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Alder and Rowan- Year 4 Home learning - Week 1

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English MathsReading GPS Mental Maths

10-Minute daily reading

Find somewhere quiet and comfortable to read a chapter of your book.

Nouns

Find all the nouns in each of the sentences. Can you

find all of them?

Year 4 arithmetic paper 110 minutes

10-Minute TT Rockstars

Vipers Writing White Rose Maths British Reptiles

L.O To explain the meaning of key vocabulary within the context of the text.

S.C I can find the

word in the text. I can use a

dictionary/adult to help me understand that word.

I can read the rest of the sentence to help me understand the word.

I can use the clues in the text to explain what an unknown word means.

Day 1 – Read the text (use a reading ruler if you have one) and highlight any vocabulary you are unsure of – ask your adult to help.

Answer section 1 – vocabulary.

L.O To identify and use subordinating conjunctions of time (when, before, until, as soon as).

S.C I can read the

sentence out loud. I can choose the best

subordinating conjunction of time to fill the gap.

I can read the sentence back to myself to check it makes sense.

Task – Choose the best time conjunction to finish the sentences then write some of your own sentences using the time conjunctions.

Challenge – Find some time conjunctions in your reading book and put them into sentences.

Division

L.O To recall division facts for the 6 and 12 times tables.

S.C I can divide

mentally using place value and known or derived facts. Eg. 600÷3=200 because 6÷3=2

I can use partitioning to help me divide larger two digit numbers by a one digit number eg. 72÷3 – splits into 60÷3=20 and 12÷3=4 so 72÷3=24

Print off the activity sheet or do your calculations on a piece of paper.

Top TipsWriting – A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate clause with a main clause to create a complex sentence. It adds extra information to the sentence e.g. When she arrived, she took off her hat and scarf.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3

GPS – A noun is a word for a person, place or thing. There are common nouns – these are the names of things (places or objects). There are also proper nouns – these are the names of a particular person, place or thing and they always start with a capital letter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3

June – Proper nountable – common nounhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zpd8ng8


Tues

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English MathsReading Spellings Mental Maths


Ask your adult if you can read to them – remember to speak loud and clear!

The ‘shuhn’ sound spelt ‘tion’

Task – Add ‘tion’ to the end of the root words.

Challenge – word search



Vipers Writing White Rose MathsBritish Reptiles

L.O To draw inferences such as inferring a characters’ motives from their actions.

S.C Find the section

‘smooth snakes’ in the text.

Read the section about being camouflaged.

Think about why they need to do this.

Give a reason for your answer.

L.O To identify and use subordinating conjunctions of place (where, wherever).

S.C I can read the

sentence out loud. I can identify which

subordinating conjunction is missing.


Task – Choose the best conjunction of place to finish the sentences then write some of your own sentences.Challenge – Find some ‘place conjunctions’ in your reading book and write them in sentences using rainbow colours.

Division

L.O To use partitioning to divide two-digit numbers by a one-digit number.

S.C

I can partition the number I am dividing into tens and ones e.g. 84 = 80 and 4

I can divide the ones by the divisor e.g. 80 ÷ 4 = 20


I can add the answers together e.g. 20 + 1 = 21

Print off the activity sheet or do your calculations on a piece of paper.

Top TipsMental Maths If you are finding TT Rockstars tricky. Try writing your timetables out just like we do in school. Do you notice any patterns?

Maths – If you find dividing tricky, you can use counters, cubes or anything you can find at home and divide them between plates or cups!

Vipers – Inference is when you read between the lines and look for clues. The answers are not in the text but the text will give you clues to help you. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs/articles/zqmyw6f

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs/articles/zqmyw6f

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zpd8ng8


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Find somewhere quiet and comfortable to read a chapter of your book.

Adjectives

Add adjectives to complete the sentences then edit the

sentences to improve them.



Vipers Writing White Rose Maths British ReptilesDay 3 – Explanation

L.O To use skimming and scanning to identify specific information.

S.C Read the

question carefully and think about what it is asking you.

Skim and scan to find key words in the text.

Read the section that relates to the question. Look for the evidence that explains your answer.

Answer the question in as much detail as possible.

L.O To identify and use causal conjunctions (since, because, so that) to create complex sentences.S.C

I can read the sentence out loud.

I can choose the best causal conjunction to fill the gap.


Task – Choose the best causal conjunction to finish the sentences then write some of your own sentences.Challenge – Find some causal conjunctions in a reading book and see if you can swap the structure of the sentence around.

Division

L.O To use partitioning to divide two-digit numbers by a one-digit number with a remainder.

S.C

I can partition the tens and ones e.g. 85 = 80 and 5 I can divide the

tens by the divisor e.g. 80 ÷4 = 20

I can divide the ones by the divisor e.g. 5 ÷ 4 = 1 remainder 1

I can add the answers together e.g. 21 remainder 1.

