Lesson video

Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

I love spelling and I'm really looking forward to teaching you today.

With you today, you'll need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, obviously, as well as something to write with and write on, which will be really, really helpful and useful.

Right, let's not waste any more time, let's get into today's spelling lesson.

In today's spelling lesson, we're gonna be spelling words with the ee sound, spelled ie.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Phoneme.

Grapheme.

Letter string.

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

A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can change your word's meaning.

A grapheme is the letter or group of letters that represent that sound.

You may heard or hear of a grapheme being called the spelling.

And a letter string is a group of letters that are written together in a word.

So, here's our outline.

We're spelling words with the ee sounds spelled ie.

We're going to begin by looking at that ie grapheme to represent that ee phoneme and then we're going to look at some other phonemes or sounds that can be represented by the spelling ie.

We're gonna finally spell some curriculum words.

So let's get on with using ie to represent ee.

Let's read some words.

Three.

Street.

Employee.

Dream.

Creature.

Beneath Complete.

Extreme.

All of the words that we've just read include the sound ee.

The ee sound or phoneme can be represented with a variety of different spellings or graphemes as we can see here.

We have double ee, ea, and e split e, our split digraph there.

So these are the most common representations then are ee, ea, and e split e.

The most common representations of this phoneme or sound, the ones we see with the greatest regularity.

Can you remember any patterns about where these spellings are found in a word? Use the words we have here to help you.

Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant job.

Some really great thinking going in there.

So there are many other less common ways to spell the E sound as well.

We.

Evil.

Funny.

Sunny, Happily.

Honey.

Key.

Journey.

So, we can see here that the spellings, e, y, ey are other ways to represent that e phoneme.

I wonder if you can remember anything about the patterns about where these spellings like to be found in a word as well.

Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

So we've looked at our common representations on the previous slides and now we've got some less common representations for that ee phoneme.

So, we're gonna look at a table that shows spellings containing that ee phoneme and the patterns that they usually follow.

I'm sure you've just mentioned many of these patterns already and the thinking you just did in the previous slides.

Let's see how you got on.

So we have our ee, ea, e split e, just an e, y, and ey.

So our ee spelled double ee, referee, meet and speech.

This is often found in the middle or at the end of a word.

Our ea spelling words like reaching, eating, and peace, this can be found anywhere in a word.

So watch out for that one.

Our e split e often found last but one, which makes sense given that it's a split digraph.

Our e spelling like he, she, and Egypt, the country here so it has a capital letter, is often found at the start of a word or the end of a short word.

Those high frequency words like he, she and we.

Our y spelling, happy, spiky, hungrily often found at the end of multi-syllabic words.

Happy, spiky, hungrily.

And our ey spelling donkey, monkey, money, key often found at the end of words.

So with those rules in mind, I'd like you to match the words of the spelling pattern it uses.

You need to read the words below and then match them to the correct spelling pattern.

Off you go.

Fantastic job of reading those words and matching them.

So, the first word was complete and I can see here it's E-T-E, it's a split digraph, it's found last but one here.

Then we have three as in the number three.

It's our ee, which can be found in the middle or at the end.

Then we have beach can be found anywhere, our EA spelling.

And eating just goes to show that in beach it's in the middle and in eating it's at the beginning.

And employee, here we have our ee at the end again.

An employee is someone who works for someone.

Let's look at some of those less regular ee spellings then.

So we have e, y, and ey here.

I'd like you to read the words below and match them to the spelling pattern that they use.

Off you go.

Brilliant job.

Great reading again and great matching.

So we have evil, we can see it's just an e, which can be at the start or at the end of word.

Spiky at the end of multisyllabic words, spiky.

We have two syllables there.

She, that's our e at the end of short words, those high frequency words.

Honey, we know that ey spelling that's come at the end.

And hungrily, again hungrily, multisyllabic y coming at the end there.

What do you notice about these words? Let's read them.

Belief.

Receive.

Deceit.

Priest.

Niece.

Inconceivable.

Field.

Grieving.

Hmm.

Do you notice anything interesting about these words? I think they all contain something similar but in some instances spelled a little bit differently.

Pause the video and have a think.

Perhaps read the words again.

Brilliant.

Well, they also all contain that ee phoneme.

And it's spelled either ie or ei here.

The ie or ei sound is often found in the middle of a word as well.

Knowing which spelling to use can be really, really difficult and I'm wondering if you know some rules already.

There is a rule that helps us then and perhaps, you know this rule.

I before e except after c.

Say that for me.

I before e except after c.

Excellent.

So, it means that the spelling ie is used unless the ee phoneme, that sound, is coming after a c.

And that means that ei spelling will then be used.

So, let's have a look at some i before e words.

Words like thief.

Niece.

Field.

Grief.

And here are some examples of some after c words where our ei is used.

Inconceivable.

Deceit.

Many words follow this rule.

I before e words, belief.

Handkerchief, you might blow your nose with.

Shield.

Here are some after c words.

Receive, ceiling, and deceive.

This rule just applies to words whether ie or ei make that ee phoneme, okay? Don't get confused with that ie or ei spelling making other sounds just where it's making that ee phoneme.

