Lesson video

Hello everybody, welcome to today's lesson.

My name is Mrs. Richards, and today we are going to investigate suffixes that sound like "shun." Those suffixes can be spelt, t-i-o-n, s-i-o-n, s-s-i-o-n, and c-i-a-n.

It's going to be a great lesson.

Let's get started.

In this lesson, we will explore key vocabulary, investigate and generate rules, and set spelling words.

In the lesson, you will need paper, a pencil, and definitely your brain.

Pause the video now and get any resources that you might need.

Okay, let's have a look at our key vocabulary.

There are three key terms for us to explore.

My turn, your turn.

Noun.

Noun.

A noun is a person, place or thing.

Well done if you're joining in.

Root.

Root.

A root is the most basic version of a word onto which the prefix or suffix is added.

Suffix.

Suffix.

A suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning, and sometimes its word class.

Let's see what you can remember.

Can you give the terminology for each of these definitions? Pause the video and have a go.

How did you get on? A person, place or thing was a? Noun.

Well done.

The most basic version of a word onto which the prefix or suffix is added? A root.

Good.

Last one.

A group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning, and sometimes its word class? Yes.

It's a suffix.

Okay, let's investigate and generate some rules together.

In a moment, I'm going to ask you to pause the video, and decide what these four words have in common.

Here are the words: Nation, decision, confession, politician.

Pause the video and tell the screen what do these words have in common.

If you get stuck, do you want a clue? Okay, listen to the sounds at the end of these words.

Nation.

Decision.

Confession.

Politician.

Look out for their word class too.

Take a little look at their spelling as well.

Pause the video if you'd like some more time.

Okay, shall we see? These words all end in the "shun" suffix.

We're putting a suffix onto the end of these words to form nouns, and that suffix sounds like "shun." But you'll notice that non of these words is spelt with the suffix s-h-u-n.

So although that suffix sounds like "shun," it's spelt in different ways.

On the board, we have four different ways to spell this suffix.

And these are the four ways we're going to explore today.

Let's get started.

On the board, there are three words which demonstrate the first spelling of the "shun" suffix.

In a moment, I'm going to ask you to pause the video and tell the screen what these words have in common.

Nation.

Completion.

Action.

Off you go.

Okay, what did you find out? Yes, they all end in the "shun" suffix.

And here, it's spelt t-i-o-n.

T-i-o-n is the most common spelling of this suffix.

If you're writing, and you're trying to write a word that ends in "shun," and you're not sure which spelling to use, this is your best bet.

It's the most common spelling.

It's important to know that.

Let's have a look at these words in more detail.

I'm going to read the words again, this time I'm going to ask you to pause the video and see if you can spot a word inside each of these words.

Can you spot the root? Nation.

Completion.

Action.

Pause the video and have a go.

Okay, how did you get on? "Nation" was the first word.

Actually, this was difficult for me to put at first.

In "nation" it's really hard for us to spot a root word that we can recognise in English.

The root word in "nation" comes from Latin, and it's about birth.

That's where its meaning comes from.

So, sorry, a bit of a trick.

You couldn't spot that first root word in English.

How about the next one? Completion.

In "completion" could you hear or could you see the word "complete?" From the verb "complete" comes the noun "completion." "Complete" ends in t-e, and our suffix here is spelt t-i-o-n.

"Action" comes from the verb "act." "Act" ends in a t, and our suffix here is spelt t-i-o-n.

So, what have we learned so far? When we're 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 of this root word can give you a clue about how to spell the "shun" suffix.

What have we discovered so far? The first spelling that we've looked at is t-i-o-n.

This is used with root words ending in t or t-e just like "complete" and "act." And this is our best bet, remember.

It's our most common spelling of the "shun" suffix.

Let's have a look at another set of words.

These words demonstrate the second spelling.

Just as before, I'm going to read you the words, then I'm going to ask you to pause the video, and tell the screen what these words have in common.

Decision.

Confusion.

Collision.

Pause and have a go.

Okay, what did you find out? These words all have the suffix which sounds like? "Shun." Yes, you're right.

What was the spelling here? S-i-o-n.

Okay, next job.

Can you spot the root word within each of these? Can you spot a word inside a word? You might be able to see it, or you might be able to hear it.

Here are your words again: Decision, confusion, collision.

Pause now and tell the screen the word within each word.

Go.

Okay, let's have a look at these in more detail.

Watch out here.

When I was saying the word "decision," it sounds slightly different to that first sound which we explored.

We've been talking about suffixes which sound like "shun." In "decision" it sounds like "zhun." Listen again.

Decision.

It sounds slightly different.

But the patterns and the rules that we spoke about today are still true.

"Decision" was our first word.

Could you hear inside that word, the root word "decide?" From "decide," the verb, we get the noun "decision." "Decide" ends in a d-e, and our noun "decision" ends in s-i-o-n.

Let's have a look at another one.

Confusion.

Could you see or hear the word "confuse?" From the verb "confuse" comes the noun "confusion." "Confuse" ends in s-e.

And our suffix here is spelt s-i-o-n.

The next one.

Collision.

Could you hear or see the word "collide?" From the verb "collide," comes the noun "collision." "Collide" ends in a d-e, and our suffix is spelt s-i-o-n.

What have we discovered? When we're writing a word with an ending that sounds like "shun" or, in this case "zhun," we might be able to hear a word within the word we're writing.

The last letter of this root word can give us a clue about how to spell the "shun" suffix.

So, so far we discovered two spellings.

T-i-o-n for root words that end in a t or t-e.

Remember, this is our best bet.

The most common spelling.

And we've just looked at words with the suffix spelt s-i-o-n.

