Year 4 Bronze Pack
Transcript of Year 4 Bronze Pack
For the rest of the half term the reading activities will be based on our class text
“Podkin” If you have missed any of the story check out Mrs Patrick’s You Tube page
to listen to the parts of the story you might have missed as she has been reading it
over the time we have been off!
Monday
Can you match the vocabulary to the definition?
Can you monitor some of your own words now?
Portcullis
Gnashing
haunted
To move your teeth
against each other.
A strong heavy grate
that can be lowered.
Showing signs of being
tormented.
Tuesday
1.True or false. Complete the grid below.
True False
Podkin was safe outside the warren.
Podkin had been speared by the Portcullis through his leg.
Lady Russet found them.
Lady Russet opened the portcullis so they could escape.
2. Find and copy two things that Paz though Podkin had hurt.
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3. Find and copy two phrases which tell us that Podkin was in pain.
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4.What had Lady Russet sent to warn The Gorm?
Wednesday
Can you answer the inference questions? Use what you know has
happened previously and evidence from the extract to answer.
1. Read the first two paragraphs. How are Podkin and Paz feeling?
How do you know?
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As Paz watched, she saw a figure step towards the portcullis, closer
to the light. It was Lady Russet.
2. When Paz first saw Lady Russet what do you think she thought?
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Thursday
Read the extract again. From how Lady Russet is described, what do
you think she will do next? Make sure you refer to this description in
your answer when giving reasoning.
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Monday
Can you practice putting these words with the spelling pattern ‘ough’ in
to sentences?
Top Tip:
Remember to use cursive handwriting and that your ascenders and
descenders are the correct heights.
Can you highlight each word class within the sentences in a different
colour?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Determiner
Pronoun
adjective
Choose your own colours and fill in the grid before you start
The stripy, ginger cat was sat by the fireplace and she was
licking her fur carefully.
A group of young children got on the bus to go on their
school trip and they were squealing with excitement loudly!
There was a friendly giant who was hiding silently out of
sight because he was scared of other people.
Top Tip:
Determiner- a word used at the beginning of a noun group for example
‘a’, ‘the’, ‘some’ or ‘this’.
Pronoun-A type of noun used when the noun is already known so it is
not repeated for example ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘they’
Can you re write the sentences below with commas in the correct place
to form commas in a list?
Top Tip:
Remember to leave the last and so it makes sense!
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Wednesday
This week you have been learning the spelling pattern ‘ough’. Can you
find the words in the paragraph below which are spelt incorrectly and
correct them?
Can you finish these sentences with adverbial phrases to tell us WHEN
something happened, HOW something happened or WHERE something
happened?
_________________________________________________________ he accepted the award.
Milo liked to sleep __________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ Kendra waited for a rescue ship.
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Now we are going to work on using ‘ing’ clauses to start a sentence.
EXAMPLE: Shaking with fear, the rabbit inched towards the safety of
its burrow.
Can you fill in the blanks for these sentences? Remember you need to
use an ing starter.
_________________________, May opened the huge door and walked into the old
mansion.
_____________________________, the cheetah is the fastest land animal.
Friday
Can you define what a prefix is?
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Can you think of some words beginning with the following prefixes?
-im impossible
-in indestructible
-il illegal
-ir Irresponsible
Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for time?
-Remember this is WHEN something happens / happened. E.g After she
had walked to the park,
____________________________________________________________ she sat down on the bench.
_____________________________________________________________ the boy ran down the path.
Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for manner?
-Remember this is HOW something happens or is done. E.g Carefully,
_______________________________________ we jumped into the water.
_________________________________________ the crossing warden asked us to wait.
Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for place?
- Remember this is WHERE something happens / happened. E.g In the
haunted house,
___________________________________________ my hair stood on end.
____________________________________________________ the cat lay in the sun.
Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for degree?
-Remember this describes the intensity. E.g Nearly asleep
_____________________________________________________ the cat lay in the sun.
____________________________________________________________ the boat capsized.
Can you fill in the blank with a fronted adverbial for frequency?
-Remember this is how often something happens. E.G Regularly
___________________________________ I brush my teeth
Wednesday
Sam and Sophie both
have some money.
Sam Sophie
What is the same and what is different?
They both have £_________________
____________________________ has more because __________________________________________.
Hundreds Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths
3 0 0 .
0 6
3 0 0 .
6 0
£3.06 £3.60
10 hundredths = 1 tenth
10 tenths = 1 one10 tenths =
1 one
.60 is closer to 1
Task 1: Can you match the word to its definition?
vibration
Sound wave
Ear drum
Source
particles
A pressure caused by a vibration of something.
Quick movement back and forth.
The place where a sound is made.
Part of the ear found in the middle which vibrates in response
to sound waves.
Small bits of dust, dirt, soot, droplets or liquid in the air.
Task 2: Can you fill in the diagram below? Write some sentences to
match the pictures to explain how we hear things. Use the given
vocabulary for each section
Object, vibrates,
move, sound source
vibrating air particles, sound wave
Particles, air, vibrate, touching
Sound wave, ear,
electrical signal, brain, sound