Year 4

Y4 W7T2 Y2020
actually	accidentally	usually		finally
1. Really, truly. “I didn’t actually see him, I just heard his voice.” 2. You might use ‘actually’ when you are correcting someone.” It happened on Monday,” said Kent. “Actually, it was on Tuesday,” said Ahmed.	Synonym: By mistake, by chance. As the result of an accident.	Generally, under usual conditions, normally,  what typically happens.		In the end, after a long time, lastly.
Sentence: We actually live very close to the school, like straight across the road from it.	Sentence: She accidentally knocked a glass over.	Sentence: I usually have food left over from tea for my lunch.		Sentence: After waiting 20 minutes, the bus finally arrived.
Find the missing word: We ….. have dessert after dinner.			Each sentence is missing a word. You will have to say one of the new words that fit into the sentence. Either theme, sincere, dread or thread will fit in the blank.
“We went to the beach on Sunday,” said Dad. “…… it was on Saturday,” said Mum.
We …… came to the end of the book.
He discovered the chest, ……….

Y4 W6T2 Y2020
awful	useful	grateful		doubtful
Adjective: Something very unpleasant. Synonyms: terrible, nasty, dreadful, terrible.	Adjective: Something useful helps you to do or achieve something. Synonyms: Handy, helpful, effective.	Showing or expressing thanks. Synonyms: thankful, glad		If it is doubtful that something  will happen, it seems unlikely to happen or you are uncertain it will happen. Synonyms: unclear, uncertain, suspicious.
Sentence:  We had awful weather last week.	Sentence: A heater is very useful when the weather’s cold.	Sentence: We are grateful we have a pool to swim in when the weather’s hot.		Sentence: It is doubtful we will go to the beach on the weekend.
Word Associations (Variation 3): We were thankful for a yummy bowl of soup when we returned home.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
The sandwich had been in the lunch box overnight and tasted terrible.
I was suspicious about going into the room by myself.
It was handy to have a picnic basket for our food at the park.

Y4 W5T2 Y2020
although	already	align		accidental
Synonyms: but, though, while, even if. You use ‘although’  to introduce  information which contrasts with a main statement.	Synonyms:  before now, before,  previously, at present. You use ‘already’ to show that something has happened, or had happened before the moment you are talking about.	To put two or more things in a line. To support an idea, plan or person		An accidental act happens by chance or unexpectedly and was not deliberate.
Sentence:  The shoes will last forever, although they are expensive.	Sentence:  They've spent nearly a million dollars on their house already.	Sentence:  He aligned the two holes so he could put the screw through them.		Sentence: The fire was accidental because the heater was left on too close to the blankets.
Word Associations (Variation 3): We should have finished our homework before now.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
We went to the shops for milk, though we had been in the morning
The boy unexpectedly ran around the corner of the building.
We made a chatterbox by folding the paper and putting the edged in a line.

Y4 W4T2 Y2020
defraud	derail	debacle		deprive
To take something away from someone or to stop them from getting what belongs to them by tricking and lying. Scam someone.	A derailment happens when a train comes off its tracks. We also say our plans have been derailed when things don’t go as planned.	A complete failure, especially because of bad planning and organization.		To take something,  especially  something necessary  or pleasant,  like food, use of a computer, away from someone.
Sentence: Some builders defrauded a man because they charged for work they didn’t do and charged huge prices.	Sentence: There was an investigation into the derailment of a freight train.	Sentence: The collapse of the company was described as the greatest financial debacle in US history.		Sentence: After a week of working nights to finish my project, I felt deprived of sleep.
Word Associations (Variation 3): The train hit a truck and came off the rails.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
The school couldn’t find enough teachers and so some students weren’t educated.
The group told the man about a company that didn’t exist and then took his money.
The concert wasn’t well planned and entertainers didn’t know when to go on stage.

Y4 W3T2 Y2020
foreign	forfeit	heist		kinetic
Adjective: Belonging to another country. Strange and unfamiliar.	To lose the right to have something or do something, because you broke a rule.	A heist is a crime where things are stolen. A robbery.		Adjective; Kinetic means to produce movement. There could be kinetic parts or kinetic drawings.
Sentence: He speaks a foreign language.	Sentence: The team had to forfeit the game because two of their players didn’t turn up.	Sentence: The robbers planned the bank heist and stole a million dollars.		Sentence: Kinetic learners are students who learn better when they’re allowed to be active..
Word Associations (Variation 3): The lady was charged with the jewellery theft.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
The new poem was not like the others we’d learned.
The man had to forfeit his car because he broke the road rules..
The puppets had kinetic body parts.

