Remote Learning Year 4 – Previous.

Week Beginning:             22/02/21                            Year group: 4

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

LiteracyUsing apostrophes for plural possession. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to?

Varied Fluency

Reasoning

MathsFluent 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

LiteracyTo whom it may concern…1

Writing a formal letter (using imperative verbs and the subjunctive form)

Teaching video

https://www.loom.com/share/26c719c003924b568f5761ada24ceadb

‘Bossy’ verbs sheet (imperative verbs)

MathsFluent 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

White Rose worksheet

Answers. Please self-mark and edit.  If you made a mistake, can you explain where you went wrong?

ScienceMore 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

LiteracyTo 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.

MathsFluent 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

White Rose worksheet

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

LiteracyLooking After Your Lost Thing 1

Writing instructions (using modal verbs)

Teaching video

https://www.loom.com/share/d130ccf978c94e029dcba58e95ca5808

Modal verb word bank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnL689Mpzew active and passive explained

MathsFluent 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

White Rose worksheet

Answers. Please self-mark and edit.  If you made a mistake, can you explain where you went wrong?

ArtCreate 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.

The Lost Thing: home at last

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

LiteracyLooking 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!

Example

MathsFluent 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

Text

Questions

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

LiteracyRecognising Apostrophes. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to?

Varied Fluency

Reasoning

MathsFluent 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 L1L2Answers

Reasoning worksheet L1L2Answers

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 HistoryIn 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

LiteracyUsing 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)

MathsFluent 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)

Target Y4 p.65

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!

Fraction wall

ScienceMicro-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

LiteracyChoosing vocabulary for effect

Teaching video

https://www.loom.com/share/73f9fd99bd8e449583b44af60c2f97e9

Read:

When I first saw the thing…

I was baffled…

It was lost…

MathsFluent 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

LiteracyUnderstanding and using adjectives

Teaching video

https://www.loom.com/share/1b02fcc4516844998715fea907d3ee59

Worksheet

MathsFluent 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)

ArtSpring 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

LiteracyWriting a diary

Features of a diary poster

Teaching video

https://www.loom.com/share/d2651084250a4cad9a4b8b5c1309d151

See To Do in Purple Mash

MathsFluent 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

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Questions

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

LiteracyRecognising fronted adverbials. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to?

PPT

Varied Fluency

Reasoning

MathsFluent 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

Varied fluency

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

LiteracyRead 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)

MathsFluent 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

Reasoning and problem solving

Choose q1-4 or 5-8

ScienceCarl 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

LiteracyRead 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)

MathsFluent 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

LiteracyRead 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

MathsFluent 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

White Rose worksheet

Art/DTHappy 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

LiteracyThe 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.

MathsFluent 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

White Rose Worksheet

Comprehension

 

The Real Princess

Text

Questions

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

LiteracyRecognising fronted adverbials. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to?

PPT

Varied Fluency

Reasoning

MathsFluent 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmBMYuB_Cf0

SpellingDyslexia 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

LiteracyShackleton Expedition Timeline

Can you order the main events of Shackleton’s expedition on a timeline?

Timeline facts

Timeline template

Answers

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlFfwg5fM20 (biography of Shackleton)

Read:

Meanwhile on Elephant Island

Meanwhile on Elephant Island2

Map of South Georgia1

Map of South Georgia2

Crossing South Georgia 

MathsFluent 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)

White Rose worksheet

ScienceClassifying Vertebrates, classification keys

PPT1 Classifying Vertebrates

Vertebrates sorting cards

Activity1

PPT2 Curious Creatures

Activity2

Activity2 answers. Please self-mark.

Wednesday

LiteracyRead:

Stromness Whaling Station

Rescue

Departure

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.

MathsFluent 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

 

Thursday

LiteracyRead 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

MathsFluent 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.

Curious Creatures design sheet

Platypus diagram

Friday

LiteracyRead 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)

MathsFluent in 5 day 5. Please self-mark.What can you learn from your mistakes?

Equivalent fractions

Fraction wall

Target Y4 p.64. Choose section A, B or C

Comprehension

 

BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year

Text

Questions

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

LiteracyDescriptive fronted adverbials. Answers provided. Please self-mark and edit. Have you explained when you need to?

PPT

Varied Fluency

Reasoning

MathsFluent 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)

White Rose worksheet

Local HistoryNewspaper report

Read A Narrow Escape

A Narrow Escape Task

Tuesday

LiteracyNot so simple sentences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouchmImkRhQ Listen to the story from Setting Sail to Endurance Stuck.

Pressure 1

Pressure 2

Endurance Stuck

Endurance Lost

Grammar Splat

Not so simple sentences task

MathsFluent 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

Abacus Y4 bk2 p.44

ScienceClassifying animals:

PPT1

Grouping Animals Venn Diagram

Animal picture sheet

PPT2

Classifying zoo animals activity

Classifying zoo animals example

Zoo animals list

Wednesday

LiteracyComposing a convincing argument:

Patience Camp1

Patience Camp2

Argument activity

MathsFluent 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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trjepeOy2rc

Abacus Y4 bk2 p.43

RE

 

What does it mean for a Muslim to follow god, lesson 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9U8T8x1AhQ

Activity sheet

Thursday

LiteracyListen 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

MathsFluent 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!

Target Y4 p.50.

Choose section A, B or C.

Clearly label your work with section and question numbers.

DTDesign a plan of Shackleton’s polar camp.

Ocean Camp

Antarctic base camp plan

2cm squared paper

Friday

LiteracyWriting a dialogue

Preparing the James Caird1

Preparing the James Caird2

Dialogue, show not tell

MathsFluent 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 ÷)

Abacus Y4 bk3 p.29 or&