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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.

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Let's get right into today's spelling lesson then.

In today's spelling lesson, we are going to spelling words with the suffix, -ABLE.

The outcome will be, I can spell words using the suffix, -ABLE.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix.

Root word.

Adjective.

Adverb.

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

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

An adjective describes a noun, and an adverb describes a verb.

Here is the outline for today's lesson.

We're spelling words with the suffix, -ABLE.

We're gonna begin by using that suffix.

Then we're going to link -ATION, ation, <v ->ABLE, and -ABLY.

</v> Let's get on with using the suffix, -ABLE.

Read these words aloud and consider what they have in common.

Adorable, comfortable, tolerable, horrible, visible, terrible.

What do they have in common? Well, they're all adjectives and they all end in the suffixes <v ->IBLE and -ABLE.

</v> The suffixes -IBLE and -ABLE can sound the same, so it can be hard to choose the correct spelling when you hear them in a word.

The suffixes -IBLE and -ABLE usually mean capable of being or doing something.

The word visible, for instance, is something that is capable of being seen.

A suffix member is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word to create a new word.

Unlike prefixes, which come at the beginning of a word, suffixes often changed the words tense or word class.

Adore here is our root word, and we add our -ABLE suffix to create the word adorable, an adjective.

Reason becomes reasonable.

Adore with our -ABLY becomes adorably.

There are lots of different types of suffix.

Different suffixes can create words with different word classes.

The -ABLE spelling is the most common spelling for that sound at the end of the word.

Comfortable, reasonable, reliable, admirable, enjoyable, valuable, sustainable.

Words ending in -ABLE are most likely to have a root word that we can recognise in English.

Comfortable, for instance, has the root word comfort.

Reasonable has reason.

I'm wondering if you can recognise any of the other root words that these words have come from.

Pause the video and have a think.

Great, reliable has the root word rely.

Admirable comes from the word admire.

Enjoyable, quite simply there, enjoy.

Valuable has the root word value, and sustainable, sustain.

There are some word endings in -ABLE that do not have recognisable root words.

Vulnerable, for instance, available, and capable.

These are exceptions.

Most words ending in our -ABLE suffix will have recognisable root words.

These three do not.

Some new words use our -ABLE ending as well.

Emailable.

I am not currently emailable.

If I went on holiday, I might set it so that my emails didn't come through to me, which would mean I was not emailable.

That piece of information is not emailable.

It cannot be sent, is not able to be sent by email.

Textable.

If I'm textable, I am able to be texted.

Hackable.

Something that's hackable can be hacked.

And printable, again, something that can be printed.

Language evolves to reflect new technologies and the ways that we live our lives.

Email, text, hacking, and things being printable are relatively new phenomena in language, so we created new words to describe them ending in our -ABLE suffix.

Words using our -ABLE suffix usually have a root word you can recognise, do not usually have a recognisable root word, are modern words? Pause the video and pick the two things that words using -ABLE, the -ABLE suffix usually are, off you go.

Great well, they usually have a root word that we can recognise, and they are usually found in modern words, new words that we've created to describe modern phenomena.

The suffix -ABLE follows some familiar spelling rules when adding the suffix to the root word that I'm sure you know from working with other suffixes.

The root word ends in a consonant, we can just add the suffix.

Comfort, for instance, becomes comfortable.

No change to our root word here because it's ending in that consonant, and our suffix begins in a vowel.

If the root word ends in an E, we remove that E and then add our suffix.

Value, for instance, becomes valuable by the removal of that E because we have a vowel at the beginning of our suffix.

<v ->ABLE, valuable.

</v> However, the E at the end of the word may be kept in order to maintain a soft G or a soft C sound.

Let's look at some examples of this.

Notice, we have a soft C there, the C and the E, making that soft C.

We keep the E to create noticeable, saying that is able to be noticed.

Manage becomes manageable.

There our G and our E work together to make that soft je, je sound, don't they? Not a hard ga, ga.

So we have a soft G, and so we have manageable and we keep the E and then add our suffix -ABLE.

So our rule here is words ending in -CE, so a soft C, or -GE or our soft G.

We often keep the E and just add the suffix.

Root words ending in a Y can follow two patterns.

If our root word ends in a vowel in a Y, then we just add the suffix.

Enjoy, for instance, has the vowel O before the Y, so I just add the suffix.

However, if our root word ends in a consonant and a Y, then we replace the Y with an I and then add our suffix.

Rely, for instance, has the consonant L before our Y.

So I get rid of the Y and add an I before adding my -ABLE suffix.

Look here for me.

I'd like you to put the root words into the correct column to show what will happen when we add our -ABLE suffix.

Our root words are below, they are comfort, admire, value, change, manage and desire.

Do I just add the suffix or do I need to remove an E and then add the suffix? Pause the video, sort the words, and have a go at creating the new words with our -ABLE suffix.

