Home Learning Term 2 2015 Year 4 Completion date Tuesday 30th June Reading – 15 minutes daily. Set yourself a challenge-‐ how many different types of books can you read? Record your books in the back of your Home Learning book. You could use this site to read an ebook: http://www.oxfordowl.co.ukhttp://www.oxfordowl.co.uk (Get your Mum or Dad’s permission as you need a login)
Numeracy – Daily – 1.Practise your multiplication and division times tables. Remember to practise them out of order and as a whole sentence eg Four sixes are twenty-‐four. Aim for quick recall! 2. Learn your 6x, 7x, 8x,9x and 10x multilpication and division facts. Practise figuring out unknown facts from known facts. e.g. if 3x7 =21 then 6x7 =2x3x7= 2x21=42 3. Practise solving problems on http://nz.ixl.com/math/year-‐4 F 1-‐11, G 1-‐21, H 1-‐9 and I 1-‐17
Spelling – 1. Daily learning of words (use the technique of look, cover, say, write, check, write, check.) 2. Select 3 words from your list each week and write an interesting sentence for each word and PROOF Read them. Do this activity in your home learning exercise books. 3. Useful websites for practising spelling skills: http://www.spellingcity.com http://freerice.com/ http://www.spellingcity.com/contractions.html
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Guidelines for activities (min of 5 activities) Be ready with your first activity by the end of Week 2-‐ then you and your teacher can check together that you understand how to follow this guide. Any problems, don’t worry-‐please see your class teacher EARLY! ● Time organisation – most tasks should take you
between 30 minutes and an hour. If you complete ONE task each week, you should easily be able to manage this workload.
● Variety of presentation – think about your audience and how they learn best e.g. visual and auditory and which presentation method best shows what you have learnt and want to share e.g. written, 3D, poster, brochure etc.
● Task criteria -‐ take time to read/identify/clarify what this task would look like when successfully completed.
● Remember to plan your tasks in advance and get Mum or Dad to sign them off when completed.
● Some helpful websites (Please look at these with parent supervision)
http://nzmaths.co.nz/familieshttp://www.radionz.co.nz/events/anzac-‐2015 http://www.wicked.org.nz/Themes/Hot-‐topics/Anzac-‐Day http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/light.html
Religious Education ● Read Galatians 5:22-‐25. Choose 3 Fruits of the
Holy Spirit and do a Y-‐chart in your home learning exercise books of what it looks like, feels like and sounds like, e.g. Joy looks like a smile on a baby’s face, sounds like laughter and feels like a mothers hug. Signed: ____________
● Find a prayer about the Holy Spirit. Choose one that stands out for you, print it and stick in your home learning book and you can share with your class. Signed: ____________
Contributing to our Learning Family ● Write an exciting story with the theme “There’s
no place like home” for the Barfoot and Thompson Young Writers competition. Go to youngauthorschallenge.co.nz for more details. The closing date is 3 June 2015. Signed: _______
● Research, design and perform an experiment to investigate how many colours there are in light. Share your research and experiment with your class through a photo or a video. Signed: ______
● Take a photo and enter it in the National Primary Science Week competition -‐ due in by 12 May. The theme is “Light.” Display a copy of your photo at school. Check this site for details: http://nzapse.nzase.org.nz/primary-‐science-‐week/ Signed: ____________
Thinking time ● Use a tool such as
http://www.storyboardthat.com/http://www.bitstrips.com/ to create a book titled “ What is Light?” for Magic Zone children. Signed: ____________
● Why do you think it is important to remember Anzac Day? Create a PMQ (Plus, Minus, Questions) chart to show your thinking. Record in your home learning exercise books.
Signed: ____________
Research, Create, Construct, Present ● Design a war medal using some of the ANZAC
symbols. Draw it in your home learning book. Signed: ____________
● Make a lighthouse model. You can use some recycling materials e.g. shoebox lid, yoghurt pot etc. Signed: ____________
● Make a sundial with an A3 card and a 25cm dowel. You should be able to use that to tell the time from 9:00 am to 3:00pm on a sunny day. Signed: ____________
Teach your parents The best way to retain new knowledge is to teach someone else! ● Research and then explain to your parents how
light travels in water and in air. Demonstrate your theory with an experiment. Your parents need to write down what they have learnt from your explanation. Signed: ____________
Life skills ● Learn to make star-‐shaped choc chip cookies.
Record the recipe including photographs and ask your family to comment on your baking!
Signed: ____________ ● Design a paper poppy and write on each of the
petals what your learning goals are for Term 2 eg Writing: add adjectives, Maths: recall 6 x Reading: answer comprehension questions, RE: name five Fruits of the Holy Spirits.
Signed: ____________
Physical activity ● Take part in a winter sport eg soccer, netball,
rugby. Record your progress. Signed: ________
● Create and illustrate a list of local places which are fun to visit in the winter, including an explanation of why, e.g. during a walk around Western Springs, you get to feed the swans! Try to visit at least one and include a photo and a recount of the visit. Signed: ___________
Classroom focus Multiplication and Division ● Write three real life word stories which use
multiplication or division to solve problems. Signed: ____________
● Create a login name and practise solving maths problems on https://e-‐ako.nzmaths.co.nz
Signed:________ Procedural Writing Write down the steps how to make a lighthouse model or a sundial. Signed: ____________
