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Please ensure your name and the date of the work are on every page your return to school.
The Lost Thing video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpak6ktsux4
Subject | Task with links to teaching | |
Monday | Literacy | Using apostrophes for plural possession. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to? |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 1. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? See My Maths Activity: Modelling Fraction Calculations Work through the lesson before attempting the homework task. | |
| Monday Meet Up! 1:15pm | Please accept the invitation sent out via Teams. This will be a chance to catch up after half-term and talk about the morning live sessions we are planning to start this week. | |
Tuesday | Literacy | To whom it may concern…1 Writing a formal letter (using imperative verbs and the subjunctive form) |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 2. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Add fractions White Rose video https://vimeo.com/507108462 Answers. Please self-mark and edit. If you made a mistake, can you explain where you went wrong? | |
| Science | More about Micro-organisms Mould investigation conclusion sheet – use the observations you recorded before half term to decide what conditions are the best for mould to grow in. Have you compared your results with anyone else’s? What have you learned? Can you give a clear answer to the question you chose to investigate? Were there any factors that affected your results and made them less reliable? Make a Micro-organism – please send in a photo of your model. | |
Wednesday | Literacy | To whom it may concern…2 Writing a formal letter (using imperative verbs and the subjunctive form) Teaching video https://www.loom.com/share/5de04cfedae4442a8562047407720995 See To Do in Purple Mash ‘Bossy’ verbs sheet (imperative verbs) Use my example, also saved in the Letters to Pete folder in Purple Mash, to copy the address details for your letter. |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 3. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Add 2 or more fractions White Rose video https://vimeo.com/507468794 Answers. Please self-mark and edit. If you made a mistake, can you explain where you went wrong? | |
| RE
| What did Jesus do to save human beings? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arnc3hnVShQ Lego Movie Clip | |
Thursday | Literacy | Looking After Your Lost Thing 1 Writing instructions (using modal verbs) Teaching video https://www.loom.com/share/d130ccf978c94e029dcba58e95ca5808 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnL689Mpzew active and passive explained |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 4. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Subtract Fractions White Rose video https://vimeo.com/507527822 Answers. Please self-mark and edit. If you made a mistake, can you explain where you went wrong? | |
| Art | Create your own Lost Thing In the book the Lost Thing is a bizarre combination of animal and mechanical parts. Use your imagination (and have another look at the page below) for some inspiration to design your own. You could get creative with mixed media to create colour and texture or maybe even model your Lost Thing using play dough or clay. Please send in your pictures/photos for our class display. | |
Friday | Literacy | Looking After Your Lost Thing 2 Writing instructions (using modal verbs) Teaching video https://www.loom.com/share/e2b000e6c9ca484a8fc874b68f63d3bc See To Do in Purple Mash – yes, it’s a recipe template but the format works! |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 5. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Adding and subtracting fractions (independent practice) Target Y4 p.70 Show your working on a separate sheet. Answers. Please self-mark and edit. If you made a mistake, can you explain where you went wrong? | |
| Comprehension
| The Girl Who Walked on Air Answers. Please self-mark and edit your responses. Have you included enough detail for the 2-mark questions? |
Week Beginning: 08/02/21 Year group: 4
Please ensure your name and the date of the work are on every page your return to school.
Sumdog Dales Academies Competition this week.
