Alder and Rowan- Year 4 Home learning - Week 9

Mon

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English MathsReading GPS Mental Maths

10-Minute daily reading

When coming to a new word, find out more about

it. What does it mean? How could it be used in a

different way? When could you use it? Write in a word diary so you can

remember it.

Standard EnglishWas or were

Task – Read each sentence and decide whether the

subject is singular or plural. Circle the correct verb.

was = singular were = plural

Fluent in 51. 1/3 + 2/3 =2. Round 5.6 to the nearest whole

number =3. Find 1/7 of 35.4. The time is 7:35am. What is

this time in 24-hour clock?5. 6 x 4 =

10-Minute TT Rockstars

Vipers Writing White Rose Maths The Star Outside my Window –Onjali Raúf

L.O To explain the meaning of key vocabulary within the context of the text.

S.C   Locate each of the

words in the text. Read the rest of

the sentence that word is in.

Read the root word – it may give you a clue.

Use a dictionary (physical or online) to help you decipher its meaning. 

Task – Read the text below and answer the following questions:

1. What does the phrase ‘healthy relationship’ mean? Why is it so important to have these relationships in our lives?

2. What do the words ‘like sand on a beach when the sun’s shining on it’ suggest about the character, Mrs Iwuchukwu?

Setting description L.O To identify the features of a setting description.

S.C I can identify

paragraphs used to organise the narrative into logical sections.

I can identify prepositional phrases and adverbial phrases, e.g. down by the steep, white cliffs…

I can identify dialogue used to convey characters’ thoughts and to move the narrative forward.

I can identify fronted adverbials e.g. during the night…, in a distant field…,

I can identify figurative language e.g. similes and metaphors.

Task – Read the extract from ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell. Highlight any words or phrases you don’t understand and use a dictionary or an adult to help you figure these out. Read it a few times so you can really picture the setting.

Highlight or underline each feature in the setting

Position and Direction

L.O To describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant.

S.C Identify the position of the

point you are finding the coordinates for.

Count along the x axis (horizontal line) and stop where the position of the point is (2)

Count up the y axis (vertical line) until you reach your point (3).

Write the coordinates in brackets, using a comma between each number (2,3).

description using the success criteria as a checklist.

Top TipsEnglish – What are adverbial phrases? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv73bdm What are prepositions? A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else. E.g. words like after, before, on, under, inside and outside. After walking for miles, she rested on a hill. In this sentence 'after' tells you when she rested and 'on' tells you where she rested. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zw38srd

What is dialogue? Dialogue is what the characters say aloud. It helps brings them to life. How the character speaks is part of the way we get to know them. In a short story you have limited space, so use dialogue wisely. Put inverted commas (" ") round the exact words the character says and start a new paragraph for each new speaker. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zy722hv/revision/3

Maths – What are coordinates? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgthvcw/articles/z96k9qt A point on a grid has two numbers to identify its position. These numbers are known as coordinates. Coordinates are always written as the number of steps across first, then the number of steps up or down. Grids have two axes. The horizontal axis is called the x-axis and the vertical axis is called the y-axis. These axes can be used to find a point on a grid. One way to remember which axes is which is ‘x’ is a cross so the x-axis is across.

Alder and Rowan- Year 4 Home learning - Week 9

Tues

day

English MathsReading Spellings Mental Maths

10-Minute daily reading

Read something that you’ve already read lots of times before because it is your favourite thing

to read.

Forming adverbs using the suffix –ly

Task – Change the meaning of the root words below by adding the suffix –ly. Choose some of the

words to put into a sentence.

Fluent in 51. 5 + 7 =2. Half of 10 =3. Write down three thousand

and two =4. 4000 + 6 =5. Double 88 =

10-Minute TT Rockstars

Vipers Writing White Rose Maths The Star Outside my Window –Onjali Raúf

L.O To make sensible predictions based on what I have read and justify them with evidence. 

S.C   Re-read

paragraphs 1 and 2.

Think about what has already happened so far – will it be similar?

Explain your reasons in as much detail as possible.

1. What do you think happened on day 1 and 2?

Setting description

L.O To use prepositional phrases e.g. down by the steep, white cliffs…

S.C I can choose one of

the prepositional phrases.

I can use the phrase at the beginning of the sentence.

I can use a comma after the phrase if it is at the beginning of the sentence.

