Ben:
Now it's time to kick off with our first super movers brain booster.
Naomi:
Brilliant.
Ben:
Listen carefully to the words and copy the moves. Are we ready?
Naomi:
Up on your feet.
Ben:
Than [WHISTLES].
John Farnworth:
Hi guys. I'm John. Let me spell it out for you. Spelling can be hard so let's make it easy. Learn a few tricks to make it easy. In a few kicks, we'll make it easy. Here we go, here we go, here we go. Speak and spell, speak and spell. If you don't know it, then speak and spell. Say it out loud, break it up, to help you spell the word. Feb-ru-ary. Feb-ru-ary. Feb-ru-ary. Feb-ru-ary. That's how you spell February. Ex-pe-ri-ence. Ex-pe-ri-ence. Ex-pe-ri-ence. Ex-pe-ri-ence. That's how you spell experience. Beat the syllables, beat the syllables. Beat out all the syllables. The syllables will help you remember how to spell the work. Prob-a-bly. Prob-a-bly. Prob-a-bly. Prob-a-bly. That's how you spell probably. In-ter-est. In-ter-est. In-ter-est. In-ter-est. That's how you spell interest.
Naomi:
[APPLAUSE] We're out of breath after that.
Ben:
Brilliant.
Naomi:
Well done, super movers. How good does that make you feel? So tell us what you think and teachers, maybe you just got a great picture of your class. Send them in to us.
Ben:
Yes, please do. Now, I don't know about you, Naomi, but I think that that brain booster was really exciting.
Naomi:
Yeah, it was exciting. But why are you spelling the words out?
Ben:
[LAUGHS] Well, I think if you watched-- Some words are very difficult to spell, so breaking them up into syllables can help.
Naomi:
Oh, I see. Well I better head outside then鈥
Ben:
Yes.
Naomi:
鈥nd I will set up for our spelling challenge. See you in a bit.
Ben:
She's getting it. Anyway, to find out more, we're lucky to have our supercalifragilisticexpialidocious experts who can spell all the hardest words, including that one, in the English dictionary. So, please welcome superstar author of the Jamie Johnson series and all round spelling whiz, it's Dan Friedman: . [APPLAUSE]
Ben:
Dan, delighted to have you here at Hampden.
Dan Friedman:
Yeah.
Ben:
Excellent. So today we're learning how to spell difficult words. So, do you have any great tips for us?
Dan Friedman:
Yeah,. First tip, like you were just saying, break down words into smaller parts. So, explanation; that's actually got four parts, hasn't it? Ex-plan-a-tion.
Ben:
Okay. I like that. Excellent. Or should I say, ex-cell-ent. Getting the hang of it. What else can you do?
Dan Friedman:
Well, you've got the chance to look for roo words; words within other words. So, in existence, you've got exist. In friendly, you've got friend. If you can get that root word, you're halfway there to the overall word.
Ben:
Okay. Fantastic. So, in the super movers brain booster that we just saw with John Farnworth: , we learnt that saying a word can help you work out how to spell it. So, I think we should have a go. What I need you guys to do is read these words with me. Everyone here as well, please. So, let's go. Transfer. Defender. Referee. Defer. Prefer. Excellent, and I do prefer some of those words actually, Dan. So what sound can we hear in each of those words? What's the recurring sound? It's the er isn't it? Excellent. Or should I say, sup-er-b. Now, you can see the sound er which would suggest the spelling of these words contains the letters E and R next to each other. So, Dan, are there any rules that we can use to help remember these spelling?
Dan Friedman:
There are rules, but you're not gonna be surprised to know that there are also exceptions to the rules. So there's I before E except after C. We know that one. And that works for words like receive and ceiling and things like that. But there's also protein where the E comes before the I and there's no C. But I've got some other tips for you. For example, what's the common sound with these words then, Ben? Official, special, confidential.
Ben:
[Shull]
Dan Friedman:
Right, absolutely. But that [shull] can be spelt in different ways. You can have C-I-A-L, as in special. And you can have T-I-A-L, as in confidential. On the whole, C-I-A-L is common after a vowel and T-I-A-L will be common after a consonant.
Ben:
Okay. I think I'm getting the hang of this. Are there any other rules and exceptions that we should know?
Dan Friedman:
Well, we can talk about words that end with the sound [shun] So think about station. That ends with an I-O-N. But then you've also got magician, which ends with an I-A-N. So a tip there would be, if the root word ends with a C or a C S, then the [shun] is spelt I-A-N.
Ben:
Okay. Alright. So, are there any other tips? You're giving us some great ones, but is there anything else you can teach us?
Dan Friedman:
Let's talk about words that end with the sound [shus] Cautious, delicious. Now, that can be spelt T-I-O-U-S or C-I-O-U-S and a handy pointer there is that if the root word ends with a C, then we would go with C-I-O-U-S. And do you want one final one?
Ben:
Oh, I'd love one please, Dan.
Dan Friedman:
Alright. I'll give you one final one. So, those are the words that end with the sound [ent]. So you've got decent, and that's E-N-T. But then you've got hesitant and the [ent] there is spelt A-N-T. So the trick there is the E-N-T is normally used when the preceding letter is either a soft C, so go decent, or a soft G, regent, or a [qu], so consequent.
