Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Riotous Rainforest
Did You Know?
Have you ever heard of a dolphin that lives in the forest? The Amazonian pink river dolphin does! When the rainforest floods, it swims between the trees searching for food. It uses sound, sending out clicks to ‘see’ underwater and locate fish, crabs and even small turtles. With its flexible neck, it can twist and turn through branches to catch slippery prey.
🪜 Spelling Steps!
Follow the steps: Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Do this three times for the following words:
through →
flexible →
slippery →
🧩 Connect
Join the two simple sentences to make one long sentence.
It had a very flexible neck.
The dolphin was able to twist and turn with ease.
Help:Â Use conjunctions and change the sentence order if you need to.
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Problem Solve
In a part of the rainforest, a male Amazon pink river dolphin weighed 37 kg more than his female partner.
Use this fact to answer the question below.
If the male weighed 207 kg, how much did the female weigh?
🤔 The Big Question
If you were in a rainforest and were being stalked by a jaguar, what would you do and why?
What do you think?
🗣️Prepare an answer in your head to say out loud.
Sentence stem: If I were being stalked by a jaguar, I would … This is because …