I can use the phrase at the middle of the sentence.

I can use the phrase at the end of the sentence.

Position and direction

L.O To plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon.

S.C Read the first coordinate and

put a finger on that point, along the x axis.

Read the second coordinate and put a finger on that point, along the y axis.

Slowly move both fingers until they both reach a central point.

Plot that point by making a mark on the grid lines (not in between them).

(7,5)

2. What do you think will happen after the children sit down for tea? Why do you think this?

Task 1 – Combine information from the two columns to create sensible sentences.

Task 2 – Create your own sentences using the phrases below.

To complete a polygon, ensure all coordinates have been plotted before using a ruler to join up the coordinates.

Top Tips Spellings – the suffix –ly is used to describe a verb. I am not happy. Sometimes adding –ly changes the original words spelling. The y turns into an i first. Can you not all play happily? When a words ends in –le, the –le becomes –ly. That will teach you for behaving terribly. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8mxrwx/articles/zqghtyc

Alder and Rowan- Year 4 Home learning - Week 9

Wed

nesd

ay

English MathsReading GPS Mental Maths

10-Minute daily reading

Ask someone else to read to you today. This could be your auntie over the phone, a younger sibling or your

Mum before you go to bed.

Standard and non-standard English

Task – Read the extract about The Wyrmstooth Crown and underline all

of the non-standard English.

Fluent in 51. 50 x 3 =2. What is the value of

the digit 8 in 3508?3. How many tens make

40p?4. How many minutes in

3 hours?5. 10 more than 243 =

10-Minute TT RockstarsVipers Writing White Rose Maths

The Star Outside my Window –Onjali Raúf

L.O To make inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions.

S.C   Think about how each

character is reacting to situations. Is this unusual?

Think about how the characters are thinking. Is this unusual?

Make your point in as much

Setting description

L.O To punctuate dialogue correctly.

S.C I can identify the

dialogue in each sentence.

I can use inverted commas (“ “) to open and close the dialogue.

I can use a capital letter at

Position and Direction

L.O To describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down.

S.C Use a marker (like a

finger or cube) and place it on the starting position.

Move the marker left/right to the specified points, counting as you do

detail as possible. There is no right answer!

Explain why you think this.

1. How do you think home life with Mrs Iwuchukwu compares with Aniyah’s and Noah’s previous home life with their mum and dad?

2. Which characters may have experienced unhealthy relationships in the story? Give reasons.

3. How do you think these unhealthy relationships have affected them?

the beginning of the dialogue.

I can use punctuation (! , or ?) to separate the speech from the rest of the sentence.

e.g. “How are you?” asked the postman. Millie screamed loudly, “Get out of my room! Now!”

Task 1 – Punctuate the sentences correctly below (it may help to use a voice for the parts when someone is speaking).

Task 2 – Copy out the paragraph below, using a new line for a new speaker. Watch out for other mistakes too!

this. Keeping your marker

in place, now move the marker up/down to the specified points, counting as you do this.

Make a mark where the new coordinate is. e.g. Translate B 3 right and 4 up.

Top TipsEnglish - Adverbials are words or phrases that give more information to the sentence. "I discovered fronted adverbials, earlier today." 'Earlier today' is the adverbial. "Earlier today, I discovered fronted adverbials." A fronted adverbial is when the adverbial word or phrase is moved to the front of the sentence, before the verb. So here, 'earlier today' is a fronted adverbial.

Maths - Shapes can be transformed in a number of ways. These include translation, which causes a shape to move. When translating a shape, you can move it up or down or from side to side, but you cannot change its appearance in any other way. When a shape is translated, each of the vertices (corners) must be moved in exactly the same way.

GPS – Standard English is a variety of English that is clear and most easily understood by a wide audience. It isn’t the only or ‘correct’ form of English. However, Standard English is ideal for formal occasions or where the audience is large or unknown. If everyone speaks in a standardised variety of English, we are more likely to understand each other.

Alder and Rowan- Year 4 Home learning - Week 9

Thur

sday

English MathsReading Spellings Mental Maths

10-Minute daily reading

Thursday 25th June is RSE Day.Nottingham City Council, along with

ChalleNGe and local artists are creating a full day of exciting creative

workshops around the relationship themes of communication,

cooperation, trust, resilience and respect.

