St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolHOME LEARNING Monday 22nd February 2021
Date: 21st Feb 2021 @ 3:31pm
Year 4
Home Learning Monday 22nd February 2021
Good morning Year 4 and welcome back. I hope you had a relaxing half term and enjoyed spending time with your family. There are 6 weeks until the Easter Holiday - let’s hope we are back together in school before then! Remember to try and do your work as independently as you can and to the best of your ability. If things feel a little overwhelming, set yourself a target and do what you can - give yourself a treat once you have reached your target. You also have Friday to catch up with some work if you need to.
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.
Can you predict what you think will happen next? Give reasons why you think this will happen.
Spelling
Our current spellings are all homophones. Homophones are words which sound the same but are spelt differently. These spellings will be tested tomorrow. The words are:
him hymn new knew mist missed heel heal
side sighed piece peace rain rein reign
Write the long date Monday 22nd February 2021
Practise each of the words using look, say, cover, write, check. Do this 2 or 3 times so that you are confident with the spellings and meanings of each.
These words will be tested tomorrow. New spellings will be given on Wednesday.
English
Today, please read / listen to Chapter 7 of Kensuke’s Kingdom up to the end of pg 106 ‘… and for the time being we kept our distance from one another.’ Please do not read any further.
A copy of the book is attached to the blog and 2 audio recordings will be uploaded to Seesaw on Monday morning.
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.
Write the long date Monday 22nd February 2021
Write the learning objective Can I draw a setting using evidence from the text?
Open the document attached to the blog called ‘English task’. You may either print the document or draw the boxes in your Home Learning Book.
Please share your work on Seesaw
Times tables
A times tables challenge has been set on Sumdog. This is to consolidate and practise your 2, 5 and 10 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 25th February 2021 – if you are on ‘free’ tables, you will be tested on a mixture of 3 and 6 times tables.
Counting
Count in 2’s from 0 to 30 and back again. Count in 2’s from 84 to 112 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 20’s from 0 to 300 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in 20’s from 840 to 1120 and back again – can you go any further? Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
What is the relationship between 2 and 20?
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
Click on play game. Choose Level 3, Doubles/Halves, Halves up to 250 Multiples of 10. Choose the time interval between each question eg 3 seconds, 5 seconds etc.
Remember to make jottings to help yourself.
Eg Half 250 Partition into 200 and 50
Half 200 = 100 Half 50 = 25 100 + 25 = 125
(You could further partition 50 into 40 and 10. Half 40 = 20 Half 10 = 5 20 + 5 = 25)
Repeat this game a couple of times and see if you can calculate more quickly and accurately each time.
Today, we are going to learn what area is.
Write the short date 22.02.21
Write the learning objective Can I show an understanding of area?
Watch today’s teaching video here.
In the video, we are given some important words and their definitions (eg area, closed shape, < = > symbols etc) Write these down in your Home Learning Book so that you can refer back to them later on!
Open the worksheet attached to the blog called ‘What is area?’
Complete the worksheet / answer the questions in your Home Learning Book.
Check your answers with the document ‘What is area answers’ attached to the blog. Look carefully at any questions you got wrong and try to understand why you made the error. Without looking at any notes you made, can you write a definition of area?
RE
Last Wednesday (17th February) was Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent.
Lent lasts for 40 days. During Lent, Christians prepare for Easter when Jesus suffered, died, and rose from the dead. Christians prepare for Easter in three ways: they pray, fast (resist temptation) and do acts of kindness. By doing these things, they grow in love of God and other people.
Today, please write your Lenten Promise on the cross attached to the blog and place it where you can see it at home. Make sure you decorate your cross beautifully too. Your promise should be something you can do to make yourself a better person. For example:
I promise not to argue with my brother or sister.
I promise to help my Mum and Dad with jobs every day.
I promise to do a kind act for someone each day.
Please share your work on Seesaw.
Geography
Today we are going to start our new geography topic - a country study of Italy. This will link to our last history topic, Romans.. (If you remember, in our first couple of Roman history lessons, we discussed the story of Romulus and Remus and learnt how the Roman Empire grew).
Please open the document called ‘Italy’ attached to the blog for full instructions.
Please share your work on Seesaw.
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths times table challenge (based on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables)
- A maths challenge all about decimals – tenths
- A spelling challenge based on the homophone spellings you will be tested on tomorrow (a new spelling challenge will start on Wednesday)
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.
Well done for finishing today’s work. Have a lovely evening and stay safe.