St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolHOME LEARNING Wednesday 24th February 2021
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 3:03pm
Year 4
Home Learning Wednesday 24th February 2021
Good morning Year 4. I hope you had a good Tuesday and managed to complete your work to the best of your ability. The work you sent me on Seesaw was amazing, I especially enjoyed seeing your RE which is always beautifully presented. Keep up the positive attitude to your learning Year 4!
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.
Have a close look at the sentence openers when you are reading today. Does the author use a wide variety of openers? What sort of words do they use? Can you identify what sort of openers they are? Are they adverbs (often start with -ly); -ing words; pronouns (eg he, she, I) etc. Can you try and use these types of openers in your next piece of writing?
Remember if you need any new reading books, please let us know and we will arrange for some books to be collected from the school office.
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Monday 29th February 2021. They all have the suffix -ation.
A SUFFIX is a string of letters that go at the END of a root word, changing or adding to its meaning. Suffixes can show if a word is a noun, adjective, adverb or verb. Sometimes root words change when suffixes are added (eg create could become creation, created or creative, imagine could become imagination, imagined or imaginative).
The suffix -ation is added to verbs to form nouns.
education sensation creation celebration punctuation expectation
calculation hesitation imagination invitation location investigation
Write the long date Wednesday 24th February 2021
Copy the words carefully into your book and find out the meanings of any words you are unsure of. Can you identify the root word too? (eg educate (verb) becomes education (noun); create (verb) becomes creation (noun) etc)
A spelling challenge has also been set on Sumdog.
Handwriting
A video will be uploaded on Wednesday morning. Watch the video and then practise your handwriting in your Home Learning book.
Write the long date Wednesday 24th February 2021
Write the title Handwriting
English
Please open the document attached to the blog called ‘Planning a chapter’. Full instructions for today’s lesson are given here.
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, 5 and 10 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 25th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on a mixture of 3 and 6 times tables.
Counting
Count in 10’s from 0 to 150 and back again. Count in 10’s from 880 to 1100 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 0.1’s (tenths) from 0 to 1.5 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in 0.1’s (tenths) from 8.8 to 11.0 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
What is the relationship between 0.1 and 10?
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
Repeat the game from yesterday. Can you choose a shorter time interval or get more questions correct using the same time interval as yesterday? Make sure you play the game a couple of times to improve your ability to halve quickly.
Click on play game. Choose Level 3, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 500. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc. These are quite tricky so make sure you give yourself enough time to work them out!
Remember to make jottings to help yourself.
Eg Half 678 Partition into 600 70 and 8
Half 600 = 300 Half 70 = 35 Half 8 = 4 300 + 35 + 4 = 339
(You could further partition 70 into 60 and 10. Half 60 = 30 Half 10 = 5 30 + 5 = 35)
Today, we are going to learn more about area.
Before you start, can you write a definition of what area is without looking at your notes from Monday? Can you jot down anything else you know about area, again without looking at Monday’s learning?
Write the short date 24.02.21
Write the learning objective Can I calculate area by counting squares?
Watch today’s teaching video here.
Open the worksheet attached to the blog called ‘Counting squares’
Complete the worksheet / answer the questions in your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers with the document ‘Counting squares answers’ attached to the blog. Look carefully at any questions you got wrong and try to understand why you made the error. Can you write a sentence to explain what you have learnt today?
French
Here’s a song to welcome you back to French learning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNkI6QFZ50
Click this link and download lesson 15 with audio to recap the preposition words.
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y4_French/Yr4SpringFr.php
In school, we only managed to reach slide 8 last time so we’re going to recap and carry on from there. Once you’re happy with these words (you can go over the slides a few times, adding an action to help you remember because they are tricky words!), click this link to download the study booklet.
http://www.rachelhawkes.com/Resources/Y4_French/Y4_French_Booklet.pdf
You are going to do page 27. You can either print it off or just write the answers in your book.
Write the date in French – mardi vingt-trois février and the learning objective:
Can I describe a shape picture?
A. Read the first part and match the description to the picture. (The instruction at the top of the sheet isn’t correct, sorry.)
B. Complete number 1 and write the description for pictures 2 and 3 using Il y a – there are ….
Challenge – can you draw a picture using shapes and describe it?
Très bien! A bientôt. See you soon!
PE
Watch the clips below and follow the instructions on the cards.
Games Skills – Continuous Battleships
Gymnastics – Sequence Champions
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables)
- A maths challenge all about decimals – tenths
- A spelling challenge based on today’s new spellings (-ation)
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.
A new spelling challenge will start tomorrow.
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.