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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 you would also be great.

Well, let's get straight into today's spelling lesson then.

In this spelling lesson, we're going to be using the suffix "tion" spelled T-I-O-N.

The outcome will be, I can spell words using the suffix T-I-O-N.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Make sure you say these back to me.

Suffix, Root word, Noun, abstract noun.

Fantastic.

Thank you.

I can really hear you saying them back to me there.

It's also really important that we keep an eye on it, an ear out for these words throughout the course of today's learning as they're really important.

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

Now, suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word that change its meaning to create a new word.

Suffixes can also change a word's word class.

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

Today we're adding a suffix, "tion," T-I-O-N, at the end of a word.

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

And an abstract noun is a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen or touched.

So today we're gonna be taking that "tion' suffix and adding it to root words to create nouns.

Sometimes these nouns will be abstract nouns that we can't touch or feel.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We're using the suffix "tion".

We're gonna look at using that "tion" suffix, spelled T-I-O-N.

Then we're gonna have a go at spelling some words using that suffix.

And finally, we're gonna spell some curriculum words.

Let's get on with having a look at adding that suffix "tion" to the end of words then.

A suffix, remember, is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word that creates a new word.

Unlike prefixes, which can be added at the beginning of words, suffixes can often change a word class or tense of a word.

Let's have a look at some suffixes in action.

I'm sure you know loads already.

Kind, if I add N-E-S-S suffix, becomes kindness.

My root word here is joy.

I add the suffix "ful" to the end of it to make the word joyful.

And here we have deep, which is an adjective.

If I add the E-N suffix, it creates deepen, which is a verb.

So, often suffixes can change the word class and they can also change the tense.

Today we are gonna be adding that T-I-O-N suffix to words.

Notice here as well, that these suffixes have not changed the spelling of the root word.

This won't always be the case.

So there are lots of different types of suffixes.

Remember, today we're adding the "tion" suffix, spelled T-I-O-N.

And different suffixes can create words with different word classes.

So, abstract nouns, this was one of those keywords we looked at earlier.

They're a particular type of noun.

They're a type of thing.

They have no physical form.

They can be created using particular suffixes.

And we can use the suffix, N-E-S-S, I-T-Y, and that "tion" suffix, that T-I-O-N spelling of that "tion" suffix that we are using today.

So here I have the root word gentle, and I've added N-E-S-S to it to create gentleness, which is an abstract noun.

Here I have creativity.

My root word was creative.

I've added my I-T-Y suffix to create creativity, an abstract noun.

Here we have exploration.

My root word was explore, and I've added exploration, an abstract noun.

And observation, here, my root word is observe.

I've added my "tion" suffix, T-I-O-N, to make observation.

So adding these suffixes has created abstract nouns.

They're the names of ideas, quantities, or states that cannot be seen or touched.

They are abstract nouns.

Say that for me, "Abstract nouns." And that suffix, "tion," T-I-O-N, that we are gonna be looking at today, could often create abstract nouns when added to the end of root words.

So the "tion" suffix creates nouns.

What will you create in your art lesson today? That word "create" here is a verb.

It's a doing, having or being word.

It's a doing word in this instance.

What will you create? What you're going to make? If I add my "tion" suffix then to that root word, create a notice here, I've removed the "E" as we would often do with many suffixes and added that "tion" to make creation.

That is a beautiful creation.

That creation there is a thing.

It's a noun, an abstract noun in particular, not something we might see or touch.

What word class are prepare and preparation.

Read the sentences and have a think.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant.

Remember by word class, I mean adjectives, adverbs, verbs, or verbs.

They're common word classes.

So please help me to prepare the table.

Prepare here, is a doing word.

It's a verb, it's an action.

Good preparation is the key to success.

Preparation here, is a thing, an idea, it's a noun.

And in particular, it's an abstract noun.

One of those ideas or states or qualities that we can't feel it or touch.

So, here we can see adding our "tion" suffix to the end of the root word "prepare" has turned that verb into a noun.

And in particular, an abstract noun.

Remember, suffixes are amazing.

They can create new word classes.

So have a look here for me.

