Morning Starters: Autumn 1 - Bizarre Beasts
Did You Know?
Imagine an animal with a duck’s bill, a beaver’s tail and webbed feet. Meet the duck-billed platypus! It’s a mammal, but it lays eggs. Using its bill, it can sense tiny movements in the water to find food in dark rivers. Males are also venomous. They have sharp stingers on the heels of their rear feet and can use them to deliver a strong toxic blow to any foe. The platypus is one of nature’s strangest creatures!
Boggle Quest
Find the following words: mammal, unusual, unique and sense.
Rule: Each letter must be next to the one before it, in any direction
3️⃣ 3-Word Challenge
Write a sentence that includes these words:
platypus searched bill
Remember: Don’t forget to start with a capital letter and end with a full-stop.
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✅ Which Ones?
Fact: Platypuses live for up to 12 years in the wild
Tick just the number sentences that equal 12.
☐ 2 x 2 x 3
☐ 132 ÷ 12
☐ 60 ÷ 5
☐ 101 – 89
🤔 The Big Question
Would you rather have a beak, a tail or webbed feet?
🗣️Prepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem: I would rather have … This is because …
