Headings and subheadings: kingfisher

3 - Whiteboard Challenges

Whiteboard Challenges

Challenge 1

Read the first paragraph opposite. Can you think of a suitable subheading for this paragraph? You could phrase your heading as a question.

Challenge 2

Read the subheading (number 2). If you were asked to write a short paragraph below this subheading what would it include? Make some brief notes on your whiteboard. Some of the words and phrases on the Word Wall may help with this challenge.

Challenge 3

Using your knowledge of the common kingfisher and some of the words/phrases that appear on the Word Wall, write a short paragraph (2 or 3 sentences) under the subheading – ‘What does the common kingfisher look like?’

Whiteboard Challenges

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1) Common kingfisher chicks rely on their parents feeding them for their first month. Each chick can eat 12 -18 fish a day. Once a chick has been fed, it moves to the back of the nest burrow to digest its meal.

2) The common kingfisher’s habitat

Word Wall

common kingfisher expert fisherman dagger-like beak azure-blue back dumpy body fan-like tail short, rounded wings orange breast flash of colour darted pierced