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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

I love spelling and I can't wait to teach 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.

All right then, let's crack on with today's lesson.

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be creating adjectives using the suffix, -ful, -ful and -less, -less.

The outcome will be I can spell adjectives using the suffixes -ful and -less.

Here are the keywords for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix, root word, adjective.

Only three words today but please keep an eye and ear out for them.

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

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

And finally, an adjectives describes a noun.

So today we are going to be taking root words and adding the suffixes, -ful and -less to turn those words into adjectives.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We're creating adjectives using the suffixes -ful and -less, and we're gonna begin the lesson by looking at the rules for adding those suffixes.

Then we're going to have a go at spelling some curriculum words and use some spelling practise strategies to practise those.

And finally, we're going to apply some of the spellings that we've looked at in today's lesson within a sentence.

Let's get cracking with looking at the rules for adding the suffixes, -ful and -less then.

A suffix, remember, is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word, which creates another word.

Unlike prefixes, which come at the beginning, suffixes often change the word's tense or its word class.

Here we have the root word person, a noun, and if I add my -al suffix, it creates the word personal.

This is an adjective.

The -al suffix here has changed the word class.

Here we have the root word joy.

And look, we're adding one of the suffixes we're using today, -ful, to create the word joyful, meaning full of joy.

Here we have the root word deep, an adjective.

If I add my -en suffix, I create the verb deepen.

These are just a few examples of suffixes and there are lots more.

Different suffixes can create words with different word classes remember.

Suffixes which create adjectives include -er, -est, <v ->ous, -al, and -ic.

</v> Let's look at some of these in action.

The greener, seasonal apples are the sweetest.

He is a famous and dramatic actor.

Suffixes which create verbs include -en, <v ->ate, -ify and -ise.

</v> When you thicken the soup, it will intensify the flavour.

Please clarify the instructions before we finalise the plan.

And suffixes which create nouns include -tion, spelled T-I-O-N, <v ->ity and -ness.

</v> The celebration brought happiness to the community.

The charity were grateful for the large donation.

Charity and donation there being nouns.

With that in mind, could you match the words here on the left to the word class that they are? The suffixes should help you.

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

A verb is a doing, being or having word.

And an adjective describes a noun.

It tells you what it's like.

Our words are, my turn, your turn, solidify, weakness, allergic and personal.

Are they a noun, verb, or adjective? Match them now.

Great, solidify.

Solid here is our root word and we've added our -ify suffix to create a verb.

The process of making something more solid.

It's an action.

Weakness.

Weak is our root word here, and we've added our -ness suffix, is a noun.

Allergic.

Allergy here is our root word.

We've removed the Y and added our -ic suffix to create an adjective, a describing word.

I had an allergic reaction.

And personal.

Our root word is person.

We added our -al suffix to create an adjective.

I was sent a personal message.

Message there is my noun and personal is an adjective being used to describe it.

Let's read some words that use some of the suffixes we're looking at today.

Careful, careless.

Those two are opposites.

Successful.

Watch out for the double C and the double S in this one.

Helpless, beautiful, full of beauty.

Merciless, without mercy.

Plentiful meaning there's lots of something.

And resentful, being full of resent, and dislike towards someone or something.

All of these end in the suffixes -ful or -less.

And be really careful with that -ful suffix.

It's just one L and in -less, it's double S.

They are all adjectives.

Adjectives describe nouns, remember.

They give more detail.

The suffix -ful means full of or having qualities of.

And remember, it's just spelt with one L.

For example, hopeful means full of hope.

The suffix -less means without or lacking in the word which comes before it.

For example, hopeless means without hope.

Hope is our root word and therefore, our -less suffix means without or lacking that root word.

Hopeless.

Beautiful means full of beauty.

You may notice here that the spelling of my root word beauty has changed a touch, and we're gonna come on to looking at that in a moment.

Penniless means without money or without pennies.

Some root words can add both -ful and -less suffixes.

For instance, the root word here, care, when I add -ful becomes careful.

I can also add -less, -less to this to create the word careless.

Hope can become hopeful.

I can also have hope and -less, straight hopeless.

These words are opposites of one another.

One meaning full of something and one meaning without or lacking that thing completely.

The -ful or -less suffixes often turn nouns into adjectives.

She felt pain when she fell down.

My word here, pain, is a noun.

It shows the feeling that the person experiences.

The scrape on her knee was painful.

The word painful here describes the scrape.

It's an adjective.

We've taken our root word, pain, a noun, added our -ful suffix to create the word painful.

And it's changed from being a noun to being an adjective.

The boy's fear made it hard to sleep.

The word fear here is a noun.

It shows the feeling the boy is experiencing.

The fearless firefighter ran into the building.

Here we've taken the root word fear and added our suffix -less to it.

And that word fearless describes the noun, the person, that firefighter.

So it's an adjective.

