Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
English
Today, we are going to venture further into the jungle with Chulak and Hamlet. We will think about how Phillip Pullman creates such wonderful scenes which bring his writing to life.
Maths
Today I want you to practise your understanding of equivalent fractions by completing IXL units AA1 , AA2 and AA3. If you are having fun, you could do some more of the AA units.
Maths
First mark your answers from yesterday. Are you being a Lizzie Ladybird and trying hard to get better and better?
English
Today’s task is to write a character description for one of the characters you gathered ideas for yesterday. Watch my video to see me re-write a poor one! Remember, you will need to fast forward the video to where you were up to yesterday.
Maths
If you found yesterday’s lesson tricky, it is well worth revising fractions on IXL. Y1 - Y7 revise recognising fractions.
Today’s lesson moves on to equivalent fractions. Watch carefully and do your best. Don’t Give up Sadie Spider. If you are finding it a little too hard, you could revise equivalent fractions from Year 3 here. Week 2 lesson 5 ‘Equivalent Fractions’ is good.
English
Today we will be reading a little more of the story and thinking about the characters. I have copied the task I want you to do underneath the video. This video is for today and tomorrow’s lesson so you will stop it when I say to complete your activity then return to it tomorrow.
Its mid-week! Don’t forget to keep up with your reading Year 4. Nessy children need to be doing this each day. How are your weekly activities coming along?
English
I have kept you waiting a while but now its time to enjoy more of the book. We are reading the next 20 pages! I will read it to you again - but you can always re-read it afterwards. Then you have a reading skills task to do.
Maths
Are you ready to start Fractions? Today there is a short video, with activities for you to complete afterwards. This first lesson is revising how we represent Fractions. If you feel you need a refresher, there are two sheets below of fractions for you to recognise. You could print out and fill in or simply go over each answer with an adult.
Maths
The video below shows how I reached the answers for the assessment. It helps you improve your learning by helping you see where you went wrong.
I would like you to make sure that you practise any areas you struggled with - as we are moving on to Fractions tomorrow.
English
Today, I would like you to write a high quality persuasive letter. Watch the video below to remind yourselves how to do this. Please send it to me when you have finished.
Maths
Today, I want you to complete the maths assessment below and ask a grown up to mark it. You will need to work out lots of the answers using the methods we have practised in the past two weeks, so have a look over your maths book first to remind yourself. Then use your maths book to work out answers.
Then please send me your score out of 15 to my school email address - not Purple Mash
Tomorrow, you will get a chance to go over your mistakes looking at my video to see how I solved them.
English
Watch my video today about the Firework Maker’s daughter. Get into drama mode as you pretend to be Lalchand!
Spelling
Read Write Inc have made an ‘extra practice zone’ for spelling practice available online. If you click on the link below and enter these details you will be logged in. I would like you to practise the first three spelling units for year 2 some time this week.
Even though they are not for your year group, they are good revision of spellings. they are:
‘Sounds the Same’ ‘Swap, Double or Drop’ and ‘Rule Breakers’
Click on ‘My Class Log in’
Username is year4ourlady (no spaces)
Password is firework
Maths
Similar to Wednesday, I now want you to practise your new skill of dividing HTO numbers. Please do 20 calculations choosing a number from the left and a divisor from the right. Use the part-part whole models to figure out your answers. Remember - it is all about clever partitioning!
Sumdog - I have added LOTS of Sumdog challenges for you to be ticking along with. Dont panic when you see how many - its to keep you going for a few weeks!
English
Today, I want you to think about the lovely way Phillip Pullman describes things - there’s a chance to do a bit of drawing too. Watch my little video below and create your own page in your English book collecting interesting description for the elephant, the fireworks, the people and the other things
Maths
Time to learn some higher level division. You can do it Year 4. Watch my lesson and follow the instructions. Do your answers in your maths book and please send me pictures so I can see how you are getting on.
English
Today I would like you to complete the reading activity below. We are still focusing on the chapters we have already read. This skill requires us to summarise what we have read and find 3 reasons why we know something using the text.
Maths
Practise your division skills now using the part part whole models to partition and exchange. Some will have remainders and some will not. Ask a grown up to mark them for you.
English
Today I will read some of chapter 2 to you. Then we will be thinking about figuring out the meaning of words from their context and then checking by looking up in a dictionary.
Maths
Today’s short lesson is like yesterday - but with remainders. We practised those on Thursday and Friday last week - so you will be great!
English
Today I will be reading chapter one of the Firework Maker’s daughter to you - please follow and read with me. We will be practising three different Year 4 reading skills .
Hello Year 4! Thanks for all your lovely messages last week and pictures. I really enjoy seeing you engaging with all your home learning. It is so important to keep up with all your learning - especially that maths and english!
This week, our focus is on Rocks and soils. Tune into our fieldwork session this morning and make sure you have your soil samples handy. I would love you to send me samples of your work this week in an email please - especially your English and maths work.
Here are your weekly activities that you can do any time during the week. Don’t forget also to keep reading and to take quizzes on accelerated reader. See if you can work towards that target!
Science
Maths
We are nearing the end of our multiplication and division unit. Its time to tackle the exciting challenge of dividing larger numbers this week. Let’s start by the lesson below. Today you do the activities as you watch the video - you will need to pause the screen when I say, to complete the activity. then play - and mark. No cheating!!
English
I am excited to say that we are starting our 3rd class novel ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter.’ We are going to be practising MANY DIFFERENT year 4 reading skills this week that help us become readers who analyse for good understanding. It is really important you keep up with this each day so you do not fall behind!
Today is a very short lesson in Active Reading - just looking at the the Front and back cover and making some predictions. Also pre-learning some vocabulary that will come up in the first chapter!
Geography
Please complete your explanation/information text set yesterday, trying your very best - on Purple Mash.
Science
Please make sure you have written some questions about soil and shared them with us on the blog. Tune in to the LIVE session at 10.30 on Monday morning here: (if you cannot make it at this time, you can watch later on) You will need a sample of soil from your garden or local area handy.
if you have a printer, you may wish to prepare, by printing this sheet below ready for your fieldwork on Monday:
English
Please read Chapter 6 of ‘The Sleeping Volcano’ on purple mash and complete the 2do Book review.
Maths
Complete the following challenges linked to division with remainders as mentioned in yesterday’s lesson. Answers will be on at 5.00pm. there is also a quick division game to play
Geography extra!
If you have finished all these activities, I would love you to draw a labelled diagram of a volcano - use the vocabulary from earlier in the week to label it. You could do this on 2animate Purple Mash
Geography/English
Watch the following slides to find out about features of volcanoes. Then, over the next two days, I would like you to type an explanation text about how volcanoes erupt and also include some information. I HAVE SET THIS AS A PURPLE MASH TASK TODAY.
You can use my example of an explanation text below and my glossary to help you include the things you need in an explanation text
. Don’t forget, you could also refresh your memory by looking at yesterday’s slides.
English
Go on Purple Mash to read Chapter 5 of ‘The Sleeping Volcano’ today.
Here are some comprehension questions to answer:
Maths
Today we will revise how to solve simple division and make sure we understand remainders. Follow the lesson below then complete the division problems below.
Science
On Monday, we will be watching a LIVE FIELDWORK session produced by EDucation Edu all about soil. I would like you to come up with some really interesting questions about soil - I know you are great at this!
Send me your most interesting one or two on the Purple Mash class blog - I have created a special blog for this topic. You may get a ‘shout out’ during the live session on Monday as I will be sending your questions to the producers!
English
The story continues…. Go on Purple Mash and read chapter 3 and 4 and do your quizzes!
If you have time, you could complete the spelling, punctuation and grammar learning linked to Chapter 1 and 2. These practise our key skills for Year 4.
Geography
Today, please watch and read the slides below all about volcanoes and how they erupt.
Now see if you can explain to an adult what these words mean: crust, core, magma, lava, pressure. Can you explain to an adult how a volcano erupts?
Tomorrow and Friday, you will be writing an explanation text to explain this process.
Maths
Today we are learning to find factors. First watch the video below
Now follow my lesson below to learn further. There are activities to complete underneath the lesson.
Welcome back Year 4. I hope you have had a lovely Easter with your families and are ready to learn afresh!
This week in Year 4 it is VOLCANOES WEEK!
Each day this week, you will have Geography or Science work to do around the subject of Volcanoes or rocks. For this reason, there are no separate ‘weekly activities’ as we usually have.
Geography
Read the information below to find out all about volcanoes around the world. As you do this, you will be brushing up on your Geography - finding the volcanoes and seeing how close they are to the Equator and which hemisphere they are in.
Task 1
Go on Google Earth and type in the names of some of the volcanoes. What do they look like? Are they all the same? Zoom out and look at the shape and location of the country they are in.
Task 2
Use the world map and anything you have at home to help you plot these volcanoes using the symbols below. Then answer the questions:
Maths
To practise your skill of multiplying 3 digit numbers by one digit numbers I would like you to solve the problems in IXL H13. You will find many of these are easy and can be solved mentally or with jottings - until you get to the challenge zone! These last ones will need to be worked out using the extended method in your maths home learning books. You must finish it to challenge yourselves!
I have also set you a new Sum dog challenge to practise this skill - you have until Sunday to complete it.
English
This week, all of our English will be done on Purple Mash. We will be reading parts of a story each day called “The Sleeping Volcano.’ I will set you some reading and comprehension challenges to do each day about this so check your 2do’s today and every day please.
If you have time, you could complete the spelling, punctuation and grammar learning linked to Chapter 1 and 2. These practise our key skills for Year 4.
PE this week
Keep active each day. Complete any school PE challenges. You could do a Joe Wicks workout, some yoga, have a good dance round your kitchen, do some gymnastics or simply go for a walk or bike ride!
This week we would like you to take some time this week and to spend some time with your families.
Read moreEnglish
Today, you are writing your ending to your Dragon Slayer story. You need to think what might have happened to the Dragon Slayer and his little dragon family in the future. Maybe you could use one of our novels as inspiration - what happened at the end of Charlotte’s Web or the Butterfly Lion? Make sure the reader feels happy at the end and the Dragon Slayer is no longer a killer!
Maths
Let’s use our extended method for multiplication now with three digit numbers. Fist watch my short video and do a few examples with me.
Then complete the further activities on the sheet below. I will put the answers on from 6.00 tonight! No cheating though!
Purple mash time - conversions.
Reading
Have you managed to do a quiz yet this week? Which books have you enjoyed? Why not share what you have read on our class blog. Is there a good book you can recommend?
Weekly activities
How did you get on? Which have you got left to do?
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