Dorchester Home Learning Pack

Year 4

Bronze Pack

For the rest of the half term the reading activities will be based on our class text

“Podkin” If you have missed any of the story check out Mrs Patrick’s You Tube page

to listen to the parts of the story you might have missed as she has been reading it

over the time we have been off!

Monday

Can you match the vocabulary to the definition?

Can you monitor some of your own words now?

Portcullis

Gnashing

haunted

To move your teeth

against each other.

A strong heavy grate

that can be lowered.

Showing signs of being

tormented.

Tuesday

1.True or false. Complete the grid below.

True False

Podkin was safe outside the warren.

Podkin had been speared by the Portcullis through his leg.

Lady Russet found them.

Lady Russet opened the portcullis so they could escape.

2. Find and copy two things that Paz though Podkin had hurt.

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3. Find and copy two phrases which tell us that Podkin was in pain.

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4.What had Lady Russet sent to warn The Gorm?

Wednesday

Can you answer the inference questions? Use what you know has

happened previously and evidence from the extract to answer.

1. Read the first two paragraphs. How are Podkin and Paz feeling?

How do you know?

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As Paz watched, she saw a figure step towards the portcullis, closer

to the light. It was Lady Russet.

2. When Paz first saw Lady Russet what do you think she thought?

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Thursday

Read the extract again. From how Lady Russet is described, what do

you think she will do next? Make sure you refer to this description in

your answer when giving reasoning.

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Friday

Monday

Can you practice putting these words with the spelling pattern ‘ough’ in

to sentences?

Top Tip:

Remember to use cursive handwriting and that your ascenders and

descenders are the correct heights.

Can you highlight each word class within the sentences in a different

colour?

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

Determiner

Pronoun

adjective

Choose your own colours and fill in the grid before you start

The stripy, ginger cat was sat by the fireplace and she was

licking her fur carefully.

A group of young children got on the bus to go on their

school trip and they were squealing with excitement loudly!

There was a friendly giant who was hiding silently out of

sight because he was scared of other people.

Top Tip:

Determiner- a word used at the beginning of a noun group for example

‘a’, ‘the’, ‘some’ or ‘this’.

Pronoun-A type of noun used when the noun is already known so it is

not repeated for example ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘they’

Tuesday

Practise your cursive handwriting with this weeks spelling pattern.

Can you re write the sentences below with commas in the correct place

to form commas in a list?

Top Tip:

Remember to leave the last and so it makes sense!

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Wednesday

This week you have been learning the spelling pattern ‘ough’. Can you

find the words in the paragraph below which are spelt incorrectly and

correct them?

Can you finish these sentences with adverbial phrases to tell us WHEN

something happened, HOW something happened or WHERE something

happened?

_________________________________________________________ he accepted the award.

Milo liked to sleep __________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Kendra waited for a rescue ship.

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Now we are going to work on using ‘ing’ clauses to start a sentence.

EXAMPLE: Shaking with fear, the rabbit inched towards the safety of

its burrow.

Can you fill in the blanks for these sentences? Remember you need to

use an ing starter.

_________________________, May opened the huge door and walked into the old

mansion.

_____________________________, the cheetah is the fastest land animal.

Thursday

Friday

Can you define what a prefix is?

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Can you think of some words beginning with the following prefixes?

-im impossible

-in indestructible

-il illegal

-ir Irresponsible

Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for time?

-Remember this is WHEN something happens / happened. E.g After she

had walked to the park,

____________________________________________________________ she sat down on the bench.

_____________________________________________________________ the boy ran down the path.

Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for manner?

-Remember this is HOW something happens or is done. E.g Carefully,

_______________________________________ we jumped into the water.

_________________________________________ the crossing warden asked us to wait.

Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for place?

- Remember this is WHERE something happens / happened. E.g In the

haunted house,

___________________________________________ my hair stood on end.

____________________________________________________ the cat lay in the sun.

Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for degree?

-Remember this describes the intensity. E.g Nearly asleep

_____________________________________________________ the cat lay in the sun.

____________________________________________________________ the boat capsized.

Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for frequency?

-Remember this is how often something happens. E.G Regularly

___________________________________ I brush my teeth

Monday-Place value

Now let’s look at tenths and decimals

Decimal point

Tuesday

Wednesday

Sam and Sophie both

have some money.

Sam Sophie

What is the same and what is different?

They both have £_________________

____________________________ has more because __________________________________________.

Hundreds Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths

3 0 0 .

0 6

3 0 0 .

6 0

£3.06 £3.60

10 hundredths = 1 tenth

10 tenths = 1 one10 tenths =

1 one

.60 is closer to 1

Thursday

Friday

Science activities

Task 1: Can you match the word to its definition?

vibration

Sound wave

Ear drum

Source

particles

A pressure caused by a vibration of something.

Quick movement back and forth.

The place where a sound is made.

Part of the ear found in the middle which vibrates in response

to sound waves.

Small bits of dust, dirt, soot, droplets or liquid in the air.

Task 2: Can you fill in the diagram below? Write some sentences to

match the pictures to explain how we hear things. Use the given

vocabulary for each section

Object, vibrates,

move, sound source

vibrating air particles, sound wave

Particles, air, vibrate, touching

Sound wave, ear,

electrical signal, brain, sound

Task 3: Check out this website.

Can you do some research to investigate how each different instrument

creates its sound? Choose one instrument and create a poster!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/music--science-ks2-what-

is-sound/zbnmhbk