year 4 home learning w/c 29th june 2020 - bellfield primary
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Spellings (Use Attachment
1 for activity
ideas)
Reading (All work is based on the
book George's Secret Key to the Universe
by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking)
Writing Maths (Lessons have been taken from
White Rose Maths. This week we will be
looking at Summer Term Week 6)
Topic/Science (Our Topic this term is Space Race)
Monday Practise this
weeks
spellings:
extreme,
famous,
favourite,
February,
forward.
Read page 38 and answer
the questions. (See Attach-
ment 2)
Pronouns - Look at the
PowerPoint on Seesaw.
Complete the activity on pro-
nouns. (See Attachment 7)
Summer Term Week 6 Lesson
1 - Add 2 or more frac-
tions. Click below for:
Video
Check out the activity on
Seesaw.
Science - Look at the Power-
Point about Sound on See-
saw.
Complete the sound activity.
(See Attachment 12)
Tuesday Practise this
weeks
spellings:
extreme,
famous,
favourite,
February,
forward.
Read pages 39 - 41 and
answer the questions. (See
Attachment 3)
Expanded Noun Phrases -
Look at the PowerPoint on
Seesaw.
Complete the activity on ex-
panded noun phrases. (See
Attachment 8)
Summer Term Week 6 Lesson
2 - Subtract 2 fractions.
Click below for:
Video
Check out the activity on
Seesaw.
Geography - Look at the
PowerPoint about the planets
on Seesaw.
Choose one of the planets
to carry out research on.
Use the website links on the
PowerPoint to help you. (See
Attachment 13)
Year 4 Home Learning
W/C 29th June 2020
Spellings (Use Attachment
1 for activity
ideas)
Reading (All work is based on the
book George's Secret Key to the Universe
by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking)
Writing Maths (Lessons have been taken from
White Rose Maths. This week we will be
looking at Summer Term Week 6)
Topic/Science (Our Topic this term is Space Race)
Wednesday Practise this
weeks
spellings:
extreme,
famous,
favourite,
February,
forward.
Read pages 41 - 42 and
answer the questions. (See
Attachment 4)
Adverbials - Look at the
PowerPoint on Seesaw.
Complete the activity on ad-
verbials. (See Attachment 9)
Summer Term Week 6 Lesson
3 - Fractions of a quantity.
Click below for:
Video
Check out the activity on
Seesaw.
French - Watch this video to
learn the colour names in
French.
Complete the French colours
activity. (See Attachment 14)
Thursday Practise this
weeks
spellings:
extreme,
famous,
favourite,
February,
forward.
Read page 44 and answer
the questions. (See Attach-
ment 5)
Fronted Adverbials - Look
at the PowerPoint on See-
saw.
Complete the activity on
fronted adverbials. (See At-
tachment 10)
Summer Term Week 6 Lesson
4 - Calculate quantities.
Click below for:
Video
Check out the activity on
Seesaw.
Art - This week the Children’s Art
Week theme is ‘The Natural World’.
Take a look at the PowerPoint on
Seesaw about Andy Goldsworthy
who uses natural materials to
create his artwork.
Carry out the activity. (See At-
tachment 15)
If you are able to, why not cre-
ate your own natural artwork.
Don’t forget to share you fantastic work with me on Seesaw!
Spellings (Use Attachment
1 for activity
ideas)
Reading (All work is based on the
book George's Secret Key to the Universe
by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking)
Writing Maths (Lessons have been taken from
White Rose Maths. This week we will be
looking at Summer Term Week 6)
Topic/Science (Our Topic this term is Space Race)
Friday Practise this
weeks
spellings:
extreme,
famous,
favourite,
February,
forward.
Read page 45 and answer
the questions. (See Attach-
ment 6)
Possessive Apostrophe -
Look at the PowerPoint on
Seesaw.
Complete the activity on
possessive apostrophes. (See
Attachment 11)
Summer Term Week 6 -
Challenge. The most suitable
questions for Year 4 are 1,
2, 3, 4 & 5. But you can
always work with your fam-
ily on the rest of the prob-
lems. Click below for:
Activity
PSHE - Look at the Power-
Point on Seesaw about be-
ing happy and positive.
Carry out the activity. (See
Attachment 16)
Don’t forget to share you fantastic work with me on Seesaw!
ABC Order
Write all of
your spellings
in alphabetical order.
Word Parts
Write your
words. Then use a coloured
pencil to divide the
words into syllables.
e.g. jumping
Silly Sentences
Write a silly
sentence for each of your
spellings.
Rainbow Words
Write your spellings with
coloured pencils. Make
each letter a different
colour.
Hidden Words
Draw and
colour a picture. Hide
your spelling words inside
your picture.
Backwards Words
Write your spelling words
forwards and then back-
wards.
e.g. cat tac
Vowel Spotlight
Write your
words using
one colour for the vowels and another
colour for the consonants.
(vowels: a, e, i, o, u)
Pyramid Words
‘Pyramid write’ your spelling
words. e.g. home
h ho
hom home
Story Story
Write a story
using all of
your spellings.
Squiggly Words
Write your
spellings in
squiggly
letters.
Bubble letters
Write your
spelling words
in bubble writing.
Three Times
Write each
spelling three
times.
First, in pencil. Second, in
crayon.
Third, in felt
tip.
Acrostic Poem
Choose one of
your spellings
and write an
acrostic poem
Spelling Shapes
Draw one
shape for each word.
Then write your spellings
inside each of the shapes.
Word Search
Create your
own word search with
your spellings.
Picture and A
Story
Draw a picture defining each
word. Write a
sentence about your picture
using the
spelling.
Riddles
Write a riddle
for each of your words.
e.g. I am grey.
