Year 4 Homework

Date set: 19.12.16

Date Due in: 6.1.17

Reading (every day)

Please write in your reading diary when you have read.

Maths (20mins):

You have not been set any Mathletics topics this week. This leaves you free to revise some of the areas that we have covered this year. Have a look and see if there are any activities that you need to redo (ones where your score is less than 85).

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

Spellings (20mins):

Please revise the spellings that you have learnt this term.

Group 1
above	attic	sniffle	mouth
asked	bubble	raffle	teeth
around	wobble	happy	chew
any	rattle	stopped	stomach
animal	chatter	topple	intestines
always	follow	coffee	digest
also	better	drippy	journey
along	balloon	fluffy	contract
almost	swallow	pepper	relax
across	kitten	apple	muscles
two	muddle	enjoy	cooled
three	cuddle	eyes	heated
four	middle	great	material
seven	riddle	jeans	cycle
eight	hiccup	might	gas
eleven	soccer	next	solid
twelve	ladder	puzzle	liquid
thirteen	address	year	temperature
fifteen	sudden	zero	thermometer
twenty	adding	liquid	measure
almost	immature	mouse	inform
always	immortal	mice	information
alike	impossible	loaf	relax
admit	impatient	loaves	relaxation
affect	impolite	life	expect
along	imperfect	lives	expectation
advance	impure	foot	tempt
afford	inactive	feet	temptation
adverb	incorrect	wife	confirm
adjust	incomplete	wives	confirmation

Group 2
excellent	swimming	different	digestion
attacking	grinning	difficult	oesophagus
labelled	running	difference	stomach
bubbling	missing	supplement	duodenum
swallowed	addressing	applied	intestines
attendance	comment	appropriate	liver
shattered	connected	appreciate	pancreas
following	annoyed	scuffle	contraction
parallel	fussing	baffled	relaxation
syllable	colossal	effortless	muscles
hundred	humming	effect	journey
thousand	massive	supportive	enzyme
twenty	Accepted	thought	molecule
thirty	Accidental	through	heated
forty	Accused	mixture	cooled
fifty	Addition	journey	transpiration
sixty	Muddling	flexible	evaporation
seventy	Occurred	gymnast	condensation
eighty	Occasional	brought	Thermometer
ninety	Accessed	amazing	temperature
million	Accent	pyjamas	measure
decimal	Shuddering	condensing	solid
multiplication	Waddling	evaporating	liquid
division	Paddled	solution	investigate
almost	illegal	goose	educate
always	illegible	geese	education
already	illogical	thief	frustrate
affectionate	unhelpful	thieves	frustration
affectionately	unpopular	person	celebrate
additional	unashamed	people	celebration
additionally	unselfishly	knife	create
advance	irregular	knives	creation
adventure	irrelevant	scarf	calculate
affordable	irrational	scarves	calculation
alarming	irrigation	woman	observe
allowance	irreparable	women	observation

Year 4 Homework

Date set: 9.12.16

Date Due in: 16.12.16

Reading (every day)

Please write in your reading diary when you have read.

Maths (20mins):

Our topic this week is Roman Numerals.  Maths homework will be posted on the <athletics 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. I need to practise my _____ x tables.

Literacy (20mins):

Read this text carefully. It is an explanation text.

Newborn babies are very small.  Most of them weigh round about 3 ½ kilograms and are only about 53 centimetres from head to toe.  Some are even smaller. When they are first born, a baby’s neck cannot support the weight of its head. This means that when it is picked up, the baby’s Mum or Dad must hold its head carefully.

Soon after they are born, babies are ready to eat!  Their food is milk. This helps the baby grow, so by 3 months old it weighs about 6 kilograms and is around 60 centimetres long.  Its tummy grows stronger too. 

Now the Mum or Dad gives the baby some solid food as well as milk.  The food is special mushy baby food because the baby does not have any teeth, so it cannot chew yet. When the baby’s teeth come through, it can have some hard food like rusks as well as baby food and milk.

When the baby is around 6 months old, it is about 8 kilograms and 68 centimetres long.  Its body is stronger now, so it will probably be able to roll over from lying on its back to lying on its tummy. Soon after this, they baby will be able to sit up and play.

By one year old, most babies weigh around 9 ½ kilograms and measure about 72 centimetres.  They can stand up, and will soon start to walk.  They usually have several teeth, so they can eat the same food as older children, as long as it is cut up small.  As they eat more and more, they will grow heavier, taller and stronger.

For your homework this week, we would like you to invent a new creature (you can use the creature from your digestive system if you like) and plan (not write) an explanation of how your creature grows.

This homework will need to be on paper, not on the blog, as you will need it when you do your writing in class.

Your plan should look something like this:

Spellings (20mins):

This week we are looking at the suffix ation added to the end of verbs to form a noun.

Your words 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

Group 1

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
inform
information
relax
relaxation
expect
expectation
tempt
temptation
confirm
confirmation

Group 2

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
educate
education
frustrate
frustration
celebrate
celebration
create
creation
calculate
calculation
observe
observation

We would like you to write a short (3-4 paragraphs) report about our trip to the London Museum of Water and Steam. You could include:

·         The Water Cycle workshop

·         Puzzling properties workshop

·         Splash zone

·         Waterworks gallery

·         Materials trial

Please try to focus on what you found out, rather than who you sat next to or what you had for lunch!