Lesson video

Hello 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.

Well, let's get on with today's spelling lesson then.

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be spelling words ending with S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E.

So, that's zhuh and chuh.

And the outcome will be, I can spell words ending in S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Keep an ear out for these as they're going to be very important.

Make sure I can hear you say them back to me.

Suffix.

Brilliant.

Noun.

Pronunciation.

Let's have a chat about what these mean then.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a words to change its meaning and create a new word.

A noun is a naming word for a person, place, or thing.

Pronunciation is the way in which a word is spoken.

So, today, we are going to be adding suffixes, S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E, to the ends of words.

And these suffixes are pronounced in a way that you might not expect.

Here's the outline of today's lesson.

We're spelling lessons ending in zhuh and chuh.

That zhuh's spelled S-U-R-E and that chuh's spelled T-U-R-E.

We're gonna look at words ending in these spellings, and then we're gonna have a go at practising applying them.

Let's get on with looking at some words ending in S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E then.

So, let's read some words then.

My turn, your turn.

Measure, pleasure, treasure, closure, nature, picture, future, structure.

Structure's like a building.

All of these spellings here end in either S-U-R-E or T-U-R-E.

(clears throat) Measure.

And that S-U-R-E is making a zhuh sound.

And that T-U-R-E spelling as in nature is making a chuh sound.

The spelling there doesn't quite work out the way it sounds, does it? It sounds different than you'd expect it to, given how it's spelt.

These are really common spellings of word endings.

They are pronounced differently to how they're spelt and they are pronounced differently in both instances.

S-U-R-E is making that measure, zhuh sound.

And T-U-R-E, future, is making a chuh sound.

Some sound like a zhuh, others sound like chuh.

Can you hear that difference? Let's have a go at saying the words again.

My turn, your turn.

Measure, closure, picture.

Making a chuh.

Closure, making that zhuh.

Structure, making that chuh.

So, be very careful.

Different spellings, different sounds here.

But also, phonetically, perhaps not working like you'd expect 'em to.

You might see a word in a word in there, the words ending in S-U-R-E.

You might think that you see that word sure, but it's not making a sh sound.

It's making that zhuh sound.

And in T-U-R-E, it's not making a ture sound, it's making a chuh sound.

So, be really careful with these word endings.

So, we can recognise a root word in some of these words.

Not all of them, but some of them, in these words ending in S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E.

So, in the word closure, that has that zhuh.

We have here our root word is close and they sort of mean the same thing.

If something's closed, okay, it's over, it's ended, it's closed, it's done.

And that's what that word closure means.

If a set of shops go under closure, they're no longer open, they're closed.

Here, we have pleasure.

My turn, your turn.

Pleasure.

Again, making that zhuh sound there.

That S-U-R-E spelling.

And our root word here is please.

The spelling of our root word has changed here.

We have removed that E.

But pleasure and please, if you are pleased to do something, if it gives you pleasure, that means the same thing.

These words are linked in their spelling and their meaning.

However, most words that end in our S-U-R-E and our T-U-R-E don't have root words that we can recognise, only sometimes.

So, these words end in our S-U-R-E spelling.

My turn, your turn.

Measure.

Remember, that S-U-R-E is making that zhuh.

Pleasure.

Something gives you pleasure, it pleases you, it makes you happy.

Treasure, like the buried treasure that you might find.

Closure.

That's something being closed down.

Enclosure is an enclosed area.

Animals live in an enclosure at the zoo.

Leisure.

Your leisure time or a leisure centre is the place you go to do activities that are leisureful.

These words are all nouns.

The ending of these words all sound the same.

They're making that zhuh sound.

This helps us to know that they end in that S-U-R-E spelling.

So, if you hear that zhuh sound when you pronounce a word, you'll know more than likely, it's going to be the S-U-R-E spelling at the end of that word.

The ending is pronounced differently to the word sure, which has a sh sound in it, doesn't it? Now, we can see a word in a word in all of these, we can see that word sure, but it's not making that sh, sh sound, sure.

It's making a zhuh sound.

The word pressure is also an anomaly here.

Bit of an exception for that S-U-R-E at the end of the word, because it's making that sh sound, pressure.

So, be careful with that one.

It's not making a zhuh sound.

So, all of these words end in the T-U-R-E spelling.

My turn, your turn.

Nature.

And remember, this T-U-R-E spelling is making that chuh sound.

Picture, (imitates camera snapping) like the picture you might take.

Future, like future tense.

Structure, like a building.

Adventure, like an adventure you might go on or an adventure story.

Feature, perhaps facial features or the feature of a text.

And creature, an animal.

So, the ending can sound like chuh, but it is spelt T-U-R-E.

So, be careful.