Off you go.

Brilliant job team.

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

Comfort, change, and manage, all just had to have the -ABLE suffix added to them.

Now, change and manage ended in E, but it was a GE making that soft G sound, so we just had to add our suffix.

Comfort ended in a consonant, so I could just add my suffix.

And admire, value, and desire all end in an E that can be removed before adding our -ABLE suffix.

We are now going to have a go at spelling some words that use our -ABLE suffix.

Please remember to sound out the word, think about the root word if there's an obvious one, and think of the spelling rules that we've looked at so far today.

And obviously read and check the words once you've written 'em to see if you think they look right.

Just listen to me say the words first of all.

Number one is available, I'm available for a chat.

Number two, reasonable, that is a reasonable price.

Number three, changeable, my mood is very changeable.

Number four, noticeable.

And number five, reliable.

Number one, again, available, reasonable, changeable, noticeable, reliable.

Pause the video, off you go.

Excellent job team.

Really great application of our -ABLE suffix there, and really great application.

The rules that we've also been looking at, the first word we looked at was available.

Now this was a word that didn't have a particularly obvious root word.

Available, but this is one of those words where it's an exception and doesn't have that obvious root word, and it uses our -ABLE spelling, avail able.

This is the correct one here, A-B-L-E at the end.

The next word was reasonable.

This is word that had an obvious root word, the word being reason.

That ended a consonant so I can just add my -ABLE suffix reasonable.

The next word was changeable.

Now remember our rule here, this ends in an E, but it's an E with a G making that soft G sound, change being our root word.

That means we keep the E and add our -ABLE.

The next word was noticeable.

Oh, again, notice is that soft C, C-E at the end.

So I keep that E and add -ABLE.

Something that's easily noticed.

And reliable.

Think about this one for me.

Rely is our root word here.

That I sound spelt with a Y.

It's proceeded by a consonant, means I drop off the Y and add my I-A-B-L-E and replace that Y with an I.

How did you do that? Did you manage to apply our rules really well? Great job team.

Share your learning and make any corrections now.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is linking these suffixes together, A-T-I-O-N, A-B-L-E, the one we just looked at, and A-B-L-Y creating adverbs.

So the -ABLE ending is used if there is a related word ending in A-T-I-O-N, ation.

Even when there isn't an obvious root word.

Here we have the word application.

I completed an application.

Here we have the word applicable.

They're linked in meaning.

Consideration, please take this into consideration.

Considerable.

Adoration, adorable.

So you can see here, we can interchange our suffixes, ation and able, and the words that they create are linked in meaning.

Toleration can be tolerable.

The words are connected by their meaning and also their spelling.

The spelling before we add the suffix is the same in both.

Adjectives ending in -ABLE can often be turned into adverbs, ending in -ABLY, ably.

Applicable, for instance, can become applicably.

Notice here the spelling of the root, the original part there.

has not changed.

We've just changed our -ABLE for -ABLY.

Considerable can become, you guessed it, considerably.

Adorable, can be adorably, an adverb.

And finally, tolerable can be also an adverb.

Remember, adverbs often end -LY.

Again, the words are also connected by their meaning and their spelling.

Could you put these words into word families, linked by meaning and spelling under the root word heading? Some will be adjectives, some may be nouns, and some may be adverbs.

Our key words, our root words, are tolerate, consider and adore.

Put the words below into their word families.

Pause the video, off you go.

Great job team, really, really impressed there.

Hopefully you've managed to sort 'em like this.

Toleration, tolerable, and tolerably all come under that umbrella of tolerate being our root word.

Consider we could have consideration, considerable, and considerably.

And with adore, we have adoration, adorable, and adorably.

Now you may notice, we have tolerate and adore we have removed the E before then adding our suffixes.

And if you notice, we have tolerate and adore.

We have had to remove the TE and remove the E before adding our suffixes, -ATION, -ABLE, or -ABLY.

With this in mind, I'd like you to select the correct version from the words below to make this text make sense.

You need to read it out loud to help you.

We have the words application, applicable, applicably, consideration, considerable, considerably, adoration, adorable, adorably.

Every morning Chen watched her kitten play, Mm, with its toys, bringing a smile to her face.

When she had first considered getting a pet, she took every, mm, into account, especially regarding the time commitment.

Over the months, her love for the kitten grew, mm, far more than she had expected.

Inspired by this, Chen decided to volunteer at the local animal shelter and filled out an, mm, to help more animals in need.

Be careful here and consider which ending is being used.

Is it an adjective an adverb or perhaps even a noun? Pause the video, pick the correct words to fill in the gaps.

Off you go.

Excellent job team, I'm really, really impressed.

So let's read through this and let's see if you managed to fit in the right words.

Every morning, Chen watched her kitten play adorably.

