Year 4 Homework
Date set:
27.1.17
Date Due
in: 3.2.17
Reading every day:
Please write in your reading diary
when you have read.
Maths (20mins):
Our topic this week is fractions.
Maths work will be posted on Mathletics, if you have any problems accessing
this work please speak to the teacher for a paper copy. Please also practise
your times tables. This week I need to practise my _____x tables.
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Literacy (20mins): The Mayans
Our new history topic after half term will be The Mayans (250AD
– 900AD). Over the next few weeks we would like you to research this topic
and then write an information booklet about the topic.
Please
include:
 - A brief introduction to where and when the
Mayans lived.
- What
transport the Mayans used.
- How the
Mayans communicated eg. Writing, drama, ceremonies.
- What it
would have been like to live in the Mayan time.
Here are a
few useful websites to get you started:
Please
remember to stay safe when searching online.
We will
provide a little time in lunchtimes for anyone without internet access.
Please speak to your teacher if there are any problems.
The booklet is due in after half term
(24/2/17). Please spend this week doing some research and making notes.
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Spellings (20mins):
These should be practised for a short
time each day, using the words given in sentences.
You need to:
• look at each word
• say the word
• copy the word in first space
• cover the words and try to write it
from memory
• check to see if they are right
This week your spellings all
contain prefixes. Think about how the meaning of the root word changes.
Group 1
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Copy and cover
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Write and check
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Write again
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tidy
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untidy
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done
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undone
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pleasant
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unpleasant
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interest
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interested
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uninterested
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disinterested
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Group 2
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Copy and cover
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Write and check
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Write again
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organised
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disorganised
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qualify
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disqualify
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understood
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misunderstood
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placed
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misplaced
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marine
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submarine
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inter
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international
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The Mayans
ReplyDeleteWhat they ate:
The Mayans ate things like tortilla,porridge and maize which was a food a bit like corn.For meat the Mayans ate fish,deer,ducks and turkey.Other new foods that were found are tomatoes,sweet potatoes,black beans and papaya.The Mayans considered chocolate to be a gift from the Gods.
What were their homes like?
The commoners lived in huts made from mud or stone to protect themselves from the floods.The nobles and kings lived in huge palaces made from stone.Their were single rooms with thatched roofs.
How did they communicate?
The Mayans belived that their rulers (their kings) could speak to the gods.The Mayans also offered the blood of prisoners that were captured in warfare.They were seen as the link between humans and gods,and when the Kings (the rulers) die they would turn into gods themselves.
Gods:
Their are four gods that the Kings spoke to,the four of them are Chac,Ah Bolon Tzacab,Ah ki'n,Balak chabtan.The Mayans thought that the world was divided into three pieces the heaven,the underworld and the earth,which were linked together by a giant world tree.The gods could turn into any shape any size and anything.