Year 4 - PACK 1 - Week 6 – Week Beginning 08.02.2021
Monday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Inverted commas in direct speech Handwriting Practice Maths – The 7 Times Table and Division Facts Thematic – How did the Romans conquer Britain? Tuesday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Apostrophes for contractions Spelling Practice Maths – 11- and 12-times table Science – How do we construct a food chain? Wednesday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Apostrophes for possession Handwriting Practice Maths – Multiplying 3 numbers PE - PE With Joe / 10 Minute Shake Up Disney Games Computing - Learn to Code with Harry Potter Thursday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Using parenthesis to add extra information Spelling Practice Maths – Finding Factor Pairs PSHE - Being Kind to yourself and taking time to be calm RE - The Sikh Festival of Vaisakhi Friday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Editing practice Handwriting Practice Maths – Multiplication and division assessment Spanish - Greetings
This timetable is flexible. Some days will be more productive than others. We ask that you do the core subjects (reading, writing, maths) daily, and then balance the foundation subjects as suits you. You may find that doing all of the days work in one go works best (remember to take a short break, though) or splitting it into morning and afternoon suits you better. If you are unable to complete everything then do not worry. Do your best and that will be good enough. Remember the assembly on routines – try to start at the same time every day, in a quiet place if possible. Have a clear plan for the day.
There will be some QR codes (barcodes) that you will be able to scan. These will take you to a website with further information or activities on. Any scanning app, eg Barcode Scanner, on a mobile device or tablet will enable you to do this.
Monday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Inverted commas in direct speech Handwriting Practice Maths – The 7 Times Table and Division Facts Thematic – How did the Romans conquer Britain?
th READING Monday 8 February 2021 – ‘The Romans’ TASK 1 - LISTENING: Look on the ClassDojo page and listen to Mr Jenkins / Miss Schweizer reading the text aloud and follow along.
TASK 2 - READING: Read the introduction of the text ‘The Romans’.
Key Vocabulary: Word Definition Synonyms origin The point or place where something came from. Beginning, bottom mighty Something that has great strength or power. Forceful, powerful, strong Civilisation A group of people with their own languages and way of life Society, nation
TASK 3 – Understanding ‘superstitions’
Scan the QR code or follow the link to watch the video to learn about superstitions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7Gbumedzg
TASK 4 – Questions:
1) Based on what you have just listened to, tick all the statements that are superstitions.
You will have seven years of bad luck if you break a mirror. To win the lottery you have to be really lucky. Knocking on wood brings good luck. Friday the 13th is a special day.
2) Find and copy the phrase that tells you that the Romans were powerful.
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3) Based on the introduction, make a prediction of what kind of text this is (letter, poem, non-fiction, non-chronological report…) and what the next paragraphs might tell you (story, facts, …).
I think this is a ______because ______
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Remember to share your predictions and reasoning with us on ClassDojo.
th Writing Monday 8 February 2021 – Inverted commas in direct speech Based on your writing over the last half term, we will be looking at a range of areas in our punctuation and grammar that will improve our writing and build your independence in creating exciting sentences this week and over the next half term. Today we will be looking at inverted commas.
What are inverted commas? Scan the QR code or follow the link to find out more about inverted commas from the Oak National Academy. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-practise-speech-with-punctuation-68rp8e?step=1&activity=video
When you are writing, inverted commas (also called speech marks) go before and after any words that a character or person says.
For example: "I'm hungry," complained Goldilocks.
‘I’m hungry’ are the words that Goldilocks says out loud (also called direct speech), so the inverted commas go at the start and end of those words, with either a comma, exclamation mark or question mark before the second inverted comma. (, ! ?)
TASK 1 – Synonyms for said: We use inverted commas for when people are speaking, but it can be very boring when we keep using the word ‘said’. How many different synonyms (words that mean the same or are similar) can you come up with? Two examples have been done for you:
TASK 2 – Adding inverted commas Below are some sentences with the inverted commas missing. For each sentence, underline the section that is being spoken and include the inverted commas into the correct place. The first two have been done for you.
1. “ What’s for dinner dad? ” Jacinda asked.
2. The witch looked at her sisters and asked, “ When will we three meet again? ”
3. The mouse looked at the fox and whispered, Please don’t eat me.
4. I’m stuck! Shouted Sam as he held up his hands.
5. We won! We won! Screamed the boys as the final whistle blew.
6. John, can you hold this? asked the sweet old lady.
7. Be careful in the snow, it is really slippy out there, said her father.
8. The policeman asked, Can I see your licence please?
9. The teacher stood up and replied, Make sure you have checked your answers children.
TASK 3 – Inserting missing punctuation: Mr Jenkins and Miss Schweizer have forgotten to include inverted commas and full stops in their writing below. Read the section carefully and add the inverted commas and full stops into the correct places.
EXTENSION: Now you have practiced adding inverted commas into sentences, have a go at creating your own sentences using inverted commas for direct speech. Remember to punctuate them correctly!
Take a photograph of your sentences using inverted commas for speech and upload them onto Dojo so that we can share these with the class. th HANDWRITING – Monday 8 February 2021
Use the space below to practice the joins and words you have been using today. Can you think of any other words that uses these joins?
th Maths – Monday 8 February 2021 – The 7 Times Table and Division Facts STARTER – Times Table Practice:
Use these examples to help you with your work today:
Main Activity: Follow the link https://vimeo.com/502094818 or scan the QR Code to watch the video explaining the 7 times table and division facts.
th THEMATIC – Monday 8 February 2021 – How did the Romans conquer Britain? Scan the QR code which will take you to a video on the Oak National Academy. As you watch the video, answer these questions – remember that you can pause and rewind at any point to help you answer these questions! https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/why-did-boudicca-lead-a-revolt- against-the-romans-60v3gc?activity=intro_quiz&step=1 TASK 1 – Introductory Quiz: Follow the link to the quiz which will help you to check any previous learning on this topic and recap anything that you may have forgotten.
Key Vocabulary: WORD DEFINITION Revolt To rise up and fight against the government or another group of people in charge / power. Tribe A group of people or families that share the same language and social customs. Governor A person who leads a certain place or is the representative of a government.
TASK 2 – Match these people with the correct description of who they are and the roles they played in roman Britain.
TASK 3 – Read each statement carefully and tick to show if they are true or false True False After Prasutagus died, the Romans did not keep their promise to share his land. Boudicca decided to get revenge on the Romans with the help of other tribes. Boudicca and her army destroyed Colchester.
Create a timeline by placing these events in the right order right the in events these placing by timeline Create a –
TASK 4 TASK
TASK 4 - Write down three things that you learnt in this lesson that you did not know before:
1) ______
2) ______
3) ______
TASK 5 – Complete the exit quiz online
Share your timelines on Class Dojo and mark your answers at the end of the day when they are posted on the class story!
Tuesday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Apostrophes for contractions Spelling Practice Maths – 11- and 12-times table Science – How do we construct a food chain?
th READING Tuesday 9 February 2021 – ‘The Romans’ TASK 1 - READING: Read the next section of our non-chronological report on ‘The Romans’.
KEY VOCABULARY: Capital city The city where the government “London is the capital city of of a country is located. England.”
TASK 2 – Questions: 1) Find and copy two facts about the city of Rome from the first paragraph.
1. ______2. ______
2) Tick ALL the regions that were part of the Roman Empire
America Middle East South Africa North Africa Europe
3) Who fought in the Roman army? Was it just the people of Rome?
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______Do not forget to share your answers with us on ClassDojo.
th Writing Tuesday 9 February 2021 – Apostrophes for contractions
What are contractions? Scan the QR code or follow the link to find out more about apostrophes for contractions from the BBC Bitesize website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zcyv4qt
You can use apostrophes to show that you have omitted (left out) some letters when you are joining words together. For example, you can join the words ‘you’ and ‘are’ together.
- You + are = you're.
The apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters. In this example, the letter a. Sometimes, however, you need to rearrange the letters a bit when you contract the words. For example: - will + not = won't. Using contractions like these makes your writing easier to read and more informal.
TASK 1: Re-Writing in the contracted form For each sentence, write the two words in the sentence that can be contracted and the contraction below. The first one has been done for you:
TASK 2: Correct or incorrect use of contractions? Look at these sentences. Has the apostrophe been used correctly or incorrectly? Use the contraction list above to support you.
TASK 3: Changing and adding the contracted form
Change the words in brackets into the correct contracted form. Remember to punctuate with apostrophes and capital letters at the start of sentences.
CHALLENGE: Look at the words in the box. Put the words together to make contractions. Create five sentences which include at least one contraction in each.
Take a photograph of your sentences using apostrophes for contractions and upload them onto Dojo so that we can share these with the class. th SPELLING – Tuesday 9 February 2021
th Maths – Tuesday 9 February 2021 – 11- and 12-times table STARTER – Times Table Practice:
Use these examples to help you with your work today:
Main Activity: Follow the link https://vimeo.com/490692507 or scan the QR Code to watch the video explaining the 11- and 12-times table.
th SCIENCE – Tuesday 9 February 2021 – How do we construct a food chain?