There are also some exceptions, some words that don't follow the rules.

Words like protein, which we can see here is ei but it doesn't have a c before it.

Or caffeine, which is ei and it doesn't have a c before it.

And seize like seizing or grabbing something, which doesn't have the c before it.

So watch out.

Let's put those exceptions into our brain now.

Protein, caffeine, seize.

So, for a little check, I'd like you to sort the words into the table by their spelling.

Are they I before e words, after c words, or are they exceptions to the rule? So read the words and sort them now.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Notice that all of these words contain that ee phoneme, don't they? So we have receipt, shrieked, caffeine, niece, seize, and perceive.

But let's see how you managed to shorten them.

We could see shrieked and niece were e before e words.

Receipt and perceived were after c words so it was ei.

And then we had our exceptions, caffeine and seize they were ei but they weren't proceeded by that c.

Great job, team.

So what I'd like us to do now for our practise task is to have a go at spelling some words.

I'm gonna say the words to you.

I'd like you to sound those words out.

Think of spelling rules.

So think about the rules that we've looked at, i before e, except after c and remember any exceptions to the rule.

And then read the words and check.

So the first word is belief.

He had a strong belief in God.

Number two, grieving.

They were grieving the loss.

Number three, perceive.

Perceive needs to become aware of.

Number four, protein.

Some meats are a good source of protein.

And number five, thief.

The thief stole something.

So I'll say this one more time.

Belief, grieving, perceive, protein, thief.

Pause the video and have a get writing those words now.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Really, really good job.

It's really difficult to know whether it's the ei or the ie spelling, so making the same sound here.

But we can use those rules that we've looked at to help us, can't we? So we have belief.

Now let's think about this.

Belief.

Oh, that ee sound is coming after an l, isn't it? So it's going to be my ie spelling, i before e except after C.

The next word was grieving.

Well, let's have a look, grieving.

I think these all make phonetic sense 'cause we all know that ee, ei, and ie can make that ee sound.

But let's think about which one it's going to be.

Grieving.

Well it's an r coming before that e sound, isn't it? So it's i before e, except after c.

The next one was perceive.

Now perceive is that s, s being made by that soft c, isn't it? So perceive and it's a c so it's my ei spelling.

Remember i before e, except after c.

This is coming after a c so it's a ei.

The next one is protein.

Watch out for this one.

You'd expect it to be R-I-E spelling for that e but it is an exception to the rule.

It's proceeded by a t but it is an ei.

And finally, thief.

Somebody steals something, thief.

Brilliant.

Okay, so with this one, ee coming after the th, th.

It's not a c before it so it's my ie.

Remember our rule, i before e except after c.

How did you do there, team? Make any corrections and share your learning now.

Off you go.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is other sounds represented by ie.

So, the ie graphemes can be found in a variety of other words, making a different sound to E as well.

And therefore our rule of i before e except after c does not apply.

I wonder if you can think of any words that contain our ie grapheme but not making that ee sound.

Pause the video and have a think.

Okay then.

I'm hoping you've got some words in mind.

So, I was thinking of words like lie where it's making an i sound.

Pie, again making an i sound.

Cried, again making that i sound.

And diet where it's making an i sound.

Replied, interesting.

Again, making that I sound.

Apply, I'm sorry, replied and applied.

We have patient where it's part of that tient.

We have efficient, again, part of that cient.

Efficiently where we've added our -ly suffix onto the end.

Sufficient.

Soldier.

So, can you identify the words containing the ee phoneme here? This requires you to read the words and listen out carefully.

You're only looking for the words with that ee phoneme.

You are not looking just for the graphemes here.

Pause the video and see if you can figure it out.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

So, we have our ie spelling in diet but it's not making that ee sound, is it? But in niece it is.

Ceiling it is, isn't it? We have that ee, ceiling.

And in tie we have that ie grapheme again but it's making an i.

So, remember that ie or ei spelling or grapheme doesn't always represent that ee phoneme.

It can also represent other sounds.

So ie is a common way to represent the phoneme igh as well.

So we looked at it representing the ee, it can also represent that igh sound too.

So here we have words like die, pie, cries, and fried.

And here are some other representations of that igh phoneme.

We have igh, i split e, the ie that we're looking at, our y, and also just an i on its own.

The spellings igh, i split e, y, and i also make those long igh sounds then.

The igh and i split e representations are the most common so we see them most often.

So the ie can be part of the root word like in pie or lie, or sometimes it's formed when a word ending in a y has the suffix -ed or -es added to it so it becomes past tense or becomes plural.

So here we have cry.

We remove the y and add i, and then our -es suffix to create cries.

We have cry again with our y and we remove the y, replace it with an i and add our -ed suffix.

It's the same with try and tries and try and tried.

So in these words, the ie is making that long igh sound.

The graphemes ie can be found in many other words created by adding the suffixes -es, -ed, -er, or -est.

Let's have a look at some examples.

So worry becomes worries, worry becomes worried with our -ed suffix.

Heavy can become heavier, so -ier.

Interestingly there, it's making sort of two sounds, isn't it? E, heav-i-er.

So sort of working together to make two sounds.

Heaviest, -iest.

