Year 4

Home Learning for Week Beginning 15th June 2020

English

Spelling/

Grammar

Spellings for this week:

Adding the suffix -ous

(Words ending in ‘y’

become ‘i’ and words

ending in ‘our’ become

‘or’)

various

furious

glorious

victorious

mysterious

humorous

glamorous

vigorous

odorous

rigorous

Using the spellings above,

look up the meaning of

any of the words you

don’t know and have a go

at putting the words into

sentences.

Grammar

Co-ordinating

conjunctions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z48xt39

Use the link above to

watch videos and read up

on active and passive

verbs. Have a go at the

tasks and quizzes

Reading

Planet Earth

Read the extracts

provided in the resources

section below and answer

the questions provided.

Highlight key parts within

the text to help you

answer the questions.

Remember to write in full,

detailed sentences.

Writing

Recount

This week the focus is

to write a recount. Use

the link below to read

through the notes,

watch the videos and

have a go at the

quizzes too! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrgq2sg

A recount is when you

describe an event that

you’ve experienced to

someone who wasn’t

there.

Now have a go at

writing your own short

recount.

Choose from one of

the titles below.

My life so far

How I found my hobby

A funny story from my

life

Up levelling sentences

Using the worksheet

provided in the

resources section

below, have a go at

improving upon

sentences. Read

provided.

through the task and

see how you can

improve upon your

writing.

Challenge card :

Imagine that an alien

visited Earth for the

day. What kind of

things would you do

with him?

(See challenge card

for further

information in the

resources section

below)

Maths

Lesson 1 –

The perimeter of a

rectangle

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbcnf4j

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/

Using the link above,

watch the videos, read up

on the notes and have a

go at the tasks provided

in the resources section

below.

When using the White

Rose link you need to

scroll down to week 4

week commencing 11th

May. Don’t worry about

the date, the videos

available are good to use

for this lesson. You need

to use lesson 2.

Lesson 4 – Comparing

area

Worksheets available in

the resources section

below.

Lesson 2 –

Finding the perimeter of a

rectilinear shape

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkhwqp3 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/

Using the link above, watch

the videos, read up on the

notes and have a go at the

tasks provided in the

resources section below.

When using the White

Rose link you need to scroll

down to week 4 week

commencing 11th May. Don’t

worry about the date, the

videos available are good

to use for this lesson. You

need to use lesson 3.

Lesson 5 – Perimeter word

problems

Apply your skills to solving

some word problems using

perimeter.

Lesson 3 – Finding

area by counting

squares

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjf2xyc https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/

Using the link above,

watch the videos, read

up on the notes and

have a go at the tasks

provided in the

resources section

below.

When using the White

Rose link you need to

scroll down to week 4

week commencing 11th

May. Don’t worry about

the date, the videos

available are good to

use for this lesson. You

need to use lesson 4.

Challenge https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv8v382

Using the link above,

have a go at the

challenge questions

provided.

Perimeter challenge

cards (in resources

section below)

Make the word – area

challenge (in resources

section below)

Other

Subjects RE Science Geography

What does the word

`Catholic` mean?

Brainstorm your ideas.

Now research the

meaning of the word

“Catholic”.

What do you think it

means to belong to a

Universal Church?

Add some of your

findings to your

brainstorm.

Research information

about Rome using

Internet resources and

other books.

Why is this city so

important for

Christians?

Who is buried in Rome

and what is the special

role of the Bishop of

Rome?

How does he care for

the Church throughout

the world?

Children to consider why

the city of Rome reminds

Catholic Christians they

belong to a Universal

Church.

Carry out research on

the city of Rome and

create a power point or

Living things and their

habitats – Lesson 4

Classification keys

This week you are going to

look carefully at

classification keys. What

are they? Read through

the power point slides and

have a go at the tasks

provided.

You will need to complete:

- Urban classification

grid

- Create a

classification key

using the pictures,

questions and your

grid to help you.

Water – Lesson 4

Flooding

This week the work

has a focus on

flooding. What do you

already know about

floods? Create a

mindmap of what you

know already before

moving onto the power

point slides. Once

ready, have a read

through the power

point slides and then

have a go at the tasks

provided below in the

resources section.

Answer the questions

as you go along on the

power point slides.

Your task requires you

to carry out a flood

assessment of your

home. You will need to

see what impact a

flood would have on

certain aspects of your

home if water levels

measured at different

heights. For example.

If we had 10cm of

flood water, what

effect would this have

on your furniture? Use

the resource below to

help.

leaflet to share your

findings.

Use the above questions

to help you with your

research.

Resources

Grammar

Reading

Writing

Writing – Task 2

Writing - Challenge

Maths – Lesson 1

Maths – Lesson 2

Maths – Lesson 3

Maths – Lesson 4

Maths - Challenge

Maths – Lesson 5

Maths – Challenge

Maths – challenge

Science

Geography