Watch the video by following the link or scanning the QR code. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-do-we- construct-a-food-chain-6mvp8t
TASK 1 – Introductory Quiz: Follow the link to the quiz which will help you to check any previous learning on this topic and recap anything that you may have forgotten.
STAR Vocabulary:
Energy transfer Primary consumer Secondary consumer Tertiary consumer
The process of The organism that The organism that eats energy being The organism that eats the primary the secondary passed down the eats the producer. consumer. consumer. food chain.
TASK 2 – Label the food chain
TASK 3 – Complete the sentences using the vocabulary below:
Consumer Energy Energy Producer
1. An organism that gets its ______by making its own food is called a ______.
2. An organism that get its ______from eating other animals is called a ______.
TASK 4 – draw your own food chain like the example below, using the following vocabulary: PRODUCER PRIMARY CONSUMER SECONDARY CONSUMER TERTIARY CONSUMER
TASK 5 – draw lines to match the words to the right definition.
Share your work on Class Dojo so we can compare our different food chains.
Wednesday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Apostrophes for possession Handwriting Practice Maths – Multiplying 3 numbers PE - PE With Joe / 10 Minute Shake Up Disney Games Computing - Learn to Code with Harry Potter
th READING Wednesday 10 February 2021 – ‘The Romans’
TASK 1 - READING: Read the next section of our non-chronological report on ‘The Romans’ titled ‘What Did the Romans Wear?’
KEY VOCABULARY: A piece of clothing that is loose and hangs to the knees. Tunics sometimes do not have Tunic sleeves and are sometimes belted. TASK 2 – Questions:
1. Which of these did a Roman woman wear? Tick all that apply.
A knee length tunic An ankle length tunic A cloak over their tunic A dress over their tunic
2. Number these Roman items to show the order that they appear in the text. The first one has been done for you.
Toga 1 Tunic Bulla Lunula
3. Give a description of what you would be forced to wear if you lived in Roman times.
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4. You read in the introduction that the Romans had ‘superstitions.’ What item of clothing did they wear because they were superstitious and why did they wear it?
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Do not forget to share your answers with us on ClassDojo.
th Writing Wednesday 10 February 2021 – Apostrophes for possession
Yesterday you looked at using apostrophes in contractions (omission – missing letters). Think about these questions and share your answers with someone at home: 1) What is a contraction? 2) What does the apostrophe represent? 3) What examples of contractions can you think of?
In today’s lesson, you will be looking at another use of apostrophes – possession.
What are apostrophes of possession? Scan the QR code or follow the link to find out more about apostrophes for possession from the BBC Bitesize website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs
Apostrophes can be used to show that something belongs to someone or something. This is called possession.
Singular plural:
The forest’s light is always changing. Rachel’s favourite sport is running. The cat’s eyes are different colours. Catherine’s house is old and large.
TASK 1 – Adding apostrophes to singular plurals Rewrite the sentences with the apostrophe in the correct place for the singular plural.
TASK 2: Changing sentences to show possession with an apostrophe
Change the sentences below so that they each contain an apostrophe to show possession by a singular noun. For example:
- The rays belonging to the sun shone on the ground. - The sun’s rays shone on the ground.
Share your possessive apostrophe sentences with is on ClassDojo and check your work against the answers at the end of the day!
th HANDWRITING – Wednesday 10 February 2021
Use the space below to practice the joins and words you have been using today. Can you think of any other words that uses these joins?
th Maths – Wednesday 10 February 2021 – Multiplying 3 numbers STARTER – Times Table Practice:
Use this example to help you with your work today:
Main Activity: Follow the link https://vimeo.com/491109801 or scan the QR Code to watch the video explaining how to multiply 3 numbers.
th PE – Wednesday 10 February 2021 – PE With Joe / 10 Minute Shake Up Disney Games TASK 1 - PE With Joe: Follow the link or QR code below which will direct you to a variety of PE lessons taught by Joe Wicks. Choose a lesson and complete it. How many family members can you get to join you? https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV/videos
TASK 2 – 10 Minute Shake up Games:
Follow the below link or scan the QR code to find a variety of 10-minute activities based on Disney films that count towards a child’s 60 active minutes per day
https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups
I’d love to see some photographs of you completing your workouts. Upload them onto Dojo and I’ll share them with everyone in the class!
th COMPUTING – Wednesday 10 February 2021 – Learn to Code with Harry Potter
Follow the link or scan the QR code to practice your coding skills with Harry Potter themed games: https://hoc-2018.kano.me/challenges/home
Thursday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Using parenthesis to add extra information Spelling Practice Maths – Finding Factor Pairs PSHE - Being Kind to yourself and taking time to be calm RE - The Sikh Festival of Vaisakhi
th READING Thursday 11 February 2021 – ‘The Romans’ TASK 1 - READING: Read the next section of our non-chronological report on ‘The Romans’ titled ‘What Did the Romans Eat?’
