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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, and I'm really looking forward to tea/shun/g 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.

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

Then in today's spelling lesson, we're going to be using the suffix -tion to represent the /shun/ sound.

The outcome will be I can spell words using the suffix -tion or -tion.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn.

Your turn.

Make sure I can hear you say these back to me.

Suffix, root word, noun, abstract noun.

Brilliant.

Let's have a chat about these words then.

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

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

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

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

So today we are going to be adding the suffix -tion, <v ->tion, to the end of some root words to create nouns</v> and also abstract nouns.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We're using the suffix -tion to represent that /shun/ sound.

We're going to begin by creating words with the suffix -tion.

Then we're going to spell some words using that suffix.

And finally, we're going to have a go at spelling some curriculum words.

Let's get on with creating words using that suffix -tion then.

Remember that a suffix is a letter or group of letters that we can attach to the end of a root word to create a new word.

But unlike prefixes, which we can add to the beginning of words, suffixes, which come at the end, can often change the word's tense or word class.

Kind here with our -ness suffix becomes kindness.

Joy here becomes joyful.

Here we have the word deep ,an adjective.

If I add my -en suffix, it becomes deepen, a verb.

It has changed its word class.

There are lots of different types of suffix.

Remember, today we're looking at the -tion suffix that makes a /shun/ sound.

And remember, different suffixes can create words with a different word class.

Abstract nouns are a type of thing, but they have no physical form.

They can be created using the suffixes -ness, <v ->ity and -tion,</v> that /shun/ suffix that we are looking at today.

Here we have gentleness, an abstract noun, creativity, another abstract noun.

Exploration with our /shun/ suffix and intuition.

These are all abstract nouns.

They are the names of ideas, qualities, or states that cannot be seen or touched.

The -tion /shun/ suffix creates nouns, and often it creates abstract nouns.

What will you create in your art lesson today? The word create here is a doing word.

It is a verb.

I've taken my root word here and added the -tion suffix to create creation.

Let's have a look at it in a sentence.

That is a beautiful creation.

The word creation here is a thing.

It is a noun, an abstract noun.

What word class are prepare and preparation here? Read the sentences and decide on their word class.

Pause the video and have a think.

Excellent.

Please help to prepare the table.

The word prepare here is a doing word.

It is a verb.

Good preparation is the key to success.

The word preparation here is a thing, an idea.

It is a noun, an abstract noun.

So we've taken our root word, prepare, which was a verb.

We have changed that root word a little bit and added our /shun/ suffix, -tion.

And it's changed its word class to become a noun, specifically an abstract noun.

Can you match the root word to the abstract noun that it has become by the addition of our /shun/ -tion suffix? Pause the video, match the noun.

Fantastic.

Opposite has become opposition.

Pollute has become pollution, and invite has become invitation.

For our practise task here, what I'd like you to do for me is to match the root words to the related noun ending in our suffix -tion.

Write them down and please, whilst we do this, focus on the spellings 'cause the next learning cycle will be concentrating on how our root words change when we add our suffix -tion, /shun/.

So match the words ending in our -tion suffix to their root words now and concentrate on their spelling.

Off you go.

Fantastic, team.

So let's see how you've done.

We have here the word distribute.

It becomes distribution.

Explain becomes explanation.

I was given an explanation, an abstract noun.

Prepare becomes preparation.

Found becomes foundation.

And compete becomes competition.

I can see here that in some instances, the spelling of the root word has changed a touch before we've added our -tion suffix, and I'm gonna be looking at this in more detail in the next learning cycle.

The key piece of learning from this cycle was that adding our -tion to the end of root words creates nouns and often abstract nouns.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is spelling words using the suffix -tion, /shun/.

There are several ways of spelling the suffix, which sounds like /shun/.

We have here musician, that job, someone who pays music, passion, -ssion, exploration, that -tion suffix that we're concentrating on today, and extension, -sion.

So you can see here there are four ways that our /shun/ sound can be spelt.

<v ->Cian- ssion, -tion and -sion.

</v> The spelling -tion, the one we're concentrating on today, that suffix is the most common and the best bet for spelling.

By best bet, I mean, if you hear that /shun/ sound at the end of the word, it's most likely going to be this one 'cause it appears most regularly in our reading and writing.

Do you recognise the root word of these words ending in -tion, /shun/? Invention.

Hesitation.

Education.

Station.

Pause the video and have a think.

Do you recognise any root words here? Off you go.

Fantastic.

Lovely thinking conversations going on there.

Of course, our root words are those base words onto which our suffix has been added.

Our root word of invention is invent.

The root word of hesitation is hesitate.

Our root word of education is educate.

And station is an interesting one.

There's no clear and obvious root word with this one, but we get this from the Latin word statio, meaning standing still, and something that is stationary is not moving.

Interestingly here, you can see that some of our root words have changed a little bit when we've added that -tion suffix.

We're going to be looking at that in detail now.

When we are writing a word with an ending that sounds like /shun/, we might be able to hear a word within the word we are writing.

The last letter or letters of this root word can give you a clue about how to spell the /shun/ suffix.

Invention, for instance, invent ends in a T.

Hesitation, hesitate ends in a -te.

Education, educate ends in a -te as well.

So our rule here is words that end in -tion often have a root word ending in -t or -te If you can recognise that root word, it will help you to spell the new word with that suffix -tion.

With that in mind, words using the -tion, /shun/ spelling, often have a root word ending in which letters? A, d, s or e.

B, t or te.

C, c or cs.

Point to the correct answer now.

Great job, team.

It is B t or te.

Some of these words have root words that you will recognise and some don't.

Let's have a look.

We have the words completion and deletion.

These here have -etion.

Our root words here are complete and delete, ending in that -te.

Repeat, compete, opposition, and position have that -ition.

Repetition, competition, opposition, and position.

And then we have -otion words, motion, lotion, devotion, promotion.

A couple there don't have clear and obvious root words, but I can see promotion would have the root word promote ending in -te.

And then we have distribution, pollution, revolution, and institution, our root words being there distribute, pollute, revolt, and institute.

The words ending in -otion, -ution and -etion usually have root words that contain the final vowel clearly pronounced.

This helps us to spell the new word.

The suffix, -ation turns verbs into nouns.

Separation.

Our root word here was separate.

Invitation.

Our root word here was invite, a verb.

Calculation.

Our root word here was calculate, another verb.

Participation.

Our root word here was participate, a verb.

Transformation.

Our root word here is transform.

Exploration, our root word here was explore.

And operation.

Our root word here was operate.

So I can invite somebody round, that is a verb, an action, a being or doing word.

Or I could give them an invitation.

That is a thing, a noun.

So adding our -ation suffix here to the end of the root word, turns them from verbs into nouns.

Adding the suffix, -ation can follow similar spelling rules that you may recognise or know from adding suffixes already.

If the root word ends in a consonant, we can often just add our suffix.

Inform, for instance, can become information.

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

An example of that will be admire, ending in an E, becoming admiration.

We don't want to have our two vowels next to each other there.

So we chop off the E and add our -ation suffix.

Admire being a verb has become admiration, a noun.

Look at what happens to these words.

Vibrate becomes vibration.

Donate becomes donation.

What do we notice here? Well, what's happened to our root words? How have they changed? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

We can see here that these words ended in -ate, and we've effectively removed that -ate and added our -ation suffix.

So our rule here is these words that end in -ate, we remove the -ate and add -ation.

Here's a little check task for us.

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

Are you just going to add the suffix? Do you need to remove the E from the root word, then add the suffix? Or do you need to remove the -ate at the end of the root word and then add our -ation? Pause the video, put them into the correct column, and have a go at adding our -ation suffix.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Let's see how you've done them.

So we had inform and found, and we've just had to add -ation here.

Those root words there just ended in a consonant.

Then we had determine and organise, which ended in E as root words.

So we removed the E and added -ation and finally, translate and operate.

Both ended in -ate.

So we had to remove the -ate to add -ation.

Great job.

So we've looked at many of these words already, but also consider the root words and what you would need to do to them to add our -ation suffix.

I'd like you to read these sentences and choose the correct spelling of the highlighted words.

Off you go.

Great.

I found information about pandas on the internet.

So my root word here is inform ending in that consonant, I just have to add -ation.

One of them makes phonetic sense, but we know our /shun/ sound is spelled -tion most commonly.

So it's information.

Andeep's determination to win the race helped him run really fast.

So determine here is our root word, determine.

Now, that root word ends in an E.

So I remove the E and add -ation.

I know it sounds like determination with an I, but it's determination, de- for my prefix, D there at the beginning.

So determination.

Fantastic.

My dog needed an operation.

Well, with this one, operate is our root word, -ate.

Remove the -ate and add -ation, operation, -tion.

Our teacher praised our class on our organisation during the science project.

Our root word here is organise, which ends in that -se, so I remove the e and add -ation.

Be careful with this one.

I know it's might sound like a Z sound, but it's organisation with an S.

Great job, team.

So onto our final practise then.

We are going to be spelling some words using our suffix /shun/, -tion.

It may also contain some words with -ation.

Consider the rules that we've looked at when adding these suffixes today.

Please remember to sound out the words.

Think of the root word if there's an obvious one.

Think of the spelling rules we've looked at for adding our suffixes.

