Morning Starters: Autumn 1 - Marvellous Metals
Did You Know?
Have you ever worn something shiny that never faded? Gold never rusts, which is why people have used it for coins and jewellery for thousands of years. It came to Earth from exploding stars, long before humans existed. A gold bar today might contain tiny pieces of ancient Egyptian jewellery!
šµļøWord Detective
Circle just the words that have a spelling mistake and rewrite them correctly.
jewelry ā
exploding ā
contane ā
Egyption ā
Help:Ā All of the words appear in the Did you know? paragraph
šLevel Up
Take this simple sentence to the next level by making it more descriptive.
The gold sparkled.
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ā Which Ones?
Fact: Gold melts at 1064Ā°C.
Tick just the number sentences that equal 1064.
ā 500 + 30 + 500 + 30 + 4
ā 2,000 – 936
ā 300 + 20 + 4 + 40 + 700
ā 2,000 – 836
š¤ The Big Question
If you could ask the bar of gold in the photograph one question, what would it be and why?Ā
š£ļøPrepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem:Ā I would like to askā¦ I would ask it this question because ā¦
