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Week 1

I have carefully read and thought about the chapter

I have written a diary using correct person and tense

I have responded to the grammar prompts

I have practised the spellings and learned the definitions

At home materials

Year 4 Week 1 to 4

Week 2

I have answered the questions using information from the text

I have written using lots of description and adjectives



Week 3

I have carefully read and thought about the chapter

I have written an interesting story thinking about the character



Week 4

I have used the text to answer the questions

I have written using persuasive language



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Using the at home materials

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This booklet consists of weekly tasks in all areas of English: reading, writing, grammar and spellings.

How do I use the booklet? • Set aside time each day to complete the weekly tasks, you don’t have to do

each one every day.

• Take your time to read and understand the extract. Ask an adult if you need

help understanding the text.

• Read the instructions and questions carefully before you start a task.

How do the lessons work? Below are some suggested timings. •Reading - 30 minutes daily •Writing - 45 minutes daily •Grammar - 5 minutes daily •Spelling - 10 minutes daily

Can parents, carers and siblings help? Yes, of course! Family members can help in the following ways: • Read the extracts with you aloud. • Gather all the exciting and difficult words you want to find out about or use in your writing and put them on display. • Help you with the planning of the story • Write a story at the same time as you. You could then compare your stories and check each other’s writing.

What else can I do if I love writing and I want more of a challenge?

• Keep writing stories using your own ideas. • Explore www.lovereading4kids.co.uk or www.newsela.com to find other extracts

to read and write about.

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Reading

Week 1: Reading and writing prompts

The Bolds Go Wild – Chapter 1

Writing

Before reading- Predict what you think the story might be about based on the name of it. During reading- Collect the names of every new character you meet.

After reading- Which character do you think is the most important and why?

Imagine you are Bobby. Write a diary entry about the fun

day you had in the rain. Use this space to jot down some

key words to use.

Grammar

Rewrite this sentence using the correct punctuation. the Bolds were a family of hyenas

Fill in the missing verb. The Bolds _________ in puddles.

Underline the subject in this sentence: Mr McNumpty is a grisly bear.

Which adjective best describes Mr Bold? grumpy angry funny hungry

Complete this sentence about the weather that day. The weather was ______________________.

Spelling

Practise each word. Choose two and write their definitions.

Choose two to write in sentences.

interest

island

knowledge

learn

length

Week 1: Grammar and Spelling prompts

library

material

medicine

mention

minute

Reading

On page 3:

1. What did the Bolds love about rainy days?

2. How do we know the Bolds aren’t humans?

On page 4:

1. Disguised is closest in meaning to:

a) hidden b) open c) afraid d) funny

2. What two hyena traits can they get away with?

On page 7:

1. What is surprising about how Mrs Bold reacts?



Writing

Imagine you are walking past the park on that rainy day. Describe

what The Bolds are doing.

Start your story with,

I saw the most unusual sight in the park today.

Grammar Insert a comma to complete this list. The Bolds loved puddles mud and getting wet.

Circle the two verbs in the sentence. Uncle Tony grabbed hold of the tin and scooped up some dirty water. Insert the missing inverted commas. Let’s play said Betty Complete this sentence with the correct coordinating conjunction.

Mrs Bold opened the window _____ she let the bird in. Which sentence needs a question mark? Why do hyenas get wet Hyenas like rain because its good for their skin and keeps mosquitos away

Spelling



natural

naughty

notice

occasion/occasionally

often


opposite

ordinary

particular

peculiar

perhaps

Reading

On page 8:

1. What does Mr Bold love:

a) lemonade b) cakes c) jokes

2. What is Mr Bolds job?

On page 9:

1. Which word is closest in meaning to retaliating:

a) hiding something b) getting revenge c) fighting

On page 10:

2. Uncle Tony was angry with Miranda. True or False. Find evidence to support your answer.

On page 11:

1. Which two words are closest in meaning to pandemonium:

a) calm b) chaos c) quiet d) mayhem

2. How long did the pandemonium last for?



Writing

Choose an animal you like. Think about its behaviour and what it might do if it had to live like a human. Write a story about a day in the life of your animal in a world of humans.

