Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Lion King
Did You Know?
Do you remember Rafiki, the wise mandrill in The Lion King? In real life, mandrills are the largest monkeys in the world. Males can weigh more than 30 kilograms! Their colourful blue-and-red faces (and even their bottoms) show how strong and healthy they are. Living in the forests of central Africa, mandrills use their sharp teeth and loud calls to protect themselves and their families.
🪜 Spelling Steps!
Follow the steps: Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Do this three times for the following words:
remember →
colourful →
families →
🧩 Connect
Join the two simple sentences to make one long sentence.
The mandrill bared its teeth.
The rival approached.
Help:Â Use conjunctions and change the sentence order if you need to.
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Problem Solve
A mandrill eats a mixture of eggs, lizards, and mushrooms.
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It eats twice as many mushrooms as eggs.
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It eats 3 more lizards than eggs.
If the mandrill eats a total of 19 food items, how many eggs, lizards, and mushrooms does it eat?
🤔 The Big Question
Which colour best describes how you are feeling right now?
🗣️Prepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem: The colour … best describes how I am feeling because …
