Literacy - Week 3 – Non-chronological report

For your summer holiday Literacy lessons (if you would like to complete the work) you will be following
the Oak Academy lessons. After you complete the daily SPaG activity, click on the first video of the week.
Complete the introductory quiz before following the teacher guidance on the video lesson. Remember to
pause when needed and complete the independent activities using your best handwriting!
https://www.thenational.academy/ Classroom/Find lessons/Year 4/Subject/Literacy/Non-chronological
report
1. Complete the quiz.
2. Follow the lesson on the video, pausing when asked to.
3. Complete the independent task.
4. Complete the end of lesson quiz.
Monday SPaG – Descriptive writing

Write a paragraph describing this setting using full

sentences. Can you include adjectives, similes,
adverbials, alliteration and personification?

Tuesday SPaG - Commonly confused words

where wear we’re were

Write a sentence using each of these words to show that you understand how to use
them.

Wednesday SPaG- Synonyms and Antonyms

Use a thesaurus/internet to find 3-5 words for the words

 Good
 Bad
Thursday SPaG – Spellings
Learn these spellings;
Adding the prefix im- (before a root word starting with ‘m’ or ‘p’)

immature impossible imperfect immovable important

immeasurable immortal impatient impolite improper

Friday Book review

Write a book review of a book that you have read/reading this week. Remember to
include;
 Title and author
 A summary of what the book is about
 Would you recommend the book and why?
 Characters and plot
Numeracy - Week 3
Monday

Addition word problems.

Must

The children in Year 3 and Year 4 are taking part in a school play.

1) On Wednesday, 68 tickets had been sold in advance, but then 200 people arrived to buy tickets in the
evening. How many people watched the play?

2) Year 4 always make the drinks to sell. They have prepared 150 cups of orange juice and 72 cups of apple
juice. How many drinks have they made?

3) On Thursday, there were 224 seats put out for the play. They needed to put out another 103 seats to ensure
everyone got a seat. How many people went to the play?

4) On Monday, 4211 tickets were sold. On Tuesday, they sold another 530 tickets. How many tickets were sold
altogether?

5) There were cookies for sale on Saturday evening. The stall started with 435 cookies. Then, the PTA brought
another 124 more. How many cookies were for sale?

6) 170 mothers came to see the play and 171 fathers. How many parents in total were at the play on Saturday?

7) Popcorn is always a popular treat. Year 3 ate 200 bags and Year 4 ate 35 more bags than Year 3. How many
bags did Year 4 eat?

8) In the week before the play, the children spent 120 minutes rehearsing on Monday and 156 minutes
rehearsing on Tuesday. How many minutes did they spend rehearsing? 120 +156 =276

9) The first part of the play lasted 34 minutes. The second part of the play went for 44 minutes. How long was
the play? 34 +44 =78

10) 170 children in Year 1 and Year 2 came to see the dress rehearsal in the morning. 153 children in Year 5 and
Year 6 came to see the dress rehearsal in the afternoon. How many children watched the dress rehearsal in
total? 170 + 153=323

2-step word problems.

Should

The children in Year 4 and Year 5 are taking part in a school play.

1) On Thursday, Year 4 sold 35 tickets, on Friday they sold 80 tickets and on Saturday they sold 200 tickets. How
many tickets did they sell altogether?

2) The first part of the play lasted 63 minutes. The second part of the play was 6 minutes longer. How long was
the play in total?

3) 48 Cakes were sold on Thursday. 170 cakes were sold on Friday and 120 cakes were sold on Saturday. How
many cakes were sold in total?

4) On Monday, Year 4 sold 163 Tickets. On Tuesday, Year 5 sold 21 more tickets than Year 4. How many tickets
did they sell altogether?
5) Year 4 sold 137 bags of popcorn. Year 5 sold double that amount. How much did they sell in total?

6) The school sold 274 programmes on Thursday. 150 on Friday and 56 on Saturday. How many programmes
did they school sell in total?

7) After the play, Year 5 put away 340 seats. Year 4 put away 60 seats and the teachers put away 73 seats. How
many seats were put away in total?

