing how they're spelled.

and you become more confident when using them.

There are many different strategies we can use when practising spellings.

You may have looked at pyramid letters, you may have looked at naughty letters.

Today, we're gonna be looking at another really great strategy that I really like, and it is the word-in-a-word strategy just like we did a moment ago with continue.

So the word-in-a-word strategy helps in several ways.

It means we're really paying attention to the word.

It helps us notice and pay attention to how the words are spelt, what they look like, what's tricky about them.

It means we can find linking words.

Sometimes a word has a hidden root word.

If we can spot the root, it can help us to connect the word to our existing vocabulary and it really helps us to build that word consciousness, that knowledge of how different words are spelled.

This can help us to spell it as well.

It also helps us to break it down.

Sometimes long, complex words can be intimidating and of course they can.

If we break it down, it can can help us to feel confident in spelling it.

Tricky sections, sometimes words that have hard-to-spell sections, if we can spot a word inside a word, it can help with those sections as well to remember how to spell them.

For example, there's a bus in business.

There's a hat in what.

So I remember that as w-hat spells what or buzziness spells business.

Remember, not all words have a word inside of them though so this strategy won't always be applicable, but it can be really useful, especially in a lesson like today because we've been adding prefixes, haven't we? And those prefixes haven't changed the spelling of the root word.

So you're gonna be able to always spot that root word within that new word with the prefix added to it.

So that's why we're using it today.

So let's try this with supermarket.

Here I can see, super-market, I've got my prefix, super, and then I've got my root word, market.

I can definitely see two words in a word here.

So first job is to pay attention to the word.

We always look carefully at the words when we're doing spelling practise.

So I'm looking at it super and market.

Well, I can see two words here, can't I? Then I underline a word in a word.

I'm going to see that here, I can see the word mark.

I can see the word mark within supermarket.

I then write out the whole word again.

Supermarket.

I then say the sentence.

There's a mark in supermarket, there's a mark in supermarket.

Sometimes there might be more than one word in a word.

, like perm, mark, super, and market are all in the word supermarket, but just concentrate on finding one to help you remember it.

So what order do these steps go in for this strategy? I've got A, B, C, and D.

Pause the video and put these into the correct order now.

1, 2, 3, 4, off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

So let's have a look.

What's the first thing you always really have to do when spelling practise or when using any strategy? Of course we have to pay attention to the word and look at it carefully.

I then underline the word in the word.

I find that word that's in the word.

I then write it out, that word again and then I say it in a sentence, hm has hm in it.

Brilliant.

How did you do? Did you manage to get that strategy in the correct order? Have a seat.

So I'd like you to now practise the word-in-a-word strategy.

I'd like to choose three words from the list that I've given you below.

Make sure you copy them really carefully.

So the words I've given you below are misunderstanding, supermarket, unbelievable, continue, remain, delay, understandable, report, record.

And you can see here, we have lots of prefixes within these words.

So I'd like you to pick three, the three that you think you'd like to pick from below and have a go using the word-in-a-word strategy.

Remember, study the word first.

Have a look at it, find a word in a word, write it out again, and say the word that's then inside that word.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

You did an exceptional work there.

Let's have a look at three words that I picked and see the words that I saw in them.

You may have seen different ones.

Remember, some words have more than one word in them.

So I have report, and I said there is a port in report.

A port is a place that ships might come to.

Delay.

There's a lay in delay.

And record, there's a cord in record.

A cord is a flexible string or rope.

Wow, that was so much fun.

Did you enjoy practising ? Why don't you share with those around you or show me right now, what words-in-words did you find? Pause the video and share what you found.

Really great job.

Some amazing words-in-words you found there.

And I can see some brilliant spelling as well.

What a great, fun strategy to help us remember the spellings of words.

Remember to use this strategy.

Onto then our final learning cycle for today, we're gonna apply spellings within a sentence.

So 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.

We need to remember the whole sentence, we need to sand out each word, we need to think of our spelling rules, so think about the rules of adding prefixes today.

Just adding the prefix, not changing the root word.

We also need to look up for those common exception and curriculum words.

Think about that curriculum word we looked at today, continue.

And of course, we need to remember capital letter, full stops, and any other punctuation in our sentences.

So I'd like you to just listen to me say the sentence, first of all.

Use those amazing years of yours.

After the subtropical storm, they continued to rebuild the supermarket.

After the subtropical storm, they continued to rebuild the supermarket.

So we're gonna use some strategies now to help us remember the sentence.

Wouldn't it be fair if I just threw you off to write that sentence right now? We're gonna say it a number of times, know all of the words in it back to front.

So the first one is tapping out.

You can use it on your heads, your shoulders, on the table.

I don't really mind.

After the subtropical storm, they continued to rebuild the supermarket.

You pause the video and type that out now.

Brilliant.

I find that it really helps us to hear each Syllable in the words so we don't miss any sound out in words.

The next one, whispering it.

After the subtropical storm, they continued to rebuild the supermarket.

Pause the video now, whisper that to someone around you, or to yourself.

Off you go.

Great.

And finally, shouting it out.

We've been super quiet, now we get to be super loud.

After the subtropical storm, they continued to rebuild the supermarket.

Shout out now, make sure I can hear you.

Off you go.

So loud.

Well done.

So you're gonna have a go now writing the sentence out.

Remember to sound out each word, think about any common exception or curriculum words.

And remember, capital letter, full stop, any other punctuation commas that might be in your sentence.

Think about different sentence types here as well.

I'm gonna say the sentence one more time.

After the subtropical storm, they continued to rebuild the supermarket.

Pause the video and write that sentence for me now.

Great job, team.

Done a really good job there.

Some wonderful handwriting, some brilliant spelling, some really careful thought given to curriculum words and common exception words.

And also for adding our prefixes we've been looking at as well.

So let's check our work and make any corrections as we go along.

After obviously needs to have a capital letter.

The subtropical, oh, and this is one of our words that has that prefix sub at the beginning.

Subtropical.

So near the tropics.

Storm, they, E-Y spelling at the end there.

Continued.

Oh continue was that curriculum we looked at, and we just added a D to the end.

Remember, it's that U-E spelling.

To rebuild.

So build again, re and build, the root word that hasn't changed its spelling, my root word is build.

The supermarket.

And again, we've added those words together there, super and market.

And full stop.

Super is my prefix there.

Of course, we need to have a full stop.

Remember also, here I've got a comma 'cause I've got it after my front every other time.

After the subtropical storm, they continued to rebuild the supermarket.

How did you do, team? What did you learn? How did you do with the spelling of the words with the prefixes and our curriculum word? Do you have any corrections to make? What successes have you had? Did you make any natural mistakes? Share those and make the corrections now.

Pause the video.

Great job today, everyone.

Remember, a prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the start of a word, which creates a new word.

The prefixes de, re, sub, and super can be added to the beginning of a word without changing the spelling of the root word.

The prefixes is de can mean undo and prefix re can mean again.

The prefix sub can mean under and super can mean above.

Remember, we also use that great strategy, spotting a word in a word, is really useful to help us when we are practising our spellings.

Keep up the great practise and the great spelling, everyone, and I'll see you again soon.