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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss 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 also be excellent.

Right then let's waste no time and get right into today's spelling lesson.

In this spelling lesson, we're going to be looking at other sounds represented by the letter string E-I.

The outcome of the lesson will be, I can spell a range of words using the letter string E-I.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Phoneme.

Grapheme.

Exception.

Letter string.

So a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change your word's meaning.

A grapheme is a letter or group of letters that represent a sound.

And today, we are going to be looking at that letter string E-I as our grapheme and the fact that it could make a variety of different sounds or phonemes.

An exception is a case or situation that does not follow the usual expected rule or pattern.

And a letter string is a group of letters that are written together in a word.

So we today are looking at that letter string E-I.

Here are or here is the lesson outline.

Other sounds represented by the letter string E-I.

We're going to begin by using the I-E or E-I representing that EE phoneme.

Then we're going to look at other sounds represented by E-I.

And finally, we'll look at spelling some curriculum words.

There are many ways to represent the EE phoneme, that EE sound.

How many can you remember? Think about your phonics, think about your spelling.

Can you give an example of a word the spelling is found in? Pause the video now.

How many examples of words with that EE phoneme and the spellings that represent it can you think of? Off you go.

Brilliant job.

I heard so many words being said there.

There are many ways to spell that EE sound, including E-E, E-A, E split E split digraph, just an E, Y, E-Y, I-E which we're gonna look at now, and also E-I that letter string we're concentrating on today.

Here are some examples of some words that contain different E graphemes.

Free, with our E-E.

Cream, with our E-A.

Likes to be found in the middle or actually can be found anywhere in a word.

Compete, E split E there split digraph.

Last but one she just with an E there often found in high frequency words like he, me, we, she.

Money, E-Y at the end there.

Silly, often used in adjectives.

Piece that I-E spelling there.

Piece like a piece of cake.

Perceiving means understanding or being conscious of something.

The saying I before E accept after C can help us to decide between the I-E and the E-I spellings in words, 'cause it can be quite tricky to figure out which grapheme to use otherwise.

Using this rule can really help us.

I before E words, niece, retrieved, so went and took back.

Thief, someone who steals something.

And you can see here that we have I before E because it is not coming after a C.

Let's have a look at some after C words then where it'll be our E-I letter string.

Ceiling, as in up there.

Receipt that you might get from a shop when you buy something.

Deceived, another way of saying tricked.

Notice here that all of our C's are soft C's.

The spelling I-E is used unless the EE phoneme that EE sound comes after a C.

When the E-I spelling that letter string we're concentrating on today is then used.

I've also noticed that it's a soft C in all of our C-E-I words.

Ceiling, receipt, deceived.

Not a hard C.

Can you remember any exceptions to this rule? There are some words that don't follow this rule.

Do you remember any of them? Pause the video and have a think.

Great, seize is one.

You seize something, you grab it.

She seized control.

Notice here it's our E-I spelling, but it's not coming after that soft C.

Protein, again, our E-I spelling but not after a C.

So it's an exception.

It's not following our pattern.

Protein is that nutrient found in many foods which helps us to grow.

Caffeine, that chemical that's found in coffee.

Notice again, E-I but not following a C.

So it's an exception and either.

Some people might pronounce this either, but you can pronounce it either.

So it's that EE phoneme or that E-I spelling but not coming after C 'cause it's at the beginning of the word here.

These words all have the EE sound, but don't follow our I before E except after C pattern.

This makes them exceptions.

Read these sentences and select the correct spelling in each sentence.

Remember the rules we've looked at and watch out for any exceptions.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

He achieved his goal of winning the race.

Okay, so it's not a C before my EE sound there is it? So it's going to be my I-E 'cause it is not following a C.

She was deceitful about her whereabouts.

So she wasn't telling the truth about where she was.

Deceitful.

Hmm, soft C.

So it's going to be my E-I spelling.

Remember I before E except after C, and this is an after C word.

And drinking caffeine keeps me awake.

Hmm, caffeine is found in coffee.

This is one of our words that is E-I but not following a C, not after a C.

So this is what we would call an exception word to our rule.

We offer our practise task now going to have a go at spelling some words.

I'm going to say the words to you, but please remember to sound out the words.

Think of our spelling rules I before E accept after C.

But remember that there are a few exceptions.

Think about those words we've looked at and then read the word and check.

I find often looking back at the word carefully can really help me to see whether I think it looks right as well.

So the words are receipt.

Receipt, the cashier gave me a receipt when I bought the toy.

Number two is deceiving, which is another way of saying tricking.

Number three, perceive.

If you're able to perceive something, you become aware or conscious of it.

And number four, protein, that nutrient that we need in order to grow.

So I'll say those words one more time.

Receipt, deceiving, perceive protein.

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

Excellent job, team.

Really good application of our rules there.

Remember I before E except after C, but watch out for those exceptions.

The first word was receipt.

Now be careful.

It's R-E and then it's our soft C.

So it's E-I.

And watch out for this word.

It has a naughty P-T at the end.

Receipt.

We don't hear the P there, but it's our E-I spelling for that EE phoneme because it's following a C.

Remember our rule I before E except after C.

The next word is deceiving.

Our root word here is deceive.

That ends in an E, so we've removed the E and added our I-N-G suffix at the end.

But I wonder which E spelling it's going to be.

Which grapheme is going to be I-E or E-I.

Well deceive it's that soft C.

So it's our E-I that we're going to use here.

Deceiving, great job.

Perceive was our next one.

Perceive.

Now this is P-E-R being PUR we don't always hear it sounds like purceived, doesn't it? We don't emphasise that U there, but it is P-E-R and then ceive.

Okay, which EE spelling would it be? Oh, it's a soft C, isn't it? So it's going to be my E-I spelling, perceive.

And finally protein.

Protein.

P-R-O, pro.

And then that is an exception, isn't it? It's the E-I, but it is not being followed by or it's not following, I should say, a C.

So this is an exception word.

Great, how did you do there? Check your learning, share it and make any corrections now.

Off you go.

Great onto our next learning cycle then, which is other sounds represented by that E-I grapheme.

But our E-I spelling string or letter string that we are looking at can also be found in a variety of other words where it's not making an EE sound.

Can you think of any? Here are some that I've thought of rein, like the horse's rein.

Vein, like the veins coursing through your body.

Veil, like the veil of bride might wear.

Beige, the colour.

Reign, ooh, a homophone with that rain we looked at earlier.

But here, E-I-G-N as in the reign of a king or queen.

Foreign making a different sound here almost an is sound, foreign.

Someone who's foreign is from a different land or country.

Forfeit, if you forfeit something, you give up.

Feisty, so it's making I sound here.

Feisty, deity making two sounds, AY, E, deity.

A deity is a god or goddess.

Seismic again here making an I sound.

Saying that seismic is of enormous proportions or something relating to vibrations and earthquakes.

Seismic activity.

Feisty means determined or spirited.

And a deity is a god or goddess.

And you can see here all of these words contain our E-I letter string, but they're making different sounds.

The E-I is a way to represent that AY sound that AY phoneme, but it's a very rare representation.

Here are some far more common representations of that AY phoneme A-Y, A-I, A split E, we then have A on its own, our E-I-G-H, like eight and 80, E-Y like grey and they, E-A like break and steak.

The steak that you might eat, and then our E-I letter string in the words like rein and vein.

The spellings, A-Y, A-I and our A split E split digraph are the most common representations or graphemes for that AY phoneme.

Our E-I is very rare.

What do you notice about the E-I spelling of that AY phoneme? Look carefully at it.

Consider its position in the word as well.

Vein, reign, veil, beige.

Where do you notice it comes in the words? Pause the video and have a think.

Great, well I've noticed that it likes to come before an N or a G-N.

I've also noticed that it likes words beginning with a V like vein or veil.

The E-I spelling is found in the middle of words as well.

The E-I spelling of the AY phoneme is usually found? Select the correct answer.

Great, it's usually found in the middle of words.

