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Homeschool Week 1 October 10th -15th

 Activity 1: General Knowledge Quiz


Activity 2: Spelling Test


Activity 3: Comprehension 

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK3dav4bA4s 

https://mrnussbaum.com/bengal-tiger-reading-comprehension-online 


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Maths

Mental Math (Done Verbally)

https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/4th-grade-math-worksheets-mental-math-4th-grade-1.gif


Fractions Intro Activity:

 https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fractions-equality/latest/fractions-equality_en.html


Fractions











Multiply the fractions below and reduce your answers to lowest terms.























Help your teacher get to know you!

Write 2 paragraphs (about 10-12 lines in all) about yourself. 

Include:

 your likes, dislikes, anything you're afraid of, your hobbies, dream job, your favourite holiday etc. 

Your work should be in standard english and well organised to help me get to know you better. 

Happy writing!!

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021




Writing in the past tense: 


Vocabulary


Share 3 facts about the Earth. 


Cloze Passage about the Earth




Use Google to help you find 1 fact about the Great Wall of China. 












Mathematics

Word Problems Warm-Up: 




Finding a Fraction of a Number: 



1. A well contains 150 liters of water. If \frac{2}{5} of its original content is consumed, how many liters of water are left in the well?


2. A cable measuring 72 m is cut into two pieces. One piece of the cable is \frac{5}{12} of the original length. What is the length of each piece of cable?


3. A box contains 60 chocolates. Eva ate \frac{1}{4} of the chocolates and Ana ate \frac{1}{3} of the chocolates.
a. How many chocolates did Eva eat?
b. How many chocolates did Ana eat?
c. What fraction of the 60 chocolates have been eaten so far?


4. Helen went to the women's boutique starting out with 180 dollars. She spent \frac{3}{5} of that amount on new clothes. How much money does Helen have left?


5. A father has divided up 1,800 dollars among his 3 sons. The eldest son received \frac{4}{9} of the whole amount, while the middle son received \frac{1}{3} and the youngest son received the remainder.

a. How much money did each sibling receive?

b. What fraction of the money did the youngest son receive?



Homework Activity 1: 

 https://www.liveworksheets.com/fv2034416an 

Homework Activity 2: 

1. James earns £800 a month. He spends ¼ of this money on rent. James spends ⅖ of the money on food and bills. How much money has he left?

Hint: a. Calculate his rent.

B. Calculate how much he spends on food and bills. 

C. How much does he spend altogether?

D.how much money does he have left? 



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4. 
In January a baby elephant weighs 180kg. By March the weight of the baby elephant had increased by ⅜. Work out the weight of the baby elephant in March. 

5. A jar of coffee used to contain 520g. New packets contain one-fifth less. Work out how much the new packet contains. 


6. Alicia had 300 dollars to go shopping . Thursday she spent \frac{2}{5} of that amount and Saturday she spent \frac{3}{4} of what she had left.

a. How much money did she spend each day?  Thursday= ___    Saturday= ____

b. How much money does she have left at the end?

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

VOCABULARY

Word Ops: https://mrnussbaum.com/word-ops-online-game

Use Google to find the meanings of the words below:

infiltrate        fortify        empire

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBAOtO9i7U0


Great Wall of China



Active and Passive Voice - Present and Past Tense

Examples: 
    Karen eats the chocolate cake. (Present Tense)
    The chocolate cake is eaten by Karen. 



My brother enjoyed the Spiderman movie. (Past Tense)
The Spiderman movie was enjoyed by my brother. 

Try These: 

1. The children shredded the gift paper. 
2. We all visit the museum on weekends. 
3. The technician repaired the broken laptop. 
4. Dad makes the best macaroni pie. 
5. Young boys love Paw Patrol. 
6. The angry teacher punished the entire class. 
7. I made breakfast for everyone.
8. They visited the Great Wall of China. 



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MATHEMATICS


Reducing to lowest terms: 


1. A man has $120. He gives 2/3 of it to his friend. 

a. How much does his friend get?

b. How much remains?



2. A laptop costs $250. I only have 1/5 of the money. 

a. How much money do I have?

b. How much more money do I need?




3. A box holds 440 remote controls. 3/4 of them have a camouflage pattern.

a. How many have a camouflage pattern?

b. How many do not have a camouflage pattern?


4. I weigh 150 pounds. My sister weighs 3/5 of my weight.  How much does my sister weigh?



Wednesday, October 13, 2021
























Calculating a Fraction of an Amount
















Thursday. October 14th, 2021


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3gqoDUtmt4


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18MB7E4nxn0GfddhjmhA4PZ1WXT4yLcZGIDPOpijLBog/edit#slide=id.gf8af960b2e_0_0 


Global Warming

Global warming refers to the increase of the earth's average temperature due to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal causes greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide to escape into the air and act like a warm blanket over the earth.

