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Hello, and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, I love spellings, 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 brilliant as well.

Okay, let's get right into today's spelling lesson then.

In today's lesson, we're going to be adding the suffix I-C to words.

The outcome will be, I can spell words using the suffix I-C.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Noun, adjective, root word, suffix.

Great.

Thank you so much for saying those back to me.

It's lovely hearing you say them.

Please keep an eye and an ear out for these words in today's learning, as they are really key.

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

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

An adjective describes a noun, tells you what it's like.

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

And remember, today we are adding the suffix I-C at the end of root words.

And finally, a suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word.

And we're adding that I-C suffix today.

So today we're gonna be looking at adding this suffix I-C, and the outline is going to be rules for adding that suffix.

And then we're gonna practise and apply some spellings that contain that suffix.

So let's get on with looking at some rules for adding the suffix I-C.

Remember that suffix are a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word that create a new word.

Unlike prefixes, which come at the beginning of words, suffixes often change the words tense or word class.

You may know many suffixes already.

Let's have a look at a few.

Here we have the N-E-S-S suffix.

So we take the word kind and it becomes kindness, an abstract noun.

Notice that the spelling of my root word didn't change.

This won't always be the case with suffixes.

Depending on the root word and the suffix that's being added, the spelling of that root word might change.

In some cases, there might not even be a clear root word.

Here we have the root word hope and our suffix ful, to create the word hopeful.

Again, the spelling of our root word hasn't had to change there.

And here we have equal.

We want to create the word equality.

Notice there that the pronunciation of my root word also changed a little bit as well.

Adding suffixes can sometimes change the way in which that original root word sounds.

We create the word equality.

So there are many different types of suffix.

Here, we just have three N-E-S-S, I-T-Y and FUL.

Remember, today we're adding the I-C suffix and we're gonna have a look at the impact that that suffix has on the root words as well.

So there are lots of different types of suffix, and there are different rules as to how the root word will change dependent upon the suffix that we're adding.

It may change, it may not change.

So different suffixes can create different word classes, and by word classes, I mean adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs.

Suffixes, which create nouns include tion, T-I-O-N, I-T-Y , and N-E-S-S.

The celebration brought happiness to the community.

Each of those words that's highlighted in purple there, is a noun.

Some of them are even abstract nouns.

Those nouns that are ideas or states, things that we can't touch.

The charity, we're grateful for the large donation.

Again, T-I-O-N and I-T-Y here, showing that they create nouns.

Suffixes, which create verbs include E-N, A-T-E, I-F-Y and I-S-E.

Let's look at some of these in action.

When you thicken the soup, it will intensify the flavour.

So they're verbs.

Please clarify the instructions before we finalise the plan.

And they are often verbs that show action occurring of that root word.

Suffixes, which create adjectives include E-R, E-S-T and O-U-S.

E-R and E-S-T are a comparative and superlative, and O-U-S also make adjectives.

The greener apples are the sweetest.

He is a famous actor.

So have a look here for me.

We've got on the left hand side, some different words.

Famous, celebration, finalise, and thicken, each with different suffixes.

We then have our word classes in the middle, noun, verb, and adjective.

I'd like you to match those words to their correct word class.

Remember, a noun is a person, place or thing.

A verb is a doing or a being word or having word, and an adjective describes a noun and it tells you what it's like.

Perhaps consider those suffixes, but also try putting the words in a sentence and seeing which word class they are.

Pause the video, off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

So famous, O-U-S.

She is a famous actor.

Famous, then, is an adjective, is describing the noun, the actor.

A celebration, that T-I-O-N.

Celebrate has become celebration.

A celebration is a noun.

It's a thing.

Finalise, please finalise your plan.

That's an action word, isn't it? It's a being, doing, or having word.

So it is going to be a verb.

And thicken, E-N, there.

We've taken the adjective thick and we've added E-N.

Please thicken the soup.

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

Great job.

So let's have a read of some words then that contain the suffix that we are concentrating on today.

My turn.

Your turn.

Acidic, photographic, angelic, basic, athletic, horrific, terrific, dramatic.

What do you notice about all of these words? What suffix can you see at the end of each? Do you notice any root words? Pause the video and have a think now.

Great.

Absolutely, they all end in the suffix I-C.

Adding the suffix I-C often creates an adjective.

Remember, an adjective is a describing word.

We use adjectives to describe nouns.

She showed angelic behaviour.

So we're describing the behaviour and the girl as being angelic.

She was a very athletic.

Again, athletic there is being used to describe someone as being like an athlete.

It's a describing word, an adjective.

So adding I-C to the end of root words can create adjectives.

Remember, if we add suffixes, sometimes they'll change the word class of the word.

The suffix I-C often turns nouns then into adjectives.

They're turning our nouns, our PPTs, our people, places and things, or our abstract nouns, as well, into adjectives where it describe nouns.

