St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolHOME LEARNING Thursday 4th March 2021
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 1:39pm
Year 4
Home Learning Thursday 4th March 2021
Good morning Year 4. Welcome to World Book Day 2021! Please upload a photo of yourself in your outfit to Seesaw. In addition, write a message explaining why your favourite book is your favourite. There is a £10 book voucher for the best message received – don’t worry if you don’t dress up, you can still enter the competition if you send in a message! You can also click on the link here. This will take you to a website where you can use a map to find out where your favourite book is set.
Have a fun Thursday Year 4.
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.
Take notice of punctuation today, for example, full stops, commas, exclamation marks, question marks, inverted commas (speech marks) and apostrophes. Can you work out why the author has used them? Would the book make sense without this punctuation?
Spelling
These are your new spellings which will be tested on Tuesday 9th March 2021. They are all from the Year 3 / 4 Spelling list – a list of words which children should be able to read and spell by the time they leave Year 4. There are some quite tricky words, so please practise them carefully.
The words are:
mention probably therefore build disappear guide
natural recent though although busy business
Write the long date Thursday 4th March 2021
Practise the spellings by splitting them up into chunks in different colours.
Eg probably business though
A spelling challenge has also been set on Sumdog.
English
Today, please re-read or listen again to Chapter 9 of Kensuke’s Kingdom. A copy of the book is attached to the blog or you can listen to Chapter 9 by clicking here.
Open the document called ‘Chapter 9 activity’ which is attached to the blog. All the instructions for the tasks 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.
Children in school will be tested on their tables today, therefore, please ask someone at home to test you on your individual target or a mixture of x4 and x8 if you are on ‘free’ tables. Ask them to call out your tables in a mixed-up order. This is how I do it in school – ask the question twice, count to 8, then ask the next question.
Write the short date 04.03.21
Write the title Times tables test
Please share your ‘test’ on Seesaw.
Counting
Count in 100’s from 22 to 1222 and back again. Count in 100’s from 537 to 1737 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 tens from 2.2 to 122.2 and back again – can you go any further? (eg 2.2 12.2 22.2 32.2 etc) Write the numbers down as you say them - do you notice any patterns?
Now count in tens from 53.7 to 173.7 and back again – can you go any further? (eg 53.7 63.7 73.7 83.7 etc) Write the numbers down as you say them – what do you notice now?
What is the relationship between 100 and 10? Can you see any patterns in the numbers you have written down?
Maths
Click here to play Daily 10.
Click on play game. Choose Level 3 and Division. Depending on how confident you feel, choose a table from the ‘Up to 12’ or ‘Mixed tables’ column. Choose your time interval and have a go. Once you have played once, repeat the game and see if you can improve on your previous score.
Yesterday, we practised sharing and how to represent this as a written calculation. Today we will learn about grouping, which is another way to divide.
Remember we will be learning more about mental and written division (chunking) next week. In preparation for this, it is important that you are confident with the basics of grouping and sharing. It is also CRUCIAL that you learn your tables (and division facts) off by heart so that you are able to use them accurately and at speed, therefore please take 10 minutes each day to practise your tables / division facts. If you do this, you will be amazed at how your confidence will grow in a short space of time.
Write the short date 04.03.21
Write the learning objective Can I practise grouping?
Watch today’s teaching video here.
Open the worksheet attached to the blog called ‘Grouping’.
Complete the worksheet / answer the questions in your Home Learning Book.
Draw a numberline to 24. How many different ways can you get to 24 in equal jumps? Make sure you write down all the possibilities in your book.
Science
Today we are going to start a topic on Teeth and digestion.
Before we start the lesson, click on the link here.
Plus is a good thing about it; minus is a bad thing and interesting is just an interesting thought you have about the subject of toothbrushes.
Write the long date Thursday 4th March 2021
Write the learning objective Can I identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions?
Download the powerpoint called ‘Teeth’ attached to the blog and work through it. There is a ‘Teeth map template’ attached to the blog which will help you when you come to slide 7 and the labeling activity below.
Label the teeth using a key (use one colour for incisors, another for canines and a third colour for molars. Put a key at the side to say which is which.) and explain what their jobs are underneath. Stick this in your book.
It is really important to look after your teeth because once you have your adult teeth, there are no more! Make a poster to explain 3 important ways we can keep our teeth healthy. Use slide 8, 9 and 10 to help. You might like to find out what kinds of foods are not good for our teeth and include this information too.
Remember to: write a big, bold cololurful title; use a balance of eye-catching pictures and writing; write clearly so that your writing can be read from a distance; use correct spelling and punctuation.
Well done – remember to brush your teeth really well tonight!
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 new Year 3 /4 spellings
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.