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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

Im Mr. Moss, and Im 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 would be great, and having something or someone to talk to would also be excellent.

Lets get right into today's spelling lesson then.

In today's spelling lesson, were going to be spelling words with the suffixes -ance and -ancy.

And that's just what our outcome is, I can spell words using the suffixes -ance and -ancy.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Root word, suffix, noun, abstract noun, adjective.

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

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

Today we're concentrating on adding suffixes.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.

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

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

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

Here is the outline of today's learning.

Were gonna be spelling words with the suffixes -ance and -ancy, and we're gonna be looking at linking these suffixes alongside the suffix -ant in the first learning cycle.

Then we're gonna do something I'm really excited about, we're gonna have a go at creating word maps.

And finally, we're gonna spell some curriculum words and use some spelling strategies to help us practise these.

(mouse clicking) Let's get on with linking the suffixes <v ->ant, -ance, and -ancy.

</v> (mouse clicking) Read these words for me.

Hesitance, significance, reluctance, abundance.

An abundance is a large amount of something.

Fragrance is a smell.

Vibrancy, vacancy, an empty position.

(mouse clicking) They all end with the suffixes -ance or -ancy, and these are the suffixes that we are concentrating on today.

More than this, though, they are abstract nouns.

Abstract nouns are a type of thing but they have no physical form, we can't see or touch them.

They're ideas or qualities.

The suffixes -ness, -ity and -tion, spelled T-I-O-N, can also create abstract nouns, such as happiness, equality, and education.

All of these words have a related word that ends in -ant, a suffix that you may be familiar with already.

Changing the -ant suffix to the -ance or the -ancy suffix can change the word from an adjective to a noun.

As we know, suffixes can change the word class.

(mouse clicking) Here are the words hesitance, significance, reluctance, abundance, fragrance, vibrancy, and vacancy.

All nouns.

Here's the word hesitant, an adjective, linked to that word hesitance.

Significant link to significance, reluctant link to reluctance.

Abundant, fragrant, vibrant, and vacant.

All adjectives.

Our -ant words here are adjectives, but our -ance or our -ancy words are nouns.

The girl was a kind and tolerant person.

The word tolerant here is an adjective, describes the girl.

It means she'll put up with things.

The school promotes tolerance and respect for all pupils.

What a great value.

The word tolerance here is an abstract noun.

Its the name of an idea or quality or value.

So the quality of being tolerant, that adjective.

With that in mind, which word class are the words vacant and vacancy? Read the two sentences and decide.

Brilliant, team.

You can enter the vacant cubicle.

While our word vacant here is describing that cubicle, if its a describing word, describing a noun, it is an adjective.

It's describing that cubicle.

It means not currently occupied, or empty.

The vacancy in the school needs filling.

These words are linked in meaning but is a different word class.

Here, vacancy is an abstract noun.

It means the state of being unoccupied or empty, it is a link to that adjective vacant but its not an adjective, its an abstract noun.

Just as it can be hard to tell the difference between -ant or -ent, as I'm sure you know, it can also be hard to tell the difference between -anc, -enc, or -ancy and -ency.

The end of tolerance and innocence can both sound like unce, they sound similar but they're spelt differently.

The end of hesitancy and decency can both sound like uncy, again spelled differently, -ancy and -ency.

Luckily, our knowledge of the spelling of the related words can help us make really informed decisions with these new spellings.

We also can open our mind up and be really word conscious, and were gonna do a bit more of that later in this lesson.

Words ending in -ant are often found after a hard c or a hard g, whilst the words ending in -ent come after a soft c or a soft g.

Lets look at some examples of these.

Significant.

Say that for me one more time.

Significant.

(Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) Hard c, so you have an -ant spelling.

Say this word for me, elegant.

Its an adjective.

I wore an elegant dress.

Elegant, a hard g, (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) <v ->ant spelling.

</v> Say this word for me, innocent.

He was innocent of any crime.

Innocent.

Do you hear that? Its a soft c, (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) so its an -ent spelling.

Intelligent, say that for me.

Let's listen to it one more time.

Intelligent.

Here we have a soft g, (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) intelligent, so that's why we have our -ent spelling.

The same principle then applies when we are adding our -ance or -ancy and -enc or -ency spellings.

Read these words for me, significance.

They're linked, aren't they? We have a hard c here so its our -ance spelling, just like it was our -ant, but we know significance now is our noun.

Elegance.

Our abstract noun, elegance.

Again, (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) hard g so its our -ance.

Vacancy, like the word vacant with a hard c there.

Vacancy.

So we here have our -ancy spelling, cause its a hard c.

Let's read these words.

Innocence.

Just like innocent, its a soft c so its our -ence spelling, just like it was our -ent.

Intelligence, soft g.

(Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) Intelligence, -ence.

And decency, like in the word decent which has a soft c, we then have -ent.

Decency, -ency.

So our rule here is, if we have a hard c or a hard g it's our -ant, -ance or -ancy.

And if we have our soft c or our soft g, its -ent, -enc, or -ency.

Remember that.