So Ben's mother is a professional athlete.

In this sentence, the word athlete is a noun.

It's her job.

Ben is very athletic and plays a different sport every day.

Athletic here is being used to describe Ben.

It's an adjective.

Notice here as well that the spelling of our root word and the pronunciation of that root word has changed a little.

We've gone from athletes to athletic.

Be careful when adding this I-C suffix.

What word class is photograph and what word class is photographic? Read the sentences.

See if you can work out what word class they are.

Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

Take a photograph so we can remember where we parked.

The word photograph here is a thing.

It's something you're going to take and then have.

It's a noun.

Aisha had a photographic memory.

The word photographic describes Aisha's memory here.

It has become an adjective.

So we've taken the root word photograph, we've added the suffix I-C to create a new word, photographic, and also change its word class.

We've gone from a noun to an adjective.

So, adding the suffix I-C, does it, A, change the tense of a word? Does it, B, create an adjective? Does it, C, help us to compare things? Or does it, D, create plurals? Pause the video and select the correct answer now.

Great.

Adding the I-C suffix creates an adjective.

It turns nouns into adjectives.

As the suffix I-C begins with a vowel, it follows many of the usual patterns and rules that you'll know for when we add other suffixes as well.

So we might just add, add I-C.

We might have to remove a Y and add I-C, or we might remove an E and add I-C.

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

We've got rhythmic and angelic.

Rhythm and angel, both end in consonants.

So just added I-C.

Athlete and scene, those root ended in E.

So remove the E and added I-C.

And allergy and terrify.

When that Y is making an E or an I sound there at the end of the word, we remove the Y and add I-C to create allergic and terrific.

Be careful, 'cause you'll notice that sometimes the sound of the word or the way we pronounce that root word before adding our I-C also sounds different to the way the original root word is pronounced.

For instance, allergy becomes allergic, athlete becomes athletic.

So look at how these root words change when they have an E.

Base becomes basic, scene becomes scenic, athlete becomes athletic.

Here, the E is removed before the suffix I-C is added.

So that's our rule there.

Remove the E and then add our I-C suffix to create our adjectives.

Sometimes the pronunciation of the word changes, so the root word can be more difficult to identify.

So we just have to take our time there and think carefully.

What will the spelling of these words ending in E be then, when we add our I-C suffix to create adjectives? We have athlete, base and scene.

So I would like us to create the words athletic, basic, scenic.

Will you keep or remove the E? Have a think about how you'd spell those words now.

Pause the video.

Great job, team.

So we're gonna remove those E's, aren't we? And add our I-C to create athletic, basic and scenic.

So we're changing those nouns into adjectives.

Look at how these words change then.

We have allergy which becomes allergic.

I am allergic to wasp stings.

Specify becomes specific and history becomes historic.

Horrified becomes horrific.

I saw something horrific.

Here we are removing the Y and then adding I-C.

And that Y can both make an E or an I sound.

Allergy, E.

Specify, I.

So remove the Y and then add I-C.

This is very common to many other suffixes that I'm sure you've looked at before.

So what would the spelling of these words be when we add our suffix I-C? All of these root words here end in a Y.

History and terrify.

So you want to make historic and terrific.

If you say something's terrific, it means it's great.

So, remember to look carefully at the spelling of the root word because it's gonna help us to spell our new adjective, although the pronunciation might be a little bit different.

How do these words end? How are you going to spell historic and terrific? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

So they end in a Y, don't they? History and terrify.

We have an E and an I sound there with a Y.

We need to remove the Y and then add I-C.

There's our rule.

Remove that Y and then add our I-C suffix to create our adjectives.

Look at how these words change.

We have acid, which becomes acidic, hero, which becomes heroic, artist becomes artistic, class becomes classic.

Now you might already pronounce that root word class.

So it might be classic.

We wouldn't pronounce it classic.

It would be classic, which is an interesting one, 'cause I sometimes pronounce that root word as class instead of class.

So be careful with that one.

Remember, the pronunciations can be different, dependent on accent.

So if the root word here does not end in the letters E or Y, it stays the same.

We just add our I-C suffix to create our adjectives.

So we're just adding I-C here.

There are lots of words with the suffix I-C, where you can't always recognise the root word.

For instance, the words comic, the words manic, and the words tropic.

There's no clear root words there.

So we just have to learn those words.

So what will the spelling of these words be when we add our I-C suffix? Class or class, will become classic, hero will become heroic.

How will I spell those words? Remember, look at the spelling of the root word because it's going to help us spell our new adjectives.

Pause the video.

Have a go at spelling those words now.

Great, very straightforward here, we're just going to add our I-C, aren't we? There's no Y and there's no E.

So our rule here is just add I-C.