Grammar Circle the three words that need capital letters.

they took uncle tony, miranda and mr McNumpty to the park.

Insert the missing inverted commas.

We’d better stop said Mrs Bold breathlessly.

Circle all the verbs in this sentence.

The Bolds were laughing and shrieking as they hopped over

puddles.

Which sentence needs an exclamation mark?

How funny they were

It was a wet day

Circle the adjectives in this sentence.

The deep puddles

Spelling



popular

position

possess/possession

possible

potatoes


pressure

probably

promise

purpose

quarter

Reading

Answer the multiple choice questions at the end of the extract. Use this space to write a multiple choice question of your own.


Non-fiction – Plastic

Writing

Write a persuasive letter to a supermarket asking them to reduce the use of plastic on their products.

Grammar

Circle the correct verb in each sentence.

The Bolds was/were all enjoying the wet weather.

Mr Bold’s jokes was/were funny.

Which sentence is a command?

Jump in that puddle.

The Bolds jumped in the puddle.

Circle the adverb in the sentence.

The bird tapped on the window urgently.

Write the following verbs in the simple past tense.

throw > laugh >

Complete this sentence.

The hyenas couldn’t play because

Spelling



question

recent

regular

reign

remember


sentence

separate

special

straight

strange

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k that everyth

ing h

appens

for a reason. T

his m

akes perfect sense to m

e.

Alth

ough

sometim

es it can take a w

hile for th

e

reason to becom

e clear. You

just h

ave

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at’s all.

Wh

y did I lose a shoe on

the w

ay

to school? It w

as certainly very

ann

oying; m

y foot got wet an

d

my m

other w

as cross with

me.

BU

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g the sh

oe mean

t

I was late for class an

d so I

missed a m

aths exam

. Result!

It happen

ed for a reason.

2

Ou

r story this tim

e begins on

a rainy day.

Most people on

days like that w

ant to stay

indoors an

d avoid getting w

et. Th

is isn’t th

e

case with

the B

olds, thou

gh. D

ear me, n

o. Th

ey

love the rain

. Rain

mean

s puddles and m

ud, both

of wh

ich th

ey are very keen on

. Stam

ping

in pu

ddles and m

aking a m

ess, getting m

ud

in th

eir fur, dow

n th

eir trousers or an

ywh

ere

else you can

thin

k of, is their idea of fu

n. T

his

is probably because th

e Bolds fam

ily, as you

may already kn

ow, aren

’t actually people.

An

d I once told m

y best friend th

at I still

slept with

a teddy called Mr P

ilchard. M

y

friend told th

e whole class an

d they all laughed

at me. B

ut th

en I realised th

e reason for all

this u

pset: it was tim

e to dump m

y best friend

and

get m

yself on

e w

ho

cou

ld

be trusted.

So I did.

Now

wh

at about th

e thin

gs that h

appen to

the B

olds?

Perh

aps you are new

to stories about th

em.

I hope n

ot, because th

at wou

ld mean

you’ve

been m

issing ou

t on lots of fun

. Th

e Bolds,

you

see, are

a fam

ily th

at stran

ge th

ings

happen

to

– som

e th

ings

good, som

e n

ot

so good – but alw

ays for a reason. T

he good

thin

gs are

won

derful

and

the

not-so-good

always

make

the

stories abou

t th

em

very

interesting – thou

gh I say so m

yself.

4

No. T

hey’re h

yenas. H

yenas livin

g disguised as h

um

an bein

gs in a lovely little h

ouse in

Teddin

gton. In

order to keep this u

nu

sual fact

a secret, they are carefu

l not to do an

ythin

g

too hyena-ish in

public: n

o run

nin

g aroun

d on

all fours, n

o chasin

g thin

gs and eatin

g them

,

no ru

bbing th

eir bottoms on

bush

es.

Bu

t laugh

ing w

ildly and m

essing abou

t in

the rain

and m

ud are h

yena traits th

ey can

get away w

ith. A

nd th

ey do. People m

ight

thin

k them

a little odd, but th

ose same people

never ju

mp to th

e conclu

sion th

at the fam

ily

run

nin

g aroun

d and lau

ghin

g in th

e rain are

hyenas. An

d for the B

olds it is a little taste of

their old life. It satisfies th

eir hyena instincts,

so carefully covered u

p most of th

e time.

So on

this particu

lar day in early A

pril,

durin

g a heavy sh

ower, th

e Bold fam

ily (Mr

and M

rs Bold, an

d their tw

ins, B

obby and

Betty) spen

t a glorious couple

of h

ours

in

a rath

er w

et

Bu

shy P

ark. Th

ey took with

them

th

eir fellow

h

yena

Un

cle T

ony,

and

Miran

da

the m

armoset m

onkey, as

well as th

eir next-door

neigh

bour M

r McN

um

pty (wh

o

is a grizzly bear, not a hyena, bu

t rather partial to a frolic in

the m

ud n

evertheless).

To

begin

with

th

ey ju

st

hopped over pu

ddles, laughing and sh

rieking.

Bu

t then

Bobby lan

ded in a large on

e (perhaps

by mistake, perh

aps not) an

d splashed w

ater

all over Betty’s skirt.

‘Righ

t! Gam

e on!’ said a lau

ghin

g Betty,

before jum

ping in

the air an

d landin

g with

a splat! right in

the m

iddle of an even

larger,

5

jum

ping in

beside his sister, creatin

g a new

wave

that curled

right

up

and

engu

lfed a

squealin

g Betty’s n

eck.

Mrs

Bold,

mean

wh

ile, sim

ply in

haled

the earth

y scent an

d her n

ostrils twitch

ed

with

delight. Sh

e gave Mr B

old a sly glance.

‘Mm

mm

!’ she said. ‘T

his s

o remin

ds me of life

in Africa du

ring th

e rainy season

. Have a sn

iff,

Fred!’ S

he scooped u

p a han

dful of m

ud and

rubbed it over M

r Bold’s face.

‘Ah

hh

!’ said her h

usban

d. ‘I know

wh

at you

mean

, Am

elia.’

omin

ously

dark pu

ddle. It

turn

ed ou

t th

is

puddle

was

mu

ch

deeper th

an

expected.

Betty

sudden

ly fou

nd

herself

knee-deep

in

filthy mu

ddy water. A

nd n

ot only w

as Bobby

drench

ed from h

ead to foot in th

ick gravy-like

mu

d, but M

rs Bold w

as too, as she h

appened

to have been

walkin

g just beh

ind B

obby.

Now

I don’t kn

ow abou

t you

r family, bu

t in

min

e Betty an

d Bobby w

ould be in

big trouble

by now

. How

ever thin

gs

are a little different with

the B

olds.

‘Eek!’ said B

etty,

covering h

er mou

th

with

her paw

s in

surprise.

‘You

’ve had it n

ow,

Sis!’ lau

ghed B

obby,

What did one

raindrop say to the other?

My plop is bigger

than your plop!

8

Now

, in case you

are un

aware, M

r Bold

loves jokes. Man

y dads do. Bu

t un

like lots of

dads’ jokes, Mr B

old’s are actually fu

nn

y

and h

e even h

as a job writin

g them

for

Ch

ristmas

crackers. A

pretty

cool job,

don’t you

thin

k?

Wh

en

his

wife

heard

his

latest joke she th

rew h

er head

back with

laughter, and h

er hat

(a hom

e-made bon

net m

ade from

a roun

d cake tin decorated w

ith

several em

pty tom

ato sou

p

tins

and

some

cleverly

folded napkin

s) fell into th

e

mu

d. Bu

t before she cou

ld pick it

up, U

ncle T

ony (w

ho w

as bent over on

accoun

t

of his arth

ritis) grabbed hold of th

e tin, scooped

up som

e dirty water an

d, with

a hyen

a how

l

of misch

ievous lau

ghter, flung it over h

is best

friend M

r McN

um

pty.