This is used with root words ending d, d-e, or s-e.

You're doing really well.

Watch out.

I'm going to show you some exceptions to the rule.

Here are two to look at.

We've just said, that root words ending in a d, or a d-e, would use the suffix s-i-o-n.

But in these two words, "attend" and "intend," the noun is spelt t-i-o-n.

So even though that verb ends in a d, when we're forming a noun, we're using t-i-o-n, for these two words, "attention" and "intention." Okay, our third spelling.

I'm going to read you the words, and I want you to think about what these words have in common.

Confession.

Admission.

I have a confession to make.

I have something to tell you.

Admission.

Do I have to pay for admission to the cinema? Pause the video and work out what they have in common.

Okay, how did you get on? Yes, these words have the? "Shun" suffix.

Well done.

But how is it spelt here? S-s-i-o-n.

Okay, unpick these words.

Can you spot the root? Can you spot the word inside a word? Pause the video and have a look.

Okay, inside "confession," we might be able to see the word "confess." "Confess" is the verb from which we get the noun "confession." "Confess" ends in a double s.

And "confession" is spelt s-s-i-o-n.

Admission.

This was harder.

You couldn't see the root word, but you might've been able to hear it.

From "admission" we get the root "admit." "Admit" is the verb, and the noun is "admission." "Admit" ends in m-i-t, and the suffix of "admission" is spelt s-s-i-o-n.

Also, can you see another word within the word "admission?" Can you spot the word "mission?" If you can spell "mission," you can spell "admission." It's good to spot patterns between words.

So here's our rule, when we're writing a word that ends with the "shun" suffix, we might be able to hear a word within the word we are writing.

The last letter of this root word gives us a clue about how to spell the "shun" suffix.

And here's our rules.

T-i-o-n, for root words ending in t or t-e, remember, that's our best bet.

Can you remember our two exceptions? "Intention" and "attention." Well done.

S-i-o-n is used with root words ending d, or d-e, or s-e.

S-s-i-o-n is used with root words ending in double s or m-i-t.

You're doing really well.

One more rule to explore.

This is our fourth spelling.

What do these two words have in common? Mathematician.

Politician.

Pause the video and have a think.

Okay, so they end in the? Yeah, the "shun" suffix.

But how's it spelled here? I wonder if there is anything else that these words had in common? The suffix here was spelt c-i-a-n.

Be attentive here to the spelling.

c-i-a-n.

These words had something else in common as well.

Mathematician and politician, they're both examples of? Professions.

Of jobs that we can do.

In fact, when you use the suffix "shun," spelt c-i-a-n, it's for describing a job, a profession.

Can you spot a word within each of these words? Can you spot the root? Pause the video and have a look.

Okay, inside "mathematician," oops.

Okay, inside "mathematician," we might be able to spot the word "mathematics." From the word "mathematics," we get "mathematician." It's a job, a profession.

Spelt c-i-a-n.

How about within "politician?" Could you spot the word "politics?" "Politics" ends in a c-s.

And "politician" is spelt with the suffix c-i-a-n.

Again, it's a profession, a job.

So, here's our rule.

When we're 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 of this root word can give us a clue about how to spell the "shun" suffix.

Here are our rules.

How many can you remember? T-i-o-n, for root words ending t or t-e.

Those are our best bet.

S-i-o-n, for root words ending d, d-e, or s-e.

S-s-i-o-n, the spelling for root words ending double s or m-i-t.

And the last spelling, c-i-a-n, for root words ending c or c-s.

Also used for jobs, professions.

Let's see how much you can remember.

How do I know when to use each of these spellings of the "shun" suffix? Pause the video and tell the screen.

Okay, see if you are right.

Good try.

Well done.

Let's set our spelling words.

I'm going to read to you the words, and put them in a sentence so that we can understand their meaning.

As I'm going through, we'll draw attention to any particularly tricky aspects of these words.

Pause the video whenever you need to give yourself time to write these words accurately on a piece of paper.

Make sure you don't make any mistakes.

You don't want to be learning the wrong spelling.

Number one.

Nation.

Nation.

If we belong to a nation, we belong to a group of people.

Number two.

Completion.

Completion.

My task is nearing completion.

That means it's almost finished.

Spelling number three.

Attention.

Attention.

Pay attention to the spelling.

"Attention" has three t's.

Remember we might be able to hear the root word "attend," but even though it ends in a d, this is an exception.

And the suffix needs to be spelt t-i-o-n.

Spelling number four.

Intention.

This is our second exception.

The root word is spelt "intend." Finishing with a d.

But here, we spell this suffix t-i-o-n.

If I have an intention of doing something, it means that I have a plan to do something.

I really want to do it.

I have the intention of learning all my spelling words.

Pause the video whenever you need to.

Number five.

Decision.

Decision.

I have made a decision.

Number six.

Confusion.

Confusion.

I hope these spellings don't cause you confusion.

Remember, pause the video whenever you need to, give yourself enough time to copy these words accurately.

Number seven.

Collision.

Collision.

My car was involved in a collision.

That means a crash.

Number eight.

Confession.

Confession.

I have a confession to make, I ate the last chocolate.

Spelling number nine.

Admission.

Admission.

"Admission" comes from the root word "admit." The suffix is spelt s-s-i-o-n.

Admission can be used in a sentence like this: I have to pay admission to enter the cinema.

Spelling number 10.

Mathematician.

Mathematician.

A mathematician is someone who works with numbers with maths.

Okay, pause the video, give yourself enough time to copy all of these words accurately.

Well done for a great spelling lesson.

It's been really fun teaching you today.

I look forward to next time.