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Morning Starters: Autumn 1 - Teamwork

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Did You Know?

Blacktip sharks are masters of teamwork. They will work together to herd a shoal of fish into a giant bait ball. This makes it easier for the sharks to feast. Bait balls aren’t just attacked from below; diving sea birds often seize the opportunity to attack from above.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qrzq4/player

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Credit: BBC One - Shark

Word Challenge

Write a list of words that rhyme with the word ‘shark.’

Example: disembark, aardvark, …

Grammar Challenge

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Copy the sentence below, adding another comma to change its meaning.

“Let’s eat mother,” said the ravenous blacktip shark.

Number Challenge

A group of 15 blacktip sharks each ate 25 fish per minute from a bait ball.

How many fish did the group of sharks eat in 5 minutes?

Critical Thinking

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

What do you think this famous saying by Aristotle means?