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Class teacher - Mrs Katherine Fallon
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Hello Year Four! Hope you are all keeping safe and well as you enjoy the beautiful weather. It is amazing to see all the work you have been sharing with us, it is lovely to know that you are all still working so hard and enjoying your learning.
This week’s learning:
English: This week shows a return to the Ananse stories and some fun food poetry writing.
Day one- Read the story, thinking about Ananse’s character, answer some questions and predict the ending Monday 18th May
Day two- How does the ending of the story compare with your prediction? Also, some adverbials practise using sentences from the story Tuesday May 19th
If you need some adverbials revision, use the PowerPoint to help you Adverbials with audio
Day three- Thinking about Ananse’s character, you can plan and write your own Ananse story Wednesday 20th May
Day four- A switch to poetry today! Read the food poems, looking for patterns or repeated language. Which do you like or dislike? Why? Thursday 21st May
Day five- Remind yourself of what an ode is (a poem praising a person, thing or idea using emotive and descriptive language) and write your own food based ode Friday 22nd May
Reading: If you fancy a break from Reading Planet, have a go at this as something different; Please Mrs Butler
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zr93bdm
Listen to and read the poems.
You are now going to show your understanding of the poem by summarising what has happened using hashtags.
For this activity, your hashtag should not be more than six words long.
For example:
# Who is Mrs Butler?
# Mean Derek Drew
# Copycat
# Lamb on the roof!
# Derek Drew strikes again
# Eating rubbers next!
Top tip!
You might find it easier if you read a few sentences and then stop to write your hashtag.
Activity 2
Read the poem Excuses by Allan Ahlberg.
While you read, think about the question below.
- Is it the same child with lots of excuses or different children speaking?
Top tip!
Read the last line very carefully: ‘So… can we start again?’
(Thomas loved this activity, I’m sure you will enjoy it too)
Maths: We now have access to the Whiterose worksheets again. This week is a revision of fractions which some of you have already covered. If you find this is the case, have a look at the BBC Bitesize daily home learning tasks which are a little different.
Day one- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Recognising tenths and hundredths Lesson-1-Recognise-tenths-and-hundredths-2019
Day two- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Equivalent fractions Lesson-2-Equivalent-fractions-1-2019
Day three- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
More equivalent fractions practice Lesson-3-Equivalent-fractions-2-2019
Day four- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Fractions greater than one Lesson-4-Fractions-greater-than-1-2019
Day five- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
BBC Bitesize challenge or Nrich matching fractions challenge https://nrich.maths.org/8283/note
Remember that you also have access to Mathletics and TT Rockstars to do further practise and activities
Science:
Let’s take a break from our electricity topic for a week
Watch Operation Ouch Special-What is Corona virus-Watch the coughing experiment and hand washing experiment and answer the following questions. You can do it orally and record yourself or write your answers. If you are feeling artist you can present your answers in a illustrated homemade book or poster.
ICT: This week have a go at building your own galaxy!
http://-https://studio.code.org/s/starwarsblocks/stage/1/puzzle/1
RE: Eid Mubarak to those of you who are celebrating Eid at the end of this week!
Have a go at explaining what Ramadan is and how Muslims celebrate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpdtsbk/articles/zjc2bdm
PSHE/PE: Thinking about teamwork this week
http://-https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbcthbk
History: A fun break this week thinking about solving some Ancient Egyptian Brain Teasers. How did you do? ancient-egyptians-brain-teasers-3416-312-160810-57ab2d5554fab
Latin: Revising adjectives from last week, matching endings to the nouns they describe. Watch out for the plurals! Also a recap of Homeric epic from last time. Which is your favourite of Odysseus’ adventures? Adjectives and epic part two
Music: Continuing our home learning of movement and music starting off with Move it Monday
https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/
Remember, you don’t have to do all of the activities, spend time doing those you can. Enjoy the sunshine and please keep on sharing your work with us on Class Dojo.
Continue to be amazing superstars every day!
