Grade 4 Homework

May 7 - 11

Name: ________________________________ Choose your own homework assignments! You must choose three activities that connect either diagonally, horizontally, or vertically. Of course, if you decide to complete more than three tasks, that is great! If you need more space, you should attach other paper. Please hand in your homework when you are done, no later than Friday. Good luck and have fun!

- Mr. Graves

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

An acrostic poem used letters from a

name or a word to begin each line in a

poem. All the lines in the poem must

relate to or describe the topic word.

Your poem can be about your name, the

name of a friend, a famous person, or

even a favourite animal, hobby, or sport.

Think of words that best describe your

name or topic and practice writing your

poem below. For an even greater

challenge, try to make the lines of your

acrostic poem rhyme.

Example:

JILL

Jill is very funny

I like when she tells jokes

Loveable and smart

Laughter fills her house

Where Is It?

Complete the Where is it?

decimal activity found on the

back of this sheet or download

a larger copy from our class

Weebly page.

Parent Initials _________

Craft Fair Sales

The students at the Pickford School

Craft Fair are selling necklaces,

bracelets, and rings. Harry counted

the necklaces and found that there

were 6 short of 5 dozen. The students

had 30 more rings than necklaces

and a dozen fewer bracelets than

rings.

When packed in boxes holding 6

items per box, how many boxes of

each item did they have?

Record your answer on the back of

this sheet. Visit https://www.eduplace.com/kids/mh

m/brain/gr4/ch05/bt_04_05_q.html

to check your answer.

What Is a Habitat? A habitat is the place an animal

lives: where it gets food, water,

and shelter. Go online (with your

parent’s permission) and visit the

site below. Print off a copy of

your work and attach it to this

sheet. http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/habitats/index.html

Parent initials _______

At this time of year, there are many

outdoor clean-up activities that need

to be done to beautify your home

(sweeping, raking leaves, etc.). List

three activities that need to be done

around your home in the space

below.

1. ___________________________

2. ___________________________

3. ___________________________

Now choose one of these activities

and perform that task for your

family.

I chose to ____________________

_____________________________

____________________________ .

Joggers do stretching exercises to

get their muscles in shape before

they run. This game will help you

flex your “writing muscles”

before starting a poem. Play the

game on the reverse side of this

sheet with a friend or family

member.

Materials:

Game board

A penny

A pencil

Scrap paper

Clock or watch with a

second hand (optional)

Parent initials: _______

Which bowl of apples weighs

more, one that weighs 2/3 of a

kilogram or one that weights 5/6

of a kilogram? Explain.

Parent initials _________

Spelling Challenge Each of the sentences below has two

underlined words. One of these words is

spelled correctly, and the other is

misspelled. Use your knowledge of

adding prefixes and suffixes to root

words to find the misspelled words.

Write the correct spelling above the

misspelled words.

1. The lovely greeness of her plans had

turned to sticky brownness.

2. The problem had gone unnoticed for

days, but with a scary suddeness, it

had appeared.

3. Janet had to discover what was

causing the thinness of her celery

stalks and the unatural spots on her

beans.

Solve at least 2 of these problems.

At Bonita’s Breakfast Emporium, a

small latte costs $2.50 and a bagel

with cream cheese is $2. 25

(including tax). If you give the clerk

$5 to buy both, how much change

will you receive?

Bob bought 3 CDs at HMV over the

weekend. Each CD cost $5.99.

How much did Bob spend on his CD

purchase?

Lucy and Martha went to the movies

Tuesday night. Lucy’s ticket cost

$6. She also bought popcorn ($5.67)

and a Pepsi ($2.99). How much

money did Lucy spend at the

movies?

Reminders for this week:

Library books due on Monday P.E. clothes for Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

Ducks Unlimited field trip on Friday – come dressed for the weather (and bugs).

Return D.U. waver form by Wednesday.