There are already some changes happening because of global warming. Sea level is rising and some animals are moving to new homes because their natural habitat is disappearing.

If the warming gets worse, as scientists expect, there may be some kinds of plants and animals that become extinct. Heat waves and droughts will increase, leading to wildfires, and some areas may become too dry for farming.

Warmer ocean temperatures lead to more big storms which damage homes and cause floods. Sea levels may rise so much that people have to move away from the coasts.

All humans contribute to global warming by burning fossil fuels when they drive a car, fly in an airplane, heat or cool their houses and cut down trees to clear land.

One way to reduce greenhouse gases is to reduce deforestation, the cutting down of trees. Trees soak up carbon dioxide from the air, so having lots of trees around is good for the atmosphere. We can also plant more trees.

The best way to help slow down global warming is to put less carbon into the air by using less fossil fuel - something that is easy to say, but hard to do! But by driving less, turning down the heat and air conditioning, and using more solar, wind and hydroelectric power, we can all reduce greenhouse gases and help fight global warming.


1. Define global warming. 

2. ______________ _____________ contributes the most to greenhouse gas emissions. 


3. Name 2 examples of fossil fuels that are mentioned in the passage. 


4. Give 2 effects of global warming. 


5. Name one way how we all contribute negatively to global warming. 


6. Why is it important that we plant more trees?


7. Explain 2 things you can do to reduce the impact of global warming. 


Mathematics


Problem Solving

Warm Up (Fractions Activity): 

Division Warm Up: 


Arithmetic Test




Problem Solving 

1. Simon walks to school each day and gets picked up in the afternoon. It takes him 22 minutes to walk to school each day. How much time does he spend walking to school in 1 week?



2. The price of a scooter is $520. Kyle has 3/5 of the money he needs. 
a. How much money does Kyle have?
b. How much more money does he need?



3. 16 ounces make 1 pound. How many ounces are there in 3 and a half pounds of flour?



4. Stanley put a cake in the oven to bake. It will take 1 hour and 35 minutes. If it goes into the oven at 5:45, at what time will it be finished?



5. From the sum of 650.5 and 354.3, thake 428.2.



6. I think of a number, multiply it by 7  and then add 4. My answer is 67. What is the number?



Speed Math





Friday, October 15, 2021

Reading & Writing Day


Subject/Verb Agreement: 

Click: Play this game (Context Clues)

https://www.quia.com/pop/35971.html?AP_rand=1279401726



Watch: News Report- Amazon Deforestation




Global Warming

Global warming refers to the increase of the earth's average temperature due to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels like oil and coal causes greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide to escape into the air and act like a warm blanket over the earth.

There are already some changes happening because of global warming. Sea level is rising and some animals are moving to new homes because their natural habitat is disappearing.

If the warming gets worse, as scientists expect, there may be some kinds of plants and animals that become extinct. Heat waves and droughts will increase, leading to wildfires, and some areas may become too dry for farming.

Warmer ocean temperatures lead to more big storms which damage homes and cause floods. Sea levels may rise so much that people have to move away from the coasts.

All humans contribute to global warming by burning fossil fuels when they drive a car, fly in an airplane, heat or cool their houses and cut down trees to clear land.

One way to reduce greenhouse gases is to reduce deforestation, the cutting down of trees. Trees soak up carbon dioxide from the air, so having lots of trees around is good for the atmosphere. We can also plant more trees.

The best way to help slow down global warming is to put less carbon into the air by using less fossil fuel - something that is easy to say, but hard to do! But by driving less, turning down the heat and air conditioning, and using more solar, wind and hydroelectric power, we can all reduce greenhouse gases and help fight global warming.


1. Define global warming. 

2. ______________ _____________ contributes the most to greenhouse gas emissions. 


3. Name 2 examples of fossil fuels that are mentioned in the passage. 


4. Give 2 effects of global warming. 


5. Name one way how we all contribute negatively to global warming. 


6. Why is it important that we plant more trees?


7. Explain 2 things you can do to reduce the impact of global warming.


Ramadan Reading & Comprehension: 

Share your best Ramadan stories. 

https://worksheetsplus.com/Reading/WhatisRamadan.html


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Mathematics

Challenging Word Problems:

https://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/word_problems/quiz1967.html



Multiplication of Fractions

Multiply and reduce your answers to lowest terms. 













Math Homework







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