8) In the week before the play, Year 4 rehearsed for 125 minutes on Monday. Year 5 rehearsed for 96 minutes
on Tuesday. On Wednesday the rehearsed together for 50 minutes. How many minutes did they spend
rehearsing in total?

9) The school made £90 on Tuesday. They made triple that on Wednesday. On Thursday they made £170. How
much money did the school make?

10) The teachers helped with preparation for the play. They spent 98 minutes decorating the hall, 260 minutes
getting the stage ready and 380 minutes making the costumes. How long did the preparations take?

Could

Task 1

1) On Monday, Jacob spent 61 minutes on his maths. On Tuesday he spent 85 minutes on his Literacy and
on Wednesday he spent 133 minutes on his Integrated Studies project. How many minutes did he spend
on Homework this week?
Jacinta says that Jacob spent more time doing his school work on Wednesday than he did on Monday
and Tuesday combined. Is she right? How do you know?

2) A grocer has 119 apples in her store. On Monday she gets a delivery of 38 Golden Delicious apples. On
Tuesday she gets a delivery of 36 Pink Lady apples. On Wednesday she gets a delivery of 59 Granny
Smith. Finally, on Thursday, she gets 25 Braeburn apples.
How many apples does she have in total?
Which three days can you add together to get more than the original amount?

3) Seren got £8 for her birthday from her auntie. Her grandma gave her double the amount. Her uncle gave
her triple the amount. How much did Seren get?

Write your own word problems to these calculations and then work out the answers.

1) 237 + 80 =

2) 548 + 240 =

3) 428 + 260 + 345 =

4) 862 + 300 +60 =

Tuesday

Subtraction (word problems)

When solving word problems, you need to read the question carefully. Make sure you underline the key information
and then determine what the question is asking you to do. Show your working out and make sure you label your
sum.

Must

1) On Monday, the swimming pool had 857 visitors. 433 swam in the morning. How many swam in the
evening?
2) Year 4s target is to swim 255 metres. Jack can swim 145 metres. How much further does he need to swim?

3) The leisure centre took £437 on Friday and £215 on Saturday. What was the difference between the two
days?

4) In two days, Oliver swam 296 metres. He swam 175 on Monday, so how many metres did he swim on
Tuesday?

5) The gift shop has 628 pairs of goggles. It sells 215. How many does it have left?

6) The shop sells both goggles and hats. In one day, it sold 538 goggles. It sold 127 fewer hats. How many hats
did it sell?

7) On Monday, 439 people used the pool. On Tuesday327 people used the pool. How many more people used
the pool on Monday than Tuesday.

8) It holds 20,500 litres of water. The swimming pool has a leak and it loses 3,677 litres. How much water is
left?

9) The gift shop has £1763. Unfortunately, it was burgled and someone stole £650. How much money was left?

10) The pool was booked for a birthday party for 90 minutes. They spent 33 minutes eating. How many minutes
were the children in the pool for?

2-step word problems.

Should
1) A bookshelf in the library holds 378 books. There are 122 on the top shelf. 131 books on the middle shelf.
How many books are on the bottom shelf?

2) There are 2799 books in the children’s library. 1243 are picture book. 875 books are chapter books. The rest
are information books. How many information books are there?

3) There are 4800 books in the library. On Monday, 133 were borrowed. On Tuesday 1,226 books were taken
out. How many books are left?

4) Three classes of children visit the library. The first class took out 102 books. The second class took out 13
fewer. The third class took out 16 fewer books than the second class. How many books did the second and
third classes take out?

5) There are 768 sports books. 264 got ruined in a flood. 58 were borrowed and 155 needed to be taken off
the shelf because they were out of date. How many books are left?
 6) There are 550 history books. Year 4 have taken all 97 books about Tudor England. Year 3 have taken 53
books about the Stone age and Year 5 have taken 138 books about the Victorians. How many books are left?

7) 670 books have been borrowed from the library. 135 books were returned on Monday. On Tuesday, 18
fewer books were returned than on Monday. On Wednesday 28 fewer books were returned than on
Tuesday. How many books were returned on Tuesday and Wednesday?

8) The art section contains 8,912 books. 345 are about Picasso. 481 are about Hockney. How many books are
left?

