I apologise for spelling Beatitudes wrong above!
Year 4 home learning for Monday 18th May
Maths
Today, please start your Sum Dog unit Finding Fractions of a number and complete IXL units Y16 and Y17 which practise this skill too. Remember, finding fractions of amounts is the same as dividing.
English
Today, please log in to Purple Mash and complete your book review for the Firework Maker’s Daughter. Also make sure you have taken an Accelerated Reader quiz on it.
When you have done this, please make a lovely visual map of the whole story - including Mount Merapi, the lake, the jungle grill, Lalchand’s workshop and the busy streets etc
Year 4 Home learning Friday 15th May
English
Well - are you ready for the final chapter? Lets see what happens.. Who will triumph at the Firework competition? Will Lalchand have to be killed? Will Lila become a firework maker?
I have put the last chapter below. (I was tempted to read it to you so I could put on my silly Italian voice for Signor Scorchini but I changed my mind!)
I would like YOU to read this together with an adult - maybe take in turns to read. Read actively - picture the beautiful scenes on display. The names of the firework makers are very funny!
Take an accelerated reader quiz on this book - click on the how to help your child link to get straight to our ‘Accelerated Reader Quizzes’ page.
2. You also have a book review to do some time over the next week - in Purple mash.
Maybe consider which book YOU would like to read next. How about reading some more Phillip Pullman? How could you begin to challenge yourself with your choices of books so that you are reading books with vivid language and marvellous characters like this?
Maths
Today we will be finding fractions of quantities/amounts. This will need a lot of focus, effort and practice. You can do it Year 4! Grow your brain.
Year 4 Home learning Thursday 14th May
Maths answers from yesterday:
Maths today
To practise all your newly learned fraction understanding, I would like you to complete IXL units BB6 and BB7 which involve adding and subtracting fractions. I have also set you a Sum Dog game practice session on this too to be completed today please.
English
In our last part of the story, Chulak came to the rescue. But he seems to be very agitated and grabs Lila by the hand. What is bothering him? Let’s find out today. I am going to rad you the next chapter and give you your task at the end of the video - it will make sense then.
Year 4 Home learning Wednesday 13th May
Maths answers from yesterday. How did you do?
Maths today
Subtracting fractions from a whole today. Watch carefully. I bet you are feeling very proud with your Fractions understanding. You are getting better and better!
English
Today there is no video because I want you to read the next part of the story! I would like you to practise reading aloud to someone. Read in an entertaining voice and break up longer words into syllables when you read so you do not get stuck. (If you are a bit shaky with some longer words, you need to be reading aloud to an adult every day until you master this) There is a vocabulary task to do before and a little task after - see below!
Year 4 home learning Tuesday 12th May
English
Time to practise a key year 4 writing skill today - being able to write a combined character and setting description. Date is wrong on the video again. It is the right one though!
Maths
Subtracting fractions today children. You are doing really well! Sorry - it says Wednesday on it - it is the right lesson! I am just getting mixed up with days!
Year 4 Home learning Monday 11th May
English
Let’s finally meet the ferocious……….fire-fiend. The wrong date is on the video - don’t worry about that. It is the right one!
Maths - Thursday’s answers. How did you do?
Maths today:
I would like you to practice the fractions skills you have been acquiring over the last few days by completing IXL BB3 and Y20 and the Sum dog unit called ‘Practising Equivalent Fractions.’
Year 4 Weekly home learning for week beginning Monday 11th May
We are coming to the end of our Geography topic on Volcanoes and our Science topic on Rocks this week. I hope you have really enjoyed them. Here are your weekly activities this week.
Year 4 Home learning Thursday 7th May
Maths - how did you do with your counting in fractions past 1 whole?
Maths today:
We are learning how to…. add fractions!!!
Year 4 Home Learning Wednesday 6th May
English
Today, you are going to use your collected ideas from yesterday to write a character description.
Maths
Mark your answers from yesterday - let’s see if you understand mixed fractions!
Today’s Maths
We are going to be counting in fractions past 1 today.