Top TipsWriting ChallengeLook at the two complex sentences below. The main and subordinate clause have been swapped around but the sentences still make sense! Make sure you use a comma after the subordinate clause.

Because I walked home slowly, I was late for the beginning of the football match.I was late for the beginning of the football match because I walked home slowly.

GPSAdjectives describe nouns. ‘It was a terrible book.’ The word ‘terrible’ is an adjective because it describes the book which is the noun. Adjectives can make your writing more

interesting and you can use more than one to describe each noun. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zy2r6yc


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English MathsReading Spellings Mental Maths


Ask your adult if you can read out loud to them – remember

expression and tone.

The ‘shuhn’ sound spelt ‘sion’

Task – Add ‘sion’ to the end of the root words.

Challenge – word search



Vipers Writing White Rose MathsBritish Reptiles

Day 4 – Retrieve

L.O To use skimming and scanning to identify specific information.

S.C Read the

question carefully and think about what it is asking you.

Skim and scan to find key words in the text.

Read the section that relates to the question. Look for the evidence that explains your answer.

Answer the question in as much detail as possible.

Short storyL.O To write a short story using a range of sentences.

S.C Include complex and

short sentences to add detailed description to my story.

Use an interesting opener to hook the reader.

Describe the setting (5 senses).

Describe the characters.

Describe the problem they face.

How do they solve the problem?

Describe what happens at the end.

Task: Write a short story based on the image below (larger image at the bottom of the page. Challenge: Use a variety of sentence structures – try having the subordinate clause at the beginning and the end of your sentences.

Division

L.O To use partitioning to divide three-digit numbers by a one-digit number.

S.C:

I can partition the number I am dividing into hundreds, tens and ones e.g. 609 = 600 + 0 + 9

I can divide the hundreds by the divisor e.g. 600 ÷ 3 = 200

I can divide the tens by the divisor e.g. 0 ÷ 3 = 0


I can add the answers together e.g. 200 + 0 + 3 = 203

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zy2r6yc

Top TipsWriting To get your story started think about these questions: Where is this creature? Who is hiding behind the tree? Why are they hiding? What is this creature? Is he dangerous/friendly? What are they both doing there? Let your imagination run wild!


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Ask your adult to read your book with you –

try little voice, big voice like we do in

school.

AdverbsIdentify the adverbs in each

sentence then write your own adverbs to complete each

sentence.



Vipers Writing White Rose Maths British Reptiles

Day 5 –Summarise

L.O To summarise information from the text.

S.C I can skim and

scan the text to look for the key information.

I can look at each paragraph, locating the topic sentence.

I can list the key points.

I can only include the

Short story L.O To re-read my writing and check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation and correct some of these errors.

S.C I can read my story back

to myself, out loud checking for errors.

I can check for missing capital letters, full stops and commas.

I can look for obvious spelling errors and correct them (if you have a dictionary, use it)

I can check that my writing is in the correct tense.

I can improve my vocabulary by changing my word choices (use a thesaurus or ask an adult to help here).

Division

L.O To use partitioning to divide three-digit numbers by a one-digit number (continued).

S.C:


I can divide the hundreds by the divisor e.g. 600 ÷ 3 = 200

I can divide the tens by the

main ideas. Task: Edit and improve your short story. Focus on punctuation, spelling and interesting word choices. – Don’t forget about your handwriting!Afterwards, share your story with someone in your household!

divisor e.g. 0 ÷ 3 = 0


I can add the answers together e.g. 200 + 0 + 3 = 203

Top TipsWritinghttps://www.thesaurus.com/ Use this website for an online thesaurus.

Mental Maths If you have made some mistakes – do not panic. Have a look at what you have done and see if you can figure out the mistake. Ask an adult to help you.

GPS – AdverbsAn adverb is a word that describes a verb. ‘He ate his breakfast quickly.’ The word ‘quickly’ is an adverb as it describes how he is eating his breakfast. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zgsgxfr

GPS – MondayUnderline the nouns in the sentences below.

1. My birthday is in May. 2. Scarlett’s favourite food is chocolate. 3. The ancient oak tree was covered in ivy. 4. Josh, Liam and Sam went to the cinema after school. 5. Stealthily, the golden lion stalked its prey. 6. The flowers were bright yellow and smelled beautiful. 7. Kenny and Amy raced down the hill. 8. Feeling excited, the children each opened their presents. 9. Fluttering delicately, the butterfly landed onto Rosie’s hand. 10.Peeking through the window, Emily could see her mum icing chocolate

cookies. 11.Lucy and Jess are going to London on Saturday. 12.Down the winding lane stood the witch’s crooked house made from ginger-

bread.

GPS – Wednesday

Add an adjective into each sentence to describe the noun.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zgsgxfr

https://www.thesaurus.com/

1. The ____________ earthquake shook the ground.2. The people were _____________ when the buildings shook.3. The _______________ island lay in the middle of the ocean.4. The crowd were ____________ after watching the film.5. The ________________ winner jumped for joy after hearing the news.

Now rewrite and improve these sentences by changing the adjective in bold into a powerful description.

6. Janine was sitting in a nice chair.7. Mum’s new hairstyle was bad.8. The weather today is not nice.9. Lorna’s new puppy was cute.10.The story written by Fynley was good.

Need some help? Use some of these words to help you.

GPS – FridayUnderline the adverbs in the sentences below.

1. He smiled cautiously as he put away the shopping.2. She frowned anxiously.3. He quickly walked to school so that he wasn’t late.4. Carefully, she looked for her coat.5. Thankfully, it would be her turn soon.

Complete the sentences below. If you need extra help, use the adverb word bank below.

6. She ran ________ down the road.7. It will be my birthday _____________.8. He wandered ____________ home.9. _________________, she had to wrap her brother's birthday present.10.Her Dad was coming to pick her up __________________.

Spellings – TuesdayRead these words. Add the suffix ‘tion’ to the end of the root words. If the word ends in ‘e’, you must drop the ‘e’ and add the ‘tion.’ If the word ends in ‘t’, then finish with ‘ion.’

1. Invent2. Inject3. Act4. Attract5. Translate6. Devote

Now find the ‘tion’ words in this word search.

Spellings – ThursdayRead these words. Add the suffix ‘sion’ to the end of the root words. If the word ends in an ‘de’, drop it and add ‘sion.’ If the word ends in ‘se’, drop the ‘e’ and add ‘sion.’

1. Divide2. Invade3. Confuse4. Decide5. Collide6. Revise7. Include8. Explode

Now find the ‘sion’ words in this word search.

Writing – Monday

1. ______________________ she had finished her sandwich, she opened her bag of crisps.

2. The new baby was born ________________ the nursery was decorated.3. She couldn’t leave _________________ the film had finished.4. ________________ she arrived home with her new football, she had run out

of energy.5. He had just sat down _______________ the doorbell chimed.

Now write at least 5 sentences of you own!

Writing – Tuesday

1. ________________ they went for a sandwich, John always chose cheese.2. ___________________ his school dinners were served, cheese sandwiches

were not available for John.3. You should have wholegrain cereals for breakfast ________________ that is

possible. 4. He has hidden the treasure _______________ no one else will find it.

Now write at least 5 sentences of you own!

Writing – Wednesday

1. I was unhappy _____________ I decided to go home.

2. _____________ I was angry, I still apologised for my bad behaviour.

3. I was exhausted ____________ I was running so quickly towards the finishing line.

4. The car stopped ___________ someone had removed the petrol.

5. _____________ I was sleepy, I decided to take myself to bed.

Now write at least 5 sentences of you own!Writing – Thursday

where wherever

since because so that therefore

Need some help?Here are some sentence starts to help you get started:As the creature moved closer,When the boy looked behind the tree,He could see…The sound of footsteps…It was dark…Because the boy was scared,Wherever the creature went...

Monday

L.O. To recall division facts for the 6 and 12 times tables.

Success criteria:

I can divide mentally using place value and known or derived facts. Eg. 600÷3=200 because 6÷3=2

I can use partitioning to help me divide larger two digit numbers by a one digit number eg. 72÷3 – splits into 60÷3=20 and 12÷3=4 so 72÷3=24

Fluent in 5 (Think carefully here about the most efficient method for working each question out).

1. 463 + 72 =2. 694 – 263 =3. 17 × 3 =4. 12 ÷ 4 =5. Half of 30 =

Use your multiplication grid to help you!

1. I have 24 apples to share equally

into 6 baskets. How many apples

do I need in each basket?

2. Complete the sentences.

There are ___ lots of ___ eggs.

There are ___ eggs in total.

First there were ___ eggs. Then they were shared into ___ boxes.

Now there are ___ eggs in each box.

____ ÷ ____ = ____

3. Complete the fact family.

6 × 4 = ____

____ × ____ = 24

____ ÷ ____ = 4

24 ÷ ____ = ____

Tuesday L.O. To use partitioning to divide two-digit numbers by a one-digit number.

Success criteria:

I can partition the number I am dividing into tens and ones e.g. 84 = 80 and 4

I can divide the tens by the divisor e.g. 80 ÷ 4 = 20 I can divide the ones by the divisor e.g. 4 ÷ 4 = 1 I can add the answers together e.g. 20 + 1 = 21

Fluent in 5 (Use your multiplication grid here if you need to).