Nigel

McN

um

pty w

asted n

o tim

e before

retaliating:

he

reached

into

the

depths

of

the deep pu

ddle, smothering h

is designer-su

it

sleeves with

mu

ck in th

e process, and flu

ng a

heavy lu

mp of sm

elly mu

d at his frien

d. Th

e

mu

d ball hit U

ncle T

ony a glan

cing blow

on

the sh

oulder bu

t someh

ow lan

ded on M

r Bold’s

face wh

ere it slid slowly dow

n to h

is chest,

leaving a gleam

ing brow

n trail beh

ind.

Mom

entarily sh

ocked, Mr B

old then

let out

a distinctly an

imal-like cackle.

Ha ha ha! What does

a cloud wear under its raincoat?

Thunderwear!

Mrs

Bold

was

so bu

sy lau

ghin

g at

her

hu

sband’s joke th

at she didn

’t notice U

ncle

Ton

y now

creeping up beh

ind h

er with

Miran

da

perched on

his sh

oulder, an

d the cake tin

, full of w

ater, in h

er little mon

key paws. W

hen

they

were directly beh

ind h

er, Miran

da tipped the

tin all over M

rs Bold, an

d Un

cle Ton

y stood

there shaking w

ith lau

ghter.

‘Bullseye! Me w

etty Missy B

oldy!’ laugh

ed

Miran

da.

Well, it w

as sheer m

ayhem after th

at, I can

tell you. L

uckily n

o one w

as out in

the park

that day, so n

o hu

man

s were th

ere to see the

extraordinary sigh

t of a family rolling abou

t

in cold m

uddy pu

ddles, hooting with

delight.

After an

hou

r or more of th

is pandemonium

– like a snow

ball fight w

ith m

ud th

at got way

out of con

trol – the B

olds pulled th

emselves

together again

.

Bobby

‘We’d better stop,’ said

Mrs

Bold

breathlessly.

‘Before

we

are seen

.

Please, B

obby, don’t do

that in th

e ferns – it’s n

ot

at all hu

man

-like.’

Exh

austed, bu

t exhilarated an

d very, very

happy (hyen

a happy), th

ey made th

eir way

hom

e to 41 Fairfield R

oad.

‘Righ

t,’ said Mr B

old with

a sigh w

hen

they

were safely in

side the h

ouse. ‘W

e’d better all

get chan

ged into som

e clean, dry cloth

es.’

Th

ere was a bit of a queue

for the bath

room, bu

t a couple

of hou

rs later everyone w

as

clean an

d dry and sittin

g in

the lou

nge en

joying h

ot

buttered

crum

pets,

slices of fruit cake an

d milky tea. T

he tw

ins’

best friend M

inn

ie, the on

ly human w

ho kn

ew

the B

olds’ secret, had com

e roun

d. Bu

t being a

hu

man

she w

asn’t so keen

on w

et weath

er and

couldn

’t un

derstand w

hy h

er friends h

ad got

them

selves so muddy like th

at.

14

‘Wh

at’s that?’ asked B

obby.

‘It’s com

ing

from

the

win

dow!’

declared

Mrs B

old, pullin

g back the n

et curtain

s to get

a closer look. Th

ere, on th

e other side of th

e

win

dow, sat a fairly large, sleek grey bird,

his beady eyes starin

g in th

rough

the glass.

He gave th

ree quick, im

patient taps w

ith h

is

small beak an

d then

sat there expectan

tly.

‘He w

ants to com

e in ou

t of the rain

,’ said

Mrs B

old. ‘All righ

t, Mr B

ird! On

e mom

ent.’

An

d she opened th

e win

dow to let h

im in

.

‘ What goes up w

hen rain comes dow

n?’ Mr

Bold asked h

er.

‘I know

the an

swer to th

at,’ said Min

nie. ‘A

n

um

brella!’

‘Yes!’ M

r Bold said. ‘A

lthou

gh w

e don’t ow

n

one in

this h

ouse. C

an’t th

ink of an

ythin

g more

silly than

avoiding th

e rain. In

the S

erengeti

it only ever rain

s in th

e rainy season

. So w

hen

it does, we an

imals get very excited. W

e all

get as wet as possible. I rem

ember m

y moth

er

teachin

g me an

d my broth

ers and sisters h

ow

to roll aroun

d in th

e mu

d. It’s good for our skin

and keeps m

osquitos aw

ay.’ Mr B

old stared

into th

e distance. ‘A

h, yes,’ h

e sighed. ‘Happy

days.’