Think about those words we've looked at vein, okay? Reign, beige.

You can hear that AY coming in the middle of the word.

Some of the words with E-I are homophones.

So we have vein and rein here, but we also have two other ways of spelling those words.

V-A-I-N, vain.

V-A-N-E, vane.

Rain as in the rain falling down, and reign, R-E-I-G-N like the reign of a king or queen.

So I have veins in my body that's our E-I spelling for that AY sound.

I can see a weather vane on that house.

A weather vane will often move in the wind.

My friend is vain and always looking in the mirror.

A person who really cares about the way they look often for their detriment.

And our word rein.

A horse may have reins with our E-I letter string there for that AY sound.

I will get wet in the rain.

The king reigns over the country, is in charge of.

These are called homophones, words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

We have to learn these different spellings and use them in the correct context.

Homophone alert.

I will select the correct spelling based on the context of the sentence.

Her vein was blue.

Hmm, well it's not going to be my A-I spelling is it? Because it's not her worry about the way she looks.

It's her veins in her body that are pumping blood around.

So V-E-I-N is my spelling there, our E-I spelling.

You select the correct spellings now.

The king's reign lasted a long time.

The horse was held by its reins.

It started to rain.

Pause the video now and select the correct spellings based on the context.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

This can be quite tricky, can't it? Remember, thinking carefully about the spelling and the context it's written in really helps.

The king's reign.

That's our G-N there.

The horse was held by its reins.

We added our S plural there to rein and it started to rain.

That's A-A, A-I our more common representation for that AY sound.

So the E-I letter string that we've been looking at can represent different sounds other than just EE.

We've looked at it representing the AY sound.

It represents the IGH sound like in feisty.

Someone who's determined.

It can represent AY in the middle of words like rein and vein like we just looked at a moment ago.

Remember to watch out for those homophones.

It makes the sound I as well as in forfeit.

If you forfeit something, you give it up.

It represents two sounds as well.

Like in deity where it's making an AY and an I.

Remember a deity is a god or goddess.

I'd like you to read the words below for me as a little check activity and I'd like you to sort them into the correct columns.

Is it E-I making the EE sound? E-I making the AY sound? E-I making an I sound or E-I making different sound or sounds? Pause the video, read the words and sort them now.

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

Really impressed.

Love hearing you read those words out and consider where the phoneme was and what phonemes it was making as well.

So receive and seize are both making our E-I, aren't they? E-I spelling for that EE sound.

So receive as well follows our rule, doesn't it? I before E, except after C, and we have our soft C, but seize is an exception.

E-I making that AY sound, rein and veins.

We added the S suffix there to make vein plural like the veins running through your body.

The E-I making that I sound forfeit.

And then E-I, making a variety of sounds.

Deity, or a different sound, feisty.

Making an IGH sound, great.

For our practise task now you are going to have a go at spelling some words for me that contain different representations or sorry, different sounds that that E-I spelling can represent.

Remember to sound it out.

Think of any spelling rules.

Read the word and check.

I'm gonna read the words to you now.

The first word is beige.

Beige, the colour beige.

Number two is forfeit.

Meaning to give something up.

Number three, vein, watch out for this one.

Remember it's a homophone.

Let me put it into a context for you.

Her vein was blue, the vein in her body, vein.

Number four, deity.

As in a god or a goddess.

And number five, feisty.

She was a feisty character.

So number one, beige, the colour.

Number two, forfeit.

Number three, vein as in the vein in your body.

Number four, deity, a god or a goddess.

And number five, feisty.

Beige, forfeit, vein, deity, feisty.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

This is really tricky, isn't it? 'Cause you've got our E-I spelling here, making a variety of different sounds.

So beige is making that AY sound, isn't it? So we know our E-I is coming in the middle of the word and it's beige with that G-E for that soft G sound at the end of the word.

So it's B-E-I-G-E.

Beige.

Forfeit was our next one.

Here our E-I spelling is making an EH, EH sound, forfeit.

So it's E-I-T here.

Be careful with that one.

Vein was the next one.

This one is our homophone.

