YEAR 4
Week 8 - Monday 15th June
If you would like to share your work with June please send it to shareyear4@swbschool.net
Hello all! I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe.
I do hope you will enjoy this week's activities.
Please try your best to do all the Literacy and Maths, these are the most important. Then enjoy looking at the information on all the other subjects and our topic, Inventions.
Don’t forget to share your work with me! Or if you just want to write and tell me what you're doing that's fine too. If you need any help, send a message using the email address above and I'll ring you as soon as I can.
Finally, a huge, big thank you to all of you who’ve been working on these Home Learning pages and your AM, Maths Facts, Mathletics, Spellodrome, Education City and taking AR tests too! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Keep going!
Literacy
SPELLINGS
This week you have yet another list of tricky spellings that are on Spellodrome. I will read out the spellings, you write the words down, then you can check your spellings here. Practice through the week and test yourself again on Friday. Good luck and enjoy the games on Spellodrome!
zoom_0.mp4SPaG
In our SPaG work, we continue to look at Standard and Non-Standard English.
This week, we are looking at Standard English forms of verb inflections and local spoken forms (for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done).
Standard English (how we write in the classroom) examples:
Mum did the decorating at half term . (Standard English)
The puppies were running around. (Standard English)
Non-Standard English (what you might hear locally) examples:
Mum done the decorating at half term. (Non-Standard English)
The puppies was running around. (Non-Standard English)
Remember, when you are writing, you should always use standard English. You can do this by using the correct verb inflections and not using any ‘slang’.
Look at these PowerPoints to help remind yourself about Standard and Non- standard English, Using 'was' and 'were' and Using 'did' and 'done'. There is a quiz at the end of each of them. Good luck!
year-4-standard-english-warmup.pptT2-E-1511-Was-And-Were-PowerPoint.pptT2-E-1593-Using-Did-and-Done-PowerPoint.pptHaving looked at the PowerPoints you should be ready to tackle the 'Were' or 'Was' and 'Did' or 'Done' worksheets to the right. Write down the sentences on paper or talk them through with an adult/older sibling, do as many as you can.
If you would like to do a little more, please use the links here:
Using 'was' and 'were' worksheet
Using 'did' and 'done' worksheet
GPS-Year-4-Summer-Block-1-Step-1-VF-'Were'-or-'Was-and-'Did'-or-'Done'.pdf2. Another Cloze Exercise... you are all very good at these, but they're getting tougher! Work with care. Good luck!
Clicl here for the answers.
Cloze ex 8.pdfWRITING
Each week we look at a short film, about an imaginary inventor or invention. This week the film is Cloudy Lesson. After watching it please look at this worksheet.* I'd like you to imagine what is being said by the man and his grandson, maybe watch the film again. Then, remembering everything we learned about speech marks (Week 4), write dialogue for each image. Good luck. If you need any help just write to me and I'll ring you as soon as I can.
Cloud dialogue wksht 2020.docx*If you aren't able to print out the worksheet don't worry, you can write out the dialogue on any lined paper, maybe write in an old school book.
READING
1. For this topic we would've been reading The Borrowers together in class, but as we can't do that here is a tv version of it from the 1990s. This week, in Episode Three, the Borrowers have to.... SPOILER ALERT! Sorry, sentence deleted!
If this link to play the video doesn't work, you may have to go to YouTube to watch it. Check with mum or dad first to ask if that's ok.
2. Please keep reading your own books and your AR books. Don't forget to take tests and email me if you need one deleted. Look in Learning Resources for other reading resources.
Maths
SPEED TRIAL
On the website timestable.me.uk use the online times tables tests, or if possible, print off the Speed Trial of the times tables you know you need to learn.
Remember to use 'Hit the button' on Topmarks too :-)
INTRODUCING ROMAN NUMERALS
1. This week we start looking at Roman Numerals. I LoVe Roman numerals! First, please look at the Powerpoint on the right and the videos below.
2.Then, complete the Roman Numerals Worksheet to the right. (Answers here... no peeking!)
3. Next, complete the work set for you on Roman Numerals in Mathletics. If you have already completed this level and were 100% correct please take a bow! If you got less than 100%, the task has been reset for you. If you want to do the task again, just send an email to let me know.
4. For an extra challenge, try the Roman Numerals booklet below, it is for a Year 5 class, but I'm sure you can do it and I think you'll enjoy it. (Answers here, no peeking please!
Roman-Numerals-to-100-Introduction-and-Activity-Powerpoint_ver_4.pptRoman-Numerals-Worksheet.pdf4. But now... PUZZLE TIME! If you arrange all seven roman numerals in order (largest to smallest) you make a year. Where in London would you see this year on a statue or plaque? Please share your answer with me. Good luck :-)
5. When you finish everything, check you have completed your AM class exercise and remember there are AM Group exercises, Tests and Practices for you too and don’t forget Maths Facts! Oh, and the Diagnostic tests! Thank you!
maths sphere roman-numerals.pdfScience
Education City - there will always be work waiting for you on this site. I've added some more work on Light and Shadows for those of you who have completed everything so far! If you have…well done you! And thank you :-)
I hope you enjoyed last week's home experiments, here are some more that can be done at home with an adult... the Kitchen Science experiments from the Science Museum.
If you're desperate for more science and nature, Earth School is an amazing resource.
Kitchen-science.pdfIPC: Inventions (History)
1. So far in this Inventions topic, we have looked at a couple of inventors who are very well known. This week we are going to find out about some less well known inventors.
First, several Victorian inventors, Margaret E. Knight, George Washington Carver and William Henry Fox Talbot.
Please read the information sheets about them, then answer the questions here.
When you have finished check your answers with and adult
Read 19thcentury-Inventors-Differentiated-Differentiated-Reading-Comprehension-Activity-English_ver_3.pdf2. Next, for more ingenious inventors, here is a link to the Horrible Histories - Ingenious Inventors episode. It's a whole programme so it is quite long but when you have watched it please take the quiz below. Good luck!
3. If you would like to do your own research on one of the inventors mentioned in Ingenious Inventors, please feel free to use the worksheet on the right. Name the inventor, then add six facts about them and include any relevant drawings or illustrations. Or, if possible, make your own poster about them using Pic Collage. Or, you could use PowerPoint or Keynote to make your own presentation about them! Don't forget to share which ever one you choose. Good luck!
II Research.docxIPC: Inventions (Art)
Be imaginative!
1. I hope you have started thinking about your own invention. You don’t have to actually make it, a design drawing will do!
Read and watch all the information in this IPC section and start planning your own design. It could be something to use at home, at school, something that could change the world?! If you like, use the squared paper here to start drawing your invention design but any paper will do. If you’ve got lots of ideas maybe design a different invention every week! Here is another of Humaira's inventions... The Fish Feeder! What a fantastic idea! And Enan's Ted2 robot, I would love one of those!
To help inspire you further, here's another clip from a show where school children shared their ideas on TV, Brilliant Kid Inventors! I like the second idea!
There is also a clip below from a programme called Inside the Factory, which I always find strangely fascinating! Look at how quickly the bread is bagged!
Finally, another wonderful creation by Joseph Herscher this week 'The Lunch Feeder'. His machines use cause and effect to do a simple task in a very complicated way. Please don't do anything like this at home without permission! Look at those in previous weeks if you haven't already. I hope they all amuse and inspire you :-)
Get creative!
2. Last week, for fun there were instructions on how to get creative with empty cereal boxes! And I've seen some wonderful creations. Thank you! Have a look at this little Teddy Bear Car and a Maze. If you didn't get to make one look back at Week 7 for the instructions.
This week, for fun, the challenge is toilet roll animals! I love the octopus!
Please click here for instructions on making a toilet roll peguin. Click here for instructions on how to make a toilet roll ladybird, a chick, an owl, an octopus and a bunny!
And here is a list to help inspire you to make even more things out of toilet rolls! Ten things to do with toilet rolls! Be creative and have fun!
Toilet Roll Octopus - Craft Instructions.pdfICT (Coding)
Keep playing LightBot and Cargo-Bot if you can, and look at Week 5's Code-a-Cake too.
Here is the Episode 7 of Think like a Coder if you’d like to learn how to… think like a coder!
Do you want to put your coding skills to the test? Try the Games Designer Club, you'll need an adult to sign you up.
PE and yoga
Click here for PE with Joe Wicks and Cosmic Yoga for Kids.
Rio and Kate Ferdinand also do daily workouts if you'd like to look at those.
Extra:
Mindful moments
I thought I would add some ideas for when you might need to take a break. Here are a couple of Mindful Minute Brain Breaks, the Balloon Breaths and the Bubble Breaths, and this week we have Starfish Breaths. I really like this one, it's very calming. There are also some pretty detailed Mindfulness colouring sheets for you too.
adult-colouring-mindfulness-colouring-sheets-bumper-pack-_ver_3.pdfKensuke's Kingdom
As many of you have now finished reading Kensuke's Kingdom I thought you might like to look at this. It's a lesson in which you'll learn how to give your opinion and summarise information from an extract. Dolly-Rose Campbell reads extracts from the book and then there is a choice of activities that you can do.
Mathletics:
There will always be work waiting for you, I try to set only 4-5 activities so you should be able to access Mathletics Live too. Well done to those of you who use Mathletics regularly, one person has actually finished every task!
Education City:
There will always be work on Maths, Literacy, Science and Computers waiting for you here. Well done to those of you who have kept up to date with everything I've set!
NEWS - FACT OR FICTION?
Always get your news from a reliable source. The Week Junior, BBC Newsround and Sky News - FYI are trusted sources. Check out the sites, there's plenty to keep you informed and entertained.
The Week Junior
Apologies - this will be updated as soon as we can do so.
