Year 4W

Homework Matrix
Weeks 1 3
Due Friday 8th May

Mathletics

Cultural
Story

Responsibili
ty

Find an example of a
cultural story (for
example Tiddalik the
Frog). Read the story
and write a few
sentences in your
homework book
summarising the main
idea.

Be responsible and
offer mum or dad
assistance in some
jobs around the house
(weeding the garden,
feeding your pets etc.)
Record what you did in
your homework book.

Fitness

Wordl

Maths

Complete this fitness

program each night:
20 x star jumps
10 x lunges (each leg)
10 x squats
30 seconds running on
the spot.

Go to www.wordle.net
and create a new wordl
of this weeks spelling
words, Feel free to
print it out and glue it
into your homework
book.

Choose five 5-digit

numbers and write
down everything you
know about them
(Hints: Draw as MAB
blocks, write in words,
expanded notation,
standard/non-standard
partitioning etc.).

Grammar

Research

Life Cycles

In your homework
book, write down 10
examples of noun
groups. A noun group
is a group of describing

Choose any country

and provide
information about the
following things:
Traditional food

Choose an animal that

lives in your local area.
Draw a scientific
diagram (coloured
pencil, labels etc.) of

Spend 20 minutes
each night completing
activities on
www.mathletics.com
(Your
username/password is
stapled into the front
of your book!)

words built around a

noun. For example:
A big, black, shaggy
dog.

Traditional dress
Languages
Leader
Tourist Attractions

Extension: Write these

5 noun groups in a
sentence each.

Read Aloud
Spend 15 minutes
reading aloud to a
parent, guardian or
older sibling.
Discuss any new or
unfamiliar words with
that person.

Vocabulary

both the animal and its

habitat.
Write a paragraph
about what would
happen to the animal if
a part of its
environment was
destroyed.

Times
Tables Fun

Find 5 new interesting

words and write down
Practise bouncing a
their definitions in your
tennis ball while saying
homework books.
this weeks number
Extension: Write these facts times tables out
loud.
words in a sentence.

Together with your spelling words, reading and number facts, please
complete at least 9 out of the 12 options below. Colour in which activities
you completed:

Year 4W
Homework Matrix
Weeks 4-6
Due Friday 29th May

Mathletics

Problems

Spend 20 minutes
each night completing
activities on
www.mathletics.com
(Your

Write out 10
brainteasers or
problems and solve
them in your
homework book. For

Responsibili
ty
Tidy your room and
organise your working
space it makes
homework much easier

username/password is
stapled into the front
of your book!)

Fitness
Complete this fitness
program 3 times each
night:
30 seconds running on
the spot
10 x push ups
30 second running on
the spot
10 x burpees

Grammar

example: Harry was

45 minutes late for
school.
If he was supposed to
start school at 8:45,
what time did he
arrive?

if your area is
uncluttered! Your
parents will love this
too.

Alphabetica Citizenship
Cyclones can cause
l Order
devastating damage to
Write out your spelling
words in alphabetical
order (A Z) . When
youve finished this,
write them in reverse
alphabetical order (Z
A).

cities and towns. Write

a paragraph about
what you would do in
order to prepare for a
cycle.

Research

Mapping

Write a paragraph
describing the main
character of your
favourite book or
movie. Make sure to
use noun groups to
enhance your
description!

Choose any animal and

Print out a map of
provide information
Australia and mark the
about the following
places you have
things:
travelled to. Ask an
adult for help if you get
Diet
stuck.
Habitat
See if you can find a
Location
Interesting Facts
scale, key or any lines
of longitude or latitude
on your map.

Read Aloud

Word Work Social Skills

Spend 15 minutes
reading aloud to a
parent, guardian or
older sibling.
Discuss any new or
unfamiliar words with
that person.

Go to
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/WS/ and
create your own word
search based on 15
words from class.
Complete the word
search and glue it into
your homework book.

Choose 5 of your
classmates. Write
down a paragraph
about that person
containing all the
positive things about
them that you can
think of.

Extension: See if you

can incorporate the
language features
used in English.

Together with your spelling words, reading and number facts, please
complete at least9 out of the 12 options below. Colour in which activities
you completed:

Year 4W
Homework Matrix
Weeks 7 9
Due Friday 19th June

Mathletics
Spend 20 minutes
each night completing
activities on
www.mathletics.com
(Your
username/password is
stapled into the front
of your book!)

Word Work Responsibili

Write out your spelling
ty
words and draw the
shape around them.
Write out your spelling
words in rainbow
writing (different
colour per syllable)

Complete 5 acts of
kindness for the people
in your family (i.e.
picking Mum flowers,
doing the dishes etc.)
Record your acts in
your homework book.

Fitness

Grammar

Complete this fitness

program 3 times each
night:
10 x Crunches
10 x Push Ups
30 second of High
Knees

Write a paragraph
describing your house
containing as many
noun groups as
possible.
Extension: See if you
can incorporate the
language features
used in English.

Cultural
Story
Retell a cultural story
to a member of your
family or a friend (you
can choose one from
class or pick your
own!). Extension:
Provide an illustration
to accompany your

retell.

Game

Research

Design a new game.

Write down the rules
and draw a diagram of
the game from a birds
eye view (the view
from above).

Choose a sport.
Research the following
and record in your
homework book:
how your sport
originated,
who is more likely
to play the sport
who are some
professional
players of this
sport
why should other
people play this
sport?

See if you can test out

your new game with
family or friends.

Teacher
Training
Teach someone in your
family something that
you have learned at
school.
Try to present it like we
do at school

I DO, WE DO,
YOU DO!
Prepare your lesson as
best you can and
reflect on how your
lesson went in your
homework book.

Read Aloud

Maths

Boggle

Spend 15 minutes
reading aloud to a
parent, guardian or
older sibling.

Record how many

ways you can create
the number 45. For
example, 40 + 5 and
44 + 1.
Extension: Complete
this same activity with
3 more numbers of
your own choosing.

Use the letters below

to make as many
words as you can. You
can only use the
letters once per word.
Only real words (words
spelling correctly) are
accepted.

Discuss any new or

unfamiliar words with
that person.

a, c, f. v, g, b, l, o, e,
r, w, u, m, q

Together with your spelling words, reading and number facts, please
complete at least 9 out of the 12 options below. Colour in which activities
you completed: