Good morning Year 4!

This week will be a little different as it is World Book Week in school.

This week all of our live lesson will be English, our afternoon task is related to our English work and Year 3 and Year 4 will be working together. The book we will be looking at is Here We Are by Oliver Jefferies and I will read it to you in today’s lesson. On top of this a different teacher will read an extract from a book everyday at 2:40 to you all!

As it is World Book Week we have some exciting challenges below for you to take part in. Choose those that interest you and go for it! Please send in your completed challenges and any completed activities as we will use these for a display in school.

Challenges below:

Activities below:

Below is the timetable for the week. If you have any queries with your work please get in contact with me at either c.leverett@meadowsideacademy.org. Alternatively, I will always hold a drop in session at 12:30-1pm so if you are struggling with any of your work pop along I can help you.

Please send in the piece of work indicated by the camera symbol on the timetable below to c.leverett@meadowsideacademy.org

Early Bird:

Yesterday’s answers:

Today’s questions:

Spellings:

Today I would like you to write for me 6 different sentences. Two different sentences for each one of the rules below that we have been working on before. Please write your own sentences, do not use those that we have been looking at this week. However, if it helps look back at the previous blog (Monday’s) to help you.

Rules:

• If the word ends in an s then add an apostrophe after the s’
• If the word end in any other letter than ‘s’ then add ‘s
• If the word is an irregular plural (already plural) then add ‘s

Maths:

Well don everyone for your work so far on decimals today is our last lesson on these. Please complete the 2 or 3 star challenge then if you fancy it have a game of the ‘Fraction Battleships’ below.

Before you start you work watch this clip to give you some pointers.

2 Star questions below:

3 star questions below:

Battleship Fractions game below:

English Live Lesson (Year 3 and Year 4)

Below is the slide and examples of an explanation text for tomorrow’s lesson. take a look but no need to do anything before the live lesson.

https://meadowsideyear1.edublogs.org/files/2021/02/How-to-look-after-Planet-Earth.pptx

Reading:

Work on your World Book Day – challenges or activities.

 

This week’s afternoon tasks are linked to World Book Day and the book we are looking at this week: Here We Are – Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jefferies.

Your task this week is to produce your book akin (similar) to ‘Here We Are – Notes for Living on Planet Earth’. As you have learnt, the inspiration for this book was the birth of his first child. He wanted to explain ‘our world’ to him.

Your task is to write your own book Here We Are on Mars – Notes for Living on Planet Mars

This task will take a week to complete so pleases end me in your book by the end of the week.

You have a choice, you can either write:

1. A factual book (non-fiction): giving accurate information on Mars – and using this evidence try to predict what animals might have lived there.
2. Or alternative ‘make it up’ (fictional): invent the planet Mars and invent the ‘aliens’ that live on it.

What ever your choice you should look to write a short book similar in structure to ‘Here We Are’ aiming to explain ‘Notes for Living on  Planet Mars’ to a child.

Success Criteria

• Short sentences
• Pictures / diagrams to help explain
• Details on what the planet looks like – what covers the planet
• Details on who lives on the planet (and what they look like, outside and inside!)
• Other things to consider in your book: how ‘things’ travel, how ‘things’ interact with each other, how ‘things’ look after each other and their planet
• Any other information you consider relevant to your guide

In real life, a spaceship sent from NASA in America has recently landed on Mars (landed on the 18th February). Check out this site to find out more details.

The Mars Rovers: Perseverance | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

For those of you following a factual (non-fiction account) there is some information below which could be of use. If you do not d=find what you need here then you need to get your researching heads on.

World Book Day

If your looking for something else to do check out the World Book Day challenges and activities on this blog.

P.E

Keep your body and mid healthy this week. Try to complete this circuit 3 times this week.

Look after your mental health as well as your body by using our ways to well being this week.

Have a thorough Thursday,

Mr Leverett