So with those rules in mind, what sound can you hear before our spellings here? Do you hear a soft c, a hard c, a soft g, or a hard G? Read this word for me.

Great.

Ill read it now, agency, agency.

What do we have here, a hard g or a soft g? Pause the video and decide.

Great.

We have a soft g, a (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds).

Just like the word agent, as well, will be -ent.

(mouse clicking) <v ->ency spelling because of our soft g.

</v> (mouse clicking) Ready for the next word? Read it for me, go.

Vacancy.

Choose which sound we have, go.

Great.

Vacancy.

Ooh, we have here a hard c, and its the same with the word vacant as well, so that would be -ant and this is -ancy.

Next word, say it for me.

Arrogance.

What can you hear there? Choose the sound.

Great.

Arrogant or arrogance, its a hard g so that's why we have our -ance.

And if it was arrogant it would be -ante.

Last one, magnificence.

Hmm, magnificence.

Ooh, I think here I can hear a soft c, magnificence, and its the same with magnificent, it'll be -ent.

Soft c here so its -ence.

Ooh, there was another one.

Diligence.

Which sound do we have here? Point to it.

I don't say diligent, I say diligence or diligent.

Its a soft g so its our -ence or our -ente if it was diligent.

Oh, and there's another one, significance.

Point to the correct sound now.

Here I can hear a hard c.

So the word significant would also be -ant, and here we have our -ance.

Just like words ending in -ant, words ending in -ance or -ancy may have a related word in which you can hear the a sound more clearly, which will help you.

Observance, here observation is a linked word that you may know.

Expectancy, expectation is a linked word with that long a sound.

Hesitance, hesitation also has that long a sound.

Substance, substantial has an a sound or an a sound.

Thinking of the related word can help you to choose the correct -ance or -ancy or -ence or -ency spelling.

Choose the correct spelling of these words and consider the rules that we've looked at.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Significance.

Our correct one is this one here, -ance.

Remember why? Because it has that hard c, which are -ant or -ance like to go before.

The next word was vibrancy.

The correct spelling is this one here, -ancy.

Hesitance, -ance.

And we can remember these because of the linked words, vibration and hesitation have that a sound in them.

So its our a spelling in vibrancy and hesitance.

Another round of words for you.

Choose the correct spelling.

Think about the rules we've looked at.

Off you go.

(mouse clicking) Great job, team.

Expectancy.

It is gonna be our -ancy.

Substance also our -ance.

You can hear the a sound, and those are linked words, expectation and in substantial, that a sound there, an a sound.

And indulgence, indulge, we have, or indulgent is a linked word.

That has our soft g so its our -ence spelling.

Remember those rules.

Okay, onto our practise task then.

You now are gonna have a go for me at spelling some words using the correct suffix.

Listen really carefully to me.

Remember to sound out the word, think of the root word or related word, think of the spelling rules that we've looked at and to read the word and check out loud.

The first word is vacancy.

The school were advertising a vacancy.

Tolerance is number two.

Tolerance is a wonderful value.

Reluctance.

He showed reluctance to complete his work.

Number four is significance.

There was great significance in what she had done.

And number five, assistance.

May I offer you assistance? So we have vacancy, tolerance, reluctance, significance, assistance.

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

Amazing application of what is quite a tricky rule here.

You've done a great job with adding either our -ance or -ancy suffixes.

So the first word was vacancy, vacancy.

So with this word, vacant is a linked word, isn't it? (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) Hard c there, so it'd be -ant or -ancy, vacancy, meaning that empty position.

Tolerance was our next one.

That really great abstract noun, an important value, tolerance.

Tolerant is also a linked word here, or toleration.

So its our -ance, that a sound is linked there.

The next word is reluctance.

Now you may know the linked word here, reluctant or reluctantly.

Its our -ance, reluctance.

(mouse clicking) Significance.

Significant is a linked word here.

(Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) We have a hard c, don't we? Significance, -ance then.

And, finally, assistance.

This is one that we just need to learn.

Assist-ance, its that -ance.

How did you do? Share your learning now with those around you or me, and also make any corrections.

Off you go.

Remember to take responsibility for practising those words again that you found tricky.

Use a variety of spelling strategies to help you.

(mouse clicking) Onto our next learning cycle then, which is creating word maps.

And my goodness, Im looking forward to this.

Creating a word map is a way to help us see how words are connected.

The words are in a word family, they're connected by both their meaning and their spelling.

The word hesitate, for instance, is derived from the Latin word haesitat, meaning left undecided.

If you hesitate you're unsure what to do, you are undecided.

There are many related words that can be formed by adding different suffixes, such as hesitates, hesitation, or hesitancy.

Can you think of any other words that link to hesitate? Pause the video and have a think now.

Great, some really good word consciousness and thinking going on there.

So here we have the word hesitate from the Latin haesitat, meaning left undecided.

I saw hesitance, maybe you got that one.

Hesitates, hesitated, in the past tense, hesitating, hesitation, hesitant, or hesitantly, the adverb.

By noticing the connection between these words and thinking of the etymology, so where these words have come from, we help to build our word consciousness.