So it's really important that we also look at some words that are irregular, which don't follow these patterns and that have spellings that don't adhere to these rules.

Some irregular words don't follow the particular pattern, and the root word is less obvious.

So here we have fantasy and that becomes fantastic.

We're adding a letter there.

We are getting rid of the Y and adding a T before our I-C.

I'm not saying fantasic, I say fantastic.

So it's irregular, we're adding a letter before I-C.

Energy here becomes energetic.

So I'm adding an E-T-I-C, I'm removing that Y.

Here we have drama, which becomes dramatic.

I have to add T before my I-C.

Here we have science, which becomes scientific.

So I'm adding a tific there, a whole host of letters before adding my I-C suffix.

The words metal becomes metallic as well, which is an interesting one.

I double the L before adding I-C.

So there are some words that don't follow our regular patterns, and these are words that we just have to learn by sight and learn how to spell.

So let's have a look at these words again.

Fantastic.

My turn.

Your turn.

Energetic, dramatic, scientific and metallic.

These are all adjectives, words that we can use to describe nouns.

These are spellings that we just need to learn and remember.

So for our practise task here, what I'd like you to do for me, is to put the root words into the correct column and show what will happen when we add the suffix I-C to spell our new adjectives.

So put them in the correct column and then have a go at spelling the new adjectives from these words.

Our root words are specify, base, angel, athlete, history, scene, artist, allergy, and class.

Are we going to just add IC? Are we going to remove an E and add IC, or do we need to remove a Y and add IC? Put them in the correct column.

Have a go at spelling our new adjectives with that I-C suffix now, off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

Let's see how you've done then.

So angel has become angelic and that's an interesting one, 'cause the pronunciation there changes a bit.

Artist has become artistic and class or class has become classic.

In those instances, we just had to add I-C.

They didn't end in an E or a Y, those root words,.

Base, athlete and scene all ended in an E.

So we had to, whoosh, remove the E and add the I-C to make basic, athletic, and scenic.

And specify, history, and allergy, had that E or I sound spelled with a Y at the end.

So we removed the Y and added I-C to make specific, historic and allergic.

Remember, the pronunciation can be a little bit different, so keep an eye out for that.

How did you do there? Make any corrections to your table now.

Pause the video.

On to our final learning cycle then, which is to practise and apply some spellings that contain our I-C suffix.

Let's start off by looking at some curriculum words though.

Let's read the following words, my turn your turn.

Sentence.

Sentence.

Give me your answer in a full sentence.

Experiment.

Experiment.

We did an experiment in our science lesson.

And question.

Feel free to ask me a question.

Have a look at these words.

What do you notice about their spelling? Have a go at saying them again.

Are there any tricky bits? Pause the video and have a think now.

Brilliant.

So, I've noticed a couple of bits about these words.

In sentence, we have that E-N-C-E spelling, which is making an ence sound, like the words tense and sense, but it's a C-E spelling, not an S-E, so be careful.

In experiment, the M-E-N-T there, we don't always pronounce that E clearly.

Experiment.

I'm not necessarily saying experiment.

So you might not always hear that E very clearly.

And the suffix, T-I-O-N in question is making a shin sound, so be careful.

T-I-O-N, shin.

These are curriculum words which are going to appear a lot in our reading and writing.

So it's important that we know how to spell them.

Have a little look at these words again right now and say them one more time.

Sentence, experiment question.

Have a look at how they're spelled and take a snapshot.

Take that snapshot now.

(imitates camera clicking) Okay, with the spellings up here, let's have a look here.

Which of these words are spelled correctly? Point now to the correct spelling of the word sentence.

Off you go.

Great.

Sentence.

It's that tense, isn't it, but it's E-N-C-E, bit like the words tense or sense, but with a CE.

Same sound, but different spelling.

Which is the correct spelling of the word experiment? Let's think about the naughty letter there.

Point to it now.

Brilliant.

Experiment.

I know there's a naughty letter there at the end, the E-N-T, experiment.

And finally, question.

Which is the correct spelling of the word question? I know it has the word quest in it and what spelling is making that shin sound.

Pause the video and point to it now.

Great, it's that T-I-O-N, shin, question.

And there's a word in a word there, quest is in question.

So the suffix I-C can sometimes sound like a C-K or a K at the end of words.

Tick and black here.

Both have that C-K spelling.

You'll notice that the C-K often comes after short vowel sounds, a, e, i, o, u.

So if you look at tick, we have i, i.

If you look at black, we have a, a.

Speak and dark here.

You'll notice that our K spelling here comes after a long vowel sound or longer vowel sounds.

Speak and dark.

When you can recognise that it is an adjective suffix, then you know that the spelling ends in I-C.

Horrific and angelic.

We have the words horrify and angel here as our root words.

And we've adding I-C to turn them into adjectives to make the words horrific and angelic.