Can you match the root word to the abstract noun that has been created by the addition of that "tion" suffix? Our root words are on the left.

Our abstract nouns are on the right.

You need to match them up.

Have a go at saying them as well.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Great.

So our first word was celebrate.

Celebrate.

Here I remove the "E" and I add the, "tion," T-I-O-N, to create celebration.

The next word was act.

I add my "tion" suffix and it becomes action.

Invite was my next word.

And here you can see ending in "E," remove the "E" and then add my "tion" for invitation.

And the pronunciation slightly changes there.

So we've changed our root words here, which many of them were verbs into nouns by adding our "tion" suffix.

So for our practise task here, what I'd like you to do for me is match the root words to the related noun ending in the suffix "tion." You can see my root words are on the left here in that column.

And I've got on the outside here, some nouns.

I'd like you to match them to the correct root word.

I'd like you to write them down.

And I really want you also to focus on the spelling.

And I want to, in particular, focus on the difference between the spelling of the root word and the new noun that you've created by adding the "tion" suffix.

How has the spelling of that root word changed? Has it changed at all? Does it line up with any of those rules you already know for adding suffixes? Pause the video now, match those root words, the related noun ending in the suffix "tion." Off you go.

Great job team.

I can see that you've thought carefully about the root words there and where you can see those root words.

And I also love the consideration that was being given to how the spelling of those root words has changed.

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

Educate has become education.

Educate there, ended in an "E." We've removed the "E" and added our "tion" suffix.

Explain there, has become explanation.

We've lost some letters there and then added our "tion" suffix.

Prepare again, ending in an "E" has become preparation.

And we've added a letter there.

Found has become foundation.

Notice here, I'm not just adding "tion" to many of these.

I'm adding an extra letter before that "tion".

And observe has become observation.

Again, I've added that "tion" suffix, removed a letter, and also added one as well.

I wonder if you notice what letter I've added before my "tion" suffix in all of these.

Pause the video and have a think now.

Hmm, yes, you can see here that I've added an "A" before adding my "tion" suffix.

Perhaps this is going to be a pattern and something we're going to be looking at further in this lesson.

How did you do with sorting these though? Did you manage to sort them correctly? Pause the video, make any corrections and sort them now.

Off you go Onto our next learning cycle then, which is going to be spelling words using the "tion" suffix.

So we've looked at how we can use it and what it does to words and how it changes the word class.

Now we're gonna look at spelling words of it and see if we can generate some rules for adding this "tion" suffix, T-I-O-N.

So there are several ways of spelling the suffix, which sounds like "tion." it's quite an odd spelling for that, isn't it? T-I-O-N for that "shun" sound.

And there are a number of different ways that we can spell it.

So you have musician, which is that profession, that job.

And you can see here my "shun" is spelled C-I-A-N.

What an odd spelling.

We also have "passion," double S-S-I-O-N for that "shun".

We have exploration.

That "explore" there has been turned into exploration, the abstract noun, "tion"" there, okay.

Our T-I-O-N spelling, which we are concentrating on today.

And we also have our S-I-O-N spelling for that "shun" extension.

The spelling, "tion," so the one we're looking at today, T-I-O-N, is the most common and is your best bet if you hear a word that "tion"" in it and you're unsure of its spelling, it's most likely the "tion"" spelled T-I-O-N.

It's your best bet spelling.

So do you recognise a root word in these words that end in our "tion" spelling spelled T-I-O-N.

Invention.

My turn, your turn.

Hesitation.

Education.

And station.

Now, do you recognise any root words? The spelling of the root word might have changed in the new word, but think, do you recognise any? Pause the video and have a think now.

Brilliant.

So in invention, I think I can hear or see invent, which is a root word.

In hesitation, it's that hesitate.

In education, it's educate.

And in station, hmm, there isn't quite a root word there is there? But we can think about it's etymology, so where the word has come from.

And it comes from the Latin "statio" which means "standing still." A station, a bus station, or a train station is a place where the train comes to stand still.

If you are stationary, you are not moving.

So that's where we get that word from.

And if I look carefully at these root words, I can see that they end mostly in "T" or "T-E." So perhaps there's a rule there.

