St. Michael’s C of E Primary School Home learning for Year 3 and 4 Term 5 Week 2 W/C 27.4.20 Please note: These tasks are NOT compulsory. We appreciate that all family situations are different and wellbeing is most important.

Reading at home

Main Task: Read for at least 15 minutes a day using your home reading books or the Risings Stars online library or any other book of choice. Cracking Comprehension (My Rising Stars) Read one of the texts and have a go at the quiz. Optional Extras: Can you create a book review? Can you create a poster which advertises a book which you have read? Make sure you include why people should read it Can you write an alternative ending to a story you have read? Can you create a quiz about a book you’ve read?

Writing/ SPAG at home

Main Task: These activities are linked to the BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons. Follow this link to access videos and activities for each objective. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons If you don’t have access to the online materials, try the suggested activities below. Year 3 Monday: Identifying adverbs - an adverb is a word that describes a verb. (See adverb mat attached) Write five of your own sentences about what you have been up to this week. Use at least one adverb in each sentence. Then underline all the adverbs you have used. Tuesday: Writing sentences Write five sentences about spring. Now can you underline the nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in your sentences. Choose a different colour for each. Wednesday: Using apostrophes to combine words.

Maths at home

Main Task: These activities are linked to the BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons. Follow this link to access videos and activities for each objective. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons If you don’t have access to the online materials, try the suggested activities below. Year 3 Monday: LO - Add three digit numbers together using column method Find out how old everybody is in your house then add each number separately to 108. (108 is how many days we have had in 2020) See worksheet below Tuesday: LO- Subtract two three-digit numbers Find out how old everybody is in your house then subtract each number separately from 999. Then try subtracting from 987. Wednesday: LO- Efficient addition and subtraction methods. Generate two numbers, then add or subtract the two numbers mentally. Check your answer using a written method. Try to do 3 add and 3 subtract different calculations. Thursday: LO- Mixed addition and subtraction problems see worksheet below

Topic at home

Main Task: These activities are linked to the BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons. Follow this link to access videos and activities for each objective. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons If you don’t have access to the online materials, try the suggested activities below. History -What was pre-historic Britain like? Prehistoric people were astonishing builders. Their tombs, forts and monuments have survived for thousands of years. Can you collect boxes and plastic bottles and build a fort? Geography - Contours, keys and symbols. See instructions below. Science - States of Matter. Find a solid, liquid and gas at home and draw a picture of each. Next to each picture explain the particle formation in each state.

Can you create a storyboard or comic strip of the main events from a story you have read?

You can use apostrophes to show that you have omitted (left out) some letters when you are joining words together. For example, you can join the words ‘you’ and ‘are’ together. You + are = you're. The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. In this example, the letter a. Join these words together - remember the apostrophe

- has + not - she + will - would + not

Now write the words that make these contractions

- he’ll = ______ + _______ - didn’t = ______ + _______ - I’m = ______ + ______

Thursday: Using apostrophes to show possession. An apostrophe can be used to show that one thing belongs to or is connected to something. This is called a possessive apostrophe. E.g. The cat’s tail. The dog’s bowl. Rewrite these sentences using apostrophes e.g. The bone belonging to the dog. = The dog's bone.

1) The lead belonging to the dog. = 2) The paws belonging to the cat. = 3) The nest belonging to the bird. = 4) The toy belonging to the girl. = 5) The book belonging to the boy. =

Friday: Reading Comprehension - see activity below

Friday: LO- Challenge of the week see worksheet below Year 4 Monday: LO- Add two 3 or 4 digit numbers together using column method or place value method. Find out how old everybody is in your house then add each number separately to 2020. Tuesday: LO- Subtract two 3 or 4 digit numbers together using column method or place value method. Find out how old everybody is in your house then subtract each number separately from 2020. Wednesday: LO- Efficient addition and subtraction methods. Generate two numbers, then add or subtract the two numbers mentally. Check your answer using a written method. Thursday: LO- Mixed addition and subtraction problems. Have an adult create word problems involving addition and subtraction and solve them. E.g. ‘In one month 382 adults and 65 children stayed in a hotel. How many people stayed at the hotel altogether?’ See sheet below. Friday: LO- Challenge of the Week. Grab a take away menu. You have £12, you must find the three items on the menu that cost closest to £12. You must buy one drink. Optional Extras: MyMaths Use your MyMaths password to access your maths learning at home. Homework tasks will be set every few days! https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