Year 4 Home learning Tuesday 5th May
English
Maths
Today we will learn what ‘Mixed numbers’ are. Pay close attention to my video (which I hope is much louder today as I have used a microphone)
You have two activity sheets to complete. Answers will be on tomorrow
Year 4 Home Learning Monday 4th May
English
Today, we are going to venture further into the jungle with Chulak and Hamlet. We will think about how Phillip Pullman creates such wonderful scenes which bring his writing to life.
Maths
Today I want you to practise your understanding of equivalent fractions by completing IXL units AA1 , AA2 and AA3. If you are having fun, you could do some more of the AA units.
Year 4 Weekly home learning activities for week starting Monday 4th May
Year 4 Home Learning Friday 1st May
Maths
First mark your answers from yesterday. Are you being a Lizzie Ladybird and trying hard to get better and better?
English
Today’s task is to write a character description for one of the characters you gathered ideas for yesterday. Watch my video to see me re-write a poor one! Remember, you will need to fast forward the video to where you were up to yesterday.
Year 4 Home learning for Thursday 30th April
Maths
If you found yesterday’s lesson tricky, it is well worth revising fractions on IXL. Y1 - Y7 revise recognising fractions.
Today’s lesson moves on to equivalent fractions. Watch carefully and do your best. Don’t Give up Sadie Spider. If you are finding it a little too hard, you could revise equivalent fractions from Year 3 here. Week 2 lesson 5 ‘Equivalent Fractions’ is good.
English
Today we will be reading a little more of the story and thinking about the characters. I have copied the task I want you to do underneath the video. This video is for today and tomorrow’s lesson so you will stop it when I say to complete your activity then return to it tomorrow.
Year 4 Home Learning Wednesday 29th April
Its mid-week! Don’t forget to keep up with your reading Year 4. Nessy children need to be doing this each day. How are your weekly activities coming along?
English
I have kept you waiting a while but now its time to enjoy more of the book. We are reading the next 20 pages! I will read it to you again - but you can always re-read it afterwards. Then you have a reading skills task to do.
Maths
Are you ready to start Fractions? Today there is a short video, with activities for you to complete afterwards. This first lesson is revising how we represent Fractions. If you feel you need a refresher, there are two sheets below of fractions for you to recognise. You could print out and fill in or simply go over each answer with an adult.
Year 4 home learning Tuesday 28th April
Maths
The video below shows how I reached the answers for the assessment. It helps you improve your learning by helping you see where you went wrong.
I would like you to make sure that you practise any areas you struggled with - as we are moving on to Fractions tomorrow.
English
Today, I would like you to write a high quality persuasive letter. Watch the video below to remind yourselves how to do this. Please send it to me when you have finished.
Year 4 Weekly home learning for week beginning Monday 27th April
Year 4 Home learning for Monday 27th April
Maths
Today, I want you to complete the maths assessment below and ask a grown up to mark it. You will need to work out lots of the answers using the methods we have practised in the past two weeks, so have a look over your maths book first to remind yourself. Then use your maths book to work out answers.
Then please send me your score out of 15 to my school email address - not Purple Mash
Tomorrow, you will get a chance to go over your mistakes looking at my video to see how I solved them.
English
Watch my video today about the Firework Maker’s daughter. Get into drama mode as you pretend to be Lalchand!
Spelling
Read Write Inc have made an ‘extra practice zone’ for spelling practice available online. If you click on the link below and enter these details you will be logged in. I would like you to practise the first three spelling units for year 2 some time this week.
Even though they are not for your year group, they are good revision of spellings. they are:
‘Sounds the Same’ ‘Swap, Double or Drop’ and ‘Rule Breakers’
Click on ‘My Class Log in’
Username is year4ourlady (no spaces)
Password is firework
Year 4 Home Learning Friday 24th April
Maths
Similar to Wednesday, I now want you to practise your new skill of dividing HTO numbers. Please do 20 calculations choosing a number from the left and a divisor from the right. Use the part-part whole models to figure out your answers. Remember - it is all about clever partitioning!
Sumdog - I have added LOTS of Sumdog challenges for you to be ticking along with. Dont panic when you see how many - its to keep you going for a few weeks!
English
Today, I want you to think about the lovely way Phillip Pullman describes things - there’s a chance to do a bit of drawing too. Watch my little video below and create your own page in your English book collecting interesting description for the elephant, the fireworks, the people and the other things