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Learning Project w/c 27th April – The Mayans

Year 4

Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per Day) Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per Day)

1) Daily arithmetic for different areas of maths. Look at the question levels and choose an appropriate challenge depending on how confident you feel. https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/ 2) Maths Activity A and/ or Maths Activity B (see below) – Multiplying by 100. 3) Maths Activity C (see below) – Multiplying by 10 varied fluency. 4) White Rose Maths Activities – There are different activities uploaded each day and you can check the answers at the end. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ 5) Times Tables Rockstars or try some other times tables games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

1) Go to Pobble 365 and answer the comprehension questions for the daily activity. 2) Reading Activity 1 Text Reading Activity 1 Questions (see below for both pages) – this links to one of our previous Science topics. 3) Read to an adult for at least 10 minutes. At the end, summarise what has happened in those pages and choose one character to discuss. E.g. What would you do in that situation? Why do you think they said/did that? 4) Listen to Guy Bass reading ‘Stitch Head’. You could watch it gradually throughout the week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHFMOubGe3c 5) Write a book review about ‘Stitch Head’ or another book that you have read this week. There are lots of layout ideas and examples online.

Weekly SPaG Tasks (Aim to do 1 per Day) Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per Day)

1) Find out about first, second and third person. Then complete SPaG task 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/ articles/zxdhsg8 2) Use a dictionary to look up at least 10 unfamiliar words that you’ve come across in your learning/ reading this week. 3) Learn about possessive apostrophes https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/ articles/zx9ydxs Complete SPaG task 2. 4) 5) Spellings/ Vocabulary – See group 1 and

group 2 spelling lists below. Learn to spell each

word, look up each word in the dictionary (or online

dictionary) and write each word in a sentence to

show that you fully understand its meaning. (SPaG

task 3)

5) Complete a glossary to go with your non-

chronologically writing about the Mayans.

1) Research the Mayans and create a mind map of your facts. Group the information into sections e.g. Mayan beliefs, Mayan life, etc… 2) Writing Resource 1 is a toolkit showing some of the key features of a non-chronological report. Use the toolkit to identify the key features in Writing Resource 2 which is an example report about the Romans. 3) Read the following web page to find out more about non-chronological reports https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-a-non-chronological-report 4) Use Writing Resource 3 as a template to help to plan the structure of your non-chronological text about the Mayans using your research from task 1. You don’t have to write in full sentences in a plan. 5) Write your own non-chronological text about the Mayans. Use your facts from task 1 for your information. Remember to use the writing toolkit to remind you of which key features must be used in your writing.

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Learning Project The project this week is the Mayans.

• Use the Maya alphabet to write a secret letter to a member of your family or one of your friends.

You could send it in the post to someone in our class if you’ve got some stamps.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-h-5283-maya-alphabet-display-poster

• Design and make a Mayan event or death mask.

• Find out about the Mayan number system. Then write out either 6x, 7x, 8x or 12x tables using

Mayan numbers.

https://www.storyofmathematics.com/mayan.html

https://www.mathnasium.com/mathhelpescondido

• Make a Mayan pyramid using resources of your choice. Here are a few ideas.

• Explore what games the Mayans used to play. What similarities and differences are there to

present day sports?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zq6svcw/articles/zbqyy4j

Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with: Twinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPS. Online Safety Resources: ThinkYouKnow have a page dedicated to online safety for parents during school closures. Each fortnight, ThinkYouKnow will be releasing new home activity packs with simple 15 minute activities you can do with your child to support their online safety at home.

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Maths Activity A

(from www.classroomsecrets.co.uk)

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Maths Activity B

(from www.classroomsecrets.co.uk)

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Maths Activity C

(from www.classroomsecrets.co.uk)

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content that your children are accessing. Reading Activity 1 – Text

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Writing Resource 1

Non-Chronological Writing Toolkit

Pupil Teacher

I have included a topic title/ heading.

I have included an introductory paragraph (who, what, where)

The information is organised into paragraphs.

I have used sub-titles for each section.

I have used factual information.

