Treasure Hunt for Knowledge!

You are on a quest. Work in pairs in your workbooks.
Here are your tasks:

How many words can you make from "elephant"?
Write down as many words as you can for the color "red".
List six bones in the human body.
Find the author of The Wind in the Willows.
Draw a net of a cube and put it together.
List six words that have the THRASS sound "oa".
Write down the frst four lines of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18.
Write a haiku about rain.
Draw a map of a treasure island and include a key and a compass.
What are the symbols for lead, gold and silver?

Grade 4 Spelling Test

This spelling test (Test 2) comprehensively covers spelling areas like compound words; adding s,ed, er, est; dropping final 'e' before adding 'ing'; silent 'g'; and non phonetic spelling.

CLOZE for Grade 4 - Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda is a great book for ______ in Grade 3-5. It tells the story of a 5 year old girl ______ Matilda. Matilda is a very bright girl. She started talking ________ when she was one year old and could read _______ when she was five. All her parents thought of her was a noisy little _________.

At Matilda's school there is a very mean Headmistress called Miss Trunchbull. She is very ________ and doesn't seem to like children. Then there is Matilda's teacher called Miss Honey who is nice to everyone. This ________ book tells about the wonderful adventures of Matilda and what type of special powers she _______.

If you like the ______ of this book go down to your local or school library to read it and be amazed by Matilda.

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Written by Slinky.

CLOZE for Grade 4 - The Swimming Carnival

On the 4th of May our school went to the swimming _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and had a really good time. Jack V. was the Junior Boy's Champion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ all his races and the
Junior Girls _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was Freda S. who swam really well in _ _ _ _ of her races.

The races at the carnival included freestyle, breaststroke, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , backstroke and the girls and boys medley. All the children at Howards Primary School got on the _ _ _ at 9:30 in the morning and got at the pool at 9:45. The first race _ _ _ _ _ _ off at 9:50 and was the girls and boys medley. This was just one of the _ _ _ _ _ that Freda and Jack won.

Altogether the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ carnival was the best ever one I have been to.



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Written by Slinky.

SOSE - Australian Mapping

In our mapping we will get a black line master of a map of a state or territory of Australia. Trim and glue it into your SOSE (Studies of Society and the Environment) book.

On it, put the capital city and three other cities. Put in any mountain ranges, rivers and lakes. On the side of the map, do a key which will list all the things you have placed on your map, and a compass.

On the next page you will do your writing about the state or territory. Include information about the emblems, and make lists of coastal towns, rivers, lakes and all the famous tourist spots.

List flora and fauna (animals and plants) that are found in the state or territory.

Lastly, write a short story, using descriptive words about a time you visited one of the locations.