The theme for RSE Day 2020 is Books I Love About Love. Follow this link for

ideas: https://challengenottingham.co.uk/ac

Forming adverbs using the suffix –ly

Task – write each of the words you created on Tuesday in rainbow

colours. This could be using chalk, pencils,

paint etc. Ask an adult before doing this

activity!

Fluent in 5

1. 400 x 7 =2. How many cm in

half a metre?3. What is ¼ of 20?4. Write three

thousand and fifty eight in digits.

5. 0.8 + ______ = 1

10-Minute TT Rockstars

tivities-for-children/f/enjoy-reading-audio-books-and-creative-writing-1Share photos reading together with

your family. Here is the official website:

https://challengenottingham.co.uk/%40rse-day Vipers RSE Day

The Star Outside my Window –Onjali Raúf

L.O To summarise the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph.

S.C  

1. What happened after Noah fell down and got mud all over his trousers?

2. Can you number these events in the order that they happened?

I. Noah fell down and got mud on his trousers.

II. The children drew and coloured until lunchtime.

III. Aniyah noticed the gold glitter Mrs Iwuchukwu was wearing on her eyelids.

IV. Mrs Iwuchukwu let the children watch TV.

V. Noah changed into his pyjama bottoms.

Activity 1 – Songs from the PastTake turns with your family members to choose a song or piece of music with lyrics that have a message you like about love and relationships. You could ask your parents/grandparents to play music from another era that you may not know. Does the music bring back memories you can share?

Activity 2 – Family TreeCreate a tree of family members and ‘people who care for me,’ naming the relationships and how people in the tree are connected and what they do for each other. You could use the template available on the RSE resource page.

Activity 3 – Act of KindnessWrite and deliver a letter or card to someone who is special to you. This might be a member of your family, a neighbour, a friend or someone at school.  In the letter, explain why the person and relationship matters to them.  Ask your parents to do the same activity!

Activity 4 – Internet SafetyHave a discussion about what you know about internet safety. Do you know what to do if you are asked for personal details such as your address or date of birth, or to send or receive photographs? This would be good to do as a whole family.Top Tips

RSE Day - You can share any of the creative work you produce by using the hashtag #RSEdayNottm or emailing hello@challengenottingham.co.uk. Remember to ask an adult before sharing anything online. https://challengenottingham.co.uk/%40rse-day

Alder and Rowan- Year 4 Home learning - Week 9

Frid

ay

English MathsReading GPS Mental Maths

10-Minute daily reading

Play a board game and volunteer to read out all of

the instructions as you play.

Standard English

Task – Spot and fix the non-standard English in the sentences below.

Fluent in 5

1. What is XVI in numerals?2. 5 x 4 = _____ + 8 3. Write three odd numbers.4. How many tens make 75p?5. 100 more than 2,726 =

10-Minute TT RockstarsVipers Writing White Rose Maths

The Star Outside my Window –Onjali Raúf

L.O To answer questions from the text by locating the information needed.

Setting Description

L.O To use dialogue to convey characters’ thoughts and to move narrative forward.

Position and Direction

L.O To describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down.

S.C   Use skimming and

scanning to locate specific words/phrases.

Read the opening sentence of each paragraph to identify what that paragraph is about.

Ensure you answer the question.

Give as much detail to your answer as possible.

1) How does Mrs Iwuchukwu behave towards Aniyah and Noah in the extract? How do they react?

2) What activities were the children allowed to do with Mrs Iwuchukwu? How do you think that made them feel?

Read chapter 1 here: https://cdn.literacytrust.org.uk/media/documents/TSOMW_CH_1.pdf

 S.C  

I can open with inverted commas e.g. “

I can write the dialogue, starting with a capital letter e.g. “Hello

I can close the inverted commas when the speaker has finished e.g. “Hello”

I can punctuate the dialogue using , ! or ? e.g. “Hello,”

I can write who is speaking e.g. “Hello,” he said.

I can use interesting verbs to describe who is speaking e.g. “Hello!” he bellowed.

I can add detail and description to the dialogue e.g. “Hello!” he bellowed from across the room whilst stuffing crisps into his mouth.

I can use a new line for a new speaker.

Task 1 – Read each sentence and convert it into dialogue using the success criteria.Task 2 - Write your own dialogue using the image below as inspiration.

S.C Use a marker (like a finger

or cube) and place it on the starting position.

