Good Morning Saplings!

 This our second week of term 4 already! Each one of you are doing really well with the Home Schooling tasks. Keep going everyone!

We hope you enjoy today's tasks.  

Plan for today’s home learning:

• Topic Lesson
• RE lesson
• Maths Lesson
• GPS-spellings
• Reading activity
• Times tables

Topic Lesson

Learning objective: plan your own sweet food recipe 

This week for topic we are focusing on sweet food recipes! Today, we will explore the features of recipes (text and language) first and then your task will be to  plan your very own sweet food recipe. Please first of all go through the video/PowerPoint below which explains the features of recipes and today's task in more detail. Once you have done, there is a further explanation of the task for this lesson underneath the video/PowerPoint.  

Task

Today's topic task involves three steps. Please work through all of the three steps below. 

Step 1-research different sweet food recipes

Step 2-write down some notes of the features used in recipes such as the text features like a subheading for ‘equipment’ and the  language features (nouns, imperative verbs, adverbs for time, adverbial phrases)

Step 3- plan a recipe for a sweet food you would like to make (for example, a chocolate cake, Victoria sponge, cookies).

When you are creating your plan, you need to include:

There is a planning frame you may like to use below.

RE Lesson

Learning objective: What do Humanists value?

Today's RE lesson focuses on what do humanists value.  Your task is to read the quotes on the worksheet below and then write down all the things important to humanists. 

Maths lesson

Year 3 and Year 4 have different learning objectives for Maths this lesson. Please find below a PowerPoint, a Maths worksheet and an optional challenge sheet for both year groups. I have also attached the answers to the maths worksheet. 

Year 3

Learning objective: to compare fractions

Please go through the PowerPoint below and then complete the maths worksheet. Once you have done this, there is a challenge sheet you may like to try below. Please do not worry about printing the worksheet, you can write answers on a piece of paper. 

Year 4

Learning Objective: to find fractions of a quantity 

Please go through the PowerPoint below first and then complete the maths worksheet. You may like to also have a go at the challenge sheet which is also attached (optional). I have also attached the answers to maths worksheet. Please do not worry about printing the worksheet, you can write your answers on to a piece of paper.

GPS

Learning objective: to develop accurate spelling

Here are your spellings for this week below. I would like you to practice using the look, say, cover, write and check approach. 

Reading Activity

Learning objective:  to answer comprehension questions with different reading domains

Please read Chapter 6 of the Charlie and Chocolate Factory below and then complete the comprehension questions.

Times Tables

This week, the children will be revising some multiplication and division facts previously taught. The purpose of this is to consolidate their prior learning and for them to answer a set of calculations in a mixed order. Please see below the times tables each year group will focus on and some resources to practice them.

Year 3-Learning Objective: to recall and use multiplication and division facts for x3, x4 and x8 

Resources:

Year 4-Learning objective: to recall and use multiplication and division facts of x7, x8 and x9. 

Resources: