Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Mountain Life
Did You Know?
What’s the biggest piece of ice you’ve ever seen? Mountains often hold glaciers – huge rivers of ice that slowly move downhill, carving out valleys as they go. Amazingly, there’s a species of bird called the white-winged diuca finch that builds its nest right on mountain glaciers. These hardy little birds prove that life can thrive even in the coldest, most unexpected places.
🪜 Spelling Steps!
Follow the steps: Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Do this three times for the following words:
mountain →
unexpected →
glacier →
🧩 Connect
Join the two simple sentences to make one long sentence.
The glacier started to melt
Summer arrived.
Help: Use conjunctions and change the sentence order if you need to.
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Problem Solve
A glacier finch builds its nest using feathers, twigs, and grass.
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It uses twice as many twigs as feathers.
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It uses 3 more pieces of grass than feathers.
If the finch uses 23 items to make its nest, how many feathers, twigs, and pieces of grass does the glacier finch use?
🤔 The Big Question
What if all land on Earth were covered with mountains?
🗣️Prepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem: Life on Earth would be very difficult because …