Subject | Task with links to teaching | |
Monday | Literacy | Recognising Apostrophes. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to? |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 1. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Counting in fractions Varied fluency worksheet L1, L2, Answers Reasoning worksheet L1, L2, Answers Choose L1 or L2. Please self-mark and correct. If you made a mistake, explain what you needed to do to put it right (write on a separate sheet if necessary) | |
| Local History | In My Locality: Half term project work Choose a local landmark/building/historic site and investigate its history. Use this worksheet to record your findings. Take time to thoroughly research. You could search the Internet and ask family members about what they can remember. Submit your findings after the half-term break, continue on a separate sheet if necessary. | |
Tuesday | Literacy | Using synonyms and antonyms. Teaching video https://www.loom.com/share/316790ca3fa541a4a02f4c7d49ac18e5?sharedAppSource=personal_library The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpak6ktsux4 (15 mins) |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 2. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Counting in fractions (independent practice) Choose A or B. Show your working on a separate sheet. Top Tips: NoD – numerator over denominator. Draw a number line. The denominator stays the same. When the numerator and denominator are the same, you have a whole one! | |
| Science | Micro-organisms – grow your own! You will need: 2 slices of white bread, 2 sealable bags Mould investigation planning sheet. You could take some photographs to show the changes over time – make sure you include a label in the photo to show what day it was taken on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuzFiX177vY The variables song – be warned it’ll get in your head (P.S. It’s not Mrs Watt’s singing!) | |
Wednesday | Literacy | Choosing vocabulary for effect Teaching video https://www.loom.com/share/73f9fd99bd8e449583b44af60c2f97e9 Read: |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 3. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Fractions greater than 1 White Rose video https://vimeo.com/505143644 White Rose Worksheet Answers. Please self-mark and correct. If you made a mistake, explain what you needed to do to put it right (write on a separate sheet if necessary) | |
| RE
| What does it mean for a Muslim to follow god, lesson 6 PPT Labelling parts of a mosque PPT Places of worship: Muslim mosques | |
Thursday | Literacy | Understanding and using adjectives Teaching video https://www.loom.com/share/1b02fcc4516844998715fea907d3ee59 Worksheet |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 4. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Fractions greater than 1 Varied fluency teaching PowerPoint Varied fluency worksheets: choose q.1-3 or q.4-6. Varied fluency challenge worksheet Please self-mark and correct. If you made a mistake, explain what you needed to do to put it right (write on a separate sheet if necessary) | |
| Art | Spring is Springing! What signs of spring have you noticed? Make a picture of something in your garden, the local park, on your dog walk that lets you know spring is around the corner. You could use paint, pencils, pens, collage – get creative! | |
Friday | Literacy | Writing a diary Features of a diary poster Teaching video https://www.loom.com/share/d2651084250a4cad9a4b8b5c1309d151 See To Do in Purple Mash |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 5. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Fractions greater than 1 Reasoning teaching PowerPoint Reasoning worksheets: choose q.1-3 or q.4-6. Reasoning challenge worksheet Please self-mark and correct. If you made a mistake, explain what you needed to do to put it right (write on a separate sheet if necessary) | |
| Comprehension
| Chinese New Year Answers. Please self-mark and edit your responses. Have you included enough detail for the 2-mark questions? |
Week Beginning: 01/02/21 Year group: 4
Please ensure your name and the date of the work are on every page your return to school.