If our root word ends in "T" or "T-E" then it's most likely going to be the T-I-O-N spelling of that "tion"" suffix.

When we are writing a word with an ending that sounds like "shun," we might be able to hear a word within the word we are writing.

The last letter or letters of this root word can give us a clue about how to spell that "tion"" suffix.

The word invention, for instance, that abstract noun there is "invent" ending in a "T".

We have hesitation, we have the root word "hesitate" ending in "T-E".

In education we have that root word "educate" which ends in a "T-E." So our rule here is then words that end in "tion," spelled "T-I-O-N, often have a root word ending in "T" or "T-E".

Some of these words end in "tion" and some end in "ation", A-T-I-O-N.

And we noticed this earlier, didn't we? When in our first practise tasks that we did, when we were matching those root words to our new abstract nouns, many of them ended not just in "tion" but in "ation".

And the spelling of that root word changed.

So let's have a look at this in action.

Action here, that word "action." Addition.

My turn, your turn.

Collection.

Fraction.

Now none of these words end in that "ation," They just end in "tion".

Question is the same, just a "tion." Section.

Nation.

Now let's have a look at some of those words that end in "ation" then.

We have separation.

And you can hear that "A" can't you before the "tion?" Invitation, calculation, participation, transformation, exploration, and operation.

My goodness me, there's so many words that have that "tion" suffix that end in that T-I-O-N spelling or A-T-I-O-N spelling.

That's why it's our best bet when you hear that "shun" sound at the end of a word 'cause there's so many of them.

And look, we've noticed that here, there's so many words ending in "tion" or "ation." So the suffix "ation" or A-T-I-O-N can be added to verbs to form a noun.

This can follow familiar spelling rules that you may know for adding suffixes.

Because it begins with a vow, we might need to remove a vowel at the end of a word before adding this "ation" suffix.

So the root word ends in a consonant, we can just add the suffix.

If we look here, inform ends in the consonant "M." A consonant remember, is a sound made by blocking the air in the mouth with the teeth, tongue or palete.

"M" is an example of a consonant.

It just becomes information.

I don't need to do anything to that root word, but if the root word ends in an "E," we must remove the "E" before adding our suffix because it's a vowel suffix if you have "ation," A-T-I-O-N.

So if I have the root word "admire," admire here ends in an "E," I must whoosh, remove that "E" and then add "ation" to make admiration.

So, this really follows many of the suffix patterns I'm sure you've looked at before and spelling rules I'm sure you know.

If it ends in a consonant, just add the suffix.

If it ends in an "E," remove the "E," and then add our suffix.

Look at what happens to these words then.

Vibrate ends in an "E," it's going to become vibration.

Donate ends in an "E," it's going to become donation.

We've removed the "E" from both.

So what do you notice is happening here? Pause the video and have a think.

What's happened to our root word when adding our "A-T-I-O-N" suffix.

Off you go, have a think.

Brilliant.

Well, we can clearly see here that words that end in A-T-E or "ate," we remove that "ate," okay? And then we add our "ation," don't we? So remove the "ate," A-T-E, and then add "ation".

So, what I'd like you to do for me now is I'd like you to have a look carefully at these root words down below.

I'd like to put them into the correct column to show what will happen when we add our "ation" suffix.

So we have determine, inform, organise, translate, found, and operate.

Are you just going to add the suffix? Think about the ending of the root word.

Are you going to remove the "E" and then add the suffix or do you need to remove the A-T-E and then add "ation?" Pause the video, put the correct words into the correct columns and have a go at adding that suffix now.

Off you go.

Brilliant job guys.

Really careful consideration there given to whether the root word ended in a consonant, whether it ended in an "E" or if it ended in A-T-E.

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

Inform and found, they both just ended in consonant.

So we just had to add "ation" to make information and foundation, so nouns.

Now, determine and organise, just ended in an "E." So we had to remove the "E" and then add our "ation" to make determination and organisation.

And finally, translate and operate ended in that "ate," A-T-E.

So we removed the A-T-E and then added "ation"" to make translation and operation.

Great.

How did you do there? Check, see how you did? So, I'd like us to put now our knowledge of adding up "tion" or "ation" suffix into action.

I want you to read these four sentences that we have here and select the correct spelling of the highlighted word to complete the sentence.

Make sure you say them out loud.

Make sure you look carefully at the spellings.

One's right, one's wrong.

Pause the video, read the sentences, select the correct spellings now.

Off you go.

Brilliant job team.

So I found information about pandas on the internet.

Okay, my root word here is inform, ends in the consonant.

I just have to add "ation," A-T-I-O-N.

I know "tion" might sound like S-H-U-N but we're adding today that "tion" suffix spelled T-I-O-N.

Andeep's determination to win the race helped him run really fast.

Determine here is our root word.

Determine just ends in an "E." Remove the "E" and then add our suffix.

So it's determination.

My dog needed an operation.

Operation.

Our root word here is operate, A-T-E.

What do we do? Remove the A-T-E and then add "ation," operation.

So it's O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.

And finally, our teacher praised our class for our organisation during the science project.

Well done that class.

Organisation.

Organise here is our root word, ends in an "E." And so we need to "whoosh," remove the "E" and add "ation." Organisation.

Be careful with this one as well.

I know it sounds like a "ZZZ" but it's an "S." Organise has an "S" in it, so that "S" went and changed to a "Z" or a "zee," is gonna stay as an "S," organisation.

Great job.

How did you get on? Brilliant.

So what we're gonna have a go at doing now is we're gonna have a go at applying some of these spellings.

We're gonna write some words that use our suffix "tion" or "ation." Think, is there a root word? What rules are we going to follow? Am I just going to add "tion" or "ation?" Am I going to remove an "E" and add it? Or am I gonna remove an A-T-E and then add it? Think of the spelling patterns that we've looked at carefully and then read the word loud and check.

So just listen to me first.

All say the words.

Number one is station.

I must get off at the next train station.

Number two, determination.

Her determination meant she would never give up.

Number three, invention.

And number four, donation.

They gave a large donation to the charity.

So we have station, determination, invention and donation.

Pause the video and have a go at writing those now.

Off you go.

Outstanding job team.

Really great thinking there.

I can see really careful consideration of the root words and spotting also some spelling patterns there as well.

And using those rules for adding a "tion" or "ation." Really good job.

So the first word was station.

Now remember there was no clear root word here, but we know that has that Latin root, doesn't it? Stasio, meaning to be still, which is what happens at a bus or train station.

They come to a standstill and you can get off.

So station.

Station is S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

It's that "tion," I-O-N.

It doesn't have the word stay in it, okay? So be careful with that one.

So it's this is the correct spelling here.

Station.

The next word was determination.

Now our root word here is determine which has that "E" at the end.

So I need to remove the "E" and then add "ation," A-T-I-O-N.

Determination.

So it's correct spelling is this one here.

Next one was invention.

Invent just ends in a "T," doesn't it? So I just have to add my I-O-N to make that "tion".

Remember that "tion" we are looking at today, it's spelled T-I-O-N.

no "tion" spelling at the end of the word will be spelled S-H-U-N.

There are a number of different "tion" spellings, but the one we are concentrating on today is the one that makes those nouns or abstract nouns.

"tion" is spelled T-I-O-N.

So invention is this one here from the root word, invent.

And donation, our root word is donate.

Donate, which ends in A-T-E, what do we have to do to A-T-E? Whoosh, remove it and then add "ation." Donation.

Brilliant.

Donation is an amount of money you might give away.

So, station, determination, invention, and donation.

Be careful when adding your "tion" or "ation".

Think about the rules we've looked at.

Do you have any corrections to make now? What successes or how many mistakes have you made? What learning have you got from this exercise? Pause the video, share your learning.

And make any corrections now.

Off you go Onto our final learning cycle then, which is spelling curriculum words.

Let's have a read of the following words.

My turn, your turn.

Build.

Build.

What will you build with the Lego? Height.

What is your height? How tall are you? Eight.

Eight by eight.

Eight pieces of chocolate.

Now be careful, there's a homophone there with eight, isn't there? There's ate in eat and there's eight like this, which is the number eight.

Have a look at these words for me.

