Week Beginning 11th January 2021 Week 2
Dear Parents and Children,
I hope you are all well and determined to work hard and enjoy your learning. Those of you who used my pages last year (this year’s year 4s) will find a familiarity about the layout and work. Those of you who are new to my style of distance learning please let me know if you experience any difficulties or have any questions. I will be on teams most mornings between 9:30 and 10:30 to help you and teach you. You can also message me through Class Dojo or use my work email which is wheadonc11@hwbcymru.net .You can complete your work in your HWB account, which we have been using for the whole of the Autumn Term and you are very good at getting on to it. It saves automatically and I will be able to see it and leave some comments to say how well you have done. If you would prefer to write your work out that’s great- take a photo and upload it to HWB or Class Dojo for me to see both BT and HN took photos last week and they were brilliant.
Remember to keep yourselves healthy and fit whilst you are at home, complete your 10 minutes activity of walking, skipping, running etc a day, relax have fun with your family, go to your bedroom for alone time, play with your toys, eat some food or have a treat. When we get back to school we will get back on track so make sure to look after yourselves. Mrs Issac has uploaded some excellent activities on Rainbow Rangers which anyone can use so take a look and have a go.
I have chosen a class book and this week will be uploading videos of me reading it so watch out for them On Class Dojo.
I am thinking about you all regularly and I really miss seeing everyone.
Thinking about you lots and sending good health to you all from Mrs Wheadon.
Below I have set out a timetable of how we would complete this work in school- please remember that your children would also be having regular breaks, playing board games, listening to stories, using construction toys, having a snack, talking to their friends, talking to adults, looking at/reading books and definitely not be working constantly throughout the day.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Guided Reading activity | English activity | English activity | English activity | Guided Reasoning activities |
| Break | ||||
| Guided Reading activity | Maths activity | Maths activity | Maths activity | Paignton Zoo lesson |
| Lunch | ||||
| Topic/Afternoon activities | Topic/Afternoon activities | Topic/Afternoon activities | Topic/Afternoon activities | Topic/Afternoon activities |
Literacy Activities
Reading
Please read for at least 10 minutes everyday, you can read a comic, the TV magazine, a book, something on line (using a phone, a tablet, a laptop whatever device you have) a menu, a set of instructions etc.
Please also complete the activities below (this is a Monday Morning lesson).
Guided Reading activities- Look through the newspaper and read any stories of interest.
Newspaper
Activities linked to the above
Topic Spelling Yr3 – Theses words will help you throughout our topic. If you know them all take a look at the Yr 4 words.
Topic Spelling Yr4 – Theses words will help you throughout our topic. If you feel there are too many start with the Yr 3 words.
Handwriting Practice – please copy out a section from the newspaper, your favourite book,
Please talk to someone for at least 10 minutes everyday, you can talk about your feelings, about your book, about your animals from the clips, about your favourite football team etc. Remember to give reasons for your answers and try to use new words confidently.
Written work
Tuesday – Make a factual report about an animal (this is your cold write where we identify how much you know about writing factual reports we will be learning about how to write them as the term develops). WALT write a factual report about an animal.
Wednesday- WALT: Explain which features of a factual report you used when writing your report. (Use the check list attached to help you)success criteria for non chron report
Thursday – Complete the attached punctuation sheet
Maths Activities
Use Hit the Button and J2EBlast (on Hwb) to practice your 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 times tables. Record how many you get correct and see if you can beat that next time! (If you are very good at these tables please move on to 7,8,9 times tables.)
Maths topic – Division/Sharing
Warm up by singing your times tables songs using Youtube to find the songs we sing.
Multiplication Sheet
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Division Sheet
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Please go through the power-point below with your child and let them use the multiplication sheet to help with the answers if they need them.
Year-3-4-multiplication-and-division-warmup-powerpoint_week 2
Year 3
Year 4
Topic Activities Predators (Afternoon)
Our topic activities lead towards an end product so each activity contributes to the quality of this product. This half term our end product is:
WALT: to create a presentation at the end of the topic (just before half term)
Activity 1: Research carnivorous plants (watch the clips below to start you off). Can you make a concept map of the plant? This will include a diagram and all the facts you have learned written around it. Do not rush this it is better to find out different facts by returning to the activity during the week. This way you will remember the facts to be able to include them in a topic presentation at the end of this half term.
Activity 2: Our topic this term is Predator. Watch some of the following clips and define what you think a Predator is. I will leave these clips on this week for those of you who didn’t watch them last week or might like to see them again! Also they are to use with this weeks work.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0119r25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bf0vc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bf0r7
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bf1sh
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bf2rn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bf2nc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bf1hs
Choose the clip that interests you the most.
Remembering
Make a report map about what happens in the clip. (example of what a report map looks like attached).
Write a list of the key words you hear – Challenge-write a definition for each word.
Make a chart showing what the animals in your clip eat.
Something for fun! – Have a go at this.
Have fun !
Mrs Wheadon
