Home Practice Friday 20th November 2020

Date: 19th Nov 2020 @ 4:10pm

Year 4

Home Practice 20^th November 2020

This week, we dramatized a scene from The Iron Man, when a family were being interviewed by a reporter – these were brilliant year 4 and some were very funny! We also wrote a letter to a friend telling them of the events of Chapter 4 when the space-bat-angel-dragon arrived, and drew and labelled what we thought the space-bat-angel-dragon looked like. In maths, we learnt how to add numbers using the expanded method of addition, this included recording exchanging accurately.  In history, we started our new topic of the Romans.  We learnt the myth behind how Rome got its name and created a story board to retell the tale of Romulus and Remus. We made our own classification key in science, and used Flexitree to produce a computer version of it.  We also learnt about food chains and the effect of losing a link in the food chain. 

Well done to all those who has been on Sumdog during the last week.  It is crucial that you practise the skills set on Sumdog, as they will help you make more progress.  If you do a little every night, you will very soon see a difference in your learning.

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (25^th November 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

The spellings this week all have the spelling ‘sc’ in them, but this is an ‘s’ sound. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next week, on Thursday (26^th November 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

science        scene           scientist      scenery        scent

scissors       scenic          scientific     disciple        crescent

scented       muscle         fascinate     ascend         descend      

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the above spellings (s sound, spelt sc)
• A maths challenge related to addition and subtraction facts within 1000 (even though we haven’t done much subtraction in Year 4, please have a go!)
• A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!