In these words the ie can make two sounds.

It can make an ee sound or it can make an e and an s sound.

Heaviest.

Really interesting.

So, how will these words change when the suffix is added? How will I spell parties, fries, occupied, happier, grumpiest? Remember to look carefully at the root word.

Remember to consider the rule that we just looked at.

Pause the video, have a think.

Brilliant job.

So parties, gonna remove the y and add ies, it's got my ie grapheme.

Fries, exactly the same.

Our -ed for occupied.

Gonna remove the y and we have our ied.

Happier, I'm gonna remove the y and have in our ier.

I'm in grumpiest where it's making those two sounds.

I'm gonna remove the y and add iest.

So here we replace the y of an i and then add our suffix.

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

So we can also find the graphemes ie in words that contain the letters ti or ci making the sh sound and with the suffix -ent.

So, here we have patient, efficient, efficiently with our -ly suffix there.

Sufficient, saying sufficient is enough.

In these words, the ie is contributing to the sh and unt sounds.

The ie spelling can also break other learnt rules.

Here we have it in the word friend, it's almost making an eh sound.

Sieve that you might use to sieve flour, making eh sound.

View making oo sound.

Obedient.

Diet.

Science.

In these words, the letters ie are making different sounds.

We need to learn and remember these spellings as there are no rules that can really help us here, like the rules we've looked at already.

So, what I want you to do is I want you to sort the words below and we need you to read them and put them into the correct column.

Some words may go in more than one column, for instance.

So our columns are ie makes the sound igh, ie makes the sound ee, ie makes a different sound, and ie is created by adding a suffix.

So, remember they might go into more than one column.

Pause the video now, sort the words.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

So, let's see how you've done.

We had applied, tie, and cries.

Now, they all have ie making that igh sound but applied and cries we can see also have been created by the addition of a suffix, the -ed suffix and our -es suffix.

We also have ie making that ee sound in parties, chief, and priest.

And then we have our ie making a different sound, friend, efficient, and diet.

And you may notice as well, parties was also created by the addition of our suffix.

How did you do there? Did you manage to sort these into the correct columns? Check now.

Onto our final learning cycle then which will be very sharp.

It's gonna be spelling curriculum words.

So, let's read the following curriculum words.

Sufficient.

Oh, has ie in it, doesn't it? Something that's sufficient is enough.

Variety.

Again, it has our ie in it, doesn't it? So, do you notice anything interesting about these spellings? Well, we can immediately notice that they both have our ie spelling that we've been looking at today and it's making a variety of sounds here, isn't it? So we have that C-I-E-N-T in sufficient and that ie in variety.

Both of these words then have that letter string ie in them.

In sufficient the letters ci makes a sh sound before the E-N-T ending, which sounds like an unt, sufficient.

The root word of variety is vary.

The y has become an i and then we've added the suffix onto the end.

So, which of these words that we've just read are spelt correctly? Point now to the correct spelling of sufficient.

Brilliant.

So, double f remember, sufficient.

And it's that ci and it's the E-N-T spelling cient.

Be careful.

I know it might sound like an unt but it's that E-N-T spelling at the end there.

Point now to the correct spelling of variety.

Brilliant.

Remember, our root word here is vary, we've removed the y added an I before adding ety.

Brilliant.

So, let's read some more curriculum words.

Achieve.

Again, it contains that ie, doesn't it? Do you notice anything else maybe tricky about this spelling? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

Well, a thing that I've noticed is the ie here.

So it has that left of string in it, but I've also noticed that it has this ve at the end.

Achieve here follows our i before e except after c and it's that ie making that ee sound so we can follow that rule set.

It ends with the ve that represents that v sound.

Always remember that e at the end because no words in the English language end in a letter v by itself.

So, can you identify the correct spelling of the word achieve for me? Remember the rules that we've looked at.

Brilliant.

So achieve, it's that e represented by an ie and it's following our rule i before e except after c.

And remember that e at the end, it's that ve representing that v sound.

That v sound there.

So, we're gonna practise these words now by using the look, cover, write, check strategy, a really useful independent strategy.

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

Well, I've got double f in sufficient and then I have this C-I-E-N-T that I need to remember, cient.

Sufficient.

I then cover it up, put it in my memory, and I have a go at writing it.

I then check back.

I got it correct but I don't just do it once, I do it a number of times.

Look, cover, write, check to really embed that spelling into my long-term memory.

So I want you to have a go at using this strategy now to write out sufficient, variety, and achieve a number of times.

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

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

Did you manage to spell them correctly? Share your learning and make any corrections now.

Great job in spelling today, team.

We've been spelling words with the ee sound spelled ie.

There are many ways to spell the ee sound including ee, ea, e split e, e, y, ey, ie, and ei.

The graphemes ie and ei can also make that ee sound.

We can use that rule i before e except after c to help us choose between the ie and ei spelling when spelling that ee sound.

The letter string ie as we've looked at today can also represent a range of different sounds as well and where that rule would not be applicable.

The ie spelling can also break other learnt rules and can be used when the sound is not ee.

Great job in spelling today, team.

Keep an eye out for that ie or ei letter string and I'll see you again soon.