Welcome to Year 4
Week beginning 1st June 2020
Monday
English
Choose mild, spicy or hot from the button below.
Activities
Reading comprehensionMaths
Can you get a higher score each day?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Measures: Money
https://www.thenational.academy/year-4/maths/measures-money-the-price-of-stamps-year-4-wk4-2
Complete the money activities below.
Money activity
MoneyMindfulness
Create a compliments tree
Find some twigs in the garden, tie them together and put them in a cup or tin. Cut out some paper leaf shapes, write a compliment for each person in your home and hang them on the tree.
Ask everyone in your family to do the same and display your tree for all to see.
Who were the ancient Greeks?
What else can you find out about the ancient Greeks?
Activities
TimelineTuesday
English
Then write a diary entry as a member of the Greek army.
Describe how you felt when you left the gift for the people of Troy.
How did you feel when the war was over?
Did you think this was a good plan? Why?
Activities
The Legend of the Trojan HorseMaths
Maths short activity - Times tables- TTRS
Can you get a higher score each day?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Choosing appropriate measures:
https://www.thenational.academy/year-4/maths/measures-choosing-appropriate-measures-year-4-wk3-1
Mindfulness
Make a stress sock
Fill an old sock with something soft.
You could use bubble wrap, foam packaging, a washing up or shower sponge, rolled up socks or scrunched up wrapping paper.
Tie a knot in the top of the sock or use a hair bobble or elastic band to keep the contents in.
Squeeze and release the sock in a rhythm that feels right for you
Who were the ancient Greeks?
How did the Olympic games begin?
After you have watched the video, have a look at the artefacts below and write down in your home learning books, or underneath each picture;
1. What Olympic game you think is being played?
2. Why do you think this?
3. Do you see this game still played in the Olympic games today?
Activities
Olympic artefactsWednesday
English
If you need to refresh your memory- read the Legend of the Trojan Horse again.
Re-tell the story as a storyboard either straight into your home learning books, or using the storyboard template below.
- Remember to write in full sentences with the correct punctuation.
- Include illustrations.
Storyboard template
StoryboardMaths
Maths short activity: TTRS
Can you get a higher score each day?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Telling the time- write the time shown on the analogue clocks to the nearest 5 minutes.
Activity
Telling the timeMindfulness
Go on a sensory walk
Go on a sensory walk around your house or garden. What can you see, hear, smell and feel? Can you write a poem or sensory story?
Greek olympics
What do the 5 rings mean?
Using the first resource, find out what the 5 rings in the olympic symbol mean.
Then answer the questions on the sheet (resource 2)
Thursday
Maths
Maths short activity - TTRS
Can you get a higher score each day?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Time- Converting hours, minutes and seconds. Try the challenge on page 2 if you are confident!
Activity 1
Converting timeCollective Worship
Collective Worship
https://www.thenational.academy/assembly
Catch Up Time
Catch up time...
Anything you haven't finished
Reading
TT Rockstars
My Maths
Spelling Shed
Time with your family
Friday
English
Writing:
Free Writing Friday!
Your child knows how this works, but I’ve added some guidance below as well.
Choose a border and add to your writing each week.
A story?
A poem?
A character description?
Information?
Instructions?
Or something else?
Free Writing Friday
LetterWriting paper
FootballMaths
Maths short activity - TTRS
Can you get a higher score each day?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Maths Challenges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd7j2sg
Complete a maths challenge from below. Will you choose mild, spicy or hot?
Activity
Maths mat challengesMindfulness
Create a song, collage, poem, picture, drawing or painting from the view outside your window.
Catch Up Time
Catch up time...
Anything you haven't finished
Reading
TT Rockstars
My Maths
Spelling Shed
Time with your family