HOME LEARNING Monday 1st March 2021

Date: 28th Feb 2021 @ 10:53am

Year 4

Home Learning Monday 1^st March 2021

Good morning Year 4.  Welcome to your last week of Home Learning! I’m sure you’ve heard that we will all be in back in class together again next Monday (8^th March). What exciting news!  In addition, Thursday 4^th March is World Book Day.  Join in the fun by dressing up as a book character on Thursday.  I’m looking forward to seeing a photo of your outfit uploaded to Seesaw along with a message about your favourite book, explaining why it is your favourite.

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.

Explain which part of the book was the most exciting or interesting. Make sure you include reasons why you think it was exciting or interesting.

Spelling

Last week’s spellings all had the suffix –ation. Children in school will be tested on them today, therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on them.

Write the long date Monday 1^st March 2021

Write the title Spelling test and complete the test underneath.

The words are:

education       sensation     creation       celebration  punctuation  expectation

calculation      hesitation    imagination  invitation     location        investigation

New spellings will be given tomorrow.

English

Today, please read or listen to Chapter 8 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 8 by clicking here.

Make sure you look up any words if you are unsure of their meaning. Try and work out the meaning of the word from the sentence before you look it up in a dictionary.

Open the document called ‘Events in Kensuke’s life’ which is attached to the blog. You may either print this sheet out or complete the writing straight into your Home Learning Book. All the instructions for today’s task are explained in this document.

Please share your work on Seesaw

Times tables

A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 11 and 12 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 4^th March 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on a mixture of 4 and 8 times tables.

Counting

Count in 10’s from 45 to 185 and back again.  Count in 10’s from 62 to 202 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 6.5 to 8.3 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 9.5 to 11.2 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?

How many 0.1’s (tenths) are there between 6.5 and 7.5?

Maths

Click here to play Fruit splat compare equations

You will be given an equation eg 4 x 3 ___ 2 + 2

Work out both sides of the equation.   In the example above 4 x 3 = 12 and 2 + 2 = 4.

Decide whether the calculations are = (equal), the first calculation is > (greater than) the second; or the first calculation is < (less than) the second.

Click on the correct symbol.  In the example above, you would click on the greater than symbols, because 12 > 4.

Try Level One to begin with and see how you get on!  You can choose an untimed or timed game.

Today, we are going to learn how to compare area. 

Before you start, write down everything you can remember about area so far.  Can you give a definition? What is a closed shape? Last week you learnt 2 different ways to calculate area, what were they?

Write the short date 01.03.21

Write the learning objective Can I compare area?

Watch today’s teaching video here.

Open the worksheet attached to the blog called ‘Comparing area’.

Complete the worksheet / answer the questions in your Home Learning Book.  

Check your answers with the document ‘Comparing area 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?

RE

Please open the document called ‘RE Ways to say sorry’ which is attached to the blog.  All the information for today’s RE lesson is explained in this document.

Geography

Last week we started our topic about Italy.

Before you start today’s lesson, see if you can name:

1. the capital city of Italy and its approximate location
2. the 4 countries which border Italy
3. the 2 islands that are part of Italy
4. the surrounding seas

Check your answers with your map from last week or have a look at map 1 and map 2.

Open the document called ‘Italy’s physical geography’ which is attached to the blog for today’s lesson.

Sumdog challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A maths times table challenge (based on the 11 and 12 times tables)
• A maths challenge all about whole numbers upto 10 000
• A spelling challenge based on the –ation spellings which will be tested today.

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.

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