I have a trunk and big ears.
What am I?
Writing Race
Set a timer for
2 minutes. See how many times
you can write
each spelling during that
time.
Joker
Write jokes
containing each of your
spellings.
Scrabble
In a game of
Scrabble, each letter is worth a
certain number
of points. Write your words and
then add the
total of the
letters
Word Classes
Sort your
spelling words into word
classes - e.g. nouns, verbs,
adjectives etc.
Antonyms
Find an
antonym (opposite
word) for each of your
spellings.
Technology
Type out your
spellings on the computer
or tablet.
Train Words
Write the entire
spelling list end-to-end as one
long word.
Write each new word in a
different colour.
e.g.
trainbackstop
cried
Attachment 1 - Spelling Activities
Attachment 2 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking
Monday - Page 38
1. Do you agree with Cosmos and think he is cleverer than Eric? Explain your answer.
2. Why do you think Cosmos didn’t want to show how a star is born?
3. Why does Eric want Cosmos to work?
4. Why do you think George has to take an Oath?
5. How do you think George is currently feeling? Explain your answer.
Attachment 3 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking
Tuesday - Pages 39 - 41
1. Why is it important George takes the Oath?
2. What can’t George do now that he has taken the Oath?
3. What happens if George breaks the Oath?
4. Do you think Annie feels differently towards George now? Explain your answer.
5. “...you may now use the secret key that unlocks the Universe.” What do you think George will do with it?
Attachment 4 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking
Wednesday - Pages 41 - 42
1. Write a paragraph summarising what happened in Chapter 4.
2. Predict what you think will happen in Chapter 5.
3. If you had the secret key to the Universe, what would you use it for?
Attachment 5 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking
Thursday - Page 44
1. Why did the room get darker?
2. What is unusual about Cosmos compared to other computers?
3. ‘“A window,” said Eric proudly.’ Why do you think Eric is proud?
4. What do you think the view is of?
Attachment 6 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking
Friday - Page 45
1. Was your prediction, from yesterday, correct about the view?
2. Why are there so many stars?
3. Why do you think the author describes Eric as a spider?
4. Why was Annie embarrassed?
5. What was happening in the dark patch?
Attachment 7 - Writing - Pronouns
1. Circle the pronouns in the sentences.
a) The children ate their dinner as they watched television.
b) He is coming to our house later so you need to look after him.
c) She is not able to look after the puppy properly so we need to keep it with us.
d) It was her choice whether to come to go with them or come back to ours.
2. Identify the correct pronoun to complete the sentences.
a) David put ( him / he / its / his ) socks on first. = __________________________________
b) Hannah posted ( mine / it / her / theirs ) letter in the post box. = __________________
c) Take ( your / ours / you / we ) brother with you please. = _________________________
d) The zombie chased ( hers / she / us / I ) through the town. = ______________________
3. Identify as many different ways that the sentence could be rewritten by replacing the pronouns. Write
at least three different sentences.
He told him to leave it open.
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Attachment 8 - Writing - Expanded Noun Phrases
Write ten sentences with expanded noun phrases to describe things in the picture.
Attachment 9 - Writing - Adverbials
Underline the adverb or adverbial phrase in each of these sentences.
1. The boy argued, until he was red in the face, that he was innocent.
2. Karen went to visit her friend because she had broken her leg..
3. Driving rapidly, Ben reached the hospital in no time at all.
4. The cat slept silently by the fireplace.
5. The baby cried every morning when he was hungry.
6. Stampeding like a speeding bullet, the elephant charged towards them.
Write 5 of your own sentences with an adverbial phrase. Underline the adverbial phrase in your sen-
tence.
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Attachment 10 - Writing - Fronted Adverbials
Add in the missing commas to these sentences.
1. Above the clouds the birds were soaring.
2. Because she was stubborn Debbie refused to come out of her room.
3. Cautiously she edged towards the strange creature.
4. Under the stars the world was silent.
5. At midnight she heard to door creak open.
Use these fronted adverbials to think of your own sentences.
1. In the distance, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. After lunch, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Because it was raining, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Carefully, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. In the woods, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Write 5 of your own sentences with a fronted adverbial.
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Attachment 11 - Writing - Possessive Apostrophe
Add in the missing apostrophes.
1. Every day in the holidays, the childrens library would open between 12pm and 2pm.
2. Once a year, the womens rugby team would travel to Japan to take part in a tournament.
3. There were lots of the boys PE kits left behind after school today.
4. In the pet shop, the guinea pigs cages were all left wide open, so unsurprisingly they all escaped!
Tick or cross whether the apostrophes are placed in the right places.
1. Once upon a time, there were lots of princesses’ who loved their palaces so very much.
2. During the Autumn, deciduous trees’ leaves fall to the ground.
3. It was only right that the unwanted childrens’ toys were donated to charity, so that they did not
end up in landfill.
Write 5 of your own sentences with a possessive apostrophe.
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Attachment 12 - Science - Sound
Draw a comic strip to show how sound travels when a drum is hit. Then write a sentence to describe
what is happening. Use these key words in your sentences: vibrate, vibrations, hit, particles, solid, liq-
uid, gas, ear, travel
Explain why it would be a problem if nothing could vibrate.
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Attachment 13 - Geography - Planets
Attachment 14 - French - Colours
Colour the paint splats in the correct colour for each word.
Attachment 15 - Art - Andy Goldsworthy
1. Identify and list the natural materials in these sculptures
2. Give a title to these sculptures and give a reason as to why you have picked your name.
Title:
Natural materials used:
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Attachment 16 - PSHE - Happiness
Think about all the things that make you feel happy. Create a list poem using the lines below. You can
then add illustrations around your poem.
Happiness is….
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