Year 4 HOME PRACTICE 2nd July 2021

Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 11:39am

Year 4

Home Practice 2^nd July 2021

Another fabulous week in Year 4!  We have painted and ‘glossed’ our clay sculptures - they look absolutely brilliant.  In History, we completed a passport as if we were an Angle, Jute or Saxon and had arrived from either Denmark or Germany.  We chose a name and occupation and described why we had come to England.  In English, we continued reading Bill’s New Frock.  We acted out part of a chapter, looked at the features of a playscript and then wrote our own script.  In Maths, we investigated equivalent fractions creating our own fraction wall out of strips of paper.  We also enjoyed watching Year 3’s sports day and experimenting with our ‘string telephones’ in Science. 

Keep up the good work Year 4!

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. 

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 (7^th July 2021).  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:

Hit the Button  

Spellings

The spellings this week all have the prefix ‘sub’ or ‘auto’.  A prefix is a group of letters that are added to the beginning of a word, and change the meaning or make a new word.  ‘Sub’ means under or below and ‘auto’ means self controlled or about yourself (eg autobiography).  The spellings are on Sumdog this week and they will be tested next Thursday (8^th July 2021).

automatic     autograph    autocue        autopilot      autobiography

automobile   automatically         submarine    subway         submerge

submit         subdivide     subheading   subordinate

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
• A maths challenge to help with our understanding of equivalent fractions
• A division facts competition

Please make sure you log on and have a go!