Year 4 MathsWeek 6

Week beginning Monday 4th May 2020

We are learning to:

• add and subtract time

• convert duration in hours and minutes

Follow the learning journey on this PowerPoint; it has a break down for each day from Monday to Friday. There will be a task each day

which could be introduced in a video from our YouTube channel, a link to a different website, a worksheet or an open-ended challenge.

If you want to, you could upload your work to Purple Mash so that your teachers can see how hard you’ve been working.

There are also 2Dos to complete on Purple Mash this week which match these objectives. These will go live on Monday and close on

Friday.

Day 1

Monday 4th May 2020We are learning to add time

Watch today’s video (click here to access the FOJS YouTube channel) and complete the task

at the end. If you are unable to access the video, see the next slide for a visual

representation of today’s learning and slide 5 for a copy of today’s task.

Time game:

For this you will need 2 players, a counter and a

game board.

Step 1:

Player 1 flicks a counter until it lands on a

circle on the game board

Step 2:

Player 1 flicks the counter again until it hits

another circle

Step 3:

Player 1 adds the 2 times together

Step 4:

Player 2 checks player 1’s answer and if

player 1 is correct they get a point

Step 5:

SWAP and it is now player 2’s turn

Today’s Task:- Add the times below

- Play the time game

a) 7hr 30 mins + 3hr 14 mins =

b) 20 mins + 55 mins =

c) 55 mins + 45 mins =

d) 4hr 46 mins + 2hr 14 mins =

e) 1hr 48 mins + 3hr 35 mins =

f) Jennifer spends 50 minutes practising the guitar.

She then spends 2hr 15 mins doing her homework.

How long does she spend on the two tasks in total?

Day 2

Tuesday 5th May 2020We are learning to subtract time

Watch today’s video (click here to access the FOJS YouTube channel) where we will

go through the answers of yesterday’s task.

You can mark your own work.

If you have made a mistake and are not sure where you went wrong, please upload

your work to the blog so that one of us can check it for you.

The video will also include some new learning, complete the task at the end. If you

are unable to access the video, have a look at the next few slides for the task.

Subtract game:

For this you will need 2-4 players, a container and some

paper

Step 1:

Each player writes 5 subtraction questions on

time. Write one question on each paper strip.

E.g. 3hr 25 mins – 1hr 15 mins

Step 2:

Put all the questions into a container (e.g. bag)

Step 3:

Player 1 picks a question from the bag and

works out the answer

Step 4:

The other players check the answer. Points

awarded if the answer is correct.

Step 5:

SWAP and it is now player 2’s turn

Today’s Task:- Add the times below

- Play the subtract game

Subtract the amounts of time below:

a) 8hr 20 mins – 7hr 15 mins =

b) 3hr 55 mins – 2hr 30 mins =

c) 5hr 15 mins – 2hr 25 mins =

d) 6hr 10 mins – 1hr 55 mins =

e) 9hr 40 mins – 4hr 45 mins =

f) Mrs B takes 3hr 5 mins to cook dinner. Mr E takes

2hr 40 mins to cook dinner. How much longer

does Mrs B take to cook dinner than Mr E?

Day 3

Wednesday 6th May 2020We are learning how to find the duration between two given times in hours and minutes

Watch today’s video (click here to access the FOJS YouTube channel) where we go

through the answers of yesterday’s tasks.

Watch the input on finding the duration between two given times and then complete

the tasks at the end. If you are unable to access the video, see the next slide for a

visual representation of today’s learning and the slide after that for a copy of today’s

task.

Today’s Task:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Day 4

Thursday 7th May 2020We are applying our knowledge of duration to reasoning problems

Watch today’s video (click here to access the FOJS YouTube channel) where we will

go through the answers of yesterday’s task.

You can mark your own work.

If you have made a mistake and are not sure where you went wrong, please upload

your work to the blog so that one of us can check it for you.

Today’s task is some self directed problems, which you will be able to use your

knowledge of time to answer.

Today’s Task:

1. 2. 3.

Day 5

Friday 8th May 2020We are consolidating our understanding of adding and subtracting time

Watch today’s video (click here to access the FOJS YouTube channel) where we will

go through the answers of yesterday’s task.

You can mark your own work.

At the end of the video there is an assessment activity (it is also available on the next

slide). Please complete this activity and, if you like, you could upload your work to the

blog. We will keep this private so that you cannot see each other’s work.

Assessment: