Year 4 Home Learning WB: 29.6.20

English MathsWriting Blog (10min) Please reply to the blog today. TEXT WE ARE READING THIS WEEK:

Lesson 1 Handwriting: (10min) material, mention, minute, medicine, natural, naughty Practise joining these words in neat handwriting with clear ascenders and descenders. Reading: (50min) Complete the reading comprehension about rainforests (see attached)

Lesson 2: Reading: (15min) Read CH6 of The Firework Maker’s Daughter. Grammar (45min) Determiners: A word which comes before a noun. See the task attached below for examples and your task.

Lesson 3: Reading (30min) Listen to part 1 and 2 of the Firework Maker’s Daughter CH7 CH7Writing: (30 min) You are going to retell the events from Lila and Lalchand’s firework display. Listen carefully to the extract in chapter 7 part 1 when Lila and Lalchand begin their firework display (0.37 seconds). Begin your paragraph with…’Lila and Lalchand hugged each other tightly and ran to their places.’

Starters: Choose from the following each day. (15 minutes daily)-Play bingo, take a quiz or play a dice game. Follow this LINK for some great starters-Practise your times tables and other facts on Hit the Button LINK- Try and improve your studio speed this week on TT Rockstars - Round these numbers to the nearest 10 (78, 159, 101, 23, 452, 565, 1853, 4739)-Round these numbers to the nearest 100 (349, 298, 105, 6742, 2487, 4358, 2435)-Round these numbers to the nearest 1000 (3468, 1085, 3751, 4879, 1892)

Main Tasks (Choose one task each day from either computer/non computer or do both if you like)Computer based Use this LINK to access BBC Bitesize maths. Choose ‘Start Lesson’ then select your correct year group or practise skills from the year below if needed. Oak Academy have also got some teaching videos and structured lessons for you to follow on this LINK

Non -computer based Angles Watch this LINK to refresh your knowledge on angles. Key things you will need to know for this work.

Lesson 4:Reading (20min) Read one of your own books or catch up with CH6 CH7 of the Firework Maker’s Daughter. Writing: (40min) Today we would like you to complete a book review on The Firework Maker’s Daughter. We have set a To Do on Purple Mash as a template or if easier, you can use the ideas on the template attached below.

Lesson 5:Spelling: (20min) The spellings we would like you to learn this week are: material, mention, minute, medicine, natural, naughty Play games based on the Y3/4 wordlist using this LINK then learn the words above. Look carefully at the tricky parts e.g. augh, the ‘u’ in minuteGrammar: (40min) Complete the mixed grammar tasks attached

Task 1: (see sheet attached)

Task 2: (see sheet attached)

Task 3: (see sheet attached)

Task 4: (see sheet attached)

Task 5: Angle Art Your task is to create a picture made up of different angles like the ones here. Try and use all the different angle types. When completed, can you spot the different types of angle in your picture? Obtuse, acute, right angle, reflex?

THERE ARE OTHER MATHS ACTIVITIES FOR YOU TO TRY IN THE HOME LEARNING SECTION OF THE SCHOOL WEBSITE

Science History Art Electricity Task 1 Research the definition of these scientific words relating to electricity. Write the word and record the definition next to it. You will need to understand what these words mean. Use this ONLINE DICTIONARYelectrical appliance, mains electricity, battery, energy, power station, pylon

Task 2 Watch these links WHERE DOES ELECTRICITY COME FROM? HOW IS ELECTRICITY MADE?Draw a diagram like this one to show how electricity travels to our homes.

RomansTask 1 Watch this LINK to find out about how the Romans changed Britain and answer the following questions.

(1) Why did the Romans leave Britain?(2) Write 2 facts about Roman roads(3) What did Emperor Constantine do in AD313(4) How were Roman towns laid out?(5) What was London called in Roman times?

Task 2 You have learned about many key events linked to the Romans. Now create a timeline which includes these events.

753BC The building of Rome begins146BC Rome conquers Greece49BC Julius Caesar rules Rome55 BC Julius Caesar’s first attempt to invade Britain27BC Augustus becomes the first Roman emperorAD43 The Romans begin to conquer BritainAD61 Boudica’s rebellion AD122 Hadrian’s Wall is constructedAD 410 Roman rule in Britain endsAD 455 The Roman empire collapses

Try and draw your timeline to scale like we have practised in class e.g. 1cm = 100 years

Sculpture This week we are going to learn about the female artist Barbara Hepworth. This LINK provides you with information about her and her work of arts.

She was famous for creating sculptures and was inspired by the nature around her. She liked the shapes of the roads, hills and fields and created artwork with these shapes in.

TASKSculptures made from soap! Follow this LINK to learn how to make a sculpture from soap.

French Design and Technology GeographyI hope you enjoyed your French learning task last week. Please see sheet attached for this week’s task.

Moving Toys Last week you watched this LINK about moving toys and hopefully made a design. This week, your job is to make your moving toy using resources you have

Biomes - RainforestsWe looked at some simple information about rainforests a few months ago so you may want to re-read your notes. We are now going to look at rainforests in more detail particularly the

in your household. Remember this could be a simple picture with a sliding mechanism or could be more difficult using a cam mechanism. The ideas sheet is attached below.

Please also try to enjoy some daily exercise. There are lots of PE ideas on the PE Home Learning page.

Maths Task 1

Maths Task 2

Maths Task 3

Look at the angle shown. The children are all correct. Complete the sentences so they say why…I know the angle is not obtuse because….I know the angle is acute because…..

Now write your own statements about this angle.

Maths Task 4

Now draw your own acute, obtuse and right angles. Label the approximate measurement using these diagrams to help you.

Complete these 3 tasks in your maths book

English Lesson 1

English Lesson 2

These are determiners. They are words used before nouns.

Task

Can you write two sentences using a determiner from each colour bubble. You should end up with 8 sentences. Use a different determiner each time. You could link it to our story The Firework Maker’s Daughter if you like.

Example: The grotto was filled with light and fire.

Can you spot the determiners in these sentences?

English Lesson 4

Book Review Template

English Lesson 5 Complete the challenges on both mats

Design and Technology Moving Toys

Geography Task 2

FRENCH WEEK BEGINNING 29.06.20

YEAR 4

ANIMALS AND OPINIONS

TASK I (10 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLUrufz-RRA

Watch the clip carefully TWICE. There is a lot of vocabulary in there that we have been learning in year 4.

TASK 2 (10 mins)

Choose an animal. It doesn’t have to be one that we have learnt, but you might find that easier. Draw a picture of it and label it (in French). You might like to choose two animals and link them using ‘and’.

TASK 3 (20 mins)

Write a short paragraph expressing your opinion about animals. Try and choose some different animals from task 2 if you can. You can freeze the video by pressing pause to help you with any spellings.

VOCABULARY TO HELP YOU

J’ai (I have) mais (but) J’aime (I like) Je n’aime pas (I don’t like) J’adore (I love)

et (and)