Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Raging Rivers
Did You Know?
Imagine travelling to school by boat! In Zambia, a boy named Gift lives on the Barotse Floodplains of the Zambezi River. When the rains come, the land floods and the only way to school is by boat. Floodplains like these are created when rivers overflow, spreading water and nutrients across the land. They are rich in wildlife – but for Gift, they also mean an unusual trip to class.
🪜 Spelling Steps!
Follow the steps: Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Do this three times for the following words:
travelling →
nutrients →
unusual →
🧩 Connect
Join the two simple sentences to make one long sentence.
It was the only way to get to school.
Gift paddled his canoe.
Help:Â Use conjunctions and change the sentence order if you need to.
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Problem Solve
Fact: The Zambezi River is the fourth-longest river in Africa, stretching about 2,574 km. The Nile is the longest river, stretching 6,853 km.
How much longer is the River Nile than the Zambezi River?
🤔 The Big Question
If you could ask Gift (the boy in the photograph) one question, what would it be and why?Â
🗣️Prepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem: The question I would ask Gift is … I would ask this question because …
