Year 4 Homework – Term 2 – (Week 1-5)
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Week
English
Spelling
1
What are some features
you might find in a poem?
Eg: how many lines etc.
Consonants and vowels
Circle the consonants
blue and the vowels red
2
Do you enjoy poems? Yes
or no and why?
Sounds in Words
Write a number under
each sound (not letter)
you hear in your words
Eg:
i n - s i n- c er e
1 2 1 23 1 1
3
Explain what a
spoonerism is.
Place a dot between your
syllable breaks of your
spelling words
Eg: was●n’t
4
5
What is the purpose of a
poem/rhyme?
Explain what a limerick is.
Word Detective
Identify the following for
each spelling word
 Syllable breaks
 Consonants/vowels
 Number of sounds in
each syllable
ABC Order
Write all of your words in
alphabetical order
Mathematics
Continue these patterns.
3 440, 3 450, 3 460, _, _, _.
8 880, 8 890, 8 900, _, _, _.
9 970, 9 980, 9 990, _, _, _.
Solve the answers to the
following problems.
 2x4=
 8x7=
 4x9=
 11 x 4 =
 12 x 6 =
Solve the answers to the
following problems.
8÷4=
56 ÷ 6 =
72 ÷ 8 =
96 ÷ 12 =
Continue the following
patterns.
8, 12, 16, _, _, _.
32, 36, 40, _, _, _.
56, 60, 64, _, _, _.
Use the following symbols
to complete the equations.
=≠< >
34 __ 24 + 1
94 __ 95 – 1
315 __ 298 + 15
Online
Learning
Spelling City
Study Ladder
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Science
List the basic
needs that living
things need to
survive.
Describe the life
cycle of a frog
with diagrams.
Group 5 Derivational relations -
Bases or roots Sort 34- 43
Term 2 Weeks 1-10 Facilitator ____________________
Chapter V, VI, VII:
Greek and Latin Elements
I can use words with Greek and Latin
elements
Chapter V, VI, VII:
Greek and Latin Elements
I can use words with Greek and Latin
elements
Chapter V, VI, VII:
Greek and Latin Elements
I can use words with Greek and Latin
elements
Chapter V, VI, VII:
Greek and Latin Elements
I can use words with Greek and Latin
elements
Chapter V, VI, VII:
Greek and Latin Elements
I can use words with Greek and Latin
elements
Sort 34 - Latin roots, man, script,
Sort 34 - Latin roots, scrib, cred, fac
Sort 35 - Latin roots duc, duct, seq,
sec,
Sort 35 - Latin roots flu, ver, vert
Sort 36 - Latin roots
prefixes, ante, post
manual
manufacture
manicure
manoeuvre
manure
manuscript
mandate
transcribe
inscribe
scribble
scribe
prescribe
introduction
conductor
deduct
abduct
induce
reduce
educate
inverse
vertigo
conversation
convert
extravert
reverse
antebellum
ante meridian
anterior
antedate
prescription
inscription
subscription
Focus Rules

man – hand

scrib/script – to write

cred- to believe

words ending in ‘be’ change
spelling when adding -ion
WORD STUDY

check dictionary for each base
word

create own meanings

construct lists of other words–
refer to additional words in
Derivational Relations text

Affixes – refer to previously taught
prefix/suffixes
Plurals

S is usually used to make words
plural

‘es’ is used for words ending with s,
ss, x, sh ch & tch
Tense verbs

Add ‘ed’ & ‘ing’ suffix
factory
facilitate
artefact
facsimile
discredit
incredible
credible
credence
incredulous
Focus Rules

scrib/script – to write

cred- to believe

fac – to make

words ending in ‘be’ change
spelling when adding -ion
WORD STUDY

check dictionary for each base
word

create own meanings

construct lists of other words–
refer to additional words in
Derivational Relations text

Affixes – refer to previously taught
prefix/suffixes
Plurals

S is usually used to make words
plural

‘es’ is used for words ending with s,
ss, x, sh ch & tch
Tense verbs

Add ‘ed’ & ‘ing’ suffix
sequel
subsequent
sect
consecutive
consequence
Focus Rules


duc/duct – lead
sequ/sec – follow
WORD STUDY

check dictionary for each base
word

create own meanings

construct lists of other words–
refer to additional words in
Derivational Relations text

Affixes – refer to previously taught
prefix/suffixes
Plurals

S is usually used to make words
plural

‘es’ is used for words ending with s,
ss, x, sh ch & tch
Tense verbs

Add ‘ed’ & ‘ing’ suffix
fluid
fluent
superfluous
influx
fluctuate
affluence
Focus Rules


flu – flow
ver/vert - turn
WORD STUDY

check dictionary for each base
word

create own meanings

construct lists of other words–
refer to additional words in
Derivational Relations text

Affixes – refer to previously taught
prefix/suffixes
Plurals

S is usually used to make words
plural

‘es’ is used for words ending with s,
ss, x, sh ch & tch
Tense verbs

Add ‘ed’ & ‘ing’ suffix
postpone
post meridian
postbellum
postmortem
postscript
posterior
Focus Rules

ante – before

post- after
WORD STUDY

check dictionary for each base
word

create own meanings

construct lists of other words–
refer to additional words in
Derivational Relations text

Affixes – refer to previously taught
prefix/suffixes
Plurals

S is usually used to make words
plural

‘es’ is used for words ending with s,
ss, x, sh ch & tch
Tense verbs

Add ‘ed’ & ‘ing’ suffix