Morning Starters: Autumn 1 - Epic Journeys
Did You Know?
Atlantic salmon return to the rivers in which they were born to lay or fertilise eggs. This epic journey follows a lifetime of feeding and escaping predators in the open ocean. For some salmon, this is a round trip of 4,800 kilometres! The salmon use their keen sense of smell to navigate back to their birthplace, often overcoming numerous obstacles such as waterfalls and strong currents. Once they reach their spawning grounds, they perform a remarkable feat of endurance, swimming upstream to lay their eggs in the gravel beds of freshwater streams.
Word Challenge
Create a list of words that end in the suffix ‘-tion’.
Example: migration, station, …
Grammar Challenge
Write a sentence about a salmon that includes a simile and starts in the following way.
Like a …
Example: Like a polished arrow fired from nature’s bow, the salmon shot through the water.
Challenge: Write a descriptive follow-on sentence that incudes the conjunction ‘although’.
Number Challenge
An Atlantic salmon swam a distance of 32 km per day.
How far did it swim in a leap year?
Critical Thinking
Imagine you embark on an epic journey and meet a talking salmon that offers you advice.
What might the salmon say?