I have written in the past tense. (because it is historical information)

I have explained technical language in a glossary.

I have used a formal tone.

I have written in the third person (he, she, they)

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The Romans

The Roman Army

Because they had such a good army, the Romans invaded many different countries. The army was used to protect Rome and to keep control over

the people who they had conquered. While they were in the army, the soldiers had to spend a lot of time away from their families. Since they had

to march over 20 miles a day with heavy items to carry, the soldiers had to be extremely strong and tough. They had to carry their food, cooking

pots, tents and weapons as well as wearing all their armour. The Roman soldier was very well trained. When their enemies fired their arrows they

would put their shields up all around them to protect themselves from the arrows, this was called the tortoise. They used a short sword as a

weapon, daggers for stabbing and a long spear. They wore metal armour and protected themselves with a large shield.

Roman Life

In Roman times most children did not go to school. Because it wasn’t free, parents had to pay for their child’s education. Therefore, only rich

children went to school. Poor children learnt a trade from their fathers as they could not afford their education. Boys would learn the jobs that their

fathers did like being a baker or a metalworker. Girls were taught household skills like weaving, spinning, sewing and cooking from their mothers

For the Romans, men and women weren’t equal. If you were a male, you could do any job which you wanted, including becoming an emperor.

However, women were kept busy looking after their families and homes.

Roman Villas

Villas were originally built as houses for wealthy Romans in Italy. When they invaded Britain, some of the Romans started to build them here too.

These villas were like country mansions today. They had exquisite living areas with mosaic tiled floors and luxury gardens planted with trees and

shrubs. The insides of the villas were beautifully decorated- the floors in these homes would also have been kept warm, as the Romans had their

own design of heating underneath the floor. This was similar to the central heating which we have in our homes today. The floors were laid on top of

columns so that warm air from a furnace could be pumped into the spaces underneath.

Roman Baths

Romans liked to bathe a lot, they considered themselves very clean people and they build splendid bath houses. They did not only go to the public

baths to get clean but also to meet with friends and exercise. There were also places to eat, rest, play games and read at the baths. The public

baths were not free and people had to pay to go there but it was quite cheap. Men and Women bathed in separate baths. There were baths in

every town in the Roman Empire. Since they were rich, the villa owners would have their own baths in their homes. The Roman baths were very

cleverly made as they always had to have a constant supply of water. The water was either piped in or brought to the town by an aqueduct. In

some places like Bath in Somerset a natural spring would provide the bath with its water. Water was heated by the central heating system similar

to the ones Romans used in their homes, this was called a hypocaust system. There were three parts to a Roman bath the cold bath called the

frigidarium, the warm bath called the tepidarium and the hot bath called the caldarium. In order to get clean, the Romans would use the hot room

and a slave would rub sweet oil on them and scrape it off with an instrument called strigil which looked like a knife but did not have a sharp blade.

Roman Roads

Travellers in Britain had plodded along trackways long before the Romans came. Because they needed paved roads to carry heavy wagons and

marching troops, the Romans built highways and soon they had built a network of roads across Britain. Roads between the main settlements had

forts along them for army use, but most routes were built for trade and to link towns. Roman roads were usually built straight. Because heavy

wagons were hard to pull uphill, mountain roads were made in a zig-zag across the slope to make the climb less steep.

Roman Towns

The Romans built Britain's first towns. Within 17 years of the invasion of Britain, they had several major towns in place

connected by the famous Roman roads. Towns soon became important places for meetings and trade. The Roman

towns were full of fine buildings and temples.

Each town had two main roads. One heading North-South and the other East-West. At the point where these roads met

was the town centre.

Every town with a name ending in 'chester' or 'caster' or ' cester' was once a Roman town e.g. Doncaster, Manchester

and Leicester.

Remains of an underfloor heating system.

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Group 1 Group 2

famous

nervous

ridiculous

carnivorous

herbivorous

porous

adventurous

courageous

outrageous

advantageous

basically

frantically

dramatically

magically

tragically

comically

actually

accidentally

occasionally

eventually