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This session is for teachers who are already familiar with Real Spelling. In our advanced group we decided to investigate PYP concepts and attitudes, to talk about phonic instruction in KG and G1 and to investigate the word as that was coming up as an important word in Grade 1's unit of inquiry. Here are some of our theories (which we are still working on) and some of our findings : ** ** We had a big discussion about this but still weren't sure. We thought that it was related to but we weren't sure about the suffixes. We came u with the word sum sign+ ify+ ic+ ant but then we realised that would mean there would be 2   s in the word so we got confused. We decided to consult with Real Spelling on Skype via real spelling to clarify. @https://files.me.com/spelling/go4g2l.mov He told us the word sum was actually : sign +fy+ ic + ant and Real Spelling sent us a movie to help us understand the base elements  **PYP Attitudes** ** ** Our hypothesis about this is that it is en+ thuse + i +asm with coming from the Greek word for God, theos. Taken from www.etymonline.com Related words: ** ** man +u =fact +ure + ed  My 4th graders has just been studying this in class as part of their unit on economics. The teachers came up with the word sum, as my 4th graders had and were able to prove their theories by looking at word families e.g. , ,. They believed that it came from the word manu meaning hand. Taken from www.etymonline.com ** ** sur + pris e + ing +ly Evidence: sur + face, sur +round, sur + rend +er, sur + vive, sur + name, sur +plus Comes from the prefix,  meaning over and the base word meaning to open, to let out. We later discussed that it comes from the French to take. Wyen looking in John Ayto's Word Origins, we found that it means to be overcome. =**PYP Concept Words**=

** ** Some of us were investigating the PYP concept words and attitudes and were easily able to come up with: ** ** re +flect +ion Our evidence that is a base word is deflect, inflection, genuflection, etc ** ** per +spect+ive Evidence that is a base is :, , , Evidence that <-ive> is a suffix: act + ive, ex + press + ive ** ** cause + ate +ion ,, ** **  **funct +ion** Comes from to perform or do. Related to , ** ** re + spons + ible +ity Although that wouldn't give you the correct spelling, as what happens to the -le? Real Spelling luckily has a movie to clarify the meaning, structure and etymology of  https://files.me.com/spelling/yul0rw.mov ** ** em +path +y pathe from the Greek pathos meaning feel/suffer Related words are :, , ** ** co +opere +ate +ion We are still working on evidence for this one. ** ** Meaning: integer - whole. Maybe a twin base integer/integre We are still working on investigating this integr + ity.