9) On Friday, 400 books were returned. Half were returned in the morning. A quarter were returned in the
afternoon. How many were left in the out of hours return box?

10) The librarian has a budget of £5,500. She spends £2497 on new shelves and £157 on pencils. How much does
she have left to spend on books?

Multi-step Word Problems with Mixed Operations.

1) A bookshelf in the library holds 478 books. There are 122 on the top shelf. 132 books on the middle shelf.
How many books are on the bottom shelf? The librarian takes half of the books from the bottom shelf. How
many books are left?

2) There are 2,899 books in the children’s library. 1,343 are picture book. 775 books are chapter books. The
rest are information books. How many information books are there? The Librarian decides to add a teenage
section with a further 1001 books. How many books are there now?

3) There are 7,800 books in the library. On Monday, 133 were borrowed. On Tuesday 1,226 books were
borrowed. On Wednesday 530 books were returned. How many books are there in the library in the end?

4) Three classes of children visit the library. The first class took out 102 books. The second class took out 13
fewer. The third class took out 16 fewer books than the second class. How many books did the second and
third classes take out? How many books in total were taken from the library?

5) There are 768 sports books. 264 got ruined in a flood. 58 were borrowed and 155 needed to be taken off
the shelf because they were out of date. How many books are left? The library buys more books to replace
the ones lost. They buy 300 books? Is this enough? Why/Why not?

6) There are 550 history books. Year 4 have taken all 97 books about Tudor England. Year 3 have taken 53
books about the Stone age and Year 5 have taken 138 books about the Victorians. How many books did the
children take out? How many books are left??

7) 670 books have been borrowed from the library. 135 books were returned on Monday. On Tuesday, 18
fewer books were returned than on Monday. On Wednesday 28 fewer books were returned than on
Tuesday. How many books were returned on Tuesday and Wednesday? How many books were returned in
total? How many books still need to be returned?

8) The art section contains 8912 books. 345 are about Picasso. 481 are about Hockney. How many books are
left? A publisher donates 690 books about Van Gogh, how many books are in the art section now?

9) On Friday, 400 books were returned. Half were returned in the morning. A quarter were returned in the
afternoon. How many were left in the out of hours return box? 1/8 were borrowed again on Saturday? How
many books were borrowed on Saturday?

10) The librarian has a budget of £5500. She spends £2697 on new book shelves and £157 on pencils. How much
has she spent? How much does she have left to spend on books? A local fund raiser gives the library £2500.
 How much does library have now? What is the difference between the library’s new budget and their old
budget?
Wednesday

Multiplication word problems

1) A teacher asks some children to arrange some chairs into 5 rows of 8 chairs. How many chairs will be laid
out?
2) A crate contains 6 packs of 4 water bottles. How many bottles are there in each crate?
3) A photo album contains 11 pages. Each page can hold 6 photos. How many photos can the album hold?
4) A grocer has 3 packs of bananas. Each pack has 7 bananas. How many bananas are in a packet?
5) Marbles are sold in bags of 5. A shop has 6 bags. How many marbles are there?
6) A badminton tournament is arranged at a local sports club. There are 5 courts. Each court is allocated 8
shuttlecocks. How many shuttlecocks are used?
7) Envelopes are sold in packs of 10. A supplier has 8 packets of envelopes. How many envelops does the
supplier have?
8) A classroom has 2 book shelves. Each shelf has 12 books. How many books are there in the classroom?

Should

1) A teacher asks for some children to arrange the chairs into 14 rows of 8 chairs. How many chairs will be laid
out?
2) A crate contains 32 packs of 4 water bottles. How many bottles are there in each crate?
3) A photo album contains 27 pages. Each page can hold 6 photos. How many photos can the album hold?
4) A grocer has 243 packs of bananas. Each pack has 7 bananas. How many bananas are in a packet?
5) Marbles are sold in bags of 125. A shop has bought 6. How many marbles are there altogether?
6) A badminton tournament is arranged at a local sports club. There are 5 courts. Each court is allocated 68
shuttlecocks. How many shuttlecocks are needed for the tournament?
7) Envelopes are sold in packs of 225. A supplier has 8 packets of envelopes. How many envelops does the
supplier have?
8) A Library has 7 book shelves. Each shelf has 248 books. How many books are there in the Library?