Subject | Task with links to teaching | |
Monday | Literacy | Recognising fronted adverbials. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to? PPT |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 1. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Equivalent Fractions: Classroom Secrets Y4 Spring block 3, step 2 VF PPT Choose q1-4 or 5-8 | |
| Marvellous Monday! | As this week is Children’s Mental Health Week, I’d like to start the week by encouraging you all to have some screen down-time! In class we have started to learn how to play chess. Do you have any board games from Christmas you haven’t got out of the box yet? What about a jigsaw puzzle or craft set? Take some time this afternoon to do something that you will enjoy that doesn’t involve technology. Maybe you could go for your daily exercise and spend some time looking out for the first signs of spring beginning to appear. If you’d like to, you could send a photo of what you’ve been up to. | |
Tuesday | Literacy | Read All About It! Use your plan and all of the previous work from last week to help you write the main body of your newspaper report. See To Do in Purple Mash. Read feedback comments. Top tips: Descriptive details (expand on the 5 ws) Quote from one (or more) of the crew (direct speech) |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 2. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Equivalent Fractions: Classroom Secrets Y4 Spring block 3, step 2 RPS PPT Choose q1-4 or 5-8 | |
| Science | Carl Linneaus, Classification of species Meet the man! Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks2-the-work-of-carl-linnaeus/zhnjf4j PPT Activity sheet: choose 1 species from the pictures and use the Internet to find out information about its classification Top Tips: Living thing = name of the species you have chosen Domain = Eukaryote for all plants and animals | |
Wednesday | Literacy | Read All About It! Use your plan and all of the previous work from last week to help you write the conclusion of your newspaper report. See To Do in Purple Mash. Read feedback comments. Top tips: Summarise Up to date (e.g. As we go to print, the crew are headed home to their wives and families for a well-deserved rest) |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 3. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Unit fractions and equivalence: Use this fraction wall to compare fractions and decide which is bigger. Remember ‘Crocodiles eat and poop!’ Abacus Y4 bk1 p.53 Use a separate sheet to show your workings. | |
| RE
| What does it mean for a Muslim to follow god, lesson 5 | |
Thursday | Literacy | Read All About It! Use your plan and your first draft. Edit your newspaper report. See To Do in Purple Mash. Read feedback comments. Top tips: Re read your plan – tick off what you have done Check paragraphs – have you got the 3 main sections? Check punctuation for direct speech |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 4. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Counting in Fractions (tenths) White Rose video https://vimeo.com/502686139 | |
| Art/DT | Happy Home Learning: How to Guide Share your top tips for successful and happy home learning. We would like you to design a leaflet to inform other children your age about how to succeed with their home learning. Complete the To Do in Purple Mash (leaflet template). The best ones will be uploaded to our home learning page on the website. Questions to think about: What helps you? What makes things more difficult? How do you stay motivated? How do you make time for rest/sport/breaks? What is the best time of day for your learning? How can you be kind to yourself and others while all trying to work at home? | |
Friday | Literacy | The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpak6ktsux4 (15 mins) Looking out of place: Print out and look carefully at this image from the book – there’s a lot going on! Print and cut out these templates to add speech and thought bubbles to show the emotions and senses of Boy and Thing. |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 5. Please self-mark using the answers provided. Did you make any mistakes? What can you learn from them? Fractions greater than 1 White Rose video https://vimeo.com/505143644 | |
| Comprehension
| The Real Princess Answers. Please self-mark and edit your responses. Have you included enough detail for the 2-mark questions? |
Week Beginning: 25/01/21 Year group: 4
Please ensure your name and the date of the work are on every page your return to school.
SUMDOG NORTH YORKSHIRE COMPETITION THIS WEEK!
Subject | Task with links to teaching | |
Monday | Literacy | Recognising fronted adverbials. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to? PPT |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 1. Please self-mark using the answer booklet here. What can you learn from your mistakes? What is a fraction? Watch this video which explains what fractions are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBN568uvxi4 Make your own fraction wall. Use the instructions on this video to help you. You will need 12 strips of paper all the same length. | |
| Spelling | Dyslexia Gold Use the login details in the front of your planner to access this amazing personalised spelling program. Remember, don’t be put off if it seems too easy at first, the app soon learns which spelling rules you need more practice with and we will be able to monitor your progress. Why not have a go at the Times Table Tutor too? | |
