Tuesday 23 May 2017

Year 4 Homework
Date set: 19.5.17   
Date Due in: 26.5.17
Reading (every day)
Please write in your reading diary when you have read. You will have been allocated a Bug Club book to read at home, which will be different to the one that you are reading in school. Check with your teacher if you are not sure which one is which. Don’t forget to answer the ‘bugs’- look out for them on each page! Please don’t “close” the book until all the bugs have been answered.
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 and associated division facts (e.g. 7x6=42, 6x7=42 42 ÷7=6, 42÷6=7)
Blog:
In Geography we have been using atlases to find out about continents, countries and oceans of the world. For your homework this week, we would like to choose a country and write a fact file about it.
You could include:
·         Which continent it is on
·         Which countries and seas border it
·         The capital city
·         Other significant cities
·         The flag
·         Languages spoken
·         The population
·         The currency
·         The climate
·         Mountains and rivers
·         Any other interesting facts.
Spellings (20mins):
In grammar we have been finding out where to place the apostrophe with possessive plurals. If the word is a regular plural, e.g. boy-boys, we add an apostrophe after the s. For example: The boys’ coats were hanging in the cloakroom.
With some words we do not add an s to make it plural. For example child-children. If the word is an irregular plural we add an apostrophe before the s. For example: The children’s coats were in the cloakroom.
Your spellings this week focus on irregular plurals, where the spelling of the singular word changes to make it plural.  You have been given singular words. We would like you to find out and learn the spelling for each plural. For example if you are given the singular word mouse, you would need to learn the word mice.
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



Group 1
Singular
Plural


woman



man



person



goose



ox



tooth



louse



cactus



shrimp



bison



Group 2
Singular
Plural


appendix



antenna



fungus



phenomenon



offspring



formula



vertebra



grapefruit



criterion





Monday 15 May 2017

Year 4 Homework
Date set: 12.5.17   
Date Due in: 19.5.17
Reading (every day)
Please write in your reading diary when you have read. You will have been allocated a Bug Club book to read at home, which will be different to the one that you are reading in school. Check with your teacher if you are not sure which one is which. Don’t forget to answer the ‘bugs’- look out for them on each page! Please don’t “close” the book until all the bugs have been answered.

Maths (20mins):
Our topic this week is decimal place value. 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 and associated division facts (e.g. 7x6=42, 6x7=42 42 ÷7=6, 42÷6=7)

Literacy:
This week we have been finding out about Sir Francis Drake and his exploration of the world. For your homework this week, we would like you to imagine that you are Sir Francis Drake. Write a diary entry for September 26, 1580. Include your thoughts and feelings about the journey that you have just come back from and the events of the day. Write a minimum of 150 words.
Remember:
·         Write in full sentences
·         Use capital letters for proper nouns
·         Write in the first person
·         Write in the past tense
·         Check spellings carefully before you post.

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 we are learning homophones. These are words which sound the same but have different meanings. It is important that you learn the meaning of each word when you are learning your spellings this week.  




Group 1

Copy and cover
Write and check
Write again
there



their



they’re



your



you’re



plain



plane



fair



fare



heel



heal



he’ll



Group 2

Copy and cover
Write and check
Write again
there



their



they’re



your



you’re



medal



meddle



whose



who’s



allowed



aloud



patience



patients





Wednesday 10 May 2017

Biography research

Biography Research

Literacy:

This week we have been looking at biographies. This week we would like you read a biography of somebody that you are interested in. You could look online or visit the library to find some examples. Read the biography and write down five new facts that you have found out about your person onto the blog.