Could

2-step multiplication problems.

1) A school manager orders 12 boxes of a4 paper. Each box contains 5 packets. Each packet contains 300 sheets
of paper. How many sheets of paper are ordered?
2) Apples are cut into 8 pieces to be shared among some children. 22 bags of 7 apples are used. How many
pieces of apple are cut?
3) A squad o20 footballers are each given three new pairs of boots. Each pair has 16 studs. How many studs are
there altogether?
4) In a dance competition, there are 32 teams. Each team has 8 dancers. Each dancer has 5 pairs of dancing
shoes. How many pairs of shoes will there be at the competition?
5) Each car leaving the factory has 4 new tyres. 29 car transporters leave with 9 cars on each transporter. How
many tyres are needed for all of the cars?
6) Satsumas are sold in bags of 15. A box of satsumas contain 9 bags and they are shipped in crates of 28 boxes.
How many satsumas are in one crate?
7) A group of school children travel by train. The children are in compartments that hold 6 people. Each
carriage has 13 compartments are there are 9 carriages on the train.
8) For a party, three boxes of cookies were purchased. Each box contains 14 packs of biscuits. Each pack
contains 9 packets of biscuits. How many biscuits were purchased?
Thursday

Division. word problems

Must

1) A teacher asks some children to arrange 36 chairs into rows of 9. How many chairs will be each row?
2) A crate holds 16 bottles. How many packs of 4 bottles will be in each crate?
3) A photographer prints 55 photos to arrange in an album. Each page will contain 5 pictures. How many pages
will be used?
4) Apples are sold in packs of 5. How many packs can be made from 40 apples?
5) A large pack of 28 marbles is shared equally into 4 bags. How mang marbles will be in each bag?
6) There are 48 tennis balls. The balls are organised into sets of four. How many sets will there be?
7) Thank you, cards are sold in packs of 5 cards. How many packs can be made from 60 cards?
8) 27 books are arranged onto some shelves. There are 9 books on each shelf. How many shelves are used?

Should

1) A teacher asks some children to arrange 363 chairs into rows of 3. How many chairs will be each row?
2) A crate holds 448 bottles. How many packs of 4 bottles will be in each crate?
3) A photographer prints 96 photos to arrange in an album. Each page will contain 8 pictures. How many pages
will be used?
4) Apples are sold in packs of 5. How many packs can be made from 40 apples?
5) A large pack of 56 marbles is shared equally into 4 bags. How many marbles will be in each bag?
6) There are 848 tennis balls. The balls are organised into sets of four. How many sets will there be?
7) Thank you cards are sold in packs of 5 cards. How many packs can be made from 150 cards?
8) 117 books are arranged onto some shelves. There are 9 books on each shelf. How many shelves are used?

Could

1) There are 17 boys and 14 girls in a class. The children sit at tables of 4. How many tables are needed?
2) A pencil factory makes 194 pencils in one hour, but 32 are found to be faulty. The pencils are sold in packs of
9 How many packs will be filled by non-faulty pencils?
3) A teacher has 2 boxes of pencils. One has 173 pencils and the other 149 pencils He puts the pencils together
and shares them equally into 7 pots. How many pencils will there be in each pot?
4) A grocer bakes 189 baking potatoes. The grocer puts 75 baking potatoes out individually and bags the rest of
potatoes into a pack of 6. How many packs of 6 does the grocer make?
5) A toy warehouse has 156 packs of 3 cars. The cars are to be re-boxed in packs of 5. How many packs of 5 can
be made from these cars?
6) A sports trust organises a football competition. 23 teams of 11 players enter and 176 individual players who
want to be made into new teams. If all the individual players are made into new teams of 11 players, how
many teams will play in the competition.
7) Marbles are sold in bags of 6. A marble machine produces 1278 per hour. How many bags of marbles can be
made in 4 hours?
8) A sports shop has 45 boxes of tennis balls, each box has 3 tennis balls. It also has 129 tennis balls which are
put into boxes of 3 balls. How many boxes are there altogether?