TASK 2 – Questions: 1. Draw lines to match the Roman words to the English definitions: Prandium Breakfast Ientaculum Lunch Cena Evening Meal
2. Complete the table to show at what times of the day certain foods would be eaten. The first on has been done for you. Pancakes Ientaculum Porridge Cold Meat Dates and honey
3. Why do you think the poorer Romans would only eat porridge and vegetables for their evening meal?
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Do not forget to share your answers with us on ClassDojo.
th Writing Thursday 11 February 2021 – Using parenthesis to add extra information
Scan the QR code or follow the link to find out more about parenthesis from the BBC Bitesize website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhpt7yc
What is parenthesis? When we're writing, we can add extra words to a sentence to give more information or explanation. If you take the parenthesis away (the extra information) the sentence STILL MAKES SENSE! We call the extra words that have been added a parenthesis.
We can use three types of punctuation to add parenthesis: - Pair of Brackets ( ) - Pair of Commas , , - Pair of Dashes - -
•The daffodil (which has yellow petals) is a plant that grows in the spring time.
•My brother - the one who lives in Australia - is coming to the wedding.
•Year 4 , who are the best in the school, won an amazing prize.
TASK 1: Watch the video on ClassDojo of how to add parenthesis into different sentences
TASK 2: Adding parenthesis punctuation Read the sentences carefully and add either brackets, commas or dashes around the extra information in these sentences to show parenthesis and underline the extra information. The first one has been done for you.
TASK 3:
Take a photograph of your sentences using parenthesis and upload them onto Dojo so that we can share these with the class.
th SPELLING – Thursday 11 February 2021
th Maths – Thursday 11 February 2021 – Finding Factor Pairs STARTER – Times Table Practice:
Use these examples to help you with your work today:
Main Activity: Follow the link https://vimeo.com/491282075 or scan the QR Code to watch the video explaining how to find factor pairs.
th PSHE – Thursday 11 February 2021 – Being Kind to yourself and taking time to be calm In today’s session, you will be completing some wellbeing activities. These will help you to spend some time thinking positively about yourself and taking some time to be calm and share your thoughts / feelings with the people around you.
TASK 1: How Can You Be Kind to Yourself?
TASK 2: Wellbeing and Resilience
TASK 3: My Control
We’d love to see some of your thoughts and feelings from today’s session. Please share these with us on ClassDojo once you have completed them! th RE – Thursday 11 February 2021 – The Sikh Festival of Vaisakhi
This work is all about how Sikh people remember a story from the life of the Tenth Guru, who is called Guru Govind Singh, and lived over 300 years ago in India. The story is remembered at the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi. There are nearly half a million Sikh people in the UK today, and millions more in India and other parts of the world.
What is Vaisakhi? Vaisakhi, also called Baisakhi, is the festival which celebrates the founding of the Sikh community, the Khalsa, in 1699.
What is the story of Vaisakhi?
In 1699, Sikhs from all over the Punjab gathered together to celebrate the local harvest festival of Vaisakhi. The tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh, came out of a tent carrying a sword. He asked anyone who was prepared to give their life for their religion to step forward.
A young man stepped forward and went into the tent with Guru Gobind Singh. Then Guru Gobind Singh came out of the tent alone with his sword covered in blood and asked for another volunteer. This happened four times until five Sikhs had gone into the tent.
Everyone was very worried that five men had died. However, they all came out of the tent alive and wearing turbans. The five men became known as the Panj Piare or 'Beloved Five'.
Guru Gobind Singh then baptised all the men into the Khalsa. He said some prayers and sprinkled them all with sugar water called amrit. These five men became the first members of the Khalsa.
Watch the short film about Simran’s Vaisakhi in Birmingham –She is 11
Simran’s Identity Our festivals are a way of showing our identity. Our identities are who we think we are, and can include our friends and family, values, beliefs and behaviours that we think are important. Imagine Simran’s identity as a jigsaw: draw into this jigsaw six things about her life, and label your drawings.
Your Identity: Now think about your own identity. Make a jigsaw that shows six things about you – maybe things to do with family, festivals, your beliefs, favourite places, songs or films, pets – all the things that matter most to you. Label your drawings in detail.
Share your identity jigsaws with us on class dojo to see if others have chosen similar or different ideas!
