Year 4 Homework – Autumn Term second half 2017

Below is your homework grid for this half term. You are expected to complete one of these tasksper week, to the best of your ability. The tasks are all open ended, so you can present them in any way you choose, and you can extend them as much as you wish. If you choose to complete your work on a computer, you can either print off your work, or bring it in on a memory stick for us to see. Please write in your homework book that you completed your work on a computer and brought it in on a memory stick.

We expect you to choose a variety of activities. If you choose a maths based activity one week, make sure you choose from another column the following week. You can only choose each activity once!

You will give your homework books in every Thursday and they will be returned to you on the following day.

You are still expected to read every night, for at least 20 minutes, and practise your spellings and give the sheet in on a Friday.

Marking will be given as house points:

1HP / 2HP / 3HP
Your homework is ok, but we would like to see more effort and consideration over the content and/or presentation of your work. / This is good homework, you’ve clearly put some thought into it and put a sensible amount of time into this work. / Very impressive work! You must have put lots of thought and effort into this work and it’s clear that you enjoyed doing this.

If we feel it necessary, we may also add comments to advise you what more you could do to make your work even better.

Please feel free to complete your homework on paper as if it is chosen for our ‘Examples of good homework’ display, it will be easier to put up on display.

It is helpful to include your working out in your books, especially with maths tasks, so we encourage you to do so.

English / Maths / Cross-curricular
Write a non-chronological report on Guy Fawkes. Include:
-What he is most well-known for
-When he was alive
-Where he lived
-Any other key details
Use:
-Title
-Headings/subheadings
-Paragraphs
-Pictures
-Captions for pictures / Measure the perimeter of 1 or more windows in your house in centimetres (round to the nearest centimetre). If measuring multiple windows:
a)Record
b)Compare
c)Find the difference
E.g.
Window A / Window B / Window C
105 cm / 165 cm / 180 cm
The difference between Window A and Window B is 134 cm. / Take a well-known Christmas carol and re-write the lyrics.
AND/OR
Take a well-known tune (e.g. Humpty Dumpty or Baa Baa Black Sheep) and re-write the lyrics with a Christmas theme.
Create EITHER a Spelling and Grammar (SPaG) quiz, word search OR crossword.
a)Quiz: Choose a variety of questions and answer types e.g. multiple choice, write the answer or true/false
b)Wordsearch: Please ensure at least 6 different SPaG words have been included e.g. colon, parenthesis, clause, phrase, apostrophe
c)Crossword: Ensure clues are related to SPaG and spelled correctly e.g. ‘A series of three dots uses to create tension.’ / Create a variety of one and two-step word problems (at least 3, no more than 10) involving any one or all of the areas of maths studied this term i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, perimeter. / EITHER
Re-tell the nativity story from the point of view of the donkey that Mary rode on.
OR
Re-tell the story of the nativity using your preferred media e.g. video/photographs/story/comic strip.
Write a paragraph describing your neighbourhood. Use strong adjectives and adverbs, and include at least one statement of figurative language (simile or metaphor).
THEN please underline your adjectives in red. Underline your adverbs in blue. Underline your figurative language in yellow. / Draw a diagram showing how many ways different British coins can make a pound (for instance, 5 20p coins = £1). Be systematic and show how you determined that you found all the possibilities. / Produce a fact file or poster for either St Alban or St Stephen (or both). Include key moments in their lives and why they have been made saints.

By the end of term you are expected to have completedat least six of these pieces (one a week), and at least one from each column.