Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

My name is Ms Chamberlain-Webber.

I'm going to teach you spelling today.

Now this is the second spelling lesson in this unit of work.

If you haven't already worked lesson 2, the first spelling lesson on this unit of work, please stop the video here and go and watch that first.

Because that's where we investigated on stress vowel sounds and polysyllabic words.

Now is it tricky spelling beating to spot.

But I want you to know that we can all be great spellers.

And this doesn't mean we spell everything correctly all the time.

In fact, there's many words I need to practise.

Often I have to write down a word a few times before I spot the correct one.

So, in this session we're going to use a new spelling strategy to practise the ten words I said at the end of last spelling lesson.

And then we're going to have a test.

Let's get started and good luck today.

So, through the lesson, we start with the review of the knowledge of unstressed vowels.

Then we're going to learn a new spelling strategy and finally, there will be a test at the end of the lesson.

In this lesson, you will need: Some paper and a pencil.

Pause the video if you need to get this things.

And most importantly, you need your brain nice and calm ready for your learning.

So if there's any distraction around you please, take the time now to removed them before moving on.

Review.

Here are four definitions.

We need to think about which key vocabulary matches this definitions.

Read the first one with me.

The letters a,e,i,o and u are.

Vowels! Sometimes "y" is a vowel, too.

A special sound made with an open mouth.

"a" "e" "i" are vowel sounds! A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, for example, hos pit al Are called what? Syllables! And a word with more than one syllable is a? Polysyllabic word.

Now we remembered this key words, perhaps is jog to your memory Vowel sounds, there are two types.

Short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds.

But today, we're looking more closely at stress and unstressed vowel sounds.

Here is a word, my turn: Master.

Your turn.

In a moment we need to think about which of the two vowels in this word is an unstressed and stressed vowel sound.

Remembering, stressed is one you can hear very clearly and unstressed is one you can't hear.

Have a go at thinking about it which is which Master.

"A" is a stressed vowel sound.

So the "e" must be an unstressed vowel sound.

I can't hear it very well in my word.

Here are my groups of words from our last spelling lesson.

How are the same and how are they different? Well, you probably remember that they all have unstressed vowel sounds.

Here are the vowel sounds "o", "a", "e" and "i" Can you please match the unstressed vowel sound to the correct group of words? Pause the video here and press play when you want to continue.

"Bargain" and "necessary" have an unstressed "a" vowel sound.

"Desperate" and "generally" have an unstressed "e" vowel sound.

"Definite", "business" have an unstressed "i" vowel sound.

"Category", "memorable" have an unstressed "o" vowel sound.

Now remember, we split our words into the syllables Here's an example of how we did that: "Bargain" "Desperate" And so on.

What do you notice about the syllables in my words? and where the unstressed vowel sound is in comparison to where the syllable is spread Pause a video to have a think about this.

Looking at "bargain", where is the unstressed vowel? Where is the "a"? And, is it the beginning or the second syllable? This is the same for "desperate" and for "definite" and for "memorable".

The unstressed vowel sound is the first letter of the second syllable.

What else do we notice? Or, perhaps, you remember that in the last lesson we talked about how the unstressed vowels and syllables must have a vowel with them.

Let's have a look at "memorable".

Can you tell me how many vowels there are in this syllable starting with an unstressed? "o" "o", "r", "a" There's two vowels.

Right.

I wonder if you can tell me why this matters within our spelling pattern today? I know, our key vocabulary can help us with this.

I want you to read the sentence and pause the video thinking about where in our sentence, each of the key pieces of vocabulary should go.

Great job, read along with me: "Generally, unstressed vowels are found at the beginning of a syllable, in a polysyllabic word with at least one other vowel sound." This is because a vowel sound is needed in each syllable and so a stressed vowel is needed to be paired with an unstressed vowel in each syllable.

Reminder, what unstressed vowel sounds in these two words? It's the "a".

Here's my list of other words with unstressed "a" vowel sounds.

Can you remind us of the pattern which usually occurs with these spellings? Usually, this unstressed "a" sound is at the beginning of each suffix at the end of the word.

For example "necessary", "boundary" and "secretary" have the same suffix "a-r-y".

How about patterns for these two words? Any spelling patterns you remember from last lesson? This have and unstressed "e" and usually the unstressed "e" comes in the middle of the word unless of course, like "cemetery" there is a suffix at the end.

"Definite" and "business" Do the same to these two words, please.

Pausing the video and then press play again when do you want to resume.

Unstressed "i" this time.

Coming "i" at the beginning of our suffix "i - l - y" or in the middle of the word like in "business".

Our final vowel sound is unstressed "o".

Where do these usually come in our word? They usually come in the middle or at the beginning of the suffix "o - r - y" like in "category" or "factory".

So we actually, generally unstressed vowel sounds come within the middle or a the beginning of our suffix at the end of the word.

Let's apply each of these words in a sentence and pick the correct spelling of each word.

Pause the video here to have some thinking time.

