CLASS 4: Week Beginning: 11 th May 2020 Spelling This week’s spellings are:

Words containing the letter string ‘ible’

possiblehorribleterriblevisible

incrediblesensibleforciblelegible

responsible reversible

Spelling activities:* Play sword fighting with your words.* Wordsearch – see attached. * Write your words into sentences to check you understand their meanings (use a dictionary to help). * Have a go on Spelling Shed. I have set an ‘assignment’ which links to our spelling pattern this week.

Punctuation

Brackets, dashes and commasParenthesis is the addition of extra information or an afterthought in our writing. It can be a word, phrase or clause marked with brackets, dashes or commas. Study the Power Point on parenthesis and answer the questions throughout it.

This song explains it in a fun way!https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-english-commas-brackets-dashes-with-ben-shires/zh32cqtBrackets, dashes and commas worksheet. See attached. ** Challenge and Super challenge *** Extreme ChallengeAnswers attached.

Reading - Continue to read at least once a day. - MARTIN LUTHER KING READING COMPREHENSION Challenge: Reading Comprehension *Super Challenge: Reading Comprehension **Extreme Challenge: Reading Comprehension ***Answers at end of comprehension questions.

Vocab Martin Luther King wordsearchHistory - research

Study the Martin Luther King Power Point.Use information from the Power Point, and do your own research, to create a

poster or fact file on Martin Luther king. https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/dr-martin-luther-king-jrhttps://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/martin-luther-king-facts/https://www.ducksters.com/biography/martin_luther_king_jr.php

Writing TASK 1 – Martin Luther King envisioned a world where people of all backgrounds and colours of skin could love and respect one another. This was his dream. What is your dream for the future? Write a speech of your dreams for the future. Extension: once you have written it, can you practice reading this aloud and record it?

Punctuation - I am asking you all to try to include some punctuation for parenthesis (brackets, dashes and commas) in your written speech.

TASK 2 – Write a poem either about:- Your dream- Martin Luther Kings dream

SUCCESS CRITERIAUse powerful verbs and adjectives.Use some alliteration, similes or personification.Choose vocabulary carefully.Rhyme and pattern Linked my title to the poem

Remember to edit and improve your work once you have finished.

You can write these in your writing book from your home learning pack or using the assignments set on Google Classroom. If you do them on Google Classroom, and submit (‘hand it in’) them by Friday, I will read them and make some comments. I can’t wait to read your dream work and your poems. I am also hoping some of you upload or email me your recorded speech.

Maths Problem solving and puzzle week – see separate document for information of this and daily FIF.

Art CLASS 4 ART COMPETITION Martin Luther King had a clear dream of what he wanted to happen in the future. Think back to your hopes and dreams for the future work (above) and use these ideas to create a piece of artwork, which illustrates these hopes and dreams.

RE Sikhism – see separate document or use the link below.https://www.natre.org.uk/uploads/Free%20Resources/Pupil%20resources%20amended/F2%207-11%20REToday%20and%20NATRE%20Home%20Learning%20Sikh%20Vaisakhi.pdf

ICT Online safety – Think U Know (15 minute activity 3). See attached document or use the link below, https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/globalassets/thinkuknow/documents/thinkuknow/parents/pdf/thinkuknow-8-10s-home-activity-sheet-3.pdf

Lego challenge

Build a balloon powered Lego car. Record how far it travels. You could share this on Google Classroom – let’s see who can make their car travel the furthest. The competition is on!

Hint: use a shape like this to put your balloon through.. Outdoor Create a cairn

Cairns are man-made towers of natural stones, usually built as a landmark or a memorial.Gather a range of flat rocks and pebbles (or anything you can find that is flat and round-ish) in different sizes, and then stack them in order, with the largest at the bottom and the smallest at the top.Can you make changes to the structure of your cairn, such as using a foundation of lots of smaller stones, and see if it still stands?

Science Investigate how water is transported within plants.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks1-ks2-ivys-plant-workshop-how-does-water-get-from-the-roots-to-the-leaves/zdtfjhv

Look at the following slides:

Experiment yourself using food colouring and a white flower. Celery is also a good one to try as an alternative!

Produce an explanation about what you have learnt about transportation within plants. This could be written or a recorded video.