Y4 W6T1 2020
social	gracious	tension		diversity
Adjective: The definition of social is someone or something that enjoys being with others.	1) Gracious means to be kind, and polite. 2)  You can use gracious to describe the comfortable way of life of wealthy people. He drove through the gracious houses of people with swimming pools and tennis courts.	1)  Tension is the feeling in a situation when people are anxious or stressed. 2) Tension is produced in something which is stretched or wound tight, like in a rope, a muscle or wire.		Diversity means to have a variety of things. This could mean:  the inclusion of people of different races, genders, or religions.
Sentence: Ants and bees are very social insects as they live together in groups.	Sentence: If you don’t want to go to the party, you can be gracious and say, ‘Thank you for your invitation, but I promised to be somewhere else.’	Sentence: The girl was full of tension before the test.		Sentence:  The plants on the island included a great diversity of trees.
Word Associations (Variation 3): The losing players were very polite to the team who won the match.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
The man was so nervous he missed the hole with his golf ball.
We are having family gatherings at the park.
The band played a variety of music.

Y4 W5T1 2020
figure	secure	acre		centre
1) A number. 2) A person’s body shape. 3). To work out something, a problem or maths question.	1) To tie up so that something doesn’t become loose. 2) Something or someone is sure to remain safe. 3) To feel confident that you’re safe.	1)  A common measure of area used in America and England. 2) A large amount of something. For example: acres of space.		1)  Noun: The centre is the point that’s equally distant from every point on the outside edge of a circle. 2). Noun: The place where an activity is focussed. 3) Verb: To place in the middle.
Sentence: A dark figure came out from the shadows.	Sentence: The man secured the boat to the jetty.	Sentence: They bought ½ an acre of land to build their house on.		Sentence: We went to swim at the Leisure Centre.
Word Associations (Variation 3): The mansion is on a massive area of land.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
Everyone needs a home and to feel safe and loved.
I thought that I would do well in the test.
The heart of the city.

Y4 W4T1 2020
culture	adventure	rogue		intrigue
Culture is a word that describes the ways people do things. Culture is seen in the way people write, their language, music,  clothes, cooking, and in what they do. A culture is also the growing of bacteria and other cells for science.	An adventure means something  exciting, unusual, and rather dangerous.	Someone or something that behaves in ways that are not expected or not normal, and often in a way that causes damage. This could be a person, an animals, plants, etc.		1)To be interested in, captivated or fascinated  by something. 2)  Intrigue is the making Of secret plans to harm or  deceive people.
Sentence: At school we are learning about Italian language and culture.	Sentence: The children were looking forward to their adventure in the forest.	Sentence: The horses galloped onto the oval in two’s,  except one who went rogue and galloped away.		Sentence: I couldn’t stop reading the book as I was intrigued to know how it ended.
Word Associations (Variation 3): One of the elephants didn’t walk in the parade and ran through the twon.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
At Primary School we are learning about Aboriginal legends and stories.
The spaceship was ready to blast off into its’ first journey to Mars.
The boys were fascinated by the wizards’ key.

Y4T2 W9 Words To Learn

However	Therefore	Furthermore	Likewise
However can be used in place of ‘but’, ‘or’, instead of’ in a sentence.	Therefore can be used in place of ‘because’, ‘since’, ‘so that’ in a sentence.	Furthermore can be used in place of ‘and’, ‘also’, ‘in addition to what I’ve just said’ in a sentence.	Likewise can be used instead of ‘as’, ‘like’, ‘though’, ‘similarly’ in a sentence.
I would love to go on a holiday, however, I have to go to school.	I studied hard for my spelling test, therefore I got all the words correct. I would love to go on a holiday, therefore I have been saving my money.	She always arrives on time and furthermore,her work is excellent. I would like to go on a holiday and furthermore, travel on a plane.	Make sure you wash the kitchen floors, and likewise the floors in the bathroom. The teacher sat in the sun and the students did likewise. I would like to go on a holiday and likewise, spend time with my friends.

Y4T2 W8 Words To Learn

globally	abhorrent	horrid	revolutionary
Globally means in a way that relates to the whole world.	Abhorrent means to be disgusting or disliked.	Horrid means to be awful.	Something that causes a complete or dramatic change.
The removal of forests is affecting the world globally.	I think it abhorrent to eat snails.	I think it would be horrid if your friends didn’t include you in their party.	I think it is revolutionary that we can now take photos using drones.
Choices: Which would you say is affecting the world globally: the burning of fossil fuels or keeping our pets in at night? Context: What things affect the world globally?	Choices: Which would be more abhorrent; seeing monkeys in cages or walking into the house with muddy shoes? Why? Context: What is something you think would be abhorrent to your friends?	Choices: Is it horrid when your friend moves away or when your friend won’t play with you? Context: What does your mum think is horrid?	Choices: What do you think is more revolutionary: the invention of television or the invention of pencils? Context: What are the appliances in your house that have been most revolutionary?

Week 4.Term 1.

System:

A system is a way of doing things. Everything works together.

Roam

1. To go about from place to place usually without a plan or definite purpose.

2. It refers to the mobile phone being used outside its home network and connects to another available cell network.

Gaunt:

 1. A person who is very thin and bony, especially because of sickness or hunger.

 2. A building or place that is gloomy and colourless.

Ecosystem: Includes all the living and non-living things in an area like plants, animals, the sun and weather, and the way they affect each other in their environment.

Lurking: To wait or move in a sneaky, secret way so that you cannot be seen.

Daunting: Something feels really difficult to do.