Morning Starters: Autumn 2 - Animal Classification
Did You Know?
Have you ever seen a human sunbathing? Reptiles, like lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodiles, need sunlight to warm their bodies because they are cold-blooded. They use the sun’s heat to have enough energy to move, hunt and survive. All reptiles are vertebrates (they have a backbone) and most of them lay leathery eggs and have tough, scaly skin.
🪜 Spelling Steps!
Follow the steps: Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Do this three times for the following words:
invertebrates →
survive →
leathery →
🧩 Connect
Join the two simple sentences to make one long sentence.
The lizard couldn’t catch prey.
It had warmed up its body.
Help: Use conjunctions and change the sentence order if you need to.
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Problem Solve
Fact: The Komodo dragon is the world’s largest lizard with a tail as long as its body.
Use the above fact to answer the question below.
If a Komodo dragon’s tail is 136 cm long, what is the dragon’s total length?
🤔 The Big Question
What are safe ways for humans to enjoy the sun?
🗣️ Prepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem: Safe ways to enjoy the sun include …
