Year 4 Homework – Term 3
Remember to READ EVERY NIGHT! Practice your reading goal
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Week
6
7
8
9
English
Spelling
Narratives have the
following:
a title, an orientation, a
complication and a
resolution.
In a story you have read,
write down the main
characters, when and
where the story took
place,the complication and
how the story ends.
Text connectives and
pronouns bind text
together to give it unity.
(eg. however)
From a book you are
reading, write down 3 text
connectives and 3
pronouns used in the text.
From a book you are
reading, choose a section
of text, write 3 interesting
noun and verb groups that
were used.
Look Say Spelling Cover
Write Check
From a book you are
reading, choose a section
of text, write the direct
speech that was
used.Direct speech has
“Quotation marks” around
it
Look at the word, say the
word, spell the word out
loud, cover the word up,
write the word next to
the word you were
looking at.
Mathematics
Measurement Length
Measure the length of
your bed using a) your
hands b) your parents
hands
Why might this not be an
appropriate
measurement device?
Other Handed
If you are right handed,
write your spelling
words with your left
hand and vice versa.
Grams vs Kilograms.
Pyramid Words
Writethe first 5 of your
spelling words in a
pyramid shape eg: T
TH
THE
THEM
What is the difference
between a basic and a
compound shape. Draw
and label an example of
each.
Rhyming Words
Write each of your
spelling words. Next to
each word, write a
rhyming word (can be
nonsense words)
Place the following numbers
on a place value chart
1000gms = 1kg
500gms = ___ kg
2250gms = ____kg
5.2kgs = _____gms
- 6 tenths
- 8 ones
- 4 hundreds
Ones Parts of One Thousandths
HTO
HTO
H T O
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Explain why it is
important to have a
series of events in a story
leading to a conclusion.
(eg. to build excitement)
Online
Learning
Science
Sentences
Write sentences using
at least 5 of your
spelling words from
Weeks 6 to 9 (underline
your spelling words)
Partitioning
Spelling City
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Express 3 different ways
of writing the f number.
98 639
(eg. 55,150 =
55 thousands, 1 hundred
and 50 ones)
List some
alternatives to
plastic for:
- water bottles
- lunchboxes
- packaging
food in lunches
Is plastic natural
or processed?
Explain your
reasoning.
Group 4 Derivational relations -
Harder suffixes
Term 3 Weeks 1-5 Facilitator - Keira Bickerton
Chapter IV: Vowel & Consonant
Alternations
Chapter IV: Vowel & Consonant
Alternations
Chapter IV: Vowel & Consonant
Alternations
Chapter IV: Vowel & Consonant
Alternations
Chapter V, VI, VII: Greek and Latin
Elements
I can use vowel and consonant
changes
I can use vowel and consonant
changes
I can use vowel and consonant
changes
I can use vowel and consonant
changes
I can use words with Greek and Latin
elements
Sort 21 - Adding suffix –ity: Vowel
alternation, schwa,to short
Sort 22 - Vowel alternations: long
and short, and schwa
Sort 23 - Adding –ion ; vowel
alternation
Sort 24 - Multiple alterations
Sort 25 - Greek and Latin number
prefixes mono, uni, bi, tri
personal
personality
suffice
sufficient
exclaim
exclamation
critic
except
monolingual
bisect
hostile
hostility
democrat
democracy
proclaim
proclamation
critical
exception
monologue
binary
mental
mentality
wise
wisdom
acclaim
acclamation
criticise
exceptional
monotonous
bimonthly
fatal
fatality
decide
decision
explain
explanation
politics
family
monopoly
bifocals
general
generality
preside
president
reclaim
reclamation
political
familiar
monorail
biennial
brutal
brutality
inspire
inspiration
assume
assumption
politician
familiarity
monotone
triangle
local
locality
mandate
mandatory
presume
presumption
public
spirit
uniform
triad
mobile
mobility
narrate
narrative
consume
consumption
publicise
spiritual
universal
triceratops
formal
formality
metal
metallic
resume
resumption
publicity
spirituality
unilateral
trilogy
fertile
fertility
emphasis
emphatic
receive
reception
physics
nation
unify
triathlon
original
originality
habit
habitat
perceive
perception
physical
national
bilingual
tripod
individual
individuality
excel
excellent
physicist
nationality
biceps
trillion
Focus Rules
Focus Rules
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-ity means state or quality
-ity accent affects the vowel
sound
-al word ending + -ity changes
from adjective to a noun
accented syllables
accented vowels
Focus Rules
Verbs are changed to nouns with
suffix –ion
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i before e except after c
-ation
-ption
Focus Rules
Focus Rules
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polis – city
suffix signalling parts of speech
-ian
-ity
-al
mono - one
uni – one
bi – two
tri- three