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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 someone to talk to or someone to talk with, and also something to write with and write on will be excellent too.

Right, let's not waste a moment then.

Let's get right into our spelling lesson.

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be making plurals using the suffix S and I-E-S.

The outcome will be, I can turn nouns from singular to plural when I add the suffix S, or by changing the Y to an I and adding the suffix E-S.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix, plural, singular, root word, noun.

Let's have a chat about these words, then.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word.

Plural means more than one.

Singular means only one.

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

A noun is a naming word for people, places, or things.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We are making plurals using S and I-E-S.

We're gonna begin by creating plurals using those suffixes, and then we're going to practise and apply some of the spellings that we've been looking at today.

Let's get on with creating plurals.

Common nouns name people, places, and things.

They do not need a capital letter unless they are at the start of a sentence.

They are not proper nouns.

Common nouns can be singular or plural.

Both single and singular mean only one.

If a noun is plural, this means there is more than one.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.

Suffixes can change the word's tense or word class.

They can also turn singular nouns into plural nouns.

Game.

If I add S, becomes games, more than one game.

Dress.

If I add E-S as a suffix, can become dresses, making it more than one dress, plural.

Baby.

If I change and add my E-S suffix, adding I-E-S can become babies, plural of baby, more than one.

There are different rules for how the root word changes when the suffixes S or E-S are added to that root word.

The spelling of a noun changes if it is plural.

Sometimes we can just add the suffix S to the root word without changing it, and it becomes a plural.

Take the noun girl, singular, for instance.

If I add S, it becomes girls, plural.

Take the noun tree, singular.

If I add S, it becomes trees.

There are many trees in the forest.

Spoon.

If I take this noun, a singular, and add the suffix S, it becomes spoons, plural.

I needed 10 spoons for my experiment.

Here, our rule is, just add S.

These root words often end in a consonant or the vowels A, E, I, U.

With that rule in mind, just adding an S, what will the spelling of these words be when the suffix S is added? We have house, umbrella, and balloon.

Remember, the spelling of the root word helps us to spell the new word.

Sometimes adding S can also change the pronunciation, like in the word houses.

So houses, I'm just going to add an S to.

House becomes houses.

It ends in that E so we just add an S.

What about umbrellas and balloons? What do you think I would need to do to those root words to make them plural? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

Yep, same as houses, I just need to add an S.

Balloon ends in a consonant, umbrella ends in an A, so I just add an S to each to turn them into a plural noun.

More than one of that thing.

This rule is the same for nouns ending in a vowel and a Y.

Just add the suffix S to the root word without changing it, and it becomes a plural noun.

Boy becomes boys.

So we are ending in a vowel and a Y.

You have here vowel digraph, oi, O-Y, making that oi sound.

Boys, just add S for plural.

Delay becomes delays, the plural of delay.

Monkey becomes monkeys.

My E-Y there is working together to make an E sound.

It's a vowel digraph, a vowel and a Y, I just add S.

So here, our rule is keep the Y and add an S.

These root words end in a vowel digraph.

Can you say that for me? Vowel digraph, which is two letters making a single vowel sound.

O and the Y make the oi, the A and the Y make the A, and the E and the Y work together to make the E sound at the end of monkey.

What will the spelling of these words be when the suffix S is added? Remember, our rule is keep the Y just add the S.

We have journey, a tray, and holiday.

These are all singular.

Remember, the spelling of this root word can help us to spell the new word.

How would I spell journeys, trades, and holidays.

Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

Well, they all end in vowel digraphs, don't they? Two words, a vowel and my Y working together to make that one sound.

Two letters, E-Y, journeys.

Just add an S.

Trays, just add an S.

Holidays, just add an S.

When the root word ends in a consonant and a Y, though, the Y is replaced with an I before adding our suffix, E-S.

Keep an eye out for this.

Fairy.

Consonant R, and then my Y becomes.

Party.

Consonant T, and then my Y.

Fly.

Consonant L, and then my Y.

Here we have to remove the Y and then add I-E-S.

So fairy becomes fairies.

Whoosh.

Chop off the Y, add I-E-S.

Party becomes parties.

Chop off the Y, add I-E-S.

And fly becomes flies, as in those fruit flies that might fly around mouldy fruit, becomes I-E-S.

In these root words, the Y is making an E or an I sound as well.

Fairy, party, and fly.

Remember the rule here.

Remove the Y and add I-E-S if it's a consonant and a Y at the end of our singular word.

What will the spelling of these words be when the suffix S is added then to this plural? Family, puppy, story.

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

I think I can see a continent and then a Y.

What was our rule? How would I spell families, puppies, stories? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

Absolutely.

I need to remove the Y and add I-E-S 'cause it's a consonant and then a Y at the end of our singular nouns here.

Families, plural, puppies, plural, and stories, plural.

Remember our rule here? Remove the Y and add I-E-S.

Have a look at these sentences here for me.

I'd like you to select the correct spelling of each of the plural nouns.

Read the sentences, think carefully about the rules that we've just looked at.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

There were lots of babies in the park.

Baby.

Singular is B-A-B-Y, isn't it? That's a consonant of Y, so I need to remove the Y and add I-E-S.

The puppies were playing together.

Puppy is a consonant and then a Y, isn't it? So I removed the Y and add I-E-S.

Have you found your keys? My root word here is key, isn't it? Singular, key.

K-E-Y.

Oh, the E-Y there is working as a vowel diagraph so I keep the Y and add an S.

No need to remove my Y that time to make my plural noun.

We have created two rules then just adding S, removing the Y, and adding I-E-S.

Here they are in action.

Dog becomes dogs, girl becomes girls, house becomes houses.

Toy, tray, and monkey all have vowel digraphs, so we just add S.

And party, story, and family end in a continent and a Y, so we removed the Y and add I-E-S.

Root words ending in consonants and vowels, just adding S.

Root words ending in a vowel digraph, a vowel letter and a Y, we just add S.

And root words ending in a consonant and a Y, and that Y making the E or the I sound, we remove the Y and add I-E-S.

So look here for me at the singular and plural nouns below where the suffix is added.

Which rule has been used? We have toy and toys, house and houses, fairy and fairies.

Match them now to the correct rule that's been used.

Off you go.

Great job.

Toy and toys.

Vowel diagraph, I just have to add S, I keep the Y.

House and houses.

Oh, ending in an E.

I just have to add the S.

And fairy and fairies.

Ooh, consonant and my Y making that E sound.

Remove the Y add I-E-S.

So for our practise task right now, I'd like you to write the plural of the nouns below here into the correct column.

So here are our singular nouns.

Just one.

I want you to turn these into plurals using the rules that we've generated today.

Are you just going to add S, do you keep the Y and add S, or do you remove the Y and add I-E-S? Pause the video, turn these singular nouns into plural nouns now.

Put them in the correct column.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Some really, really good application of our rules there.

So I'm hoping that you've got a table that looks like this.

Spoon, school, banana, and camera all just had to have S added to them.

Key, monkey, essay, and survey all ended in vowel digraphs, were vowel before the Y, so we just had to add an S.

And baby, daisy, family, and country all had a consonant and a Y and are making that I or that E sound, so we removed the Y and added I-E-S.

How did you do there? Do you have any corrections to make to your table? Pause the video and make those corrections now.

Onto our next learning cycle, then, which is to practise and apply some spellings.

We're gonna begin by looking at some curriculum words.

These are words which will appear a lot in our reading and writing.

Let's read these words together.

My turn, your turn.

Group.

A group of children sat on the grass.

Earth.

The worm lived in the earth.

Yacht.

The yacht sailed across the harbour.

What do you notice about these spellings? Is there anything particularly tricky about them, do you think? Given how they sound when spoken compared to how they're spelt? Pause the video, say the words again, and have a think.

Brilliant.

I've noticed a few things.

In group that ooh sound is made by the O-U spelling, like in the word soup or you.

So watch out for that.

It's not a very common spelling.

The er sound in earth is spelled using E-A-R, like in learn and early.

And the letters A-C-H make an O sound in the middle of yacht.

Yacht.

Very strange spelling.

Let's take a snapshot of these words.

It's going to be really important that we know how to spell them, and they have tricky parts of them.

(Mr. Moss imitates camera clicking) Group, early, yacht.

With those in mind, then, which of these words that we just read are spelled correctly.

Point to the correct spelling of the word group now.

Brilliant.

Remember, it's that ooh, spelled with that O-U, like soup and you.

G-R-O-U-P.

