P4 Spelling Homework

Week commencing: Monday 8 June 2020

Group

Alphabet

Consonants

Prefixes

Suffixes

Spelling rule

-ea-

tr- sm-

Double consonant, +ing

+ d

Words

ease

track

hopping

disused

speak

trap

hugging

grumbled

steal

trick

humming

surprised

steam

trip

knitting

included

cream

trot

letting

juggled

dream

truck

planning

displeased

scream

small

running

replaced

team

smell

shopping

mean

shrugging

please

skipping

east

Tasks:

· Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check (3 columns)

· Star-Burp Spelling: Spell your words aloud but every time you say a consonant, do a star jump and every time you say a vowel do a burpie!

Test: At the end of the week, ask a parent or sibling to test you on these words.

Learning Intention: WALT read for understanding

To show my understanding, I can respond to (literal, inferential and evaluative) questions and other close reading tasks and can create different kinds of questions of my own. ENG 1-17a/ENG 2-17a

P4 Reading Tasks for James and the Giant Peach

(Chapters 21, 22, 23 & 24)

· Read Chapters 21, 22, 23 and 24 of our class novel, James and the Giant Peach.

· Answer the HOTS questions 1 to 3 and then try and give a personal response to questions 4 and 5.

1. UNDERSTAND: Can you explain why the sharks hadn’t done much damage to the peach?

2. CREATE: What would it be like if you were a passenger on the Queen Mary and you saw the peach with its passengers flying through the sky in Chapter 23?

3. ANALYSE: Roald Dahl seems to pause the story in Chapter 24. Why do you think he does this and what effect does it have on the reader?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 23, James and the creatures all have a marvellous feeling because they are so proud and happy to have worked together as a team to save the peach. The Glow-worm is ‘glowing with pleasure!’

Can you think of a time when you felt like this? Describe an achievement you are really proud of and describe how it made you feel when you managed to succeed. This could be something where you worked with others as part of a team or something you did on your own.

5. The Old-Green-Grasshopper says to James, ‘there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours that you haven’t started wondering about yet.’ (Chapter 24)

What do you wonder about? Write down 5 questions that you would like to know the answer to!

Try to find out the answers to some of your questions.

National Best Friends Day – 8 June 2020

National Best Friends Day is about celebrating best friends and the contribution they make to our daily lives. A best friend is a friend you consider closest to you. It is a person you can always rely on, someone genuine, trustworthy and who accepts you for who you are. Maybe you are lucky to have several best friends in your life!

Think about what your best friends mean to you.

Things you could do and send to celebrate your friendship:

· Draw a picture of you and your best friend.

· Write a letter to your best friend.

· Create an acrostic poem using the words ‘Best Friend’ or

perhaps their name.

· Write a story/comic strip which includes your best friend.

· Make them a friendship bracelet.

· Send them a quote and picture like the one opposite or

below or better still, make up one of your own!

Exercise 1 (Circles only)

1. Copy the following and complete the calculations .-

a 238 b 97 c496 d185

X3 x4 __x5 __x6

____ ____ _____

e1274f4521g2987h46 208

___X7 __X8 __X9 ____X7

_____ _____ ____ ______

2. Rewrite each of these in the above form and complete the calculations :-

a 54x8

b 189 x 7

c 6 x 107

d 95x5

e 8 x 1234

f 7 x 4260

g 16508 x 9

h 37529 x 4

3. Show your working in answering the following questions

a Jemma pays €95 each month for her cable TV, phone and internet.

How much will she have paid after 9 months?

b Peter earns €24790 per year as a landscaper.

How much will he earn over 4 years?

4. a A palette holds 1085 jars of gherkins.

How many jars are there altogether on 7 palettes?

b Find the value of .-(i) 4 x 7 x 75 (ii) 8 x 697 x 5.

Exercise 2

1. Copy the following and complete each calculation :-

a. 56÷7 b. 715÷5 c. 774÷6 d. 632÷8 e. 6582÷6

f. 7428÷4 g. 89922÷7 h. 88047÷9

@TeeJay Publishers 2012 page 7 Book 2a homework

WALT continue an devise more involved repeating patterns or designs, using a variety of media MTH 1-13a

(Triangles only)

1.

3

2.

3. Continue each of these patterns by drawing two more shapes each time:

4. Continue the pattern by shading in the last shape.

5. Fill in the next two letters in this patterns :-A, C, E, G, I, …….., ……,

6. Make up continuing patterns of your own.

@TeeJay Publishers Nov 2010Page 1Level 1 MTH 1-13a

Haiku Hike

What is Haiku?

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that is often used to describe nature or the seasons. Haiku is a three-line poem that follows a specific pattern based on syllables:

Line #1: 5 syllables

Line #2: 7 syllables

Line #3: 5 syllables

Take a Hike!

If you go out for a walk or sit in your garden, take “field notes” throughout the hike. Take notes about what you see, hear, and feel, be as descriptive as possible.

Time to Write.

Once you return from your hike, it is time to turn your field notes into haiku. Write two to three poems based on your experiences and observations. Choose a final haiku to share.

Here is poem from my Haiku Hike this morning.

Wind blowing wildly

Clouds bumping across the sky

Where has the sun gone?

Science

Plant and Animal Cells

https://youtu.be/IO-rnq54B4A

The task for this video can be found on Teams Assignments.

Echo Art Flower

Use a pencil to draw the lines. Choose any colours, using pens, crayons or pencils. Use a black pen at the very end to go over the pencil lines.

Create-a-Plant

You are a botanist who has just discovered a new type of plant. As every good scientist does, you will document your finding. Design a fact sheet highlighting your new plant discovery. Be sure to include the following key pieces of information:

· Your plant’s name

· The basic needs of your plant

· How your plant’s needs are met

· Where your plant lives

· A coloured illustration of your plant in its natural habitat

Your fact sheet might have text features like labels, captions, maps, bold words, subheadings and much more.

Create-an-Animal

You are a zoologist who has just discovered a new animal species. As every good scientist does, you will document your finding. Design a fact sheet highlighting this new animal discovery. Be sure to include the following key pieces of information:

· Your animal’s name

· The basic needs of your animal

· How your animal’s needs are met

· Where your animal lives

· A coloured illustration of your animal in its natural habitat

Your fact sheet might have text features like labels, captions, maps, bold words, subheadings and much more.