Spellings

Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.

Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word).

Some letters which are no longer sounded used to be sounded hundreds of years ago: e.g. in knight, there was a /k/ sound before the /n/.

a:

artistically

logically

musically

romantically,

specifically

identically

organically

vertically

tactically

basically

Literacy: Your child will have one of these two literacy activities in their homework book.

There are many different ways to extend a sentence. One of these ways is to add a conjunction.

Can you use these conjunctions in a sentence? One conjunction per sentence

although, before, while, when and if.

Remember  some conjunctions can join two main clauses/sentences together to form a compound sentence, no comma is needed (For And  Nor  But Or Yet So) but any other conjunction makes it a complex sentence.

Example: John was very tired, although he had stayed in bed all day.

Spellings

Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.

im: Before a root word starting with m or p, in– becomes im-.

imprecise

immature

immortal

immovable

impatient

imperfect

impolite

important

impossible

impractical

Literacy: Your child will have one of these two literacy activities in their homework book.

Sometimes we need commas in a sentence, not because it has a  pause but because it helps the sentence to make sense. This is known as clarifying meaning or preventing ambiguity.

For example: Most of the time travellers worry about their luggage.

If we add commas the sentences’ meaning completely changes.

Most of the time, travellers worry about their luggage.

Or

She finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog,

She finds inspiration in cooking, her family and her dog.

Can you write three sentences using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity.

Maths:

This week in maths we have learnt about co-ordinates. Your child will have a co-ordinates activity sheet in their homework books.

Spellings

Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.

Words containing the letter-string ough.

though

although

dough

through

breakthrough

plough

sought

roughest

doughnuts

thoughtless

Spellings

Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.

Before a root word starting with l, in– becomes il

illegal

illegible

illiterate

illogical

illegitimate

illness

illuminate

illusion

illustrate

illustrator

Maths:

We are going to be learning about time next week. In preparation for this we would like to see what you know about time. If you are unable to answer a question, please record that you were unable to do this without help. This isn’t a test, it is just for us to know where your gaps in knowledge are for our learning next week. Please be honest.

Literacy: This week there are two different literacy activities. Everyone has their specific sheet stuck in their literacy book.

This week we are looking at degrees of possibility using adverbs (e.g.perhaps, surely, certainly, definitely, possibly) and modal verbs (e.g. might, should, will, must, couldn’t, could, may).

Can you choose 2 adverbs and 2 modal verbs and use them in a sentence (four sentences altogether).

Challenge (optional): Write a sentence using brackets or dashes.

Literacy:

This week we are looking at the difference between ‘a’ and ‘an’ and how to use them accurately within a sentence.

For example:   An elephant stormed across the savanna.

                       There was a mouse who was on top of a wall.
Can you write two sentences using ‘a’ and two sentences using ‘an’.

Here is the Year 4 Homework for this week!

Spring 1 – Week 1

Due Wednesday 13th January

8thJanHomework