Year 4 Parent meeting Pack
Dear Parents, This is what we will be covering this half-term in Year 4: Maths Read and record Roman numerals to 100. Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100 and 1000. Counting in 10s, 25s, 100s and 1000s. Recognising place value in four digit numbers by partitioning numbers and understanding the numbers which make up larger numbers. Comparing numbers and placing them on a number line/ ordering them (beyond 1000). Understanding negative numbers and counting through 0. Use the column method to add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits. Estimate and use inverse calculations to check answers. English We will be reading Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley Reading: Discuss words and phrases that capture readers interest and imagination. Use a dictionary to check meanings of words. Ask questions to improve understanding of the text. Draw inferences and justify inferences with evidence. Predict what might happen from information they have deduced. Writing: Use appropriate nouns and pronouns within and across sentences to support cohesion and avoid repetition. I can use noun phrases and expand them. Write legibly and consistently. Compose sentences using a range of sentence structures. Use a range of sentences which have more than one clause. IPC Temples, Tombs and Treasures Why rivers were important to ancient civilisations What daily life was like in Ancient Egypt How to write using Egyptian hieroglyphics About the different rulers of Egypt About Ancient Egyptian religion and burials How the Ancient Egyptians might have built the pyramids About the treasures discovered in Tutankhamun s tomb How to use different sources to find out about Ancient Sumer How to compare life in Ancient Sumer with life in Ancient Egypt How to plan and create our own tomb wall painting How to make an Ancient Egyptian headdress Miss Bullock
Common exception words need to be spelt correctly in all pieces of writing
Cursive letter formation
earning Journal pages
Dear Parents, Here are a list of book that you may like to get for your child to read. Some of them will be in the school library but not all. These are just a suggestion of books If they find an author they like they could try other books by the same author. You may find some of the books on the list are more suited for more confident readers/ better towards the end of the year. Classic books Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis Stig of the Dump Clive King Charlotte s Web E.B White The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Treasure Island Louis Stevenson The Railway Children Edith Nesbit Black Beauty Anna Sewell The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame The Wizaard of Oz L. Frank. Beum Five Children and It E. Nesbit Swallows and Amazons Artur Ransome Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery The Borrowers Mary Norton Watership down David Parkins Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Other good reads Pax The Boy who went Magic The Legend of Podkin One-Ear Running on the Roof of the World The Bubble Boy My Brother is a Superhero How to Train Your Dragon series The Children of Green Knowe Series Superfudge The Demon Headmaster War Boy Geoffrey Strangeways Worzel Gummidge books One Dog and his Boy A Wrinkle in Time Street Child Shabba me Whiskers and other Mr Gum books The Firework Makers s Daughter Because of Winn Dixie Sara Pennypacker A. P. Winter Kieran Larwood Jesse Butterworth Steward Foster David Solomons Cressida Cowell Lucy M Boston Judy Blume Gillian Cross Michael Forman Jull Murphy Barbera Euphan Todd Eva Ibbotson Madeleine L Engle Berlie Doherty Andy Stanton Philip Pullman Kate DICamillo
Maths written methods for the 4 operations: Column addition: Column Subtraction: Expanded x : Short x : Division: