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Year 4 - Week beginning 22nd June

Reading and Writing Tasks

Reading Activities:

1. Read the extracts from the National Geographic Kids article on the Red Panda. Answer the questions that follow.

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V- In the first paragraph the word totters is used to describe the movement of the panda. Give your own synonym for this word. You may need to use a dictionary to help

I- How do red pandas maintain their balance? Look at the section titled ‘Built-In Balance’ to help you find your answer.

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P- Which type of panda do you think is more likely to find a shady spot under a tree to sleep? A Red or Giant Panda? Look at the section titled ‘Panda Smackdown’ to help you find your answer.

E- Explain two similarities that a Red Panda and a Giant Panda have in common. Refer to the section titled ‘Panda Smackdown’ to help you find the answer.

R- Refer to the last section of information. Why do Red pandas have super sharp claws?

S- Summarise the important physical characteristics of a Red Panda. Use all parts of the article to help you.

2. Design an information poster about a Red Panda, use the information from the article above.

3. Research the author of any of the books that you have read. Fill in this profile on him or her.

Year 4 Home Learning Author Study Full name: __________________________Date of birth: ________________________Place of birth: _______________________Famous for: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who are they?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

About their life:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Interesting information about them:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Using your own book, use two or three pages to find as many connectives as you can. Use these connectives to write 5 sentences of your own.Here are some examples of words to look out for:

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Writing Tasks:

1. This week your writing task is to create a story based on The Canal as a model for writing using the steps to success for a short story.

What does a short story need to have?

Steps to success - short story

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Self-assessment

5 part story consistent tense 3rd person describe character describe setting fronted adverbial phrases dialogue

Read the short story below:

The Canal.

“Now, I do not want you two playing down by the old canal. You know it’s dangerous,” said Mrs Mac, digging her hands deep into the washing up bowl. Tom and Tiree nodded as if they understood.

Ten minutes later, they reached the old canal. Cautiously, they peered in. The water was still, black and deep. Although it looked dangerous, Tom grinned at his brother. He took the rope swing that dangled from an overhanging branch and leaped out over the canal. He swung backwards and forwards whooping like a siren. Although Tiree was laughing, inside his heart was thudding. He knew that he would have to swing over the canal next.

“Are you scared, Tiree?” asked Tom, staring at him. Tiree did not want his friend to think that he was a coward so he ran back, leapt out and sailed across the canal, skimming the water with his heels. But half way over, the rope snapped. Tiree crashed down into the water. Tom gasped because he knew that Tiree could not swim!

Desperately, Tom leapt in. At first, he could see nothing – just darkness and weed tangling his feet. Then he saw red! It was Tiree’s hoodie. Frantically, Tom grabbed it and tugged Tiree to the side. Tiree lay on the bank gasping and wheezing like an old man.

Twenty minutes later, they were standing in Mrs Mac’s kitchen. They had to explain what had happened and Mrs Mac grounded them for a week! After all, she had warned them often enough. The canal was dangerous. They had been lucky.

2. Plan your short story using the planning grid below:

Planning ideas Beginning 2 characters decide to play a game…

Who are your characters? What are they playing? Have they been given a warning about the place they want to go to?

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Build-up The 2 characters arrive at the place where your story is set. Where is the story set? A woodland? A forest? A haunted house? What do the characters do there?

Problem The characters face a problem – one of them needs help. What happens to the characters? What do they say to one another?

Resolution One character helps their friend. How does the character help his/her friend? What does he do?

Ending The characters return home relived that they are safe. What happened to them when they returned home? What did their parents say?

Story title Decide on a title for your story once you have written it. The Woodland? The Haunted forest? The mysterious woods? What will your story be called?

3. Write the opening and build-up to your story using the story model (The Canal) to help you.

Here is another example:

The Woodland

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“Now please listen to me, I do not want you two playing down by that desolate woodland area. You know that it could be very dangerous,” said Mrs Johns cautiously as she paused from her book. Thomas and George nodded in agreement but there was a twinkle in their eyes as they knew they wanted to explore.

Twenty minutes later, they had reached the forbidden woodland. They peered through the towering trees towards a clearing in the distance…

4. Write the problem section of your story using the story model to help you. 5. Write the resolution and ending to your short story using the story model to help

you. Decide on a title for your story.

Foundation subjects

Science – Travelling sounds

How do sounds travel? Cut out the pictures and put them in the correct order to show how sounds travel. (answers at the end of home learning pack)

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You and your partner (an adult at home) should stand far apart from each other. Use your normal speaking voice to try to talk to each other. Make sure that you can't hear each other! Why can’t you hear each other?

The vibrations from the sound of your voice cannot continue moving as far as your partner's ear. The vibrations get smaller and stop before they reach your partner.

Your task is to make a string telephone to explore how sounds travel over a distance. You will need: two paper cups, a compass or a sewing needle to make holes in the cups and approximately 20m length of string.

What to do:

Ask an adult to help you to use the compass or sewing needle to carefully poke a hole in the bottom of each cup.

Thread the string through the holes and tie a knot at each end to stop it pulling through the cups.

You and your partner should each hold a cup and move apart so that the string is tight. Take turns talking into your cup while your partner listens in their cup.

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Oracy task - how does your telephone work?

Explain how your telephone works to an adult at home. You can use the sentences below to help you.

History – Viking houses

Read the information about Viking Longhouses below and make notes – there are also some web links to help you research the topic further. Create your own ‘House for Sale’ leaflet advertising a Viking Longhouse that is for sale. You will need to include features which would be important to a Viking family and describe what the house is like inside.

Here are some web links to help you:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/ztqbr82

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zrthfg8

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Viking house for sale!

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Computing

Log on to Purple Mash on the Learning Links section on the website.

Select computing then select then complete 3 of the coding challenges below.

Geography – coastal erosion

What is erosion?

Watch this video clip - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z7fr87h

Draw and label the features of a coastline or make a model of coastline featuring caves, arches and stacks. Use the picture below to help you.

Oracy task – describe to an adult at home how these different features are formed through the process of weathering and erosion.

Useful website link - https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/coastal-erosion

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