Music- Rhythm and percussion Rhythm is the pattern of long and short sounds as you move through the song. Turn the radio on and clap along to the words of a song. Tap along to the words using a pan and wooden spoon. Make up a playground clapping song using long and short claps. RE- The Month of Ramadan In many countries across the world, giving children ‘Eidi’ or gift money is a popular custom during Ramadan. Use a plain white envelope and decorate it brightly with colours and sequins. Be sure to write ‘Eid Mubarak’ in large letters in the middle. The envelope traditionally has a small amount of money placed inside and given to a child. PE Joe Wicks, AKA The Body Coach, has released a series of videos for children to get active at home. These are great fun! In his playlists click ‘kids workouts to do at home’. https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/playlists

Year 4 Monday: Identifying and using prepositions. Prepositions can tell you where a noun is in relation to something else and they can also tell you when something happened in relation to something else. E.g. After walking for miles she rested on a hill. Write five sentences about the room using a different preposition in each sentence. Challenge yourself to use these prepositions if you can: between, opposite, beyond. Tuesday: Using apostrophes to combine words. You can use apostrophes to show that you have omitted (left out) some letters when you are joining words together. For example, you can join the words ‘you’ and ‘are’ together. You + are = you're. The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. In this example, the letter a. Join these words together - remember the apostrophe

- has + not - she + will - would + not

Now write the words that make these contractions

- he’ll = ______ + _______ - didn’t = ______ + _______ - I’m = ______ + ______

Wednesday: Using apostrophes to show possession. An apostrophe can be used to show that one thing belongs to or is connected to

Times Tables Use your TT rockstars login to access maths learning at home. This password will also allow access to NUMBOTS; a highly engaging platform for younger children to learn to add and subtract. https://ttrockstars.com/

Sumdog (Also great for reading and writing) Use your Sumdog password to access more maths learning at home. School code: louthstmichaels https://pages.sumdog.com/

something. This is called a possessive apostrophe. Singular possession - The cat’s tail. (The tail belonging to one cat) Plural possession - The girls’ book. (The book belonging to more than one girl - girls is a plural noun that ends in an "s" so you don't add another "s" after your apostrophe. You can just add an apostrophe to show the book belongs to the girls) Plural nouns that don’t end in an s - The children’s toys. (Children is a plural noun but it doesn't end with an "s" so you need to add an apostrophe and "s" to show that the toys belong to the children.) (See activity sheet below) Thursday: Using inverted commas to show speech. When you are writing, inverted commas or speech marks go before and after direct speech, surrounding what was said. "I'm hungry," she complained (See activity sheet below) Friday: Reading Comprehension - see activity below Optional Extras: Complete the Sumdog spelling challenges for this week or practise your weekly spellings (see list below).

Weekly Spellings These spellings may vary slightly to the ones you have on the Sumdog challenge but they all follow the same pattern. Suggested spelling activities:

● Find your words in a dictionary and write the definition. ● Practise your handwriting using these words. ● Speed write the words. How many can you write in 30 seconds? ● Write sentences including these words.

Year 3 woman wonder months government brother another above Monday covered discover

Year 4 misguide misinform mislead mismatched misplaced misprint misread misspell mistreat misunderstand

Monday Year 3 Literacy

Wednesday Year 4 Literacy

Thursday Year 4 Literacy

Friday Year 3 and 4 Reading Comprehension

Friday Year 3 and 4 Reading Comprehension (Extra)

Monday

Answers

Year 4- Monday Maths

Year 3 Monday

Year 3 Thursday Year 3 Friday

Year 4- Maths Thursday

Word problems – Addition and subtraction 

1. Underline the important words and numbers 

2. Decide on the operation 

3. Choose a method – column addition/subtraction, number line or partitioning 

4. Make sure you write your answers in the right format (cm, £’s etc) 

  

In one month 382 adults and 65 children stayed in a hotel. How many people stayed at the hotel altogether? 

A tracksuit top costs £12.75 and matching tracksuit bottoms cost £9.50, how much does the tracksuit cost altogether? 

What is the sum of £1.18, £213 and 47p? 

Sunil buys a can of cola which contains 330ml. Emma buys a bottle of cola which contains 500ml. How much more cola is there in the bottle than the 

can? 

A car park has room for 275 cars. 129 cars are parked in the car park, how many spaces are left? 

Daniel is 151cm tall. His friend’s height is 138cm. What is the difference in their height? 

Lucy has £5. She buys a drink for 75p and a packet of crisps for 45p. How much money will she have left? 

Daniel had some string for his conker that was 168cm long. How much did his dad cut off so that the string was only 79cm?

Geography