Year 4 Activities for Monday 25th January

Year 4 Activities for Monday 25th January

Exercise:

P.E. with Joe - https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

OR

Change 4 Life Shake Up Games - https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

Times Table Practice:

https://ttrockstars.com/ - Battle: Magpie Class VS. Nightingale Class

https://www.timestables.co.uk/speed-test/

Maths:

Watch Miss Miskin – YouTube – 3-digit bus stop method (no remainders)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BW5o7buIp4

Complete the bus stop worksheet below.

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

https://ttrockstars.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BW5o7buIp4

Live Lesson – Divide 2-digits by 10.

https://www.invictaacademy.com/keep-britain-learning-lks2-phase2

English:

We are now moving onto The Boy Who Biked the World: Part Two: Riding the Americas!

Listen to Mrs Hayes reading Chapter 1 – Banana crisis on the high seas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GToGV3-5iU

Captain Horrocks wants to turn Tom into a proper sailor! What do you think Tom would need to do to

become a proper sailor? What skills would Tom need to become a sailor? What do you think his main

duties would be?

Use the template on Purple Mash to think about the expectations of a sailor and what the job would

involve. You may want to research a little bit beforehand.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GToGV3-5iU

Spellings:

Sounds after w and q

https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list-10557.htm

watch

wander

squash

work

world

warm

towards

squad

quality

quantity


Here are some ideas for you to practice your spellings:

Hangman

Breaking down the words into syllables and come up with a rhyme to help you remember them.

Silly sentences or silly stories

Muddled letters

https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-10557.htm

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/97/20-The-sound-spelt-a-after-w-and-qu

Segment cards

Practice/Test

Guided Reading:

Science:

Complete the online lesson - What are pitch and frequency?

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-pitch-and-frequency-6gr64t

Can you complete the activity underneath?



https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-pitch-and-frequency-6gr64t

Reading Time:

Virtual School Library

https://library.thenational.academy/

Streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books

https://www.storylineonline.net/



Year 4 Activities for Tuesday 26th January

Exercise:


OR





Maths:

Watch Miss Miskin – YouTube – 3-digit bus stop method (with remainders)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY--y9ipkPY

Complete the bus stop worksheet below.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY--y9ipkPY

Live Lesson – Hundredths.


English:

Today, we have uploaded the pictures of Chapter 2 to the class blog – Patagonia: land of big-footed giants.

Read through these pages yourself. You may want to read them aloud to an adult/sibling or in your own

head.

In this chapter, Tom mentions two animals: an albatross and a king penguin.

Pick one these animals to research and use paper to take notes of the information you find out. You can

also use the information that Tom writes about in this chapter too. Tomorrow you will be writing your own

fact file about your chosen animal.

Use these questions to help you with your research:

1. What do they look like?

2. What do they eat?

3. Where do they live?

4. What is their habitat like?

5. Can you find out any other interesting facts?

Spellings:



watch

wander

squash

work

world

warm

towards

squad

quality

quantity


Hangman



Muddled letters







Segment cards

Practice/Test

Guided Reading:

R.E.

There are a lot of Christian charities with the name ‘Samaritan’ in them – why do you think that is?

One Christian Charity is ‘Tear Fund’ – read through the information below and takes notes on what you

find out. Here is the website if you would like to look and find out more information.

https://www.tearfund.org/

Questions to help you:

How was the charity started?

What does the charity do?

Who does the charity help?

How does the charity follows Jesus’ teachings?

How can people get involved?

https://www.tearfund.org/

Use the template on Purple Mash OR use blank paper to create a leaflet to inform people about the Tear

Fund charity.

Reading Time:







Year 4 Activities for Wednesday 27th January

Exercise:


OR





Maths:

We are moving on to a new topic now – Measurement: Area.

Watch the White Rose video on ‘What is Area?’

https://vimeo.com/499229510

Complete these activities set on Mathletics:

Are you ready?