Remember when you can recognise that it's an adjective suffix, then you know that it's I-C and not C-K or K.

Now we can practise spelling using our three rules that we've generated in this lesson.

Just adding I-C, removing the E and adding I-C, and removing the Y and adding I-C.

Let's have a look at these in action one final time.

Angel, artists, and class or class, we just had to add I-C.

Base, athlete, and scene all ended in E, so we removed them to make basic, athletic, and scenic.

Remember that pronunciation can be a bit different.

And specify, history, and allergy all ended in a Y, making the I or E sound.

So we removed the Y and added I-C to make specific, historic, and allergic.

Remember, adding I-C creates adjectives.

So you are gonna think carefully now for me.

I'm gonna show you some root words.

What will happen to this root word when we add the suffix I-C? Will it, A, just add I-C, B, remove the Y and add I-C or C, remove the E and add I-C.

Our first root word is photograph.

How would I spell photographic? Pause the video.

Which rule are you going to use? Off you go.

Great.

So photograph, it's gonna be photographic.

I'm just going to add I-C here.

It doesn't end in E, doesn't end in a Y.

So I don't need to mess around with those.

Next root word.

Base.

How will I spell basic as an adjective? Pause the video, select the rule, and have a go at spelling it.

Brilliant.

Ends in an E, doesn't it, my root word? So I need to remove my E and add I-C.

So I'm gonna use rule C.

The next root word, terrify.

How will I spell terrific? Pause the video.

Which rule will you use? How will you spell it? Off you go.

Great.

Terrify, ending in that Y or that I sound.

Remove the Y and add our I-C to make the word terrific, an adjective.

So I'm using rule B.

So have a look here for me.

Choose the correct spelling in each sentence.

Have a go at reading the sentence.

Choose the correct spelling.

Think about the rules we've looked at today.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Whilst visiting, they saw the historic statue.

It's an adjective, it's being used to describe that statue.

Historic.

Well, I've got a short i, i, but I know it's not gonna be C-K.

It's history that's been turned into an adjective using that I-C adjective suffix.

So historic, just a C.

Her athletic abilities meant she won every race.

We've taken the root word athlete here, which ended in E, removed the E and added our I-C suffix to create the word athletic.

We need to remove the E.

And the soup had an acidic taste.

Acidic.

Our root word is acid, A-C-I-D.

Careful with that word, acidic.

It's a short vowel sound, I know, but it's not going to be a K spelling.

It's an adjective suffix, I-C.

Acidic.

A-C-I-D-I-C.

So we are gonna have a go now at spelling some words.

I'd like you to listen out and think about the root word that's making this word.

Sound out the word and then read and check.

The first word is artistic.

Her painting showed her artistic ability.

The second word is scenic.

It was a scenic view.

The third word is allergic.

I am allergic to wasp stings.

And the final word is heroic.

It was a heroic action.

So you have artistic, scenic, allergic, heroic.

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

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

You've done a great job there, really great consideration of listening out for those root words and considering how they were spelled too, and some wonderful handwriting.

So our first word was artistic.

Our root word there is artist.

Now I know it sounds i, i, short vowel sound, but remember we are adding adjective suffixes with I-C today.

So artist, I'm gonna add I-C to create artistic, which is an adjective.

So it's just gonna be artist I-C, artistic.

So this is our correct spelling here.

Scenic was our next word.

Now scenic has a bit of a naughty S-C at the beginning, which makes that S sound, so be careful with that.

Our root word is scene, which ends in an E.

So I have to remove the E and then add I-C to create the word scenic.

So scenic is our correct spelling, S-C-E-N-I-C.

So I think it's beautiful.

Allergic was our next one.

Our root word here is allergy.

Allergy, it's that E sound spelled with a Y.

And our rule here is remove the Y and add I-C.

Again, short vowel sound, I know, allergic, but it's not gonna be a C-K or a K spelling.

It's gonna be just a C, allergic, I-C.

A-L-L-E-R-G-I-C.

The root word's not gonna change, other than the Y at the end.

I'm not gonna get rid of an L.

Here we have heroic.

Heroic.

Now, root word here is hero, isn't it? Hero.

Our root word's not going to change here.

We're just going to add I-C.

Heroic.

Hero, heroic is an adjective.

So this is our correct spelling here.

How did you do, all? What magical mistakes have you made? What successes have you had? Do you need to make any corrections? Share your learning, share any magical mistakes, share your successes and make any corrections now.

Pause the video.

Great spelling today, all.

Today we've been adding that suffix I-C.

Remember, we add suffixes to the end of a word.

That suffix I-C often turns nouns into adjectives.

And there are three key spelling rules when adding that I-C.

Sometimes we'll just add I-C.

Other times we have to remove the E from the root word and add I-C.

And other times we must remove the Y and add I-C.

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