Video: To investigate suffixes: -tion, -cian, -sion, -ssion

﻿Hello everybody. Welcome to today's lesson. My name is Mrs. Richards and today we are investigating suffixes. In particular suffixes that sound like /shun/. I love this learning. Let's get started. In today's lesson, we're going to start by exploring some key vocabulary. Then we're going to investigate and generate rules using our spelling words. In this lesson, you will need some paper, a pencil, and definitely your brain. Pause the video now and go and get any resources that you need. Key vocabulary. Here is our key vocabulary for today. Noun. My turn, your turn. Noun. Noun. A noun is a person, place or thing. Root. The root is the most basic version of a word unto which the prefix or suffix is attached. And suffix. My turn, your turn. Suffix. Suffix. Is a group of letters at the end of the word that change its meaning and sometimes its word class. Do you remember our key vocabulary for today? Which term meant a person, place, or thing? Yeah. A noun. Well done. Which one was the most basic version of a word unto which the prefix or suffix is attached? Yes. A root. And what's the name of a group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning and sometimes its word class? A suffix. That's it. Well done. Let's investigate and generate some rules. In a moment, I'm going to ask you to pause the video and think about what these words might have in common. First, let's say them together. Invention. Tension. Discussion. Musician. Pause the video and think about what these words have in common. Go! If you're stuck, here's a clue. Say the words out loud and listen to the ending of each word. Have a look at the spellings of these words and think about the word class. Pause the video if you need a bit more time. Okay, should we see how you got on? These words all ended in a /shun/ suffix. There's that /shun/ sound at the end of each of these words. Invention, tension, discussion, musician. That's a suffix because it's something that I attached to a root word at the end. These word are all also nouns. Remember a noun is a person, place, or thing. Invention is a thing. I can touch it or see it. Tension is an abstract noun. I can't touch it, but I can definitely feel it. It's still a thing. Okay. These are the four suffixes which we're going to explore in more depth in today's lesson. Did you notice that in my words, none of the suffixes were spelled s-h-u-n? It sounds like that, /shun/, but they're not. Here are the four spellings for the /shun/ suffix which we're going to explore today. Here's our first spelling. On the board there are three words. In a moment, I'm going to ask you to pause the video and work out what these words have in common. Here are your words: invention, hesitation, and station. Off you go. Okay. So what do they have in common? Well, they all ended with that same /shun/ suffix. And, in fact, in these three words the spelling was always the same, t -i -o -n. These are all also nouns. A noun is a person, place, or thing. Let's have a look at these in more detail. In a moment I want you to pause the video and see if you can spot a word inside a word. Invention. Is there a word inside the word invention that you can spot? Could you find the root? Hesitation. Can you spot a word in a word there? Can you see the root? Station. Can you spot a word in a word there? Can you see the root? Pause the video and have a go. Okay. Let's look at each word in turn. Inside the word invention I could spot invent. Invent is my root word. And look, invent ends in a -t. And here my /shun/ suffix starts with a -t. T-I-O-N. In hesitation I can almost spot the word hesitate. I couldn't see that -e on the end but it was almost there. Hesitate is the root word from which we get hesitation. Again, look at the ending of hesitate. This time it's a -t and an -e. And I've got the /shun/ suffix -t-i-o-n. How about station? This one was harder. It's really hard to spot the root within the word station. That's because not all roots make sense in English. Not all roots are words that we can recognise. In station the root comes from Latin and it's meaning is about position and standing still. Think about its word family. It's got link to words like status which is about your position, about being still. In station we might not be able to see the root word, but what we know so far is that we have a /shun/ suffix that can be spelled T-I-O-N. That often the root word ending in -T or -TE is a clue and, and this is important, /shun/ spelled T-I-O-N, is the most common /shun/ ending. So when you're writing and you hear that you want to write a word that ends in the /shun/ suffix, the best bet, the most common one is always -T-I-O-N. So if you're not sure, if you can't think of any other rules, then that's the one to go for. Here's what we've learned so far. 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 the last letters of this root word can give you a clue about how to spell the /shun/ suffix. What have we discovered so far? /Shun/ can be spelled -T-I-O-N. If the root word ends in a -T or a -TE, and this spelling is our best bet. It's the most common spelling of the /shun/ suffix. Let's have a look at another set of words. Here are your three words. I'm going to read them aloud to you, then I'm going to ask you to pause the video and work out what these words have in common. Division, tension, extension. Pause the video. Okay, how did you get on? This should be getting easier. These words all end in the /shun/ suffix. Yes, you're right. And they're all what type of word? What word class do they come from? Yes, they're all nouns. Let's look at these in more detail. What spelling do we have here of the /shun/ suffix? It's no longer T-I-O-N. Here it's S-I-O-N. I wonder if you can spot any words within these words? Just like before. Could you spot the root word in division, tension, and extension? Pause the video and have a go. Here's a clue. In these words, if you can't see the root word you might be able to hear it. So have a go at saying these words out loud. Pause if you want to give it a second try. Otherwise, I'll show you. Here in division, that ending sounds slightly different. It's not quite /shun/ anymore. Here it's /zhun/. We might here /shun/ or /zhun/. They sound slightly different, but they're both going to adhere to these same spelling rules. Let's look at that first word, division. Within that, I can hear the root word divide. I can see part of that root word too. Divide ends in a -D-E and that's the root word from which we form the noun division. Have a look at extension. Could you hear the root word here? The root word is extend ending in a -D. From that root word I get the noun extension. Have a look at this one. In tension, could you hear the root word? The root word is tense and from this I get the noun tension. Here all of these nouns are spelled -S-I-O-N and the root words have either ended in a -D or a -DE or here an -SE. Do you notice, when we just looked at the word tension, that word can also be found in another one of our words which we are exploring today? Tension forms part of the word extension. It's really important that we start to spot patterns and analogies between words. That's what helps us become a really good speller. There's the word tension. So, what are we learning? When we're writing a word with an ending that sounds like /shun/, we might be able to hear a word within the word which we are writing. The last letter of this root word can give you a clue about how to spell the /shun/ suffix. What have we discovered so far? Can you remember? /Shun/ spelled T-I-O-N is used when the root word ends in a -T or a -TE and that's our best bet. We can also spell that /shun/ suffix S-I-O-N and that's used when the root word ends in -D or -DE or -SE. You're doing really well. Let's keep going and have a look at another set of words. This is our third spelling of the /shun/ suffix. There are two words on the board which I'm going to read to you. Then I want you to pause the video and work out what they have in common. Discussion. Permission. Pause the video. Okay. What did these words have in common? Yes, they have the /shun/ suffix. You're absolutely right. How's it spelled here? Let's have a look.