It can be easy to confuse this spelling with words that end in er, like teacher or capture.

So, be careful.

It's making that same sound, but it's a different spelling here.

It's our T-U-R-E spelling.

Look out for the root words that end in ch or tch to spell the difference.

For instance, the root words teach and catch end in ch or tch.

So, that root words stay the same before adding our er suffix.

Whereas these words here of our U-R-E for that chuh sound don't have those root words ending in ch or tch.

Again, similarly to those words ending in S-U-R-E for that zhuh sound, these words are also nouns too.

So, I'd like you now to listen to these words ending in either S-U-R-E or T-U-R-E, so that zhuh or that chuh.

Now, always try and identify which word ending it's going to be by the pronunciation of the end of the word.

Don't look at the word for me.

So, just listen first of all.

The first word is measure.

Which spelling is that going to use? S-U-R-E or T-U-R-E? Measure.

Brilliant.

So, measure is going to use that sure spelling.

You can hear that, can't you? It's not S-U-R-E, it's that zhuh.

The next word is nature.

Nature.

Which spelling is that going to use? S-U-R-E or T-U-R-E? Pause the video and have a think.

Good job.

Absolutely it's using that T-U-R-E for that chuh.

And the next word is picture, (imitates camera snapping) like the picture I took.

Which spelling is that going to use? S-U-R-E or T-U-R-E? Picture.

Absolutely.

It's that chuh, so it's that T-U-R-E spelling.

And our final word is treasure.

Treasure.

Think about that one.

Treasure.

Which spelling? S-U-R-E or T-U-R-E? Pause the video and think about that.

Treasure.

Yep, it's that zhuh, so it's the S-U-R-E spelling there.

So, remember, our S-U-R-E spelling is making that zhuh and our T-U-R-E spelling is making that chuh.

So, telling the difference between words ending in T-U-R-E or C-H-R-E or T-C-H-R-E for that chuh sound can be hard.

Do these words have a root word ending in tch or ch with an er as our suffix or do they have that T-U-R-E for that chuh ending? This word here.

Let's say it.

Teacher.

Absolutely has that ch, and then my er suffix.

But root word there has a ch, teach.

This word, structure.

Yeah, no root word here with a ch or a tch.

It's just a chuh spelled T-U-R-E.

Catcher.

Absolutely.

Our root word here has that tch and in ch.

And then, we've added our er suffix.

And adventure.

Absolutely.

We can see here it's our T-U-R-E for that chuh.

So, which endings does this word have? I'm gonna show you some different words now and I've got three children here, A, B, and C.

I've got A saying, ends in that zhuh, S-U-R-E.

B saying it ends in that chuh, so that T-U-R-E.

Or C, ends in that T or C-H-E-R, chuh.

The first word.

Let's read this word.

Leisure.

Is it A, B, C, or D? Pause the video and point to the correct one now.

Brilliant.

Absolutely, it's that zhuh.

It's that S-U-R-E.

Next word.

My turn, your turn.

Richer.

Think about the root word here.

What's the root word ending in? What suffix have we added? Is it A, B, or C? Go.

Absolutely.

It is C, isn't it? Our root word here ends in that ch, and then we've added our er suffix, richer.

Next one, future.

Future.

Think about what sound you can hear there.

Think about what spelling is making that sound.

Pause the video and point to either A, B, or C now.

Brilliant.

Absolutely.

It's chuh, spelled T-U-R-E.

So, for our practise task here, I'd like you to put the words into the correct column in order to focus on their spellings.

Be careful not to include words ending in either T-C-H-E-R for that chuh or C-H-E-R for that chuh.

So, we've got a load of words down the bottom.

I'd like you to read them, and then put them into the correct columns, either ending in a zhuh, spelled S-U-R-E, or a chuh, spelled T-U-R-E.

And remember to leave out any words that are using different spellings for those sounds.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Let's see how you've done them.

So, I'm hoping you've managed to sort them like this.

Closure, pleasure, and treasure, word that zhuh sound (indistinct) spelled S-U-R-E.

And future, picture, and adventure.

They all have that chuh sound spelled T-U-R-E at the end of the word.

Now, there are a couple of words here that didn't go into either column and I'm wondering if you managed to spot them as well.

And they were teacher and watcher, because they were the root words teach and watch, which had ch or tch before our er suffix was added to make that chuh sound.

Pause the video, make any corrections now.

I'm hoping you manage to sort these into the correct columns.

Off you go.

Onto our next and final learning cycle then, which is to practise and apply spellings with a zhuh and a chuh, S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E spellings within a sentence.

So, let's read the following word.

My turn, your turn.

Caught.

Caught.

What do you notice about this spelling? The way it's spelt and the way it sounds.

There's something phonetically strange about it.

