HOME LEARNING Monday 8th February 2021

Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 10:40am

Year 4

Home Learning Monday 8^th February 2021

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you had a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend.  Welcome to our last week of Home Learning before we break up for February half term.  I can’t believe that we have been Home Learning for nearly 6 weeks.  I know things may be tricky, but keep doing what you can, to the best of your ability.  

Remember it’s dance week at St Oswald’s! Click on the link here to see the video. Try and practise every day and send in a 10 second video via Seesaw, no later than 12 noon on Thursday, so that we can include it in the whole school video!

I have left some yellow dictionaries at the school office - these are the same dictionaries that we use in school.  Feel free to pick a dictionary up to use at home, you can then make sure your spellings are perfect in your writing.

 

Reading

Please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.

Write 5 questions about the chapter you have just read for another reader to answer.  Make sure they start with a capital letter and end with a question mark.

Examples:

Why did the boy ……. even though …….?

What happened after …….?          What happened before ……?

What does the word …….. suggest about the character / mood / setting?

Which character ………?

How did ……. feel when ……?    How do you know?

 

Spelling

Last week’s spellings were all homophones. Children in school will be tested on them today, therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on them.  

Write the long date Monday 8^th February 2021

Write the title Spelling test and complete the test underneath.

Ask someone to read out your spellings twice, ask them to read out the sentences below so you can choose the correct homophone – you don’t need to write the sentence, just the word.

1. Tied. The parcel was tied with string.
2. Knight. He was a knight in shining armour.
3. Break. Don’t break the glass!
4. Fought. The brothers fought like cat and dog.
5. Waist. Kensuke’s breeches hung loosely around his waist.
6. Guest. I was a guest at a beautiful wedding.
7. Feet. When you’re writing make sure both feet are flat on the floor.
8. Tide. He tried to swim against the tide.
9. Night. In the middle of the night, the owl came out to catch its prey.
10.  Brake. The girl used the brake on her bike to slow herself down.
11. Fort. The fort was strong and secure to stop the enemies from entering.
12.  Waste. Don’t waste water by leaving the tap running.
13.  Guessed. I didn’t know the answer to the question, so I guessed!
14.  Feat. Climbing Mount Everest was a remarkable feat.

Once you’ve completed the test, check any words that you got wrong.

New spellings will be given tomorrow.

         

English

Today, please read / listen to Chapter 5 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 5 by clicking here.

Once you have read Chapter 5, open the document attached to the blog called ‘Chapter 5 activity’. Read the instructions carefully and complete the task in your Home Learning book.

Write the long date Monday 8^th February 2021

Write the learning objective Can I retrieve information from the text?

 

Please share your work on Seesaw

 

Times tables

A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 2, 4 and 8 times tables.

Please practise your own tables target using Hit the button. If you are on ‘free’ tables, please practise a times table or division fact which you know you find tricky.  If you are in school this week, you will be tested on your individual target on Thursday 11^th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on ÷12.

 

Counting

Count in 10’s from 0 to 140 and back again.  Count in 10’s from 450 to 610 and back again.  Think about what you found tricky?  Write the numbers down as you say them – what patterns do you notice?

Please count in 4’s from 0 to 48 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?

Now count in 4’s from 100 to 148 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?

 

Maths

Click here to play Daily 10.

Click on play game. Choose Level 2, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 20.  Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc.  You will need to write the answers down and check them at the end.

Remember to make jottings to help yourself.

Eg Half 28                  Partition into 20 and 8

Half 20 = 10       Half 8 = 4      10 + 4 = 14

If you are feeling confident, have a go at Level 3, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 100.

Eg Half 134                 Partition into 100    30     4

Half 100 = 50     Half 30 = 15       Half 4 = 2        50 + 15 + 2 = 67

Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and accurately each time.

                                                     

Today, we are going to learn how to multiply using the formal written method of multiplication.

Write the short date 08.02.21

Write the learning objective Can I use the grid method to multiply a 2d number by a 1d number?

Please watch the video which will be uploaded to Seesaw on Monday morning. This video will explain the grid method.

Please open the maths worksheet called ‘Multiplication 2d x 1d’ attached to the blog.

Complete the worksheet and answer the questions in your Home Learning book.  You must use the grid method as this is the strategy we are practising today!

Check your answers with the document ‘Multiplication answers’ attached to the blog.  Look carefully at any questions you got wrong and try to find where you made the error. Was it your multiplication or your addition which you found tricky?

 

History / Computing

Click on this link to take you to the BBC Bitesize page ‘How did the Romans change Britain?’

Read the information carefully and watch the videos.  

Write the long date Monday 8^th February 2021

Write the learning objective Can I give examples of how the Romans changed Britain?

Please make a factfile which explains to the reader some of the ways the Romans changed Britain.  You do not have to explain all the ways Britain was changed by the Romans but choose 3 that you are especially interested in.  An example of a factfile is attached to the blog, called ‘Example factfile’. Make sure your work is bright and colourful, words are spelt correctly and it is interesting to read.

You could make your factfile in your Home Learning book, or use PowerPoint, Word or Publisher. The choice is entirely yours, but make sure your work makes sense, you use capital letters and spell words correctly, whilst also showing off your history learning. (Please do not copy word for word off the websites, please use your own words).

You can find more information by clicking here and going to the Primary Homework Help website.  Look on the left-hand side of the page for information on Roman roads, Hadrian’s Wall, Roman Numbers etc

Please share your work on Seesaw.

 

Sumdog challenges

You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:

• A maths times table challenge (based on the 2, 4 and 8 times tables)
• A maths challenge to practise counting in multiples of 4, 5 and 8

Please make sure you log on and have a go!  It is important that you practise these skills as they are invaluable in helping you to learn your number facts and multiplication and division facts.  In addition, they will enable you to calculate accurately and at speed when working mentally.

New maths challenges will start after half term.

On Tuesday 9^th February 2021 you can start:

• A spelling challenge based on this week’s new homophone spellings

 

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Have a lovely evening and stay safe.

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