S-S-I-O-N Let's break these words down. Can you spot a word within a word? Can you see the root word inside discussion and permission? Pause the video and have a look. Okay. Let's see if we can hear them as well as see them. Discussion. Inside the word discussion I can see the root word discuss. Discuss ends in two -s's That's why my /shun/ suffix here begins with two -s's.

S-S-I-O-N How about this word permission. Here I couldn't see the root word, but I could almost hear it. Permission sounds like permit. Permit here is the root word. And permit becomes permission. Look how that root word ends. It ends m-i-t. If my root word ends in this way then the /shun/ suffix is going to be spelled -s-s-i-o-n. Can you also spot another word within a word? Can you spot mission within permission? Well done if you did. Spotting links between words is really important. So, what have we learned? When we're writing a word with an ending that sounds like /shun/, we might be able to hear a word within a word we are writing. The last letter of this root word can give you a clue about how to spell the /shun/ suffix. What have we discovered? There should be three spellings of this /shun/ suffix which you have learned about so far. T-I-O-N when the root word ends in a -t or a -te, and that's our best bet. Most common spelling. S- I- O -N when the root word ends -d or -de or -se. And -s-s-i-o-n when the root words ends in double s or mit. Okay. One more spelling to explore. You're doing brilliantly. This is our fourth spelling. This is a really good one. There are three words on the board. I'm going to read them to you then ask you to pause the video and work out what they have in common. Musician, electrician, magician. Think carefully this time. There's something else they might have in common. Okay, should we have a look? So, yes they end in the /shun/ suffix yes. But here it's spelled C-I-A-N. Hmm. What else did they have in common? Have a look. These were all professions. They were all jobs. Did you spot it? Musician, electrician, magician. Those are all professions that I can have, jobs that I can do. And look carefully here at this spelling. Previously, we always had t-i-o-n or s-i-o-n or s-s-i-o-n. Here it's slightly different, C-I-A-N. But what an easy rule for us to remember. If we are writing a profession, a job, that ends with the /shun/ suffix, it's going to be c-i-a-n. Let's see if we can spot any root words. Can you find a word within a word? Pause the video and have a go. Okay, let's have a look. Inside musician, we can spot the root word music ending in a -c. And that suffix is spelled c -i -a -n. In electrician we can spot the root word electric and the suffix is spelled c -i

a -n. In the word magician we can spot the root word magic ending in -c. And the suffix is spelled c -i -a -n. Okay, what have we discovered so far? T-I-O-N is used with root words ending in a -the or a -te. It's our best bet. S-I-O-N is used with root words ending in a -d or a -de or an -se. S-S-I-O-N is used with root words ending in a double -s or an m-i-t. And c -i -a -n, be careful of the spelling here, is used with the root word ending in a -c or a -cs. And, most importantly, it's used for professions, for jobs. Okay, let's see what you can remember. Here are my four suffixes. Can you now explain the rules? Off you go. Pause the video. Okay, let's have a look. Here are the rules on the board. Okay. Let's set our spelling words. This week's spellings all have that /shun/ suffix and they demonstrate the four different spellings, which we've explored today. I'm going to read the words aloud to you, explain the meaning, and then you can pause the video and copy them down really carefully. Number one. Invention. Invention. I've come up with an amazing invention. Number two. Hesitation. Hesitation. I spoke with hesitation. Pause the video if you need more time. Number three. Station. Station. The train stopped at the station. Number four. Division. Division. Can you hear how the ending sounds slightly different? /Zhun/. It's still the same spelling pattern. Division is an operation that we can do in maths. Pause the video whenever you need to. Give yourself as much time as you need. Number 5. Extension. Extension. Is there an extension to my work, miss? Number 6. Tension. Tension. I can feel the tension in the air all around me. You're doing really well. Pause the video whenever you need to. Give yourself as much time as you need. Make sure you copy down the words really carefully. Number 7. Discussion. Discussion. We had a discussion about his behaviour. Number 8. Permission. Permission. I need permission to walk home by myself. Number nine. Musician. Musician I would love to be a musician. Spelling number ten. Electrician. Electrician. My mom is an electrician. Pause the video if you need more time. Remember to really focus on those words. Copy them down accurately. You don't want to be learning the wrong spelling. Well done! For today's spelling session, you've done brilliantly. I look forward to seeing you next time.

Lesson summary: To investigate suffixes: -tion, -cian, -sion, -ssion

In this lesson we investigate and generate rules about the use of -tion, -sion, -ssion and -cian.

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To investigate suffixes: -tion, -cian, -sion, -ssion

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To investigate suffixes: -tion, -cian, -sion, -ssion

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