Okay, read along with me: "It was a privilege and a memorable experience to speak to the Queen" The correct spelling of privilege is with a unstressed "i" before the "l".

And the correct spell of "memorable" is an unstressed "o" before the "r".

Well done for your hard work so far.

Let's another one with the words "business", "secretary" and "interesting".

Pause the video and put the correct word and spelling into the sentence and press play to check your answers.

Good job, read this with me: "The secretary was excited to be applying for a new job at an interesting and new business." Correct spelling are "secretary" with a unstressed "e" before the "t".

"interesting" with an unstressed "e" also and "business" with an unstressed "i".

Spelling practise strategy time.

This one will really helped us with unstressed vowels because in this strategy we say it as it looks.

This means we actually mispronounce, that means say the word incorrectly, but this means that we emphasise the unstressed vowel letters.

So that we can remember that when we spell them.

I'll show you how is done with the word "bargain".

Instead of saying "bargen" I really want to stress the unstressed "a" sound.

Instead I say it like this "Bar - gain" Can you see I really pronounce the "a" this time? Listen again.

"Bargain" Okay, it's time for another word in our spelling lesson.

"Temperature" That's how you usually say it.

But we know there's a unstressed "e" in this word So I'm going to really emphasise that.

Listen.

"temp - er - ature" Your turn.

"Temp - er - ature" Good job.

Let's have a look of why this is a useful strategy.

Well, it means I interact and get to know the word a bit better.

It highlights the unstressed letters which is so important in the spelling pattern of unstressed vowels.

And, it helps me remember the correct spelling to physically write those letters because I'm saying them and emphasising on them.

Let's have another go for the words "business" and "memorable".

Pause the video and think about you would say this words to highlight the unstressed vowel on them.

"Bus - i - ness" And "me - mor - able" Here's your spelling list.

I want you to pause the video and have a go at saying it as it looks for every single word in your spelling list so that you feel more prepared for your test in a moment and press play when you are ready to resume the lesson.

It's time for your spelling test.

Before we start, I'm just going to remind you a few of the strategies that you can use today.

Through out pause and take a deep breath at any time.

There's no rush and you can take as much time as you need.

If you are really stuck on one of the spellings, remember to write it out several times, because this can help you decide which one is right and it can help you see if you've written down the right sounds.

Specially in today's lesson where we got unstressed vowels.

Remember our spelling strategy of before of emphasising on the stressed vowels so we remember to write them down on the word.

Please go to a new piece of paper or turn or cover one over so you can't see your practise for earlier today and number your sheet from one to ten.

Pausing the video to complete that now.

Okay, for every word I'm going to read out the spelling word twice and then I'm going to put it into a sentence.

You do not need to write down the sentence, just the spelling word.

Please pause the video after I've read it out to give yourself time to think carefully about each spelling.

Good luck! Number one.

"Privilege" "Privilege" It' was such a privilege to meet the Queen.

Number two.

"Memorable" "Memorable" My last birthday was a very memorable day.

Number three.

"Secretary" "Secretary" That was a kind secretary at that business.

Number four.

"Interesting" "Interesting" I watched a very interesting film the other day.

Number five: "Bargain" "Bargain· I hope a get a good bargain at Christmas.

Number six: "Business" "Business" They have a very successful business.

Number seven: "Temperature" Temperature" The temperature today is very warm.

Number nine: Number eight: "Poisonous" "Poisonous" I'm scare of poisonous spiders.

Number nine: "Generally" "Generally" It generally snows in the winter.

Number ten: "Separate" "Separate" I keep the colour pencils separate from the normal pencils in my classroom.

Okay, pause the video and check each of the ten spellings individually before we mark them.

If you have a different kind of pen, go and get that now for our marking.

I'm going to read each word and then say it the letter individually so that you don't have to look up at the screen as you are marking them.

Number one: "privilege" Spells "p r i v i l e g e" Number two: "memorable" "m e m o r a b l e" Number three: "secretary" "s e c r e t a r y" Number four: "interesting" "I n t e r e s t i n g" Number five: "bargain" "b a r g a i n" Number six: "business" "b u s i n e s s" Number seven: "temperature" "t e m p e r a t u r e" Number eight: "poisonous" "P o i s o n o u s" Number nine: "generally" "G e n e r a l l y" Number ten: "separate" "S e p a r a t e" Pause the video if you need time to correct your spellings.

Time to reflect, be so proud of what you just did here.

You practised, then you took your test and now is time for you to look at was successful for you and what you might do to improve later on.

Perhaps, you can practise using more of a wide range of strategies.

Perhaps, you just need to practise two or three of those words a little bit more to make sure you are really happy with the spelling.

And finally, I think is really important to pay close attention to the words you are reading when you are reading your books and even when you are writing an exercise.

So, have you seen any of the words in today's lesson in your reading this week elsewhere? Keep an eye out for words, because actually that is what makes spelling a literacy so exciting, is that we are using these skills all the time.

Congratulations! You worked really hard and completed your lesson today Well done!.