Pause the video and have a think and study this spelling.

Look at it carefully.

Great.

So, for me, there are a couple of things that are quite strange about this spelling.

Is this A-U-G-H here that's making an or sound? It's an odd spelling for an or sound, isn't it? It's quite irregular and not very common.

The or is.

So, O-R here making that or sound is represented with A-U-G-H, as in the words taught and daughter.

They also contain this augh spelling.

Caught is the past tense of catch.

I don't say I catch the ball.

I would say I caught the ball.

The A-U-G-H spelling is very close to the O-U-G-H as well.

You can remember it with the phrase, another upside-down grumpy hippo, A-U-G-H, that mnemonic device.

Another upside-down grumpy hippo.

O-U-G-H, remember as oh, you grumpy hippo.

But we can remember A-U-G-H as another upside-down grumpy hippo.

And here, you can see another upside-down grumpy hippo.

So, my turn, your turn again.

Caught.

Caught, A-U-G-H making that or sound and that A-U-G-H is another upside-down grumpy hippo.

So, with that in mind, which is the correct spelling of the word caught here? I caught the ball.

Pause the video and point to it now.

Fantastic.

So, let's have a look.

Caught.

Now, I know my O-U-G-H can also make a similar sound, but I think it's my another upside-down grumpy hippo, isn't it? And then, my T.

And it's that A-U-G-H spelling making that or sound there, caught.

Remember this word, it's a curriculum word that's gonna appear quite a lot and it's also a bit of a common exception word in that it doesn't follow a regular phonics patterns.

So, we are going to practise now some spellings with words that contain the zhuh and the chuh ending, spelled S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E, respectively.

We can use the pronunciation of the words to help us know which spelling to use.

So, if we think about the words, measure, pleasure, and treasure, their ending in that zhuh sound.

So, we know it's our S-U-R-E spelling.

And if we look at the words future, picture, and adventure, they sound, they have that chuh sound at the end.

So, we know it's that T-U-R-E spelling.

But remember to watch out for those words that also have that T-C-H-E-R or C-H-E-R at the end.

So, be careful with those ones.

Think about the root word there.

It does have a root word perhaps that you know that ends in ch or tch.

Then, you'll know that it's not going to be our T-U-R-E spelling for that chuh sound.

So, have a look here for me.

I'd like you to choose the correct spelling in each sentence.

I'll read the sentences to you.

She drew a detailed picture.

You can measure with this ruler.

I like reading adventure books.

Pause the video and select the correct spelling to complete each sentence.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

So, let's think about the first one.

Picture.

It's making a chuh sound, isn't it? Which I know is my T-U-R-E spelling.

It'll be a zhuh sound if it was my S-U-R-E spelling.

Picture, which isn't the word I'm looking for.

You can measure with this ruler.

Hmm, zhuh sound there.

So, it's my S-U-R-E spelling.

And I'm not gonna double the S there, it's just a single S-U-R-E for that zhuh sound.

I like reading adventure books.

Now, be careful with this one.

There's no root word there, advench.

And I know it doesn't end in ch.

So, it is adventure, T-U-R-E.

Great job.

So, I'd like you now as a check, to have a go at spelling some words that I'm going to say that either end in my T-U-R-E or my S-U-R-E spelling.

I'd like you to really think.

Are there any root words? Am I getting this spelled correctly? Does it sound right? Really listen to the sound.

Remember, you're listening for that zhuh or the chuh sound in each word.

So, the first word I'd like you to have a go at writing for me is measure.

Measure.

The second one, creature.

Third one, picture.

And the fourth one, treasure.

Think about the zhuh and the chuh.

I'll say those words one more time.

Measure, creature, picture, treasure.

Pause the video and have a go at writing those four words for me now.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Let's look at the first one then.

I've seen measure written out in these ways.

Now, let's think about this one.

Measure.

Now, the first one might make phonetic sense.

And E there could make a mm, eh, me.

But I think it's that M-E-A spelling there, which is that ea representation of that s sound, measure.

And I'm not gonna double my S.

And it is that zhuh, so it's that S-U-R-E spelling.

So, measure is this one, as in something you might measure with a ruler or a tape measure.

Two was creature.

Okay, let's think about this one.

Creature, creature, creature, c-r-eature.

Hmm.

Now, I don't think I have a root word there, creech.

That's not a word, is it? So, I haven't added my er suffix onto the end there.

And I think it's that ee, ea spelling.

And it's that chuh sound made with T-U-R-E.

So, this is my correct spelling here.

Then, we have picture, like a picture you might take, picture.

So, let's think about this, pic-t-ture, picture.

It's that chuh sound, so it's gonna be T-U-R-E, not S-U-R-E.