Move the marker left/right to the specified points, counting as you do this.

Keeping your marker in place, now move the marker up/down to the specified points, counting as you do this.

Make a mark where the new coordinate is.

Repeat the previous steps for each new coordinate and then join them up with a ruler.e.g. Translate the rectangle 4 right and 4 up.

Top TipsFluent in 5 – Learn this Roman numeral song to help you along the way https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=roman+numeral+song&&view=detail&mid=8B529DFC2164F114A7858B529DFC2164F114A785&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Droman%2Bnumeral%2Bsong%26qpvt%3Droman%2Bnumeral%2Bsong%26FORM%3DVDRE

Wider Curriculum Choice Grid

As well as completing a daily maths, English, spelling and reading task, we have put together a selection of different topic activities for you to complete at your leisure. We realise this is a busy time and so most of these do not require written work but instead are discussion and interaction based.

Let’s Get Physical!(PE)

Create a map of your

Let’s Explore!(Geography)

Follow this link to a map of

Let’s Talk!(RSE Day)

garden/park/local area similar to the one below. Draw a key to show what physical and human features are on the map. See if a family member can

orientate themselves around the space using your map.

I can create a simple map incorporating a key and different ground.

the UK https://www.freeworldmap

s.net/europe/united-kingdom/map.html Locate the four countries of the UK and look for features

including: rivers, mountains, capital and

major cities.

I can use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to

locate countries and describe features studied.

Start a conversation with an adult you trust

about positive body image. Talk about

someone you admire and why. Try resources

from Outspoken Sex Ed, Everyday Lookism. https://www.outspokeneducation.com/bodies-and-

body-image

Maths Challenge!Can you solve the problem of the

day?

Let’s Get Musical!(Music)

Go to non-instruments lesson 2. Watch the video and then anwer questions based on it. Glapton was on the leaderboard last

week so keep it up!http://

www.nottinghammusichub.org.uk/digital-lessons/

babethandaza/lessons-without-instruments

I can sing songs with awareness of breathing to support the voice

during longer phrases.

Let’s Get Creative!(RSE Day)

With your parents and carers, complete the sentence ‘love is…..’

using chalk or a stone to write on the yard or

pavement.

Share photos tagged #RSEday. To show your teacher your creations,

send them to glaptonphotos@outloo

k.com 

English - Monday

The Explorer – Katherine Rundell

At first, Fred went fast, his head down, marking the trees with an X scratched in the bark, watching his feet among the roots and fallen branches. But soon he began to slow. There was so much to look at; so much that was strange; so much that was new and vast and so very palpably alive. The trees dipped down their branches, laden with leaves broad enough to sew into trousers. He passed a tree with a vast termite nest, as big as a bathtub, growing around it. He gave it a wide berth.

The green ness, which had seemed such a forbidding wall of colour, was not, up close, green at all, Fred thought. It was a thousand different colours; lime and emerald and moss and jade and a deep dark almost black green that made him think of sunken ships. Fred breathed in the smell. He’d been wrong to think it was thick, he thought; it was detailed. It was a tapestry of air. The trees clustered more closely together the further he walked. The light grew dimmer, though he was sure it was still mid- after noon, a deep green filtering down through a roof of leaves and vines. He heard something move in one of the green bushes that clustered around his feet. ‘Hello?’ he called. He stepped back wards. ‘Hi?’ As he called something sharp scraped against his arm. He jumped and leapt away, swearing, and felt his mouth fill with the taste of fear: bile and tin. But it wasn’t a snake, or even a spider. ‘Being stupid,’ muttered Fred. It was just a bush. Or perhaps it wasn’t even a bush. He leant closer. It was a clump of spiky fruit. ‘A pineapple,’ he whispered aloud. Fred felt his fingertips prickle, shot through with the spark of discovery. This, he thought, must be what Columbus had felt like. He reached out to pull the fruit from its throne of leaves – and then snatched his hand back, watching blood swell from a serrated gash in his thumb. ‘Ach,’ he whispered.English – TuesdayTask 1:

Task 2:far below the booming waterfall high above in the twilight sky within the thick cloudbelow the fallen branches through the throne of leaves above the wall of colourEnglish – Wednesday1. Stand there! Shouted Mr Cockcroft. 2. Phil cried, watch out for that door! 3. Please don’t hurt me, begged the little man.

