Author: Holly Crowfoot

Year 4
Home Learning
Friday

The Year 4 teachers have together created a daily week day booklet that will include a spelling, grammar, handwriting, reading, times tables and Maths, tasks. Here is a bit more detail on each task,
Spellings– Practise these everyday and have a spelling test on a Friday. They cover the words that you should know how to spell by the end of Year 4.
Grammar– We will focus on an area of Year 4 grammar daily. You will also have a grammar hammer quiz on a Monday to complete.
Handwriting– We will focus on our cursive handwriting and each week will include a certain letter formation.
Reading– This is a task where you will read and answer questions about the piece of text.
Times tables– Each week, we will focus on two different times tables and their inverse (division). If you would like to, you could do a times table test at the end of the week.
Maths– Every week day, you will get a set of questions that covers a range of Year 4 Maths. We have also included on a Wednesday an assertive mentoring test.
NEW for this week!
Crime and Punishment themed work for English/Topic
As part of our Summer ‘Whodunnit?’ Topic

Practise your spellings everyday and have a spelling test on Friday. Could you challenge yourself and write each word in a sentence?

Today, you will be practising your handwriting skills using the crime and punishment vocabulary below. You do not have to print a sheet off, you can practise on lined paper or plain paper with lines drawn on. Remember to use your ‘flicks’ into each letter and to not take your pencil off until you have completed the set of letters or word.
Crime
Punishment
Brank
Scold’s Brindle
The Ducking Stool
The Rack
The Drunkard’s Cloak
Laws
Court
Judge
Jury

For the Summer term, our topic is Whodunnit?. This topic looks at crime and punishment throughout the ages. Today, you will learn what the Romans believed about crime and punishment and some of the terms they used.
To help you complete the activities (on the next few pages) you will need look through ’The Roman Legacy’ PowerPoint.

Use the ‘Situation’ cards, on the next page, to work out which punishment you would have received during the Roman era. The Romans were extremely harsh with their punishments!

Today, we will focus on inferencing. Inferencing is a skill we use when reading. We know it as ’Reading between the lines’. Have a go at answering the questions by inferring from the pictures. There are no right or wrong answers.

Why are all of these people on the boat?
What has happened?
How do they feel about it?
How did they manage to get so much onto the boat (including a house!)?
Where do you think this is? Why?
Why aren’t there any other boats?

Why is the black cat the only cat looking at the witch?
Why did the witch come here? Was she just passing or did she come to the shop for a reason?
What is the ‘something familiar’? Why?
Do the witch and the cat already know each other?

This week, we will be focusing on our x11 and x12 times table, including their inverse (division). You can practise these times tables out loud or you can answer them on a piece of paper. Make sure you check them after to see how many you got right. Good luck!

This week, we will be focusing on our multiplication and division written method.
Click on the link below to watch a video demonstrating how to use the bus stop method:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEUYAoeu5-w

Complete the following 2 and 3 digit division calculations (without remainders) using the bus stop method (see previous page).

Fancy a challenge? Work out the 3 and 4 digit division calculations below using the bus stop method!