So again, we've taken the noun fear, we've added our suffix -less and it's become fearless, an, adjective, changing its word class from a noun to an adjective.

Which word class are thought and thoughtless here? Read the sentences and decide.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

I have an interesting thought.

Thought here is a thing, an idea, therefore it's a noun.

Interesting is being used to describe that thought.

My brother can be thoughtless.

The word thoughtless here is being used to describe that person, the brother.

It is an adjective.

Look at what happens when the suffixes -ful and -less are added to these words.

What do you notice? Hope becomes hopeful.

Speech becomes speechless.

Joy becomes joyful.

Life becomes lifeless.

The suffixes -less and -ful start with a consonant, either F or L.

This means that the root word doesn't usually change, and we can just add the suffix to those words.

Remember, the suffix -ful only has one L, but the suffix -less has double S.

What will the spelling of these word be when the suffix -ful is added? We have the root word play, peace and sorrow.

How will I spell playful, peaceful, sorrowful? Pause the video and have a think.

Great.

We can just add the suffixes to these words.

Play becomes playful, peace becomes peaceful, and sorrow becomes sorrowful, full of sorrow or sadness.

The spelling of the root word helps us spell the new adjective.

There is no need to change the spelling of these root words.

Here we can abide by the rule just add -ful.

What will the spelling of these words be when the suffix -less is added? Help, care, thank.

Pause the video and have a think.

How will I spell helpless, careless, thankless? Great.

Absolutely no need to change the spelling of the root words at all.

Helpless, careless, thankless.

Remember to look carefully at the spelling of the root word.

There's no need to change the spelling of the word here at all when adding the suffix to create our new adjectives.

We can just add -less, -less.

Look at what happens now when I add the suffixes -ful and -less.

What do you notice? Beauty becomes beautiful and there is no such word as beautyless.

Mercy becomes merciless, without mercy, Pity becomes pitiful, full of pity.

If the root word here has more than one syllable, beauty, mercy, pity and ends in a consonant and a Y, then the Y is replaced with an I before adding our suffix.

So if you look carefully at beauty, beauty, two syllables, a T and a Y, I remove the Y, add an I, and then my -ful suffix.

What would the spelling of these words be then? How will I spell plentiful, fanciful and pitiful? Great.

Absolutely.

We will need to remove the Y, replace it with an I before adding our suffixes -ful or -less.

Plenty, fancy, pity.

Two syllables ending in a consonant and a Y.

We have to remove the Y and then either add -ful or -less.

We have two rules for each suffix then.

In some instances, we just add -ful.

And in other instances, remove the Y and add -iful.

In other instances, we just add -less.

And then in other instances, we remove the Y and add -iless.

Here we can see forget becomes forgetful.

This is what we do for most root words because remember, our suffix begins with a consonant.

We can also see we have to remove the Y.

We do this with root words with two syllables ending in a consonant and a Y.

Replace the Y with an I before adding our suffix.

And here we can say most root words you just add -less, but then those root words ending consonant and a Y that have two syllables, we remove the Y and add -iless.

I'm gonna show you some words now.

Which rule or rules will the root word use when we add the suffixes -ful or -less? Our root word is play.

Now, there's no such word as playless.

How would I spell playful? Which rule am I going to use? Point to it now.

Brilliant.

Absolutely.

We just add our -ful suffix here.

So I'm gonna use rule number one, just add -ful.

Here our root word is beauty.

There is no such word as beautyless but how to spell beautiful.

Which rule would I use? Point to it now.

Have a go at spelling beautiful.

Great job, team.

Beauty, two syllables ending in a consonant with a Y.

I have to remove the Y and add -iful.

So I'm using B.

Remove the Y, then add -ful.

Here we have care as our root word.

How would I spell careless or careful? Which two rules would I use? Point to them now.

Great.

Careful, I would just add -ful or -less.

So I'd use A or C.

Just adding the suffix.

I'd like you to put the root words into the correct column and show what will happen when we add the suffixes -ful or -less or perhaps both if it works.

Are you just going to add -ful? Are you going to remove the y and add -iful? Are you just going to add -less, -less or do you need to remove the Y and add -less? Pause the video, put these root words into the correct columns and have a go at adding those suffixes now.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

So I'm hoping you've managed to sort 'em like this.

Use could become useful and useless by just adding the suffixes.

Power could become powerful or powerless just by adding the suffixes.

Beauty could only become beautiful and we'd have to remove the Y and add -iful.

There's no such word as beautyless.

But pity could become pitiful or pityless by removing the Y and adding either -iful or -iless.

Good job.

We are now going to have a go at spelling some words that contain either our -ful or -less suffix.

Consider the rules that we've looked at so far and remember to sound it out.

Think about the root word if it's obvious, and think of the spelling rules for adding the suffixes that we've looked at.

And don't forget to read the word and check to see if you're happy with it.

Number one is beautiful.

Number two is penniless.

Number three, thankless.

It was a thankless task.

Number four, resentful.

