Home Practice Friday 6th November 2020

Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 4:49pm

Year 4

Home Practice 6^th November 2020

Year 4, well done for working so hard on your first week back after half term.

This week, we have learnt more about the characters in the Iron Man and written our thoughts and feelings as if we were Hogarth.  In maths, we learnt more strategies for adding numbers together mentally, including partitioning, using pairs to ten, finding doubles and near doubles, and bridging 10 and 100.  We also worked hard to refine our 3 and 6 times tables by counting in multiples and playing Fizz Buzz. In Science, we learnt more about classifying animals and went on a mini-beast hunt in the nature area.  We enjoyed making clay tree faces during ‘Outdoor Classroom Learning’ Day – see our pictures in the gallery.  

Well done to all those who have 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 after half term, on Wednesday (11^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 ‘ch’ in them, but this is a ‘sh’ sound (they are mostly French in origin). Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them after half term, on Thursday (12^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’.

chalet          chef            brochure      parachute    sachet

charlatan     quiche          chaperone    chauffeur    moustache

crochet        chivalry        machine       charade       machinery

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A maths challenge (mental addition of numbers within 1000)
• A grammar challenge (tricky past tense verbs)
• A spelling challenge (based on the spellings above)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!