Morning Starters: Autumn 1 - River Life
Did You Know?
Many people around the world live on floodplains, which are flat areas of land that flood when a river overflows, bringing fertile soil ideal for farming. On the Zambezi floodplain, a boy named Gift has a unique way of getting to school when the river floods – he travels by canoe! This method of transportation highlights how rivers shape the lives of people in amazing ways.
Word Challenge
Copy and correct just the words (listed below) that have a spelling error.
1) peeple
2) unique
3) furtile
4) transportasion
Grammar Challenge
Write a sentence about a river that uses alliteration.
Example:
The raging river ravished the remote region, relentlessly rushing over rocks and roots.
Note: Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in closely positioned words.
Number Challenge
Use the photograph and any clues that it provides to estimate the following lengths:
1) The height of Gift
2) The length of Gift’s canoe
3) The length of Gift’s paddle
Critical Thinking
What questions would you like to ask Gift about his life on the Zambezi floodplain?