Can you say that for me? Word consciousness.

This is our interest and involvement with words, and it helps us to acquire new vocabulary and improve and be more aware of our spelling.

(mouse clicking) So with that in mind, which words could you include in a word map linked to the word reluctant with our -ant suffix? A, B, C, or D? Pause the video and select your answers now.

(mouse clicking) Great job, team.

Now, expectant and reluctant? Well, they might have the same suffix, -ant, but they're not linked.

The stem or the root there is not linked, is it? Reluctant, ooh, reluctant and reluctance, they are linked.

Recycle, they both begin with a "re" but, mm, they're not linked in meaning, are they, so that wouldn't link.

Reluctantly, though, has that same stem or root, doesn't it? We've just added a different suffix, they're linked in spelling and in meaning.

We are finding words that have the same root or stem and are linked by their meaning and spelling, remember, when were creating these word maps.

So I want you now to create your own word map based on the word radiate.

From the Latin radiatus, meaning to emit rays or shine, the sun radiates heat and light.

Ooh, I may have just given you one there.

Pause the video now and create your own word map.

Off you go.

Incredible work, team.

Amazing, I'm seeing so many words that are linked in both spelling and meaning here, to the word radiate.

Perhaps you've got some of these.

I got radiator.

That thing that you might have in your very classroom or the building you're in right now, that's giving off heat.

Radiates, so adding our s there.

Radiated, radiating, radiation, radiance, or radiant.

Perhaps radiantly? Did you find any similar words? Have you found any more? Share those now with me or those around you.

(mouse clicking) And a really great thing to do is to say each one in a sentence, "I turned on the radiator." "The sun radiates heat and light." Great.

Have a go at using some of those words in a sentence now.

Off you go.

(Mr. Moss sniffing) Onto our final learning cycle then, spelling curriculum words.

Lets read the following words.

Length, length.

Strength.

What do you notice about these spellings? They have something quite difficult about em, don't they? Pause the video and have a think.

So, -ngth here, and -ngth.

Length and strength rhyme, don't they? They have the letters -ngth at the end, representing that ng and the th sounds.

It can be hard to spell with so many consonants together.

Sounding out the words can help.

(Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) Watch out for that.

Which of these words then that we've just read are spelled correctly? Quickfire, point to the correct spelling of length.

Great.

Its that, (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds), -ngth.

They rhyme, remember? now point to the correct spelling of strength.

(mouse clicking) Great job.

Its the same thing, isn't it? (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) S-T-R-E-N-G-T-H.

Lets read two more curriculum words.

Though, though.

Although, although.

Brilliant.

What do you notice about these words? They have a strange spelling for that o sound, don't they? Yep, we have our -ough here.

Though and although also rhyme, just like length and strength.

And rhyming can really help us with our spelling.

They contain the spelling string -ough.

We can use our mnemonic O U grumpy hippo to help us remember the order of these letters when writing them, O U grumpy hippo, -ough.

And here is our grumpy hippo, and look how grumpy he looks.

Take a snapshot of these now.

Though, although, O U grumpy hippo.

Which of these words we just read is spelled correctly? Quickfire.

Point to the correct spelling of though.

Great.

O-U-G-H, remember, O U grumpy hippo.

T-H-O-U-G-H.

They rhyme, although.

Great.

Now, I know it sounds like it has the word all in it, which has double l.

Its just a single l spelling, and then O U grumpy hippo again.

There's a though in although, and its just one l not two.

So what we're gonna do now is we're gonna practise these curriculum words.

Curriculum words are those words which appear very often in our reading, writing, and spelling.

Because we are gonna be using them so much and they have slightly tricky elements, it's really important we commit them to our long-term memory so we can use them consistently.

We're gonna use a really great strategy now called the look, cover, write, check strategy.

This is where you look carefully at the word, consider what's difficult about it, cover it up, write it and then check back and see how you did.

And you do this a number of times until its really stuck in your memory.

The strategy works like this.

We look carefully at the word length.

Ooh, I now got (Mr. Moss imitating spelling sounds) and then nght, -ngth altogether.

I then cover it up, I then have a go at writing it, in my neatest handwriting, of course.

And then I check back and look.

And I got it right, great, but I don't just stop there I do it a few times to really embed that spelling into my memory.

Pause the video and have a go using that strategy now with all of these words.

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

So I'm hoping you've got length, strength, though, and although written out a few times, spelled correctly.

Share your favourite row of words that you've written and make any corrections now.

Off you go.

(mouse clicking) Well done in spelling today, team.

We've been looking at the suffixes -ance and -ancy today.

They can create abstract nouns, those nouns that we can't see or touch, that are quite often ideas, qualities, or values.

The -ance or -ancy spellings may be found after a hard c or hard g.

Words ending in -ant, -ance, -ancy sometimes have related words where the a vowel sound is clearer, like hesitancy and hesitation.

Words in word families often have connected meaning and spelling.

Keep an eye out for word families, see if you can create your own.

It's a great way of being word conscious.

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

(mouse clicking).