Bu

t his th

ough

ts of hom

e were su

ddenly

interru

pted by an u

rgent tapping sou

nd.

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Try to make 2019 the year you and your familyuse less plastic

A beach in Naples, Italy, is covered with plastic waste and debris. What can you do to fight plastic pollution in 2019? Photo by SalvatoreLaporta/Getty Images

Making a list of New Year's resolutions is popular with many people. It is a set of goals people

make. The hope is to do some things better in the new year.

Usually, these resolutions are about improving themselves. Some people want to exercise more.

Others want to save money. Some want to learn new skills.

This year, ask your family or friends to try a group resolution. Consider reducing your waste of

plastic products you only use once. This might mean using fewer plastic bags. It might mean

thinking twice before getting foods packed in plastic.

Much plastic is used just once and quickly becomes trash. Some plastic goes into the ocean.

Scientists estimate that 18 billion pounds of plastic trash flows into the oceans every year.

Here are two ways to use less plastic in 2019 as a family.

Decorate With Paper

By National Geographic, adapted by Newsela staff on 01.08.19Word Count 431Level 580L


Planning a birthday party or holiday celebration? Pledge to have a plastic-free party.

Get creative when decorating. Try not to use balloons. Undersea animals can mistake balloons for

food.

Replace balloons with cut-out paper decorations. This could include banners or confetti.

Maybe you were planning to celebrate with glitter. Most glitter is actually just tiny pieces of plastic.

Instead, consider buying a natural kind. This will be less wasteful.

Bring A Reusable Bag To The Store

Promise to shop smarter. It is healthier for you and the planet.

Try to avoid snacks that come wrapped in individual plastic. Instead, go to the bulk section of the

store. You can usually grab popcorn kernels and banana chips here. Shop with reusable bags for

whole fruits and vegetables. Grab some canned beans. Fill a bring-your-own container with grains

from the bulk section. Brown rice is an example.

Families can cook a meal free from single-use plastic. Maybe fish is on the menu. If so, read an

online guide like Seafood Watch. It shows the practices used to catch that type of fish. Often,

fishers leave behind their gear. It falls in the ocean. Knowing the kind of gear used to catch fish can

help cut down on harm.

We all want to spend less money. Plastic is a great place to start. Instead of buying new toys, host a

toy trade. Swap with your friends.

Do not forget about the plastic packaging. It covers almost all items that you buy online. Consider

your plastic resolution when shopping anywhere.

Get creative! Think of ways to give old pieces of plastic a new job. Avoid buying a new item. Use

newspaper sleeves to pick up pet poo, for example.


Quiz

1 What does the section “Decorate With Paper” show the reader?

(A) the kinds of snacks to buy when shopping in a store

(B) some ways to spend less money by buying fewer new toys

(C) some ways to have a party without using plastic decorations

(D) the number of pounds of plastic trash that flows into the oceans

2 What information will the reader find in the section "Bring a Reusable Bag To The Store"?

(A) Most glitter is made of tiny pieces of plastic.

(B) Undersea animals sometimes think balloons are food.

(C) New Year's resolutions are goals that people make.

(D) Seafood Watch gives information about how fish are caught.

3 The author thinks that people should bring reusable bags to the store when shopping.

Why does the author think this?

(A) because using reusable bags is a lot of fun to do

(B) because using reusable bags is good for the planet

(C) because reusable bags can hold foods wrapped in plastic

(D) because reusable bags can be thrown away in the trash

4 The author writes that "we all want to spend less money. Plastic is a great place to start. Instead of buying new toys, host a toytrade. Swap with your friends."

How does the author feel about buying new plastic toys?

(A) It is great to buy new plastic toys for friends.

(B) Buying new plastic toys is good if you give them to your friends.

(C) Trading toys with friends is better than buying new plastic toys.

(D) It is great to buy new plastic toys for a toy trade.

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