To investigate suffixes: -le -el -al -il

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Suffixes: -le -el -al -il

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﻿Hello. I'm Mr. Marsh, and welcome to today's spelling lesson. Now, in the spelling lesson today, we are going to investigate suffixes. Now, suffixes go at the end of words, and they change their meaning. So the suffixes we're going to look at today are -le, -el, -al, and -il, and we're going to investigate those in this lesson. So if you're ready, let's begin. So let's have a look at the agenda for today's lesson. We are going to look firstly at some key vocabulary that's going to help with our understanding in this lesson. And then we're going to look at those suffixes I mentioned and investigate and generate some rules so we know which of those suffixes that we should or should possibly use to spell words. And then we're going to set some spelling words at the end of the lesson. Before we begin, just make sure that you've got an exercise book or some paper, a pen or a pencil, and make sure your brains are switched on and you are ready to start the lesson. If you haven't got those things, pause the video, and then we can begin. Fantastic. So let's start by looking at some key vocabulary that we're going to refer to and will help with our understanding in this lesson. So I'd like you to repeat after me. Suffix. Your turn. So a suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning. Root word. Your turn. So a root word is a word or part of a word that can form a new word through the addition of prefixes, which is not what we're focusing on today, but a prefix goes at the start of a word, or what we are concentrating on today, suffixes. So let me say that one more time. A root word is a word or part of a word that can form a new word through the addition of a prefix and a suffix. So we're now going to look at the suffixes we're going to study today, and we're going to investigate and generate some rules to help us know which suffix we might use when we are spelling. So here are four words. I would like you to listen to me say them, and then you're going to repeat each one after me. Medical. Obstacle. Squirrel. Council. I just want you to pause the video, and I want you to say those words to yourselves again and tell me, what sound do you hear at the end of each of those words? Okay. Pause the video for me now. Okay. What sound did you hear? I'll say it again. Medical, obstacle, squirrel, and council. Now, you've got that -ul sound at each of the end of those words. But you'll notice that that, even though the sound is the same, -ul, that it has a different spelling for each suffix. We've got -al, -le, -el, and -il. So we need to investigate what? Some rules, and create some rules that will help us know which suffix we would use, because they all sound the same, so we need some rules to determine whether it's -al, -le, -el, or -il. Okay. Let's do that investigation now. So here are two words. Medical. Your turn. Traditional. So they've got that -ul sound, but the suffix is spelled -al. Pause the video. Do you notice anything about these words? Okay. Now, if you look in medical, well, we've got that root word that I referred to in our key vocabulary. So a root word, remember, is a word or part of a word that can form a new word through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. Now, here we've got medic in medical, and we've got tradition in traditional. Anything you notice about those root words? Pause the video and have a think. Okay. What did you notice? Well, medic and tradition are root words that makes sense by themselves. So if the root word makes sense by itself, it's likely to have the -al suffix for the -ul sound. So medical, traditional. Okay. So thinking about that rule, we've got electric. Can you add the -al suffix to this word? I want you to write it down and pause the video. Okay. Off you go. Okay. How did you get on? Well, electrical. So you've got electric. The root word makes sense on its own. So the -al suffix has been added to that word. And another thing to know is that the -al suffix is the second most common spelling out of the words ending -al, -el, -le, and -il. So what does that, how does that help me, Mr. Marsh? Well, that helps you because if you're not sure which suffix it is for that -ul sound at the end of the word, well, it's quite likely to be -al because it's the second most common. So if you're not sure, it might be a good idea to go and use the -al suffix. Okay. Here is the second suffix we're going to look at today, -el, still making the -ul sound. So follow me. Towel. Your turn. Travel. So still makes the -ul sound, but my suffix this time is -el. Here are four words: towel, travel, cancel, and parcel. Now, I want you to pause the video, and you may take two, three, four minutes. Can you write down any other words that have the -el suffix at the end, making the -ul sound? Okay. Pause the video now. See how many you can think of. Great. How many did you get? Well, I bet you didn't get that many. And the only reason I'm confident in making that bet is that -el, making the -ul sound as a suffix, is one of the least common spellings of words ending -al, -el, -le, and -il. So again, how does that help me, Mr. Marsh? Well, if you have got a word that's got that -ul sound at the end of the word, well, then we know possibly it's unlikely to be -el, because it's one of the least common spellings of words with these suffixes. Okay. Our third suffix. We're going to look at the suffix -le. Candle. Your turn. Simple. Your turn. So candle and simple have that -ul sound at the end of the word. Now, here are five words: candle, simple, trouble, trickle, and circle. Is there anything in those words that you notice? Can you notice any patterns, or can you think of any other words that have the -ul sound and look similar to these words? Pause the video, have a think. Okay. Did you come up with any other words? First word I thought of was to do with trickle, so we had, like, pickle or tickle. Now I was thinking of, like simple. We might have pimple. We've got that -ul sound at the end. So what you might notice is that here we've got some letter strings at the end of each of these words. We've got -dle, -ple, and -ble, and we've got -ckle and -cle. Now, these