Tuesday | Literacy | Shackleton Expedition Timeline Can you order the main events of Shackleton’s expedition on a timeline? Timeline facts Timeline template Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlFfwg5fM20 (biography of Shackleton) Read: |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 2. Please self-mark. What can you learn from your mistakes? Unit and non-unit fractions White Rose Teaching video https://vimeo.com/502315833 White Rose PowerPoint (identical to video) | |
| Science | Classifying Vertebrates, classification keys PPT1 Classifying Vertebrates PPT2 Curious Creatures Activity2 answers. Please self-mark. | |
Wednesday | Literacy | Read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=envLmygRFLA watch this interview with Shackleton’s granddaughter, how would you describe her expressions and body language? Press conference: imagine you are a news reporter at a press conference with the crew of the Endurance just after their safe return. Use the worksheet to record your notes. |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 3. Please self-mark. What can you learn from your mistakes? Introduction to equivalent fractions See My Maths activity: Fractions on the number line. Access expires Sunday p.m. | |
| RE
| What does it mean for a Muslim to follow god, lesson 4
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Thursday | Literacy | Read All About It! Look through this PowerPoint about the features of a newspaper report. Features of a newspaper PPT Plan a newspaper report about Shackleton’s expedition. Use your notes from the press conference and the vocabulary you have collected in your vocabulary bank. Make sure you include direct speech for quotes from the crew. 3 box plan |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 4. Please self-mark. What can you learn from your mistakes? Equivalent fractions See My Maths activity: Introducing equivalent fractions. Access expires Sunday p.m. | |
| Art (science link) | Curious creatures! Design your own unusual animal. Combine features of at least 2 different classes of animal (e.g. part reptile, part fish). Use the Platypus diagram to inspire you with some weird and wonderful ideas for unusual combinations. | |
Friday | Literacy | Read All About It! Use your plan and all of the previous work from this week to help you write the introduction for your report. See To Do in Purple Mash. Top tips: Headline – make it catchy (you could use alliteration/powerful vocabulary/rhyme) 5w’s – who, what, where, when, why (these should be brief, you will give descriptive details when you write the main body of your report next week) |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 5. Please self-mark.What can you learn from your mistakes? Equivalent fractions Target Y4 p.64. Choose section A, B or C | |
| Comprehension
| BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year Answers. Please self-mark and edit your responses. Have you included enough detail for the 2 mark questions? |
Week Beginning: 18/01/21 Year group: 4
Please ensure your name and the date of the work are on every page your return to school.
Subject | Task with links to teaching | |
Monday | Literacy | Descriptive fronted adverbials. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to? PPT |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 1. Please self-mark using a calculator and correct your responses. What can you learn from your mistakes? Fin5 Y4 wk3 answer booklet Dividing 3 digits by 1 digit. White Rose video https://vimeo.com/492054040 White Rose PowerPoint (identical to video) | |
| Local History | Newspaper report Read A Narrow Escape A Narrow Escape Task | |
Tuesday | Literacy | Not so simple sentences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouchmImkRhQ Listen to the story from Setting Sail to Endurance Stuck. Grammar Splat Not so simple sentences task |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 2. Please self-mark using a calculator and correct your responses. What can you learn from your mistakes? Dividing 3 digits by 1 digit. Put into practice what you have learned so far about using multiples to divide: crib sheet | |
| Science | Classifying animals: PPT1 PPT2 Classifying zoo animals activity | |
Wednesday | Literacy | Composing a convincing argument: Argument activity |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 3. Please self-mark using a calculator and correct your responses. What can you learn from your mistakes? Using short division (bus stop) method | |
| RE
| What does it mean for a Muslim to follow god, lesson 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9U8T8x1AhQ Activity sheet | |
Thursday | Literacy | Listen to some examples of work from another school who have used Shackleton’s Journey to inspire their writing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1AEhbKLXV8
Punctuating direct speech Purple Mash To Do: Mark Wants Chicken |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 4. Please self-mark using a calculator and correct your responses. What can you learn from your mistakes? Using short division (bus stop) method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R37L_aMNvQ or re-watch yesterday’s video if you prefer! Choose section A, B or C. Clearly label your work with section and question numbers. | |
| DT | Design a plan of Shackleton’s polar camp. Antarctic base camp plan | |
Friday | Literacy | Writing a dialogue Dialogue, show not tell |
| Maths | Fluent in 5 day 5. Please self-mark using a calculator and correct your responses. What can you learn from your mistakes? Function machines (mental x and ÷) |