Another week of learning at home! Hope you all enjoyed the fabulous weather over the bank holiday. Please remember to share any pictures of you VE day celebrations with us on Class Dojo!
Thank you all for your continuing efforts and for sharing all your amazing work with us each week on Class Dojo!
THIS WEEK’S LEARNIN
Guided Reading-
Reading Planet had a few glitches this week as so many children have been using the programme during lock down and some of you were not able to see the books to read. Let me know on Class Dojo if this happens again and I can reset the book for you straight away.
An Indian Folklore book for you to enjoy this week. Find the follow up activities on the last two pages of this docement.
JustOneGrainofRiceandOtherIndianFolktales (1) (1)
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English-
Day One; Watch the following video and then complete the tasks to revise fronted adverbials and write, or draw, a day out you would like
If you need some help remembering adverbial phrases, you could use this PowerPoint Adverbials_v2_with_audio or have a look at this BBC Bitesize page for ideas https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv73bdm
Day two; Today, you will look at contrasting opinions of zoos and think about what your own opinion might be. You will then write a letter, or some sentences, to describe why you think animals in zoos should be treated well Tuesday May 12th
Day three; First using a picture, then the video below, write some detailed descriptions of foxes and read the poems, you can then design illustrations or write your own poem Wednesday May 13th
Day four; Today, working from pictures, you will be thinking about descriptions and how to express your opinions clearly. Then, there are poems to compare and contrast Thursday 14th May
Day five; Pictures and poems about thunderstorms today. Practise reading the first poem aloud and tell your grown ups what you like about it. Then read the other poems and answer some questions about them Friday 15th May
Maths- Activity worksheets are no longer available, but follow the link to BBC Bitesize after watching the video. The activities here are also good.
Day one; Solving multiplication and division problems
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day two;- Perimeter of rectangles
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day three; Perimeter of rectilinear shapes
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day four; Area counting squares
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day five; BBC Bitesize challenge
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Science-L.O-I can begin to recognise conductors and insulators.
Watch the video tutorial. Try the balloon static experiment if you have any balloon. If not, don’t worry about buying any, James and I will do an experiment video for you on Class Dojo then you can use the results in your experiment.
Stop the video tutorial as you go to answer and complete the activities.
Try something easier-http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/learning.html Insulators and Conductors tab on the bottom of the game.
If you have time, try some of the foundation subject activities below. You can pick and choose and shouldn’t feel pressured to complete everything!
I.C.T-We hope you are enjoying this term’s lessons on coding. Try creating a sports game this week. Watch the inspiring video from famous sports people first, keep an eye open for the late Kobi Bryant, Neymar Junior and Sergio Ramos.
https://studio.code.org/s/basketball/stage/1/puzzle/1
Go further and design and code a game for another sport too.
https://studio.code.org/s/sports/stage/1/puzzle/1
Art-
Watch the video to find out all about the tradition of making masks in Africa. Choose 3 masks to look carefully at and sketch them. Begin to find out how Picasso was influenced by African masks in his portrait painting.
You could go further and make or draw your own mask like the ones shown in the videos below. Remember to take photos and upload them to Class Dojo. This week, we will be sharing some of the fantastic work you have been posted for your classes to see on Class Dojo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxAvdtUXPrA
Music- More home singing to keep everyone cheerful. Try and learn a new song!
Latin- This week after our usual recaps, you will be learning about noun and adjective agreements. Then you will be looking at Homeric epic. We know very little about Homer other than his name. We don’t even know when his stories were originally sang at a fireside gathering in Ancient Greece Latin Nouns, adjectives and epic
History- This week we are looking at Egyptian Heiroglyphs. A form of Egyptian writing. Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Very few Egyptians could read and write, it was a skill reserved for only the smartest boys of rich families. Can you have a go at writing a secret message in heiroglyphs? Egyptian alphabet
If you want to learn more and test your knowledge, try this site and its quiz at the end
https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/hieroglyphics_examples_alphabet.php
Happy learning this week Year Four! As always, just do the work that you can and please let us know how you are doing on Class Dojo!