Similarities and Differences:
Simran and I are similar because______Simran and I are different because ______‘We are all human’. What I think about this phrase is______
Friday Reading – ‘The Romans’ Writing – Editing practice Handwriting Practice Maths – Multiplication and division assessment Spanish - Greetings
th READING Friday 12 February 2021 – ‘The Romans’ TASK 1 - READING: Read the final section of our non-chronological report on ‘The Romans’ titled ‘What Did the Romans Enjoy?’
KEY VOCABULARY: Being large in amount or more than Expensive, generous, costly, Lavish enough. luxurious
TASK 2 – Questions:
1) Tick the phrase that means the same as ‘wealthy Romans would throw lavish dinner parties…’.
Wealthy Romans would have luxurious dinner parties. Wealthy Romans would have lazy dinner parties.
2) Name three things that Romans liked to do in their free time.
1. ______2. ______3. ______
3) Compare your hobbies to those of a Roman. What is the same, what is different?
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Do not forget to share your similarities and differences with us on ClassDojo.
th Writing Friday 12 February 2021 – Editing practice
In today’s session, we will be looking at editing a piece of writing, looking out for key features of spelling, punctuation and grammar in order to improve our writing.
TASK 1: How to edit writing Watch the video on class dojo of Mr Jenkins editing the piece of writing below using the checklist. As you watch the video, make the changes to the writing in a different coloured pen / pencil:
Editing Checklist Capital letters Full stops Spellings Tenses Vocabulary choices Missing punctuation
Stella’s First Day
One mondy morning a little girl woke up her name is stella
it was her furst day of year 4 and she was exited. Her mum
walked wiv her to school and thay watching the leaves fall from
the trees She mad lots of friends she also had fun at break but she didnt like how her new teacher made her answr questions. she
had a sandwich and some crisps in her packt lunch. Thay did
colouring end talked about their summer holidays. wen she got
home she told her mum abwut her day and is excited to go back.
TASK 2: Independent Editing Practice: Using the editing skills you have just practiced, read the paragraph below carefully and make your edits in purple pen. Once your edits have been made, re-write the paragraph underneath in your neatest handwriting. EXTENSION: When you write the paragraph out, can you improve the writing by editing the vocabulary choices further to make it more exciting?
Editing Checklist Capital letters Full stops Spellings Tenses Vocabulary choices Missing punctuation
The Rainforest the enormous trees lucked ova the mossy green floor and stared down at the wild creechas below Thin beams of sunlight shining between the thick, rustled leaves and created spotlights on the beautiful flowas underneath. There was a bit of noise. Excited bees was buzzing. sneaky monkeys was howling. The leaves rustled and birds is calling. The air was thick with heet
Suddenly the calm sky erupted and a downpour of violent warta hit the treetops makin a rumbling sound. The wonderful colours were incredible! Bright blue bugs glorious green plants and stunning pinks, yellows and oranges from the strange flowers ran through the vast space
Take a photograph of your edited paragraph and share it with us on Dojo so that we can share these with the class.
th HANDWRITING – Friday 12 February 2021
Use the space below to practice the joins and words you have been using today. Can you think of any other words that uses these joins?
th Maths – Friday 12 February 2021 – Multiplication and division assessment STARTER – Times Table Practice:
In today’s lesson, you will be looking at a range of questions that will test your knowledge of all of the multiplication and division strategies you have been practicing of the past few weeks. Remember to share your answers on ClassDojo so we can see where we might need more practice.
th SPANISH – Friday 12 February 2021 – Greetings Today you will learn Spanish phrases that can be used to greet people at different times throughout the day. You will also learn to ask ‘how are you?’ and also respond in different ways. TASK 1: Scan the QR code or follow the link to hear the greetings: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1--ks2-mfl-spanish-greetings-with-ben- shires/zfksqp3
Recap:
If you want to greet somebody in Spanish, the most common way to say 'hello' is ‘hola’. The greeting you use might change depending on the time of day:
Spanish English buenos días good morning buenos tardes good afternoon buenas noches good night
There are different ways to ask someone how they are feeling depending on who you are talking to. When talking to a friend: ¿Qué tal? When speaking formally: ¿Cómo está? Here are some answers you could try:
Spanish English bien good muy bien very good Spanish English fenomenal phenomenal gracias thank you mal bad muy mal very bad
TASK 2: Use what you have learnt to complete the comic strip conversations between the two
characters on the sheet below:
Extension: Complete the short quiz below consolidating what you have learnt. Circle the correct answers.
Share your comic strips with us on class dojo to see if others have chosen similar or different ideas, as well as some videos of you practicing your greetings with people at home!
Qué tenga unas buenas vacaciones! (Have a good holiday!)