Have a say of them again.

These are curriculum words that are gonna appear a lot in our reading and writing.

So it's important that we are confident knowing how to read and spell them.

What's difficult about these words do you think? 'Cause I think there's a tricky element in each word.

Have a say of them again.

How does the spelling differ from the way that they sound when spoken? Pause the video.

Brilliant team.

So I've noticed a few things here.

In build, you can't hear that "U" can you? That "ah," you didn't hear a "U" or an "ah" sound.

It makes an "i" sound.

Build.

So there's a silent "U" to watch out for.

The word "height" has a silent "E" in it if you think about it there.

Height, that E-I-G-H-T is making an "i" sound, isn't it? Interestingly as well, it also contains the word eight, which is making a completely different sound.

But I can remember the spelling of height 'cause it contains the spelling for eight, E-I-G-H-T.

Eight is in height and that word eight are E-I-G-H there is making an "A" sound, it's quite an odd spelling.

It's like the words weight and neighbour.

Also, if I know the spelling of the word eight, I also know eighteen, eighty and eight, don't I? So, remember those word families.

So let's have a look at these words one more time.

It's really important we know how to spell them.

We've got build with a silent "U." Height, we've that "E" that we can't hear and we have eight with that E-I-G-H which is making that "A" sound.

So with those curriculum words in mind then, which is the correct spelling of build? Pause the video and point to it now.

Fantastic.

Remember it has that silent "U" that we don't hear.

Build is spelled B-U-I-L-D.

Build.

Which is the correct spelling of the word height.

Pause the video and point to it now.

Great.

Height has the word eight in it, doesn't it? If you know to spell eight, you know how to spell height, although it doesn't sound the same.

Height contains eight.

There's an eight in height, H-E-I-G-H-T, this one here.

Great.

And finally that word eight.

Which letters are making that "A" sound there? Pause the video and point to it now.

Similar to the words weight or neighbour.

Great, yeah, it's that E-I-G-H making that "A" sound there.

E-I-G-H-T.

Eight.

Remember, you know how spell eight, you know how spell eighty, eighteen, and eight.

They're all part of the same word family.

So, because these are such important words and they have some tricky bits about them and there's no clear spelling patterns, we just need to use a strategy to practise to really embed these spellings into our long-term memory 'cause they're curriculum words.

So we're gonna use the look, cover, write, check strategy.

This is a really great independent repetitive strategy.

You look carefully at the word first, I'm looking at build.

There you can study it and think what's difficult about it.

That's silent "U." I need to remember that has B-U-I-L-D.

Not just B-I-L-D.

I then cover it up once I've looked at it.

B-U-I-L-D, I've got it in my memory.

I then write it in my neatest handwriting.

Obviously use my cursive neatest handwriting to make links between my hand and my brain.

And then I check it and see how I did.

If I spelled it correctly, great.

I'm not just gonna give up there, I'm gonna do it a number of times.

Look, cover, write, check, and if I spelled it incorrectly, I have the responsibility to self-correct and learn for next time.

So I'd like you to use this strategy now with build, height, and eight and write them out a number of times using it.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Brilliant job team.

So I'm hoping you've got on your sheet, and it looks like this, build, height and eight, written out in a number of times using that strategy.

Do you have any corrections to make? Pause the video now.

Make those corrections and share your learning.

Off you go.

Great.

Remember this look, cover, write, check strategy is one that you can use on your own.

It's a great independent, repetitive strategy, especially when spelling words that have tricky bits about them.

Those common exception words or curriculum words.

Great job.

So in today's spelling lesson, we've been looking at that suffix "tion." Remember that suffix "tion" can create nouns and it can also create abstract nouns.

Those nouns that we cannot touch or feel.

The most common spelling for this "tion" suffix is the T-I-O-N spelling we've looked at today.

Words spelled with "tion" often have a root word, ending in "T" or "T-E." The suffix "ation", A-T-I-O-N turns verbs into nouns.

It uses familiar spelling patterns that you know, like removing the "E" and adding it or removing the A-T-E and adding A-T-I-O-N.

Keep up the great spelling, team.

Keep up your spelling practise and I'll see you again soon.