Grade 4

English Booklet Back to

School
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All About Me
Welcome back! We have an exciting year ahead! Is there anything you think that your
teacher should know about you? Write down some things about yourself below.

Name: I am years old.

About me...


About my family...


About me and school... Other things about me...

 

 

 

 

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Help Mr Whoops
Complete each of Mr Whoops’s tasks below to help him with his spelling, punctuation,
and grammar skills.

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Oops! I’ve jumbled up two

spelling words! Help me to
unjumble them! (Clue: they’re both nouns!)

Change these adjectives into adverbs.

terrible
Circle two conjunctions in these sentences.
sensible
The man jogged down the road
comfortable
before stopping for a drink. After
catching his breath, he set off again
and sprinted up the hill. Rewrite this sentence and add a
subordinate clause.

The family stood safely behind the

barriers to watch the fireworks.

Colour in the correct words to fit these sentences.

Write a sentence about this scene
and use a preposition. “ Quiet Quite Grade 4s!” yelled Mrs
Underline the preposition. Nxumalo. “This spelling test is quiet
quite important.”


The children took out there their pencils

and waited to hear here the first
 spelling word.

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Edit and Improve

Read the jungle setting description below. Edit and improve
the vocabulary to make it more descriptive. Add different
sentence starters to make the text more engaging.

It was the morning in the ungle, and it was warm. The sun was
shining. There were lots of different trees and plants. Some of
the plants were colourful. It was busy in the jungle. There were
monkeys climbing the tall trees. They looked for fruit to eat. The
macaws and parrots were also in the trees. They were noisy. Then,
there was heavy rain. Snakes moved across the wet branches. A
jaguar walked under the trees to shelter from the rain. There were
puddles. There were anteaters looking for food on the ground. There
were lots of insects and rotten plants.

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Growth Mindset
Trace and then copy the growth mindset statements in your neatest handwriting.

I thrive on feedback.

I try to overcome obstacles.

I persist in the face of a setback.

I support and encourage others.

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Growth Mindset
Trace and then copy the growth mindset statements in your neatest handwriting.

Every
expert
was once a

beginner.
List the things that you want to improve:

1
2
3
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60-Second Read
Echolocation
13 Submarines and ships use sonar technology to navigate the depths of the oceans.
26 However, did you know that many animals are born with a similar ability?

40 Echolocation is nature’s own built-in sonar system and is used by many species to
53 gather information about where objects are in a space. These creatures produce sound
67 waves that bounce off other objects before hitting their ears. Using these echoes, they
80 can then work out where something is without having to use their sight.

94 Bats use echolocation when trying to locate insect prey in the dark, and dolphins,
109 whales, and many birds also have a similar skill. Some blind people have also been
114 known to develop echolocation abilities!

Quick Questions

1. What type of waves are used in echolocation?

2. Find and copy one word that means to ‘plan and direct the course of travel’.

3. Why do you think some blind people have developed echolocation abilities?

4. Summarise echolocation in one sentence.

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Proofreading Practice
Use these proofreading marks to correct ten mistakes in the story below.

there
there Correct the spelling mistake. Add a full stop.

a Make into a capital letter. ? Add a question mark.

Extra Challenge
A Windy Walk Write a sentence with two mistakes in it.
by Mr Whoops Ask a friend to try and find the mistakes
in your writing!
it was cold and windy as teh twins
walked to school. julie had forgotten
to put on her beanie before she and My Sentence
her brother lsft home. “Why are your

ears red, Julie” asked her brother ben

Julie replied, “because they’re super

cold Ben!” then shhe shivered as
the wind howled, blowing leaves all
around them.

Choose two sentences that have mistakes

in them and write them out correctly.
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What is Friendship?

What is Friendship? How Can Someone be a Good Friend?

A relationship between friends is Asking questions and being a good listener is
called a friendship. Friendships important in friendship. Sharing, being kind, and
happen throughout all stages of saying nice things to your friends are also ways of
people’s lives, and they can showing that you care. As people grow, you may
bring lots of happiness. make new friends but that doesn’t mean that you
need to forget about your old friendships.

