Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Plastic Planet
Did You Know?
If everyone in the UK used a reusable water bottle, the plastic saved each year would stretch to the Moon and back! Single-use plastic bottles take hundreds of years to break down and often end up polluting oceans and harming wildlife. Switching to reusable bottles not only protects the planet by reducing waste and pollution but also sets a powerful example for others to follow.
Word Challenge
The hyphenated adjective ‘single-use’ has three syllables.
sin-gle-use
Find and list the three-syllable words that appear in the ‘Did you know?’ paragraph.
Grammar Challenge
Copy the sentence below, adding the necessary punctuation marks.
Stay hydrated and save the planet the boy exclaimed taking a sip from his reusable water bottle
Number Challenge
Fact: Today, people make and use 20 times more plastic than they did 50 years ago.
Make each number in the grid 20 times larger:
Critical Thinking
What could you turn a plastic bottle into so that it is given a new life?
Draw or describe your creation.