1. 17 ×5 =2. Half of 50 =3. 19 + 20 + 11 =4. 127 – 29 =5. 72 ÷ 9 =

Use your multiplication grid to help you!

Show your working on the part whole model below.

1. 66 ÷ 6 = ______ 5. 88 ÷ 4 =

2. 84 ÷ 4 = ______ 6. _______ ÷ 4 = 48

3. 96 ÷ 3 = ______ 7. 69 ÷ 3 =

4. 39 ÷ 3 = ______

Challenge

Wednesday L.O. To use partitioning to divide two-digit numbers by a one-digit number with a remainder.

Success criteria:

I can partition the tens and ones e.g. 85 = 80 and 5 I can divide the tens by the divisor e.g. 80 ÷4 = 20 I can divide the ones by the divisor e.g. 5 ÷ 4 = 1 remainder 1 I can add the answers together e.g. 21 remainder 1

Fluent in 5

1. How many sides does a pentagon have?2. Find half of 1003. 345 – 73 =4. Write 0.5 as a fraction5. Write seven tenths as a decimal

1. 86 ÷ 4 2. 87 ÷ 4 3. 88 ÷ 4 4. 97 ÷ 3 5. 98 ÷ 3 6. 99 ÷ 3

Challenge

Thursday

L.O. To use partitioning to divide three-digit numbers by a one-digit number.

Success criteria:


I can divide the hundreds by the divisor e.g. 600 ÷ 3 = 200 I can divide the tens by the divisor e.g. 0 ÷ 3 = 0 I can divide the ones by the divisor e.g. 9 ÷ 3 = 3 I can add the answers together e.g. 200 + 0 + 3 = 203

Fluent in 5

1. 12 × 5 = _____2. Write ninety six hundredths as a decimal fraction3. Write 0.25 as a fraction4. 923 – 452 =5. 945 + 234 =

1. 906 ÷ 3 2. 884 ÷ 4 3. 884 ÷ 8 4. 489 ÷ 25. 606 ÷ 6 =6. 804 ÷ 2 =

Challenge

Challenge

Friday L.O. To use partitioning to divide three-digit numbers by a one-digit number (continued).

Success criteria:


I can divide the hundreds by the divisor e.g. 600 ÷ 3 = 200 I can divide the tens by the divisor e.g. 0 ÷ 3 = 0 I can divide the ones by the divisor e.g. 9 ÷ 3 = 3 I can add the answers together e.g. 200 + 0 + 3 = 203

Fluent in 5

1. Thirteen subtract four equals2. Write a quarter as a decimal fraction3. Which shape has six sides?4. 15 multiplied by 55. 150 divided by 5

1. 404 ÷ 4 =2. 846 ÷ 2 =3. 909 ÷ 3 =4. 804 ÷ 8 =5. 662 ÷ 3 =6. 405 ÷ 4 =

Challenge

VIPERS-

Guided ReadingBritish

ReptilesVocabulary 1. Find and copy a phrase to describe a habitat.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What does ‘a constrictor’ mean?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Male Adders are usually _______________ while _____________ are reddish-brown.

Inference 4. ‘Smooth snakes are well camouflaged’ – why do they need to do this?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation 5. There is evidence to suggest that British reptiles are under threat. Why do you think this may be?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. In which types of habitats can you find a snake? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Retrieve 7. Find two reasons to support the statement which states that British reptiles are difficult to see.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Summarise 8. Attempt to summarise the definition of a British reptile.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

For fun - draw an image of an Adder. Pay attention to its markings!

My drawing of an Adder

Wider Curriculum Choice Grid

As well as completing a daily maths, English, spelling and reading task, we have put together a selection of different topic activities for you to complete at your leisure. We realise this is a busy time and so most of these do not require written work but instead are discussion and interaction based.

Let’s Get Physical!(PE)

Create a dance routine to your favourite song and

perform it to a family member.

I can compose and perform routines with a clear

structure.

Let’s Explore!(Geography)

Create an 8-point compass. Now make a

secret route in your back garden and direct

someone round using just your compass!

I can use the eight points of a compass.

Let’s Investigate!(Science)

Gather materials that are liquids and solids and sort them into a

table/sorting grid. Can you name any gases to

put into the grid?

I can compare and group materials together,

according to whether they are solids, liquids or

gases.Maths Challenge!

Can you solve the problems of the day?

Challenges at the bottom of the document.

Let’s Get Arty!(Art)

Sketch something in your garden/out of a window

that interests you. Try to use tone to shade it in.

I can record first hand observations.

Let’s Rewind!(History)

Plan to cook a dish with food that is grown,

reared or caught. Can you find out where each food item has

come from?

I understand that food is grown (tomatoes, wheat

and potatoes), reared (pigs, chickens) and

caught (fish).

Extra Maths Challenges

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