Year 4 Homework

Date set: 05.02.2016

Date Due in: after half term. (Spellings will be tested Friday)

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

-      Maths (20mins):

Our topic this week is time. 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): The Mayans 1. please continue with your Mayan research. Our new history topic after half term will be The Mayans (250AD – 900AD). Over the next few weeks we would like you to research this topic and then write an information booklet about the topic. Please include: - A brief introduction to where and when the Mayans lived. - What transport the Mayans used. - How the Mayans communicated eg. Writing, drama, ceremonies. - What it would have been like to live in the Mayan time.   Here are a few useful websites to get you started: http://www.ducksters.com/history/aztec_maya_inca.php http://www.mayankids.com/   Please remember to stay safe when searching online.   We will provide a little time in lunchtimes for anyone without internet access. Please speak to your teacher if there are any problems.   After half term we would like you to present your information to the class.

-      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 prefixes. Think about how the meaning of the root word changes.

 

Group 1

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
copy
copied
copier
copying
dry
drier
driest
drying
ski
skiing
taxiing

 

Group 2

	Copy and cover	Write and check	Write again
illegal
illegible
illogical
immature
immortal
impossible
impatient
imperfect
irregular
irrelevant
irresponsible
irretrievable