4. The crowd chanted United! United! 5. Run! The house is on fire! Screamed Creole. 6. Tim asked, what’s the date please? 7. Is it nearly dinner? Asked Anna. I’m starving. 8. You’re early, said the waiter. Your table isn’t quite ready.9. I can’t play out tonight, explained Rachel. I’ve got too much homework to do. 10. It’s no use crying, snapped Tony. You’ll only make me angrier.

“Are you going to the football match Mike” asked Rich. “No, it’s going to be rubbish.” Replied Mike. “Carlisle are going to thrash Crewe!” “In your dreams Mike. Have you seen the Carlisle team? My Granny is better than most of them!” Laughed Rich. “Ho, ho. I love a man with a sense of humour!” said Mike. “We have a new striker, Cockcroft he’s called. He’s a demon penalty taker!” “You’ll need more than a new striker to save you,” cried Rich.” You haven’t got a hope. We’re unbeatable!”

English – Friday1. My Mum wanted to know if I could go to the shop.2. I told her that I needed to buy some flowers.3. My Mum said we could go but she wondered who the flowers were for.4. I excitedly explained that they were for my teacher because her birthday is

tomorrow.5. My Mum told me that this was a very nice idea.6. I told her we should go now because I wanted to have time to pick out the best

flowers.

Maths – Monday

Challenges

Maths – Tuesday

Challenge

Maths – Wednesday

Challenges

Maths – Friday

Write the coordinates of each of the vertices before and after translation.

GPS – Monday1. He was/were prepared for school.2. We was/were scared of thunder.3. I was/were excited about my new book.4. We was/were playing together as a team.5. She was/were my best friend.6. We was/were excited about the premiership game.7. They was/were walking around the lake.8. He was/were a very sensible member of the class.9. Can you tell if they was/were prepared?10. Who was/were with us at the birthday party?

Spellings – Tuesday1. Probable2. Gentle3. Crackle4. Honourable5. Humble6. Visible7. Simple8. Noble9. Angry10. Happy

GPS – WednesdayGuster the dragon lay in the mouth of his cave. He were itching. Hi back itched and his belly itched. His fingers and toes itched. Even his eyes and ears and nose itched. It were unbearable.Guster felt like this every autumn. While the leaves on the tress flushed into their autumn finery, Guster’s green summer scales slowly changed to copper. This were a mountain dragon trick which kept them safe from human eyes. Humans couldn’t spot no green scales against the grass, red scales against autumn leaves or white scales against snow. Guster thought that them humans must be well stupid.

GPS – Friday

1. Then, Ben declared, “We ain’t a clan anymore. We are a kingdom! I will be your king!”

2. “It’s not safe. They’ve gotten spells, evil spells.”3. “It’s so unfair, innit, what happened to her?” the girl went on.4. “She said that they were gonna turn the Valley into a nature reserve.”5. Ben reviewed the information he knew so far: human houses weren’t circles no

more, they were usually rectangles.6. “He cares about building human houses, but he don’t care how many animal and

dragon homes he destroys.7. “And no disappearing down no caves either!”

VIPERSExtract 1 – Healthy Relationships (taken from chapter 2)I wasn’t expecting to learn any more rules on our third day, because after everyone else had gone to school, Mrs Iwuchukwu had us do the same thing we did the first two days we were there. First she let us sit and draw and colour in the living room until lunch-time, when we were allowed to watch television for half an hour. Then she read us a story and let us go and play in the garden until everyone came home. Playing in the garden made me realise that Mrs Iwuchukwu’s messes-are-OK rule was true outside too – because when Noah fell down and got mud all over his trousers, she didn’t tell him off. Instead she said, ‘What a lovely colour that dirt is, don’t you think Noah? Look at all those different shades of brown!’ That made Noah immediately stop crying and bend over to look at the stains properly, as if he’d never really thought about it before.After we were told to come inside again and Noah had changed into some pyjama bottoms, Mrs Iwuchukwu clapped her hands and said, ‘Right, Aniyah! Noah! The third day is a charm, so what shall we have for tea today? Veggie lasagne? Or fish fingers and chips? Or spaghetti?’ She waited for us to answer as she waved at us to sit down at the kitchen table. She was wearing golden glitter around her eyes today, and it made her eyelids look like sand on a beach when the sun’s shining on it.