Home Learning Week beginning 30th November 2020 for children shielding or self isolating.
English
We are continuing to write our Fantasy Portal Stories focusing on setting descriptions.
Use ‘2Create a Story’ on Purple Mash to write a story with a Beginning, Build Up, Problem, Resolution and Ending.
Watch The Alchemist’s Letter
https://www.literacyshed.com/the-alchemists-letter.html
Re-write the story as if you are the man in the story. Describe the cottage from the outside and from the inside. Remember to use adjectives, metaphors, similes and personification.
Maths
Subtraction
LO To be able to subtract two 4 digit numbers with more than one exchange.
https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Y4-Autumn-Block-2-WO7-Subtract-two-4-digit-numbers-more-than-one-exchange-2019.pdf
LO To use efficient methods of subtraction
https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Y4-Autumn-Block-2-WO8-Efficient-subtraction-2019.pdf
LO To be able to estimate answers
https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Y4-Autumn-Block-2-WO9-Estimate-answers-2019.pdf
Checking Strategies
https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Y4-Autumn-Block-2-WO10-Checking-strategies-2019.pdf
One Maths lesson a week is dedicated to Times Tables. Don’t forget to practise your times tables at home. Use TT Rockstarz, Purple Mash or Mathletics to practise the times table you are working on.
Science
LO: To understand that some materials can change state when heated.
Research the temperature that different materials melt at and create a poster demonstrating the different melting points.
Try researching materials such as…
Glass
Aluminium
Chocolate
Iron
Olive Oil
Mercury
Gold
Candle Wax
Sugar
Ice