And pic is P-I-C.

I know that.

Picture.

This is my correct spelling.

And finally, we have treasure.

Now, be careful with this one.

Again, it's a bit like measure.

It's that ea representation of that S sound and it's treasure.

It's that zhuh sound, isn't it? So, it's that S-U-R-E spelling.

So, this is my correct one here.

Pause the video, make any corrections, see how you did.

So, we are now gonna have a go at writing a sentence containing some of our focus spellings.

Remember, we've been focusing on the end of the word, the T-U-R-E and the S-U-R-E, that chuh or that zhuh sound.

When we write the whole sentence, we need to do several things at once.

So, it's really take our time.

Perhaps you gotta have a brain break before we start to do this.

We're gonna have to remember a whole sentence.

We're gonna have to sound each word out.

Think of our spelling rules.

And the rules today we've really thought about are the different sounds.

If you hear that zhuh, you know it's S-U-R-E.

And if you hear that chuh, it's most likely going to be T-U-R-E.

Look out for any common exception in curriculum words.

Think about that word, caught, that we've looked at, the past tense of catch.

And then, remember our sentence, punctuation, capital letters, full stops, any commas that might be in the sentence as well.

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

Use your incredible hearing for me.

When Chen caught sight of the treasure, she knew her adventure was beginning.

When Chen caught sight of the treasure, she knew her adventure was beginning.

So, we can use some strategies now to help us remember the sentence.

The first one is tapping out.

You can just in your head, your shoulders, on the table, on the floor.

I don't mind.

It's really helpful in as tapping out each of the syllables in the words, so you make sure you don't miss any sounds.

When Chen caught sight of the treasure, she knew her adventure was beginning.

Brilliant.

You have a go at tapping that out now.

Off you go.

Good job.

The next one, saying it in a silly voice.

It's one of my favourite ways of practising saying a sentence.

When Chen caught sight of the treasure, she knew her adventure was beginning.

Pause the video, say in your silliest voice and see if you can make me laugh.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Some really silly voices, everyone.

And finally, counting the words on our fingers.

When Chen caught sight of the treasure, she knew her adventure was beginning.

When Chen caught sight of the treasure, she knew her adventure was beginning.

Pause the video and count that sentence out now.

Each word on your fingers, making sure you don't miss a word out.

Off you go.

So, gonna have a go now at writing that sentence.

Remember to sound out each word, look up those common exception curriculum words.

Think about the sound you're hearing, either zhuh or chuh at the end.

Think about the spellings we've looked at for that today.

Remember, sentence punctuation, not only capital letters and full stops, but any comma that might be in there as well.

So, I'm gonna say this sentence one more time.

When Chen caught sight of the treasure, she knew her adventure was beginning.

Pause the video and write that for me now.

Brilliant job, team.

Some really great consideration of the different sounds for the endings of words there.

Really great use of our S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E spellings and also careful consideration of punctuation.

So, let's see how you've done then.

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

When needs to have a capital letter obviously.

It's beginning of our sentence.

Chen needs to have a capital letter as well, because it's the name of a person, so it's proper noun.

Caught, another upside-down grumpy hippo, that or sound, spelled A-U-G-H-T.

That's our curriculum word.

Sight of the treasure.

And that's that zhuh sound, so you know it's that S-U-R-E spelling.

She knew, and that's, be careful there, silent K at the beginning there for knew, as in she knew something.

Her adventure, chuh, chuh, adventure.

And it's not ch or T-C-H-E-R spelling.

It's that word adventure.

It's that chuh sound, spelled T-U-R-E.

Was beginning.

Double N there in beginning.

And then, of course, a full stop.

Now, remember, A-U-G-H, another upside-down grumpy hippo.

And here, we also have to have a comma, 'cause we are separating our subordinate clause.

So, our first bit here, when Chen caught sight of the treasure is our subordinate clause, and then we have our main clause there, she knew how adventure was beginning.

So, a comma there to separate it.

So, what did you learn? How did you do? What successes did you have? Did you manage to spell our zhuh and our chuh sounds correctly at the end of the words? How did you get on with our caught spelling? That curriculum word there, with that strange A-U-G-H.

Have you got any corrections to make? Share your successes, magical mistakes, and make any corrections now.

Pause the video.

Great job today, team.

Really great spelling.

Remember today, we've been looking at these S-U-R-E and T-U-R-E suffixes.

A suffix, remember, is a group of letters or a letter at the end of a word, which creates another word.

Saying a word out loud can help us to identify whether it has that S-U-R-E for that zhuh or that T-U-R-E for that chuh spelling.

Words ending in chuh can easily be mixed up with those ending in T-C-H-E-R chuh or C-H-E-R chuh.

So, be careful for those ones.

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