'Cause it could be a weather vane, it could be the veins in your body or it could be vain as in someone who worries too much about how they look.

The sentence I gave you talked about blue veins in the body.

So it's our A-A spelled E-I coming in the middle of the word V-E-I-N.

The next was deity.

This is where our E-I is making an AY sound, deity.

So D-E-I-T-Y.

That's a god or a goddess.

And feisty.

Feisty, F-AI.

Here our E-I is making an AI sound, isn't it? Feisty, so it's E-I-S-T-Y.

Y at the end there 'cause it's an adjective.

How did you do? Share your learning and make any corrections now.

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

Read these words for me.

Height.

Height, measure your height.

Eight.

Eight, he finished eight in the race.

What do you notice about these spellings? Say them again.

Consider how they're spelled.

Is there anything tricky about them? Pause the video and have a think.

Lovely, some great conversations going on there.

So I've noticed a couple of things.

They both contain E-I-G-H, don't they? Both words have that letter string, E-I that we've been looking in them as well.

In height, the letters E-I-G-H are making an IGH sound, aren't they? So our E-I there is part of an IGH sound.

The word eight is inside height, but they're making different sounds, so be careful.

The word eight is also inside eighth.

These words are connected in both meaning and spelling, aren't they? Take a snapshot of these words.

Height and eight.

Oh, which of these words that we've just read are spelled correctly? Quickfire round, point to height.

Great, remember it's that E-I-G-H making that IGH sound, height.

And remember you can also see the number eight in there as well, but it's making a different sound.

There's an eight in height.

With that in mind, then how do I spell eighth? Great, remember there's an eight in eighth.

They're linked in both meaning and also spelling.

So it's E-I-G-H-T-H, eighth.

Let's read to more curriculum words.

Foreign.

Foreign.

What do you notice about the spelling? So anything tricky about it? Have a think.

Great, what I've noticed, again, we have our E-I letter string, don't we? The word sounds like for-n, foreign.

Someone who's foreign comes from a different land.

You cannot, or country, you cannot hear the letters E-I-G.

We don't say foreign.

It's foreign.

So be careful with this word.

It's quite tricky.

The words for and reign can be found inside foreign.

That can be a really great way to help us remember how to spell this.

For, reign.

There's a for and reign.

F-O-R, for and reign as in a king or queen that reigns, in foreign.

It's a hard word to spell and we really just have to learn it.

Which word is the correct spelling of the word foreign? They came from a foreign land.

Foreign.

Brilliant.

Remember there's a for F-O-R and reign like the reign of a king queen in foreign.

And it has our E-I letter string in as well.

Foreign, great.

F-O-R-E-I-G-N.

We don't hear that E-I-G-N though the E-I-G, do we? So because these are curriculum words and they have that letter string that we've been looking at in, we're gonna use a strategy called the look, cover, write, check strategy now to really embed these in our long term memory.

This works by looking carefully at the spelling.

So height, I remember there's an eight in height.

It's our E-I-G-H, height.

I then cover it up.

From my memory, I have a go at writing in my neat is handwriting.

And then I check back to see how I did.

I self-correct.

Oh, I spelled it correctly.

But I don't just stop there.

I have a go using that strategy on that same word a number of times, look, cover, write, check.

Use that strategy now for all three of these words.

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

So I'm hoping you've got them written out like this.

Height, eighth, foreign.

Remember to consider and always look carefully, what's difficult about your spelling when you're using this strategy.

And to always check back at the end to make sure you spelled them correctly.

Did you manage to spell them correctly? Share your learning with me and the others around you now.

And also make any corrections.

Off you go.

Great job in spelling today, team.

There are many ways to spell the EE sound including E-E, E-A, E split E, E, Y, E-Y, and then I-E and E-I, that letter string that we concentrated on today.

The rule I before E, except after C, can help us to choose between that tricky I-E, or E-I when the spelling makes an EE sound.

Remember also that the letter string E-I can represent a range of different sounds.

This includes AY, like the words rein and vein.

Keep an eye out for this spelling or letter string in your reading.

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