Friday, 25 November 2016

Year 4 Homework

Date set: 25.11.16

Date Due in: 2.12.16

Reading (every day):

Please write in your reading diary when you have read.

 

Maths (20mins): 

Our topic this week is measures and multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Maths homework will be posted on the Mathletics website. Please ask your teacher for a paper copy if you need one or if you have trouble logging on.

 

Please also practise your times tables. This week I need to practise my _____ x table.

 

Literacy (20mins): 

 

This is an article from Newsround. It is a few years old, but is still very relevant. The link is here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19880575

 

How much time do you spend watching TV or playing on the computer?

Well a study reckons that too many kids are having too much screen time. 

The report found that by the time a child is seven they could have spent around a year of their life looking at TV and computer screens.

Some experts think that if you're between 7 and 12-years-old you should limit yourself to an hour a day to help your brain develop better.

For your homework write a balanced argument on your class blog, answering the question: 

Should children have their TV and computer time limited?

Please also learn the words to your Christmas play (songs and script).

Group 1 

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
immature
immortal
impossible
impatient
impolite
imperfect
impure
inactive
incorrect
incomplete

 

Group 2 

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
illegal
illegible
illogical
unhelpful
unpopular
unashamed
unselfishly
irregular
irrelevant
irrational
irrigation
irreparable

 

 

Is learning to swim important?

Friday, 18 November 2016

Reading (every day)

Please write in your reading diary when you have read.

Maths (20mins):

Our topic this week is time. Maths homework will be posted on the Mathletics website. Please also practise reading the time to the nearest minute with your child (using an analogue clock face). You could also practise converting between analogue and digital and 12 and 24 hour clock. Try to work out timings e.g. how long until we have to leave for school, how long did it take us to get here etc.

Please ask your teacher for a paper copy of the homework if you need one or if you have trouble logging on.

Please also practise your times tables. I need to practise my ____ x table.

Literacy (20mins): 

Is learning to swim important?

Newsround Article (10^th November 2015)

Almost half of children leaving primary school can't swim well enough according to a report by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).

The ASA say that children should be able to swim the National Curriculum standard of 25 metres without any help before they reach secondary school. 

But many schools say that getting you guys to the baths and back again without taking up too much of the school day is a real struggle.

We are lucky enough to have swimming lessons at school.  Not all children learn to swim at school.  Do you think it is important?  

Try to come up with three arguments for (reasons why children should go swimming in school time) and three arguments against (reasons why children should not go swimming in school time). Try to write at least 2 sentences for each reason (one to give your reason and one to explain it). This means you should write 12 sentences in total.  

Year 4 Homework

Date set: 11.11.16

Date Due in: 18.11.16

Reading every day

Please write in your reading diary when you have read.

Maths (20mins):

Our topic this week was decimal numbers.

Maths homework will be posted on the Mathletics website. Please ask your teacher for a paper copy if you need one or if you have trouble logging on.

Please also practise your times tables. This week, I need to practise my ____x table.

Literacy (20mins):

Over the next few weeks, we will be reading some fairy stories and writing balanced arguments based on these stories. For your homework, we would like you to write (in your own words) either the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, or Little Red Riding Hood.

Please post your homework onto the blog. If you don’t have access to the blog, you can write your homework neatly on lined paper.  Please remember to write in paragraphs (use a new paragraph for a new time, place or topic). If you include direct speech in your story, make sure it is punctuated correctly. Remember to check your work carefully before you post.

Group 1	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
cooled
heated
material
cycle
gas
solid
liquid
temperature
thermometer
measure
Group 2	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
molecule
heated
cooled
transpiration
evaporation
condensation
Thermometer
temperature
measure
solid
liquid
investigate