Grade 4 Homework- continuing the learning at home
Reading (compulsory)
Each week, students are required to read at least 100 minutes and record this reading in their homework book. Their homework book must be signed by a guardian.
Reading may consist of:
• Daily reading of a just right book
• Daily reading of class novel (Literature circles)
• Daily reading of an appropriate eBook
• Daily reading of levelled reader (if required)
• Reading and practice of spelling or common words
• Research for a class project or investigation – this may include note taking and responses
• Reading responses – students may be asked to respond to a reading task
• Reading and responding to digital literature - Reading Eggs
Reading may consist of:
• Daily reading of a just right book
• Daily reading of class novel (Literature circles)
• Daily reading of an appropriate eBook
• Daily reading of levelled reader (if required)
• Reading and practice of spelling or common words
• Research for a class project or investigation – this may include note taking and responses
• Reading responses – students may be asked to respond to a reading task
• Reading and responding to digital literature - Reading Eggs
Weekly Homework:
Each week, students will be given a spelling sheet with their weekly spelling words and a numeracy task which consolidates what has been taught at school. Homework will be given out on Monday and is expected to be returned the following Monday.
Term 4
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Prefix/dis/ as in dislike
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Graph /e/ making the 'eh' sound as in garden
Numeracy - Finding Equivalent Products. You must write your multiplication sentences neatly in your homework book. Please see Google Classroom for further instructions.
Week 6
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ci/ making the 'sh' sound as in special
Numeracy - Mapping. Please see Google Classroom for this week's task.
Week 2:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ew/ making the 'oo' sound as in screw.
Week 1:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ui/ making the 'oo' sound as in fruit.
Numeracy Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of activities related to 'Time' and then go into Sunset Maths. Have an adult sign the homework slip.
Term 3
Week 10:
Reading - 100 minutes
Week 9:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ui/ making the 'oo' sound as in fruit.
Numeracy Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of activities related to 'Time' and then go into Sunset Maths. Have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - No spelling this week as it is Revision week
Numeracy Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of multiplication and division facts and have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Graph /v/ making the sound "v" sound as in voice
Numeracy - First to 50 Multiplication (Please see Google Classroom for instructions)
Week 6:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Trigraph /ure/
Spelling Activity - Choose 5 spelling words and find 2 synonyms and 2 antonyms for those words. Please set out your work neatly.
Numeracy - Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of multiplication facts and have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 5:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Consonant suffix -ly
Spelling Activity - Word search Wizard: Create a big word search containing all your spelling words. You will swap your word search with a friend on Monday morning and have 10 minutes to find as many words as you can.
Numeracy - My Numeracy/Studyladder. You must complete 30 minutes of activities and have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 4:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling -no spelling focus this week. We will be revising in class.
Positive Education - Sleep Log sheet.
Numeracy - Adding Fractions blocks
Week 3:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling -graph /k/ making “k” sound as in kitten
Spelling Activity - Collect some small items and use them to form five of your spelling words. Take a photo with your iPad and be ready to share your photos with your teacher on Monday. Small items may include: buttons, rocks, leaves, sticks, toy cars, jelly beans, smarties etc. You do not need to print your photos.
Numeracy - Essential Assessment - Three tasks have been set for you to complete.
Week 2:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Trigraph /que/ making “k” sound as in antique.
Spelling Activity - Word Meanings for 5 spelling words
Numeracy - Money Word Problems
In Google Classroom you will find 'Money Word Problems'. You are to answer these questions in your homework book and you MUST show full working out of each problem. Please make sure your work is neat, especially when showing your vertical working out.
Week 1:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - suffix - ment
Spelling Activity - Alphabetical order
Numeracy - Find my three numbers.
Term 2
Week 10:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ie/ making the sound 'e' as in chief
Spelling Activity - Alphabetical order
Numeracy - Tasks have been set on Studyladder for you to complete.
Week 9:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - graph/t/making the sound 'ch' as in nature
Spelling Activity - Fancy Writing
Numeracy - A fraction of a day
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
English-Collective Nouns. You will find a sheet in Google Classroom. You need to write the sentences in your homework book with the correct collective nouns. Then underline the collective noun. Remember to use capital letters and full stops correctly.
