Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Epic Journeys
Did You Know?
What’s the furthest distance you’ve ever travelled? Every year, grey whales make a staggering 10,000 to 14,000-mile round trip! They leave the chilly Arctic feeding grounds and head to the warmer waters off Baja California, Mexico. There, they give birth and raise their young before making the long swim back north. It’s a tiring and risky journey, but it ensures their calves are born in safer, warmer seas.
🔍Missing Letters
Add the missing letters to finish each word.
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Help: The words appear in the ‘Did you Know?’ paragraph.
🐍 Make it Longer!
Rewrite and make the following simple sentence longer by adding words to both the beginning and end.
Its enormous fin slapped the ocean.
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🎯 Hit the Target
Fact: The Western Pacific grey whale is critically endangered with as few as 250 whales left.
🎯250
🧮 20, 30, 4, 6, 7, 8
Reach the target 🎯 by using some or all of the above numbers.
Help: Don’t forget you can ➕, ➖, ✖️ and ➗ numbers!
🤔 The Big Question
Why might the grey whale’s long journey be risky?
🗣️Prepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem: I think the grey whale’s journey is risky because …
