05 October 2012
The homework this week is Creative and is due in Wednesday 10 October.
I can show what I know about transport.
As you all know, our new topic is All Aboard! To launch this topic we would like you to show us everything you already know about transport. You can be as creative as you like. Kacy wowed us all last week with her jelly brain. See if you can top that! As always, you can be as creative as you like, but if you’re struggling why not try:
- a photo collage of different types of transport
- a PowerPoint presentation
- a comic strip
- a podcast
05 October 2012
This week’s spellings are all words that are contractions. That’s (a contraction of That is) where two words have been joined together with an apostrophe. Your child should learn both, but will be only tested on the contractions.
| LO: apostrophes for contractions | |
| don’t | do not |
| we’ll | we will |
| doesn’t | does not |
| he’d | he would |
| they’ve | they have |
| won’t | will not |
| we’re | we are |
| fish ‘n’ chips | fish and chips |
Hanging about…
Transport Timeline
Year 4 dramatise some historical events which shaped modern transport. Can you guess what event this freeze-frame represents?
05 October 2012
We are focussing on plurals this week.
Some of the spellings are made into a plural by just adding s. The others you have to add es to make into a plural. You add es if you hear an extra syllable when you make it plural.
Children should learn all ten spellings but will be tested on eight out of the ten on Friday 12 October.
| 1. | pen | pens |
| 2. | book | books |
| 3. | boy | boys |
| 4. | table | tables |
| 5. | pockets | |
| 6. | bush | bushes |
| 7. | watch | watches |
| 8. | brush | brushes |
| 9. | fox | foxes |
| 10. | kiss | kisses |
Making a promotion come alive using our new iPads
This afternoon, we’ve turned the promotions we’ve been writing all week into a presentation using the Keynote app on our new iPads.
05 October 2012
This week’s spellings are words where you need drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. There are lots of words that could have been chosen for this rule; we’ve chosen words that will help to make our narrative writing more interesting next week. They will be tested on Friday 12 October 2012.
The words in orange are abstract nouns. Can you think of any other abstract nouns?
| Drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ |
| moody
moodier moodiest mood terrify terrifies terror hungry hungrier hungriest hunger |
05 October 2012
In order to build the children’s vocabulary, this week we are focusing on spelling wow words…
- ecstatic
- despondent
- devastated
- monstrous
- petrified
- terrified
- morose
- delighted
- disgruntled
Your child will also be tested on the meanings of the word. He / she will be tested on Friday 12 October 2012.
05 October 2012
Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 10 October 2012.
I can produce a piece of work for our Rich and Poor display.
Create a piece of work about the rich or poor in Victorian times or any other aspect of history, art or geography.
Your work could be:
- art work that is rich in detail
- collage work
- poetry
- recounts of the lives of the rich or poor through time
- …your own idea!
As an exception, work should not go in your child’s homework book. It should be bright, colourful, attractive and ready to put up on display.
05 October 2012
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 10 October 2012.
I know my 10 times table.