Year 4 Homework

Date set: 22.1.16

Date Due in: 29.1.16

-      Reading every day. Please write in your reading diary when you have read.

-      Maths (20mins):

Our topic this week is rounding, fractions and decimals. Maths work will be posted on mathletics, if you have any problems accessing this work please speak to the teacher for a paper copy. Please also practise your times tables up to 12 x 12.

 

-      Literacy (20mins): Setting the scene. Think about a place in your mythical story, this might be a forest, cave or castle. Imagine how your character feels as they enter this mysterious place. Write a short paragraph including: ·         Description of how your character moves. ·         What your character can see. ·         Adverbs to show how they are moving eg. Crept cautiously. ·         Anything they can hear, smell or touch.

-      Spellings (20mins) should be practised for a short time each day, using the words given in sentences.

You need to:

 • look at each word

• say the word

• copy the word in first space

• cover the words and try to write it from memory

• check to see if they are right

 

This week your spellings all contain suffixes. Look carefully at how the root word changes

 

Group 1

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
forget
forgetting
forgotten
begin
beginning
beginner
prefer
preferred
garden
gardening

 

Group 2

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
inform
information
adore
adoration
sense
sensation
prepare
preparation
admire
admiration
concentrate
concentration