Ben:
Okay. Excellent tips. Thank you very much, Dan. A lot to take in but I think we're getting there. Naomi, what's happening in the stands?
Naomi:
Well, we are so excited today, Ben, because we are joined by 麻豆官网首页入口 Sport broadcaster and super movers ambassador, it's Amy Barber. [APPLAUSE] Welcome Amy. Thank you so much for being here with us for our Live Lesson. So, you are no stranger to major sporting events in stadia around the world. Tell us, what's the most exciting event that you've ever covered as a sports broadcaster.
Eilidh Barbour:
Well, this one's a bit personal to me. It was her at Hampden Park. The Scottish Cup Final, where the team I've supported my whole life won their first ever tropy.
Naomi:
Oh, that must have made you happy.
Eilidh Barbour:
So that was exciting, yeah.
Naomi:
And how happy are you to be involved as a super movers ambassador?
Eilidh Barbour:
Yeah. Really can't wait. I've been practising my super moves鈥
Naomi:
Good.
Eilidh Barbour:
鈥ut yeah, really looking forward to getting active and learning how to spell at the same time.
Naomi:
Yeah. I know, it's good, hey?
Eilidh Barbour:
I could do with sometimes.
Naomi:
Yes. And you're gonna help us out with our super movers activities as well, aren't you?
Eilidh Barbour:
I am indeed.
Naomi:
We're gonna start with a spelling challenge. So, we also need to welcome our other very special guest today. It's our four footy mascot. Eilidh, will you do the honours please?
Eilidh Barbour:
I will indeed. Give them a big round of applause. Our groundsman's nightmare from Montrose FC, it's Monty the Mole. From Ross County, this chap's antlers make him hard to tackle. Roscoe, the Stag. Next, the goalkeeping sensation from Dundee United, Terry the Terror. And finally, from Queen [Spi], a spider whose legs do all the talking, it's Webster the Spider.
Naomi:
[LAUGHS] Thank you, Eilidh. Welcome mascots. Thank you for helping us out with our spelling challenge. So, in this activity, we need you, the audience to decide how to spell certain words. We need to use the tips that Dan has just taught us and tricks from the brain booster. So, what's going to happen? Eilidh's gonna say a word out loud, you then repeat the word after her and decide which spelling is correct. So our mascots will be holding up two options of how to spell that word. You decide which one is right. If you think it's the one on the star team shirt, you hold up your star team shirt and do some star jumps for us. However, if you think it's on the spotty team, if you think that's the correct spelling, you do a little run on the spot. You got that? Got that everyone? Alright the, Eilidh, over to you for our first word please.
Dan Friedman:
Okay. So, repeat after me. The first word is action.
All:
Action.
Naomi:
Right. Mascots, will you reveal your cards please. Is action spelt I-A-N or I-O-N? Audience, decide. Star jumps or running on the spot. What are you gonna do?
Eilidh Barbour:
There's a lot of running on the spot here I think. A couple of star jumps, but I think running on the spot wins it.
Naomi:
What do you think?
Ben:
Oh, some excellent work there. But, Dan, can you see if our audience are largely correct here.
Dan Friedman:
The spottys got it didn't they? Action is spelt with I-O-N.
Ben:
Fantastic. Excellent work. Eilidh, back to you on that.
Eilidh Barbour:
Okay. Repeat after me again, the second word is official.
All:
Official.
Naomi:
Mascots, please reveal your cards. Is official spelt C-I-A-L or is it spelt T-I-A-L? What do you think? Audience, you decide.
Eilidh Barbour:
It's a tough one. What have we got? A lot of star jumping going on here. Stars. You're running.
Ben:
Dan, it looks like the stars have that one. Are they right?
Dan Friedman:
The stars are the stars. It's official It's spelt C-I-A-L.
Ben:
Well that is official. Thank you, Dan. Eilidh, What is our next word?
Eilidh Barbour:
Okay. This next one's getting a bit tougher. Word three. Repeat after me, ambitious.
All:
Ambitious.
Naomi:
Mascots, please reveal your cards. Tell me, do you think ambitious is spelt T-I-O-U-S or is it spelt C-I-O-U-S? Get star jumping or running on the spot now.
Eilidh Barbour:
It's quite a mixture this time, Naomi.
Naomi:
Yeah. We're not quite sure.
Eilidh Barbour:
I'm gonna say stars.
Naomi:
Yeah. Maybe stars.
Ben:
Okay. There was a mix there, Dan. Maybe the stars edged it. Were they right?
Dan Friedman:
That's one for the stars. T_I-O-U-S.
Ben:
Fantastic. And we're getting ambitious now. Well done if you got that. Eilidh, what's the final word in our spelling challenge today?
Eilidh Barbour:
The final word, repeat after me. Frequent.Frequent.
Naomi:
Mascots, please show us your cards. Is frequent spelt Q-U-A-N-T or is it spelt Q-U-E-N-T? Audience, decide. Oh, we're not sure, we're not sure.
Eilidh Barbour:
Oh, not sure. I'm gonna say spots win that. Running on thespot.
Naomi:
Spots.
Ben:
Well I spotted a few spots there, Dan. Were they correct?
Dan Friedman:
Beautiful spots. E-N-T is right.
Ben:
Excellent work, audience.