Numeracy - Division crossword puzzle
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph/au/as in sauce
Spelling Activity - Word Meanings for 5 spelling words
Numeracy - Colour by Fraction - Equivalent fractions
Week 6:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - quadgraph/augh/as in daughter
Spelling Activity - Highlight difficult part
Numeracy - Studyladder: Equivalent fractions. There are 3 activities which have been set.
Week 5:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /re/ as in centre
Spelling Activity - Pictures. Write out your words in a list and then draw a picture for 3 of your spelling words.
Numeracy - Dinner Time. Record what time you start eating dinner on a digital and analogue clock and the time that you finish clearing up after dinner for five nights.
For example:
You sit down to start dinner at 6:23 pm and finish dinner and clearing up at 7:05 pm. Record these times on the digital and analogue clocks provided. Then you need to calculate how much time has elapsed and show your working out.
From 6:23 to 6:30 is 7 minutes.
From 6:30 to 7:00 is 30 minutes.
From 7:00 to 7:05 is 5 minutes.
7 + 30 + 5 = 42 minutes
Week 4:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - no spelling words this week
Spelling Activity - no spelling this week
Numeracy - Essential Assessment: My Numeracy. Students are to log into Essential Assessment and practise mathematical concepts on 'My Numeracy' for a minimum of 30 minutes. A guardian must write the time spend on My Numeracy and sign it in their child's homework book.
Week 3:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /ch/ as in chef
Spelling Activity - Similar Meanings
Numeracy - Robots - Find a Line. Focus is multiplication and division
Week 2:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /wr/ as in wrist
Spelling Activity - Word endings
Numeracy - Multiplication puzzle
Week 1:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /gg/ as in egg
Spelling Activity - Meaningful sentences
Numeracy - Multiplication dot to dot
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /or/ as in doctor
Numeracy - Addition problems sheet
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - graph /y/ as in pyramid
Numeracy - Addition sheet
Week 6:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /tt/ as in pattern
Numeracy - Problem Solving: Drawing a Diagram. Our focus is the strategy of drawing a diagram. Students are to draw a diagram and explain their thinking for the 2 problems below. Problems are posted on google classroom.
1. Problem 12
2. Problem 13
Week 5:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph/ai/ as in snail
Numeracy - Place Value Yahtzee. Please click on the link below for instructions on how to play the game and for different place value Yahtzee games, if you would like a further challenge.
https://games4gains.com/blogs/teaching-ideas/place-value-game-of-yahtzee
Week 4:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - graph /a/ making the sound "a" as in ant
Numeracy - Equivalent number memory game
Term 4
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Prefix/dis/ as in dislike
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Graph /e/ making the 'eh' sound as in garden
Numeracy - Finding Equivalent Products. You must write your multiplication sentences neatly in your homework book. Please see Google Classroom for further instructions.
Week 6
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ci/ making the 'sh' sound as in special
Numeracy - Mapping. Please see Google Classroom for this week's task.
Week 2:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ew/ making the 'oo' sound as in screw.
Week 1:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ui/ making the 'oo' sound as in fruit.
Numeracy Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of activities related to 'Time' and then go into Sunset Maths. Have an adult sign the homework slip.
Term 3
Week 10:
Reading - 100 minutes
Week 9:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ui/ making the 'oo' sound as in fruit.
Numeracy Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of activities related to 'Time' and then go into Sunset Maths. Have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - No spelling this week as it is Revision week
Numeracy Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of multiplication and division facts and have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Graph /v/ making the sound "v" sound as in voice
Numeracy - First to 50 Multiplication (Please see Google Classroom for instructions)
Week 6:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Trigraph /ure/
Spelling Activity - Choose 5 spelling words and find 2 synonyms and 2 antonyms for those words. Please set out your work neatly.
Numeracy - Essential Assessment - Sunset Maths. You must complete 30 minutes of multiplication facts and have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 5:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Consonant suffix -ly
Spelling Activity - Word search Wizard: Create a big word search containing all your spelling words. You will swap your word search with a friend on Monday morning and have 10 minutes to find as many words as you can.
Numeracy - My Numeracy/Studyladder. You must complete 30 minutes of activities and have an adult sign the homework slip.