Biggest Shape

Equal Areas

Live Lesson – Hundredths as decimals.


English:

Use your research and notes from yesterday to write your animal fact file today.

Did you choose an albatross or a king penguin? Write up the information you have found out. Use this fact

file template to help you organise your ideas into paragraphs.







Listen to Mrs Hayes reading Chapter 3 – Adventures in the Andes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1dttN3TCE

Spellings:



watch

wander

squash

work

world

warm

towards

squad

quality

quantity




Hangman



Muddled letters



Segment cards

Practice/Test

Guided Reading:

P.E.

Set up the 5-station circuit. Complete the circuit, doing 10 ‘repetitions’ of each exercise. How many times

can you complete the circuit?



Use the ‘Exercise Template’ document below. In the first box, write/draw an idea for a warm up exercise.

In the following 5 boxes, design your own 5 station exercise circuit.

Challenge

Can you try completing your circuit? Can you challenge anyone in your family to try completing it?

Reading Time:







Year 4 Activities for Thursday 28th January

Exercise:


OR





Maths:

Watch the White Rose video on counting squares within area.


Complete the Purple Mash Activities:

Area of shape (1)

Area of shape (2)

Challenge – Area

Live Lesson – Hundredths on a place value grid.


English:

Today, we have uploaded the photos of Chapter 4 to the class blog – Bolivia: A high, cold world of wonders.

Read through these pages yourself. You may want to read them aloud to an adult/sibling or in your own

head.

Once you have read these pages, you will be comparing English family life to the Bolivian family life

described in this chapter. Use the template on Purple Mash to complete your comparison.

Here are some things to think about to help you:

Tom's daily life in comparison to Cava's.

Where did they live?

What did they do during the day?

What did they eat?

Where did they get their food?

How is Bolivia different (thinking about physical and human features) to England?







Spellings:



watch

wander

squash

work

world

warm

towards

squad

quality

quantity



Hangman



Muddled letters



Segment cards

Practice/Test

Guided Reading:

Topic:

We are looking at a different continent this week…South America!

Can you sort these cards into physical and human features?



Then complete the Purple Mash Activities:

South American Countries - Can you name countries in South America?

Brazil Postcard - Imagine you have travelled around Brazil. Write a postcard back home about your

experiences. What have you seen? Have you seen any famous landmarks? Have you seen both

human and physical features? What interesting facts have you found out about them?

Reading Time:







Year 4 Activities for Friday 29th January

Exercise:


OR





Maths:

Watch this video to help you understand area further - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKKl8R1xBM

Then, complete the activities set on Mathletics and Purple Mash.

Mathletics - https://login.mathletics.com/

Area of shapes

Perimeter of shapes

Perimeter: squares and rectangles 1

Purple Mash

Perimeter and Area

Live Lesson – Divide 1 or 2 digits by 100.


English:

Listen to Mrs Weston reading Chapter 5 – The witches of La Paz.


The people in Bolivia believe in ancient medicines and spells to bring them luck or to help them recover

from illness. We would like you to create your own magic spell for good luck. What do you think would

help bring someone good luck? Here are some ideas to help you:

Spoonful of love

Growl of a bear

Tears of a baby

Feather from a dove





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKKl8R1xBM

https://login.mathletics.com/



Use the template on Purple Mash to write up your magic spell.

Spellings:



watch

wander

squash

work

world

warm

towards

squad

quality

quantity



Hangman



Muddled letters



Segment cards

Practice/Test

Guided Reading:

Creative:

Read the information about Frida Kahlo and draw your own self-portrait inspired by her art work.



Find a mirror to sketch your own self-portrait. Similar Frida Kahlo this is not about how you think you look

instead about how your actual features look i.e. her iconic bushy eyebrows.

Think of ways that you can make your self-portrait inspired by Frida Kahlo? i.e. tropical flowers, animal

such as monkeys and birds, flowers in hair etc.

Reading Time:







Documents

Year 4 Activities for Monday 25th January