Hello, Year 4! We hope you’ve all had a fabulous week and are ready to do a bit more learning.
As you are aware, some of you will be coming back into school for a few days whilst some will be continuing with your learning at home. If you are continuing with home learning, we want to reassure you that we are still thinking about you and are here to help where necessary. If you would like to email any work to the homework address or post work on Twitter or the school Facebook page, that would be fabulous. Do remember that you can do as much or as little as you wish. Equally, if you have any worries or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch; the Year 4 class teachers will also be making contact with families in the coming week.
Weekly Blogs
The weekly blogs will now include all literacy, topic and numeracy lessons that will be taught in school, from Monday-Wednesday, with further activities planned for Thursday and Friday. This approach will ensure that all Year 4 pupils are able to access the same learning. We will also provide additional activities and web links to dip into too.
Literacy Tasks
Aim to read for at least 20 minutes each day.
This week we are reading the Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+great+kapok+tree
Please read the following story then complete the tasks below.
Day 1 – watch the video and then answer the questions using the sheet below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gt7ap9fTsM&feature=youtu.be
Day 2 – Watch the video and then complete the sheet on dilemmas.
https://youtu.be/E6-hi_ScoUM
Day 3 – Watch the video and then complete the attached sheet on verbs and adverbs.https://youtu.be/FArLAG4UJ_E
You may wish to look at the following quiz on verbs and adverbs as a quick recap before completing the worksheet. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-e-403-verbs-and-adverbs-powerpoint-quiz
Day 4 – Watch the video below and then complete the attached sheet on identifying persuasive features in letter writing. https://youtu.be/RERJEoLR5dU
Day 5 – Today is a punctuation exercise, focusing on the correct use of the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns. Please complete the attached sheet then have a go at writing some of your own examples.
Alternatively, have a go at some of the following activities:
- Write a diary extract to explain what you have been up to.
- Write a letter to your teacher – and they may even write one back!
- Continue with the poetry activities from last week.
- Read the booklet and answer the following questions – https://www.talk4writing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Y4-Maria-Aliens.pdf
Maths
Day 1 – Adding 10, 100 and 1000. Complete the attached worksheet.
Day 2– Column addition with no carrying. Complete attached worksheet. There are also additional questions attached if you would like to complete more!
Day 3– Column addition with carrying. Watch the video below to explain the term carrying then complete the worksheets below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQpBzNkdUc
Day 4 and 5- Column addition with more carrying. Complete the work sheet below. You could carry this on through two days as it is more challenging! There are also 3 problems attached for you to complete over Thursday and Friday. You can choose when you want to complete them!
Other challenges:
Could you use the same method with three 4 digit numbers?
Here are some examples for you to complete:
5673+1231+2834= 1234+5678+9101= 9876+5432+1234=
Have a look at some of the fun games on the sites below. Don’t forget to use Times Tables Rockstar too – let’s see who can learn those table facts! https://www.transum.org/Software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity13
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
For more structured daily Maths lessons click on this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z63tt39/year-4-and-p5-lessons/1
The number of the week is 1889!
This number relates to Mr Nettleship and his beloved football club, Sheffield United. Can you think how it would be related?
- How could you show this number as a decimal?
- What happens if you multiply and divide this number by 10, 100 and 1000?
- What is the biggest number you can make?
- What would the number look like if you partitioned it?
Topic – these are the tasks that will be covered at school this week.
- This half term we are going to be learning about the Americas and Rainforests. We are starting by looking at South America – please use an atlas to label the map of South America, including the capital cities of countries, then shade in the areas where rainforests can be located.
- Research information about rainforests – can you produce a fact-file or create a mindmap to display your findings? Look at this one to give you some ideas. The weblinks will help you to ‘fact find’.
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/rainforest-habitats
https://www.coolkidfacts.com/rainforest-facts-for-kids/
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/rainforests.html
- Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at the work of Henri Rousseau.
Watch this video and learn all about the artist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSCLkhE4xw
- Have a look at his famous painting, ‘tiger in a tropical storm’.
- Task – now select your own piece from the picture and try and sketch the shapes of the leaves or plants. Look at the examples on the sheet to help you. If possible, use different types of pencils to show line, tone and texture.
Science
Over the next few weeks, we are going to focus on materials, we will provide a practical task and a written / online task. You can choose which tasks you would like to complete.
Practical
Mr Nettleship is planning on building his own boat. However, he is struggling on what materials to use. He would like your help! Using a range of materials in your house, could you design and build your own prototype boat?
The boat must be able to:
- Float!
- Float with items in the boat.
- Withstand wind – for this you could blow your boat across some water.
- You must also include 3 different materials. e.g wool, plastic, card.
- Finally, write an evaluation about your findings! GOOD LUCK!
Here is a link to help you! https://www.science-sparks.com/materials-make-best-boat/
OR – have a look at the link below and work through the videos and quizzes on dissolving and separating materials..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcvv4wx
Additional Activities:
- PSHE – Have look at these fabulous mindfulness activities:
ICT – Can you use Word, Publisher, or Powerpoint to create a leaflet or a poster to persuade people to visit the Amazon Rainforest?
If you have the Green Screen app, could you make a recording of yourselves actually in the rainforest? Don’t forget to share your fabulous IT creations with us!
Spanish – Have a go at these activities to recap and revise your Spanish skills!
PE- I am sure that you are keeping fit and healthy if you are still at home. This week we will be focusing on passing; answer the questions below.
What is passing?
Why do teams use passing?
Are there different ways of passing?
Here is a video by two athletes using a range of passes in basketball. Could you have a go at some with a member of your family? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32akH1rGcKA
What other sports use passing? Could you demonstrate some of these?
What pass do you think you need to work on and why?
Useful Weblinks:
- Literacy– create your own comic strip:
- https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator
- Art – Draw with Rob https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBpgrJijMpk_pyp9uTbxLdg Painting, Collage and Printmaking. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjgj7nb https://www.kitchentableclassroom.com/online-art-classes-for-kids/ https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
- Geography – https://world-geography-games.com/
- Garden Yoga – https://bit.ly/305gY6Z
We hope you enjoy these activities and look forward to catching up with you all at some point this week.
Love and best wishes from the Year 4 Team xxxx