Week 4:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling -no spelling focus this week. We will be revising in class.
Positive Education - Sleep Log sheet.
Numeracy - Adding Fractions blocks
Week 3:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling -graph /k/ making “k” sound as in kitten
Spelling Activity - Collect some small items and use them to form five of your spelling words. Take a photo with your iPad and be ready to share your photos with your teacher on Monday. Small items may include: buttons, rocks, leaves, sticks, toy cars, jelly beans, smarties etc. You do not need to print your photos.
Numeracy - Essential Assessment - Three tasks have been set for you to complete.
Week 2:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Trigraph /que/ making “k” sound as in antique.
Spelling Activity - Word Meanings for 5 spelling words
Numeracy - Money Word Problems
In Google Classroom you will find 'Money Word Problems'. You are to answer these questions in your homework book and you MUST show full working out of each problem. Please make sure your work is neat, especially when showing your vertical working out.
Week 1:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - suffix - ment
Spelling Activity - Alphabetical order
Numeracy - Find my three numbers.
Term 2
Week 10:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - Digraph /ie/ making the sound 'e' as in chief
Spelling Activity - Alphabetical order
Numeracy - Tasks have been set on Studyladder for you to complete.
Week 9:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - graph/t/making the sound 'ch' as in nature
Spelling Activity - Fancy Writing
Numeracy - A fraction of a day
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
English-Collective Nouns. You will find a sheet in Google Classroom. You need to write the sentences in your homework book with the correct collective nouns. Then underline the collective noun. Remember to use capital letters and full stops correctly.
Numeracy - Division crossword puzzle
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph/au/as in sauce
Spelling Activity - Word Meanings for 5 spelling words
Numeracy - Colour by Fraction - Equivalent fractions
Week 6:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - quadgraph/augh/as in daughter
Spelling Activity - Highlight difficult part
Numeracy - Studyladder: Equivalent fractions. There are 3 activities which have been set.
Week 5:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /re/ as in centre
Spelling Activity - Pictures. Write out your words in a list and then draw a picture for 3 of your spelling words.
Numeracy - Dinner Time. Record what time you start eating dinner on a digital and analogue clock and the time that you finish clearing up after dinner for five nights.
For example:
You sit down to start dinner at 6:23 pm and finish dinner and clearing up at 7:05 pm. Record these times on the digital and analogue clocks provided. Then you need to calculate how much time has elapsed and show your working out.
From 6:23 to 6:30 is 7 minutes.
From 6:30 to 7:00 is 30 minutes.
From 7:00 to 7:05 is 5 minutes.
7 + 30 + 5 = 42 minutes
Week 4:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - no spelling words this week
Spelling Activity - no spelling this week
Numeracy - Essential Assessment: My Numeracy. Students are to log into Essential Assessment and practise mathematical concepts on 'My Numeracy' for a minimum of 30 minutes. A guardian must write the time spend on My Numeracy and sign it in their child's homework book.
Week 3:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /ch/ as in chef
Spelling Activity - Similar Meanings
Numeracy - Robots - Find a Line. Focus is multiplication and division
Week 2:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /wr/ as in wrist
Spelling Activity - Word endings
Numeracy - Multiplication puzzle
Week 1:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /gg/ as in egg
Spelling Activity - Meaningful sentences
Numeracy - Multiplication dot to dot
Week 8:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /or/ as in doctor
Numeracy - Addition problems sheet
Week 7:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - graph /y/ as in pyramid
Numeracy - Addition sheet
Week 6:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph /tt/ as in pattern
Numeracy - Problem Solving: Drawing a Diagram. Our focus is the strategy of drawing a diagram. Students are to draw a diagram and explain their thinking for the 2 problems below. Problems are posted on google classroom.
1. Problem 12
2. Problem 13
Week 5:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - digraph/ai/ as in snail
Numeracy - Place Value Yahtzee. Please click on the link below for instructions on how to play the game and for different place value Yahtzee games, if you would like a further challenge.
https://games4gains.com/blogs/teaching-ideas/place-value-game-of-yahtzee
Week 4:
Reading - 100 minutes
Spelling - graph /a/ making the sound "a" as in ant
Numeracy - Equivalent number memory game