That's an adverb describing how the kitten played.

Other words wouldn't have made sense there.

Play adorable, play adoration wouldn't have worked.

With its toys, bringing a smile to her face.

When she had first considered getting a pet, she took every consideration into account.

That word ending in that -TION, spelt T-I-O-N, is a noun.

Especially regarding the time commitment.

Over the months, her love for the kitten grew considerably, an adverb describing how that love has grown far more than she had expected.

Inspired by this, Chen decided to volunteer at the local animal shelter and filled out an application, another noun, to help more animals in need.

Well done for selecting the correct versions of the words below with the correct suffixes.

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

Curriculum words are those words which are going to appear a lot in our reading and writing.

It's really important that we know how to spell them.

Let's read this word, system.

The computer system stopped working, system.

Identity.

Identity.

What do you notice about these spellings? Read them again, is there anything tricky about them? Have a think.

Great, well, I've noticed a couple of things.

In system, the Y is making an I sound, like the word symbol and pyramid.

And in identity, it's a noun ending in our -ITY suffix.

It is linked in meaning and spelling to the word identify, which is a verb.

So be careful with that one, it's an -ITY at the end, making it a noun.

Which of these are spelled correctly? We've just looked at these words, quickfire.

Point to the correct spelling of system now.

Great, remember, it's that Y making that I sound, system, be careful we don't want to say sys-tem as well, system it can sound like it's that EM at the end as well.

S-Y-S-T-E-M.

Identity, point to it now.

Great, identity.

Remember, it's that -ITY, ity at the end, making it a noun.

Your identity belongs to you, your personal identity.

I-D-E-N-T-I-T-Y.

Linked to that word identify as well.

Let's read another word.

My turn, your term, symbol.

Symbol.

She was a symbol of authority.

What do you notice about this spelling? Well, I've noticed a couple of things about it.

The first, again, is that that Y is making that I sound like in our word system that we looked at a moment ago, and it has that rare -OL spelling at the end, making that ol sound, symbol.

Be careful with that, it's very, very rare.

Symbol nd the word cymbal, spelled C-Y-M-B-A-L, like the cymbal you might use in music are homophones, words that sound the same but have different spellings and very different meanings.

A symbol is a thing that represents or stands for something else like the symbols on a map, especially a material object representing something abstract.

A cymbal, C-Y-M-B-A-L is a musical instrument in the percussion family.

So be very careful that we don't confuse those.

So with that in mind, select the correct spelling of the word in each sentence here.

Read the sentences and watch out for those homophones.

Off you go.

Great, let's have a look at A.

The dove is a symbol of peace.

So something that represents that abstract idea of peace.

It's going to be my S-Y-M-B-O-L.

Watch out for that -OL at the end, making that ol sound and that Y making that I sound.

The drummer crashed the cymbals together.

Hmm, are you going to crash symbols that represent something together, or are you going to crash those musical instruments together? Which one's it going to be? Yeah, my C-Y-M-B-A-L-S, and S there because we've got our plural cymbals.

The wedding ring is symbolic of their love.

So again, representing that abstract notion of love.

Is it going to be through the musical instrument or is it going to be doing representing something? It's symbolic with my -IC suffix at the end here.

Great.

So, because these words are so regularly appearing in our curriculum, it's really important we are confident with spelling them so we can use them in our writing and we can read them really easily and understand them.

So we're gonna use a strategy now to really embed these into our long-term memory called the look, cover, write, check strategy.

This works by looking carefully at spelling, considering what's difficult about it.

If I take system for instance, I've got that Y making that I and that -EM at the end system.

I then cover it up so I can't see it.

I write it from memory, and then I check and uncover and look and see if I've got it right.

And I do this a number of times to really embed it into my long term memory and use my really lovely best handwriting to make great links between my hand and my brain too.

So I'd like you to use this strategy now of look, cover, write, check for these three words and write 'em a number of times.

Off you go.

Great job team.

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

I think I managed to spell them all correctly.

Let's double check, yes, I did.

If you have any corrections to make, make those corrections now.

Off you go.

So today we have been looking at spelling words with the suffix -ABLE.

The suffixes -IBLE and -ABLE create adjectives, words that describe nouns.

Most words in English with the -ABLE or -IBLE suffix will use -ABLE, it's the most common form.

Removing the -ABLE suffix generally leaves a recognisable root word.

For instance, with the word agreeable, I can see the word agree.

Words in word families using the suffixes A-T-I-O-N, -ATION, A-B-L-E, -ABLE and A-B-L-Y, -ABLY, are connected in spelling and meaning.

If the root word ends in -CE or -GE remember, we keep the E before adding -ABLE.

It's very, very unique.

Great job everyone.

Keep up the great spelling and see if you can notice any words with this suffix in your reading.

See you again soon.