Year 4 Home Learning 06.07.20-10.07.20

What does this week of learning look like?

Monday: reading comprehension with spicy and hot questions.

Tuesday: SPaG activity.

Wednesday & Thursday: writing task.

Friday: reading comprehension with spicy and hot questions.

Spellings and handwriting: this week’s spellings can be found on the last slide.

Monday 6th July 2020 Reading Comprehension

Aesop’s Fables are a collection of short stories said to have been told by Aesop, a slave in Ancient Greece. These stories have been

passed down for generations, and each one contains a message, known as a moral, which teaches the reader a lesson about how to live

their life.

Ancient Greece

Please download the reading comprehension text from Google classroom or the School website on

Aesop’s fable and answer the following questions.

1. In your own words, explain why the Fox invites the Stork round for

dinner?

2. Why doesn’t the Stork get angry when the Fox plays a trick on

him?

3. How does the Stork teach the Fox a lesson in The Fox and the

Stork?

4. What does the word “sly” mean in line 7, and what is the Fox

doing which is considered sly?

5. Why do you think the Crow “forgot all her suspicion” (line 17)

about the Fox?

6. A moral is a lesson that can be learnt from a story. What do you

think the moral of The Fox and the Stork is?

Aesop

Hyphens Week beginning: 07.07.20

Tuesday 7th July 2020LS: I am learning to use hyphens effectively to punctuate my sentences.

Hyphens are a type of punctuation which can be used to join two words to create a compound adjective. (A hyphen looks like a small version of the subtraction symbol)

For example: Milo is a well-trainedcat, who enjoys chasing mice in the field.

Click on this BBC

Bitesize clip to find

out more about

hyphens.

https://www.bbc.co.

uk/bitesize/topics/zv

wwxnb/articles/zg8g

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Now that you have

understood the function of

hyphens, download the

worksheet from google

classroom or the school

website to have a go at

putting your knowledge to the test!

Newspaper Report

08-09.07.2020 – Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday-Thursday 08-09.07.20

LS: I am learning to use language conventions effectively to write a newspaper report.

Broadsheet newspapers are considered as more credible newspapers which have a formal tone and take a serious look on major news stories. On the other hand, tabloid newspapers focus on less serious news and their content is driven by celebrity, sport and sensationalised crime

stories.

Headline – attention grabbing

5Ws – need to be clear and concise

Paragraphs - which are structures in columns

Past Tense – you are reporting events which

have already occurred

Third Person – you are writing about somebody

else

Direct Speech or reported speech – quotations

to make your report credible

Mostly facts/some opinions – report is based on

both factual and accurate information, opinion

can be addressed in Tail

Pictures and captions – accompany the report

Relative clauses

Parenthesis – brackets used for extra information

Features of a

newspaper

report

• The UK's beaches could be closed if again if coronavirus cases spike.

• That was the warning from Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, after a 'major incident' was declared following half a million people filling the beaches at Bournemouth on Thursday - the hottest day of the year so far.

• Temperatures in the UK reached as high as 33.3C (92F) on Thursday.

• The UK is currently in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic, and rules on social distancing and gatherings of people are still in place.

• But lots of people ignored the rules to visit the seaside - and so many of them travelled to Bournemouth, on England's south coast, that it caused chaos.

Bournemouth Beach Mayhem

• Assistant Chief Constable Sam de Reya, of Dorset Police, warned people not to visit beaches saying: "Clearly we are still in a public health crisis and such a significant volume of people heading to one area places a further strain on emergency services resources."

• Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood said he has asked the government to send more police officers to Dorset if needed.

• "It is very sad to see a number of people being selfish and also acting dangerously," he added.

• The beach also saw crowds of people visiting on Wednesday - they left behind 33 tonnes of waste on the beach, which was cleaned up on Thursday morning.

This week we would like you to report on a day on the beach as thousands travelled to

England’s beaches. Reports on the reaction from the local authority and the government.

Use the information below to help you write your story. Good Luck

Smallberry Times

A day amongst the animals turns into complete chaos in London- Since 1802

Saturday 20th October, Mr Masters

(aged 46) visited London Zoo when

he noticed a huge crowd forming in

the Blue Zone.

A fight broke out as a baboon

found itself in the wrong enclosure.

The kangaroos misconstrued this as

an act of aggression and disrespect,

and decided to brawl with the

innocent monkey. Park rangers were

called immediately but couldn’t get

through the crowds. Park Ranger,

Pete (27) reported “I have never

witnessed such chaos!”

With his quick wit, Mr Masters dove

into the Kangaroo’s enclosure in an

attempt to save the monkey from

further peril.

Rachel an observer, was

shocked to see Masters

engage in a boxing match with

the animals.

She commented, undefeated

he scooped up the baboon

and moonwalked out of the

space whilst visitors roared in

complete support of the

victory.

The gift shop is now selling

postcards with Mr Masters and

the baboon in arms together to

celebrate their success.

It has been confirmed that

Masters has been invited to

Buckingham palace and to

receive an OBE for his bravery.

Master of Surprise

WAGOLL

Take a look at the

structure of this

newspaper report and

remember to use formal

language!

Reading comprehensionFriday 10th July 2020

Reign of the Sea Dragons

Friday 10th July 2020 - Reading comprehension

Please download the reading comprehension text from Google classroom or the School website on The

Reign of the Sea Dragon and answer the following questions.

1. What is the purpose of the words in brackets?

2. What does the word “propel” (line 6) mean?

3. Describe one feature of the elasmosaur and

one feature of the pliosaur that helped them

catch prey?

4. Name one thing that the elasmosaur liked to

eat?

5. Which creature is both predator and prey in this

extract?

6. Why does the author say that mosasaurs had

“curved daggers for teeth” (line 21)?

7. Why do think some scientists call the types of

creature mentioned in the extract “sea

dragons”?

Handwriting and Spelling practiceYear 4

Week beginning 06.07.2020

The words I need to know…

Practise

writing

these words

in your

cursive

handwriting

Please spend approximately 10-15 min on Spelling frame

playing the interactive games and practising key spelling

rules.

Simply google “spelling frame” and click onto Year 3 and

Year 4.