St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolHOME LEARNING Thursday 3rd December 2020
Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 5:00pm
Year 4
Home Learning Thursday 3rd December 2020
Good morning Year 4. I hope you have had a good week so far. I’m looking forward to seeing your board games and listening to your adverts next week!
Well done to those of you who have been practising your skills on Sumdog. Ted has currently spent the most time on the Maths challenge, Ezra the most time on the Grammar challenge and Leah has spent the most time on the Spelling challenge – well done Ted, Ezra and Leah, keep it up.
Please complete today’s written work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return on 9th December.
Reading
Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes. Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.
Talk to someone at home about your favourite part of the book and explain why.
Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.
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.
Spelling
Your spellings for this week all have ‘ou’ in them, the ‘uh’ sound. Please ask someone at home to test you on the spellings. Make sure you write the words in your exercise books. Check them afterwards, if you found any of them tricky, have a look at where you went wrong. New spellings will be set tomorrow.
Times tables
- Practise a times table / division fact you know you find tricky using
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute. Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.
Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?
- Practise any other times tables or division facts you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure it is something you know you could improve on (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know). Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.
- Today we are going to practise the 8 times table with Todd and Ziggy. Make sure your join in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN3RG5iLKpo
English
- Create an animal fact file
Our topic in science has been ‘Classification’ and we have learnt a lot about different animals, their characteristics and how they can grouped. Some examples are given below:
- Vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians
- Invertebrates - I have just written 6 groups below, there are others
Insects (ant, ladybird, beetle)
Crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, woodlice)
Molluscs (snails, slugs)
Arachnids (spiders!!)
Echinoderms (starfish)
Annelids (worms, leeches)
Today, I would like you to carry out some research and plan a non-chronological report about an animal of your choice – it can be anything you like, however, don’t pick something that you either don’t know much about or cannot find much information about.
Non-chronological reports don’t need to be read in any order and aim to give us information about a topic. Non-chronological reports:
- Have a title
- Are written in paragraphs
- Contain an introduction - what the report is about
- Include sub-headings – to separate information
- Include information / facts about the topic
- Are written in the third person (he, she, it)
- Are written in the present tense (imagine it is happening now)
- May include pictures / diagrams
I have attached some non-chronological reports for you to read through and so you can see the features and structure.
For today, please plan (either on 1 page of your book, or over 2 pages side by side) where you are going to put your title and your introduction – jot some ideas down about what you will write here. Draw boxes for your information and write in the sub-headings - jot down some information you will include here. Draw a box / boxes for your pictures – you will need to label them, eg Hammerhead shark.
As this is an English and science report, please make sure that you include scientific words (eg carnivore, herbivore etc) and information about whether it is a vertebrate / invertebrate etc.
Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I plan a non-chronological report?
Remember, today you are planning, tomorrow you will be writing, so make sure that you plan and carry out your research thoroughly.
- Please update your self-isolation diary for today.
Maths
- As a warm-up, practise telling the 12-hour clock using the link below.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
Click on ‘Play Game’, then ‘play’. Decide which level to start at, then make sure you have ticked 12-hour clock and timed game. How many can you get right in 60 seconds? Repeat and see if you can beat your previous score.
Today, we will be practising subtracting 3digit numbers from 3digit numbers using a mental strategy. Many children find this tricky but practising and consolidating this skill now will enable us to calculate mentally with larger numbers when we are back in school.
Please use the strategy below when practising your mental subtraction today.
Partitioning
Please make sure when you do this that you use a NUMBERLINE to show your working out and to help you calculate accurately.
Attached to the blog is a subtraction maths sheet. You don’t need to print the sheet you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.
- Open ‘Sheet 1a subtract 3d from 3d partitioning’
Complete A or B, or challenge yourself and do both.
Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.
If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. These are key skills in mental subtraction, so please practise them as we will be building on these skills with larger and trickier numbers.
REMEMBER TO USE A NUMBERLINE EACH TIME.
Ask someone at home to check your work.
Mighty Maths Challenges
For those of you who enjoy a challenge, here are today’s maths challenges. Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your understanding. Have fun – answers will be published tomorrow!
- Pens problem – see the sheet attached to the blog
Can you work out how many pens Danielle bought? Remember to show your working out / jottings. Think carefully about where to begin – there is always a way in – and what steps you need to take to solve the problem!
- Birthday bonanza – see the sheet attached to the blog
Can you work out the age of each child and the present they received for their birthday. You may find it useful to draw a chart (like we have done in school) and / or make jottings. Good luck and have fun!
Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Wednesday 2nd December
Question 1 – Calendars Problem
Aneesa – 1st February Bobby – 30th March
Carla – 19th January Daniel – 16th February
Emma – 6th March Farooq – 22nd January
Question 2 – Futoshiki puzzle
5 3 2 4 6 1
4 2 1 5 3 6
6 4 3 1 2 5
1 6 5 3 4 2
3 1 6 2 5 4
2 5 4 6 1 3
Tree Dressing
On Friday, children at school are going to be ‘dressing’ their tree. When Year 4 are back in school, we will be having our own ‘tree dressing’ session. In preparation for this, please design and make your own decoration for our tree. It can be anything you like but try not to make it too big or complex. Remember, simple is usually best. I have included a couple of links to websites below to help you with some ideas.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/act/your-school/green-tree-schools-award/tree-dressing/
https://www.commonground.org.uk/tree-dressing-day/
Please bring your decoration into school on Wednesday 9th December.
Music
Please remember to practise our nativity songs – we will only have 1 day to practise when we are back at school!
Well done for finishing today’s work. Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. I can’t wait to see your tree dressing decorations. Keep safe and well Year 4.