And also read and check the word to see if you're happy with it.

So listen to me carefully.

Just say the words first of all.

We've got five words we're going to try and spell with our /shun/, -tion suffix.

Our first word is admiration.

I have a lot of admiration for her.

Number two is completion.

Number three, pollution.

That factory is releasing a lot of pollution.

Four, opposition.

I am in opposition of that idea.

And five, translation.

So we have admiration, completion, pollution, opposition, translation.

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

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

Some really great application of our spelling rules there.

Really careful consideration for that -tion suffix as well.

So I've seen admiration written like this.

Now, our root word here is admire.

Its pronunciation changes slightly when we create our new word admiration.

Admire ends in an E.

So I need to remove the E and add my -ation suffix, admiration.

So the correct spelling is this one here.

Completion was our next word.

Complete is our root word here.

That ends in a -te.

So I need to remove that -te and add -tion, completion, spelled with that E.

It's this one here.

The next one was pollution.

Be careful here.

Pollution, its root word is pollute, which has a double L, and it ends in that -te.

So again, we remove the -te and add our -tion, pollution.

And the next one, opposition.

Be careful with this one.

It has double P, but a single S.

Always be careful with this word.

Opposite is the root word, again, ending in that -e or that -te.

So we can remove it and add our -tion suffix, opposition.

But we also have to add our -ition here.

So opposition, be careful with this one.

Double P and our -ition.

You can hear it, opposition, -ition.

And finally, translation.

Translate is our root word here.

Translate ends in that TE.

So I need to remove that TE and add -tion, translation.

And it's that /shun/, obviously spelled -tion, our best bet spelling.

How did you do there? I'm hoping you managed to spell all of those /shuns/ correctly with that -tion.

Perhaps you have to add some letters before you added it.

Pause the video, share your learning, and make any corrections now.

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

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

And they might have slightly tricky elements to them.

So it's really important that we know how to read, write, and spell them because we're going to be using them a lot in our curriculum.

So here's our first word.

Competition.

Competition, brilliant.

You may notice that it has our -ition suffix here, that /shun/.

Mention.

Again, we have our /shun/, -tion.

And position.

All of these words end in that /shun/, don't they, spelled -tion that we've been looking at today.

Some of them have clear and obvious root words and others don't.

Look at these words for me.

Do you notice anything interesting about them? Anything difficult perhaps about the way they're spoke compared to how they sound? Have a think.

So I've noticed that in competition, we have that root word competes, don't we? We've removed that E and added our--ition.

You can hear the E and the I really clearly, which helps us to spell it.

Competition.

Mention has no obvious root word.

The /shun/ spelling is the most common ending, remember.

So if you hear that /shun/, you know it's going to be -tion most likely.

And position has the Latin root posito, meaning to put, like deposit, to leave something or put something somewhere.

You can hear the I clearly, which helps us to spell it.

Position.

And again, you know our /shun/, our -tion is your best bet.

Take a snapshot of these now.

Brilliant.

Competition, mention, position.

Okay, quick fire round.

Which of these are spelled correctly? Point to the correct spelling of competition.

Go.

Amazing, competition, compe, T-I, and then /shun/, -tion.

Next one, mention.

Point to it now.

Great, remember, /shun/, -tion is our best bet spelling.

Mention.

There's a word in the word there.

There's men there too.

Did I mention how well you're doing in this spelling lesson? And finally, point to the correct word of position? Remember, our Latin root here is posito, position.

Great.

Position.

Position.

Be careful, I know it might sound like a Z, but it's an S, position.

P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.

Again, /shun/, our best bet, -tion spelling.

So because these are words which appear with such great regularity, it's really important we're confident with spelling them.

And a great strategy for doing this is the look, cover, write, check strategy.

This is where you look carefully at a word.

You then cover it up so you can't see it.

You write it from memory, and then you check and see how you did.

And you really embed that spelling into your long-term memory.

And of course, use your neatest cursive handwriting.

So I'd like you to have a go at using this strategy now to write out these three words a number of times, competition, mention, position.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

So I'm hoping you have them written out a number of times like this.

How did you do with competition, mention and position? Did you manage to spell them correctly? Do you have any corrections to make? Pause the video, share your learning, and make any corrections now.

Excellent spelling today, team.

Remember, we've been using that suffix -tion to represent that /shun/ sound at the end of words.

The suffix -tion creates abstract nouns very often.

The most common spelling, for the /shun/ suffix is -tion.

Words spelled with -tion often have a root word ending in -t or -te.

The suffix -/sshun/, -ation, often turns verbs into nouns and it uses some familiar spelling patterns that you know when adding suffixes.

Keep up the great spelling.

I'll see you again soon.