Falling Out with Friends

Why are Friendships Important?
Friends may fall out with each other at times, but
Friends can make you laugh and
it is important that they work through any issues
stop you from feeling lonely.
together and to say how they are feeling. It can
Forming friendships with different
be difficult to sort out an argument if someone is
people also helps us to learn about
angry and it may be better to talk about it when
different cultures and religions.
they are calmer. Friends may not always agree
with each other’s points of view, but they should
try to listen to each other to find a solution.
Making New Friends
Soni was very upset. Every lunchtime, she would play with her skipping rope, but she
couldn’t find it anywhere. Laura saw that Soni was upset.

Soni was quite Laura and Soni From that day,

She didn’t usually
shy and didn’t had fun together Laura and Soni
play with Soni
know Laura very and made each played together
but she hated
well, but she other laugh. every day
seeing her sad so
decided to play. at school.
she invited her to
play with her and
her friends.

It taught both girls to make an effort with people they didn’t normally
talk to. They never would have become friends if Laura hadn’t invited
Soni to play.

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What is Friendship?
Playtime
Apiwe and Oscar were good friends, but they were both very competitive. One
breaktime, Apiwe and Oscar were on opposite teams when they were playing
soccer and Apiwe’s team won.

Apiwe thought “I really don’t want Oscar took a

“I’m not playing
it was best to let us to fall out over deep breath and
soccer anymore!”
Oscar calm down. a game. Either of apologised, “I’m
Oscar shouted as
Later on, Apiwe our teams could sorry. It was my
he stormed off.
talked to Oscar. have won,” fault. I’ll try my
Apiwe explained. best not to do
that again.”

Apiwe asked, “Why don’t we play something else today?” Oscar smiled
and the boys walked towards the climbing frame together.

Questions
1. What was the reason that Oscar was upset? Tick one.

He missed a goal.
He fell over.
His soccer team lost.
It started to rain.

2. What could someone do if they have fallen out with a friend? Tick three.

listen to how their friend is feeling

understand that you may not agree with each other
talk about it when you are calm
make different friends and forget about your old friends

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What is Friendship?
3. Draw four lines and match each sub-heading to the corresponding sentence from that section.

Sharing, being kind, and saying nice

What is Friendship? things to your friends are also ways
of showing that you care.

Why are Friendships happen throughout all

Friendships Important? stages of people’s lives.

How Can Someone It is important to work

be a Good Friend? through any issues together.

Forming friendships with different

Falling Out with Friends people also helps us to learn about
different cultures and religions.


4. Look at the sub-heading Playtime.

Find and copy one word that means the same as ‘said sorry’.


5. Fill in the missing words.

One , Apiwe and Oscar were on teams
when they were playing soccer, and Apiwe’s team won.


6. What is the most important thing to you when you are making friends?




7. … Oscar shouted as he stormed off.

Why do you think the author used the phrase ‘stormed off’?





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Read the poem and then copy it onto the next two pages in your neatest handwriting.

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Copy the Poem

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Copy the Poem

represents this poem.
Draw a picture that

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A Letter to the
Principal

Choose one of the options.

Write a letter trying to persuade your school pet

principal to allow you to have one of
cinema screen
these for your school. Try and include
all of the reasons why this would be
a good idea.

swimming pool

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Icebreaker
Follow these instructions to make your own fortune teller. Ask the questions on the
fortune teller to someone else in your class to learn more about them.

1 With pictures 6 Fold in half from

face down, fold top to bottom.
on both diagonal Do not unfold.
lines. Unfold.

2 Fold all four 7 Slide thumbs and

corners to forefingers under
the centre. the squares and
move the fortune
teller back and
forth to play.
3 Turn paper over.

4 Once again, fold

all corners to
the centre.

5 Fold paper in half

and unfold.

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Spelling Crossword

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Colour in Bookmarks
Colour in your favourite bookmark then cut it out to use when you’re next reading! You can
colour in the other bookmarks and give them to your friends.

Busy
Reading

I’m
I’m
Lost
in a
Book Booked

Do Not
Disturb!

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