St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolHOME LEARNING Tuesday 1st December 2020
Date: 30th Nov 2020 @ 4:47pm
Year 4
Home Learning Tuesday 1st December 2020
Good morning Year 4. I hope you are all safe and well and finding plenty of things to do that make you happy. I can’t believe it’s December, we put up some Christmas lights at home over the weekend and this made me feel quite festive!
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.
I am looking forward to seeing the work you have been doing at home. Well done to all those who have been completing the new Sumdog challenges – keep it up Year 4!
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.
Can you predict what will happen in the next chapter? Or what the ending will be?
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 make sure you practise them on Sumdog.
Today, write the words in different clouds / spiky shapes and lightly colour the backgrounds in different shades or with different patterns – can you remember which colour or pattern you put with which word? (see example below)
Times tables
- Practise your PREVIOUS times table target 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 times tables you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure they are different from last week’s (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know). Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.
- Today it’s the 9 times table with a rapping unicorn! Get up on your feet and dance and sing along!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39
English
- Create a set of instructions for your Iron Man game
Now that you have created your questions and made your Iron Man game, you will need a set of instructions to help other people understand the rules and how to play it.
You will need to include:
- A list of equipment needed
- Information on how to decide who goes first (eg youngest person, throw the dice for the highest number, the person with birthday in January etc)
- Whose turn is it next (the player to the left or the right?
- How many people are needed to play (2 or more?) and the age group the game is aimed at
- What happens when a player lands on a question or square
- How to finish or win the game (eg the player with the most points after 5 minutes, the player who reaches the end square first)
- Can a player ‘pass’ on their go, and how many passes can they have?
I have included a few links below which will take you to some examples – note they have headings, bullet points and numbered instructions.
https://buffalogames.com/product_images/uploaded_images/instructions/SH_Instructions.pdf
https://buffalogames.com/product_images/uploaded_images/instructions/Staccups_Instructions.pdf
Have a look at these examples and remember to take some inspiration from them. My biggest tip again is to keep it simple.
The focus is on:
- Capital letters and punctuation
- Correct spellings
- Neat, joined up handwriting
- Including imperative (bossy) verbs
- Ensuring you have used the correct layout and punctuation for instructions (eg headings, bullet points, numbered instructions etc)
Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I write a set of instructions for my Iron Man game?
- Please update your self-isolation diary for today.
Maths
- As a warm-up, practise rounding to the nearest 100, using the link below.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding
Click on ‘Play Game’ then decide whether you want to use a numberline or not. Play ‘Up to 999 to nearest 100’ first, then ‘Up to 9 999 to nearest 100’.
See how many you can get right in a minute.
If you found this tricky, come back to it later on today and have another go. Can you have a go without using a numberline? Can you beat your score from earlier today?
Today we are continuing to consolidate our mental subtraction skills when subtracting 2 digit numbers. Please use the strategy below when practising your mental subtraction today.
Partitioning and recombining
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 are some subtraction maths sheets. You don’t need to print the sheets you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.
- Open ‘Sheet 1 subtract 2d from 2d no bridging’
Complete A or B
Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.
You should not need to to bridge 10 on your numberline.
- Open ‘Sheet 2 subtract 2d from 2d some bridging’
Complete A or B
Time yourself and write down how long it took to complete that section.
For some questions you will have to bridge 10 on your numberline
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 maths understanding. Have fun – answers will be published tomorrow!
- Shape puzzles 1 – see the sheet attached to the blog
Either print the sheet off or draw the shapes in your book. Remember to show your working out / trial and improvement jottings. Think carefully about where to begin – there is always a way in!
- Subtraction – how many ways – see the sheet attached to the blog
Either print the sheet off or copy the numbers very carefully into your book. Read the instructions and see if you can complete Level 1, 2 and 3 for each question. Make sure you show your working out and any jottings that you make. Can you explain how you worked out your answers?
Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Monday 30th November
Question 2, Make 21 – see the answer sheet attached to this blog
A good starting point would have been the number 10, as you need to add 11 to 10 to make 21. The only combinations of numbers which would make 11 would be 9 and 2, and 5 and 3.
Question 3 - Joins
Using 4 numbers – the highest score is 19 + 15 + 17 + 18 = 69
- the lowest score is 6 + 5 + 2 + 17 = 30
Using 5 numbers – the highest score is 20 + 18 + 13 + 17 + 18 = 86
- the lowest is 6 + 18 + 2 + 5 + 6 = 37
Using 5 numbers and diagonal joins – the highest is 19 + 17 + 14 + 15 + 18 = 83
- the lowest is 13 + 6 + 20 + 2 + 6 = 47
RE
Read the Scripture attached to this blog, John Chapter 1_4 Verses 9-12. This tells us about the pure generosity of God’s love for us. The way that we can be a disciple is to make sure we live out our faith – the way we behave towards others, our love of God and the way that we love our neighbour, goes hand in hand.
God sent his only son Jesus as a gift for everyone. God’s love for us is shown through his gift of Jesus. The love of God and gift of Jesus teaches us about love, kindness, hope and joy.
I would like you to write a poem or a prayer (the choice is yours) about God’s love for us and giving us the gift of his son. Include why you are glad that Jesus lived among us and reasons why this helps us to be a better person. Please also decorate your work beautifully.
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. Keep safe and well Year 4.