Home Practice Friday 11th December 2020

Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 3:50pm

Year 4

Home Practice 11^th December 2020

We’ve had a fantastic 3 days in Year 4 – it’s so lovely to see you all back in school and with your friends again.  I am proud of each and every one of you for the superb work you have done at home – you have obviously worked hard and your Iron Man board games were fantastic.  Thank you to everyone at home who has helped and supported the children in any way – it is very much appreciated.

This week, we played our Iron Man board games with a partner and evaluated them, thinking about what worked well and what we would change if we made the game again.  In addition, we shared our adverts with the class – this was great fun – some of your performances were exceptional.  In maths, we consolidated our mental subtraction skills and our times tables. We created some beautiful art work and were filmed singing and playing the glocks for the Nativity.  In French, we designed and described a Christmas jumper – Mrs Quilliam said we did a super job on our first day back in school after 2 weeks!

As we missed ‘tree dressing’ day in school last week, we had our very own celebration outside.  We all made decorations during our time at home and we hung these on a tree near the nature area. We also enjoyed the Sponsored Santa dash, which is helping to raise funds for reading books.

Well done to Gabriella T, India and Molly who spent the most amount of time on Sumdog this week – on Monday, you will be given 10 Dojos each to start the week!  Well done to everyone else who has been on Sumdog during the last week, practising the skills set will help you to make even more progress.   

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

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.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (16^th December 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?   

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

This week, our spellings focus on words many children get wrong in their independent writing. These words will be tested next Thursday (17^th December 2020).  Please practise the spellings below each evening at home, on Sumdog, by writing them out, and by writing your own sentences including these words spelt correctly. Remember to take care with your handwriting and punctuate your sentences correctly too!

We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

does            doesn’t         there           their           they’re        were

where          to                too              two              your             you’re

went            would           could            our              are              goes            

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the above spellings
• A maths challenge (mental subtraction within 1000)
• A maths times table challenge (based on arrays for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!