And number five, successful.

I'll say this one more time.

Beautiful, penniless, thankless, resentful, successful.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Incredible work, team.

Really good application of the rules we've been using when adding our -ful and -less suffixes.

Our first word was beautiful.

Our root word here is beauty, two syllables.

And it's that E spelt with a Y and it has a T before it.

So I have to remove the Y, replace it with an I and add my -ful suffix.

Penniless.

Now, my root word here is penny.

P-E-N-N-Y.

Penny.

Oh, two syllables ending in a constant and a Y.

I have to remove the Y and add - iless.

Penniless meaning without money, without pennies.

The next word was thankless.

A thankless task.

Oh, our root word thank ends in a consonant, so I can just add -less.

Brilliant.

And resentful.

Again, resent is our root word here.

And it's spelled R-E-S-E-N-T.

Be careful.

I know it sounds like ZZ, but it's an S spelling.

Resentful.

We just have to add our suffix -ful.

Just one L remember.

And finally, successful.

Be careful with this word.

Two Cs and two S's in success.

S-U-C-C-E-S-S.

And we can just add -ful.

Successful.

How did you do that? Did you make any magical mistakes? Share your learning and make any corrections now.

Off you go.

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

Let's read the following words.

Awkward.

Ooh, I had an awkward moment earlier or I had an awkward fall.

Bruise.

The awkward fall left me with a bruise on my knee.

Have a look at these words.

What do you notice about their spellings? Is there anything particularly tricky about them? Have a think.

Great.

I've noticed a few things.

Awkward has that aw spelling for that aw sound at the beginning of the word.

And the letters W-A-R-D make a wood sound, don't they? I don't say awkward.

I say awkward.

There are two Ws in awkward, remember.

A-W-K-W-A-R-D.

Awkward.

The word bruise has that oo sound, spelled UI as in fruit or juice.

It also has the SE, which is making the Z sound at the end.

Bruise, but spelled SE.

Be careful.

Take a snapshot of these now.

Awkward, bruise.

Brilliant.

Ah, quick fire round.

Which of these words that we've just looked at are spelled correctly? Point to the correct spelling of awkward now.

Great.

Remember, A-W-K-W-A-R-D.

Awkward.

This one here.

And point to the correct spelling of bruise.

I have a bruise on my knee.

Great.

Remember, it's that oo sound spelled UI.

And it's not a Z.

It's sounds like it, but it's an SE, bruise.

Excellent.

Now let's read some more curriculum words.

Curriculum words are these words which are going to appear very often in our reading and writing.

So it's really important we are confident and know how to spell them.

They often have slightly tricky elements to them.

So look at these words.

Regular.

Say that for me.

Regular.

Therefore.

What do you notice about these spellings? Is there anything tricky about them? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

Well, I've noticed a couple of things.

Regular has three syllables, regular, and they're all very short.

The er sound at the end, regular, regular is spelled AR, like the words angular or particular.

It doesn't look like it should be spelt or sound, sorry, like it should be spelled -ar, but it is spelled -ar.

The word therefore has two syllables, therefore, and the word there in it as in over there, T-H-E-R-E, at the start.

The spelling of fore, F-O-R-E, is very different, isn't it? To the spellings of the other spellings for for that we know, F-O-R and F-O-U-R.

Watch out.

It has that naughty E at the end.

Take a snapshot of these curriculum words.

Regular, therefore.

Brilliant.

Quickfire round.

Point to the correct spelling of regular now.

Off you go.

Brilliant job.

Regular, regular, three syllables.

R-E-G-U-L and it's that -ar spelling for that er sound at the end.

Point to the correct spelling of therefore.

Brilliant.

They all have that there at the beginning, don't they? But it's fore spelled with that naughty letter at the end with that E, therefore, excellent.

So as these are curriculum words and they have slightly tricky elements to them, it's really important we can memorise them and practise them.

We're gonna use our look, cover, write, check strategy now to practise them.

I love this strategy.

It allows you to be independent.

We have our words bruise, awkward, therefore, and regular.

And the first thing we always do is look carefully at the word and consider what's difficult.

With the word bruise, it's the fact it's that UI spelling for that oo sound and that SE at the end where it sounds like a Z.

I think look at it carefully, cover it up so I can't see it and have a good at writing it.

And then I check back, oh, I got it right.

But I don't just stop there, even if I get it right once.

I keep practising using look, cover, write, check till it's really embedded in my brain.

I'd like you to have a go at using that strategy now to practise these four words.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

So I'm hoping that you have bruise, awkward, therefore, and regular written out like this.

Do you have any corrections to make? Make them now.

Onto our final learning cycle then, which is going to be applying spellings within a sentence.

We are going to write a sentence now that uses some of the words that we've been looking at today and some of those suffixes and the rules around adding those suffixes that we've been using, as well as some of the curriculum words we've looked at.

I'd like you to listen to me say the sentence first of all.