are really common letter strings, which means lots of words have these letter strings. And therefore, it means that the -le suffix is quite common, because it often forms these different letter strings. So actually, what that means is that -le is the most common spelling of the words ending -al, -el, -le, and -il. So again, how does that help me, Mr. Marsh? Well, if you hear that -ul sound at the end of a word and you're thinking which suffix it is, well, then it's your best bet to go with the -le suffix, because it is the most common. Okay. Finally, our fourth suffix, -il, still making the -ul sound. So repeat after me, fossil. Pencil. So still making the -ul sound, fossil, pencil. Pause the video. Can you think of any other words that you know that have the -il suffix, making the -ul sound, at the end of the word? Okay. Pause the video now. Well, let's see how many words. Keep a note of those words that you've just done. But I want to focus on these two to start with. We've got fossil and pencil. What do you hear before the suffix, -il? Fossil. You say it. Pencil. Can you hear that ss sound, don't you? So for the suffix -il, sometimes, only sometimes, so only, not all the time, sometimes, the root word has the ss sound before the -il suffix, like in fossil and pencil. Now, I want you to dig out that list that you've just made of words ending -il. How many did you get so far? I've given you a few more here. So we've got fossil, pencil, pupil, and evil. So pause the video. Can you think of any more? Give yourself two or three minutes. Okay. How many did you come up with? I'm going to bet against you again. I don't think you probably came up with that many, because -il for the -ul sound suffix is actually the least common. So again, how does that help me, Mr. Marsh? Well, if you are unsure of a word and how it's spelled, but it's got the -ul suffix sound at the end of the word, then the last option for you that you should go for is the -il sound, because it is the least common, unless, potentially, if it has the ss sound before the suffix. Okay. Time to test yourself. We have four words on the right, electrical, candle, towel, and fossil, and here we've got four rules. So the least common; if the root word makes sense by itself, it is likely to have the -al spelling; the most common spelling out of word ending -al, -el, -le, and -il; and in one, is one of the least common spellings of words ending with suffixes -al, -el, -le, and -il. What I want you to do is I want you to match the rule to the word. So pause the video and have a go at that. Okay. How did you get on? Well, let's have a look. So electrical, we've got the word electric. The root word there is electric. So it makes sense on its own. So that's going to have the -al, that -ul sound at the end, but -al suffix. Candle. Well, we know because of those common letter strings that -le is the most common spelling of words ending -al, -el, -le, and -il. Towel. Well, we've got -el there. It's one of the least common spelling of words ending suffix -al, -el, -le, and -il. And then fossil. Well, we know that that -il suffix is the least common out of the four that we have been looking at. Okay. We're now going to set our spelling words for this lesson. So make sure that you've got that pen, pencil, pad ready, and I want you to carefully copy down the words as we go through them. You can pause the video at any point if you just need to make sure you've copied them correctly. Okay. Here are 10 spelling words. Now we're going to go through each of the spelling words individually. So if you're not quite sure of the meaning, then I will explain the meaning to you. Make sure with each one that you carefully copy down each and every letter in each word. Okay. I want you to say the words after me. Physical. So physical has to do with, like, body. So someone might be being a bit too physical, they might be pushing someone a little bit too hard. Individual. So an individual is a single person. So you might refer to just that individual. Emotional. So we talk about emotions. We have lots of different emotions. If someone's feeling emotional, they're really showing their emotions. Tranquil. So if a place is tranquil, it's really peaceful. Turmoil. So you might describe someone's mind as being in turmoil. It means there's so much going on. They're really confused. They can't make a decision. Muscle. So your body is full of muscles. We talk about muscles, people building muscles, and you'll think about your body for that. Vegetable. I'm sure you know what a vegetable is, and I hope that you all eat plenty of them. Vehicle. So a vehicle is another way of saying a car or maybe some form of transport. Parallel. So parallel you might remember from maths. Parallel is where you've got two lines that will never, ever meet. They run parallel to each other. And channel. So channel, it's kind of got two meanings. You might have, like, a river channel, so which kind of guides, maybe, the river or the water. But then you also might channel your thoughts. So it's all to do with, like, guiding something. Okay. Before we move on, I want you to pause the video and just make sure you have carefully copied down each of this lesson's spellings. Okay, great. Pause the video now and make sure you've done that. Congratulations. We're at the end of today's lesson. I really enjoyed it. So let's just do a quick recap of what we've covered. We looked at some key vocabulary that helped us through this lesson, looking at what a suffix was and what a root word was. And then we investigated and generated some rules for the suffixes -al, -el, -le, and -il, and then we set some spelling words that contain those suffixes. So that brings us to the end of the lesson. You've completed it. Well done. What I want you to do now, I want you to take the list of 10 spellings and I want you to take them away and practise them. The best and most effective way to practise them is little and often. So if you can do five to 10 minutes per day, that's going to be the most effective. And if you've got some spelling practise strategies that you know, then use those, because they're going to really help you learn those spellings. Okay. I hope you enjoyed the lesson. Goodbye.

To investigate suffixes: -le -el -al -il

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