Point to the correct spelling of earth now.

Great.

It's that er spelled E-A-R, like in learn.

And it's th, th, T-H at the end.

And finally, point to the correct spelling of yacht.

The yacht sailed across the sea.

Brilliant.

It's a strange spelling, isn't it? 'Cause it looks like it might be yacht, but it's Y-A-C-H-T, that A-C-H making that oh sound there, yacht.

Brilliant.

So now let's practise spelling words with the plural patterns that we've looked at.

Remember, in some instances, we just add S, and in other instances, we remove the Y and add I-E-S.

When the root word ends in a consonant and a vowel, we just add an S.

If our root word ends in a vowel digraph, which is a vowel and our Y, like O, A or E, then we can just add an S.

And if our root word ends in a consonant with a Y, making either an E or an I sound, then we remove the Y and add I-E-S.

With that in mind, could you choose the correct spelling in each sentence here and now for the plural nouns.

Pause the video, read the sentences.

Remember to consider the root word and which spellings look correct.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Pass the bowl of cherries, please.

Now, my root word is cherry.

It's R-Y.

So it's a consonant and my Y, and it's making that I sound, so I have to, whoosh, you got it right, remove the Y, add I-E-S.

I love to eat bananas for breakfast.

Now, think about this one.

Banana, my root, where that ends in an A, so I can just add an S to make it a plural.

Put two apples on each of the trays.

My root word here is tray, and it's that A-Y.

It's a vowel diagraph, A and Y, making that A sound.

So I can just add an S.

Different fruit grow in different countries.

Now, my root word there is country, which is that C-O-U-N-T-R-Y.

Ooh, R-Y consonant and the Y, so I have to remove the Y and add I-E-S, countries.

It looks a bit like count trees, but it's countries.

That O-U makes that ah sound there.

So for our practise task now, we're going to have a go at spelling some plural nouns.

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

Remember to sound out the words, think of any root words.

Remember to think of the spelling rules we've been looking at for adding S or I-E-S, and don't forget to read and check the word.

Do you think it looks right when you've written it down? Just listen to me say the words first of all.

Remember, these are all plural nouns, so more than one of the singular.

Number one is monkeys.

The monkeys swung through the trees.

Monkeys.

Number two is families.

Number three is umbrellas.

Number four is houses.

Houses.

And number five is parties.

So I'll say those one more time.

Monkeys, families, umbrellas, houses, parties.

Pause the video now and have a go at writing those plural nouns.

Remember our rules.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Some great application of adding those suffixes S and I-E-S that we've been looking at so far today.

Really, really good job.

I've seen some incredible handwriting as well, and I've seen monkeys written like this.

So our root word here is monkey, isn't it? Which ends in that E-Y, that vowel diagraph with that Y so we just have to add an S.

It's M-O-N-K-E-Y, monkeys.

If you know how to spell monkeys, you'll also know how to spell the plural for keys, like keys for a door, 'cause it has that word in.

There's keys in monkeys, K-E-Y-S.

The next one was families.

Now, family, our root word there is that E, but spelled with a Y, and it has a consonant coming before it.

So unlike monkeys, we don't just add an S, we have to remove the Y, add an I and then our E-S.

Remove the Y, add I-E-S, families Umbrellas ends in just an A, doesn't it? So we can here just add a S to make it plural, Umbrella, umbrellas.

Watch out for the double L there.

And houses.

This root word ends in an E, house.

The pronunciation changes to houses, just adding an S, H-O-U-S-E-S.

And finally, parties.

That's that E at the end that's spelt with a Y.

My root word ends in a T-Y.

It's a consonant then the Y, so I have to remove the Y and add I-E-S.

Parties, not parties, but parties, but it is I-E-S.

P-A-R-T-I-E-S.

How did you do? What successes have you had? Did you make any matching mistakes? Share those now and make any corrections.

Off you go.

Brilliant job in spelling today, team.

We've been making plurals using the suffixes S and I-E-S.

Adding S or E-S to a noun creates a plural.

If the root word ends in a consonant and a Y, then the Y is replaced by I before adding the suffix E-S.

If the root word ends in a vowel diagraph including a Y, then we can just add S.

Most nouns just add S, including those ending with a consonant or a vowel.

Keep up the great spelling.

See if you can spot any more plurals in your work.

See you again soon.