Home Practice Friday 23rd October 2020

Date: 23rd Oct 2020 @ 1:57pm

Year 4

Home Practice 23^rd October 2020

Another fantastic week of learning Year 4!

In maths we have consolidated our learning of tenths, including counting in tenths, placing and finding tenths on a numberline and finding the difference between tenths.  We also started learning more strategies for mentally adding numbers together – this will be our next focus.  In English, we started our new novel, ‘The Iron Man’ and retold the first chapter as the Iron Man.  We also created a ‘Wanted’ poster for him. We found out more about Celtic warriors in history and labelled our own warrior.    

Well done to all those who has been on Sumdog during the last week – practising these skills is the key to making progress, so keep up your fantastic efforts.  Let’s see if everyone in Year 4 can log onto Sumdog during the next couple of weeks and practise these skills!

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 after half term, on Wednesday (4^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 are taken from the Year 3/4 statutory word list. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them after half term, on Thursday (5^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’.

appear         continue       grammar      material       possible      

suppose       breadth       different     group           medicine

pressure      surprise       breathe       difficult       guard

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A multiplication challenge (x3 x4 and x8 – multiplication, division and arrays – many of you are still finding these tables tricky)
• A maths challenge (adding 1’s, 10’s and 100’s, or multiples of)
• A spelling challenge (based on the spellings above)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

And finally, have a lovely relaxing time over half term.  Make sure you have lots of fun and enjoy spending time with your family.  Come back to school refreshed and ready for the next 7 weeks of learning at St Oswald’s.