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KS1 Week 6 - Global knowledge
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Look at each landmark on your world
Oddizzi subscribers: Use your oddizzi landmarks map and decide which
class login and password. country they might be located in. Label it
on the map.
Online investigator Quiz time
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explore the world - places
How many countries can you name? See Click on Quiz at the top of the page. Find
how many you can think of using the the Capitals and flags quiz. We
country alphabet challenge sheet. If suggest trying Level 1.
you have any gaps, use the oddizzi See how many points you can score!
website to help you!
Putting pen to paper What if...
Login to ww.oddizzi.com and click on explore Discuss this made up scenario with your
the world - global knowledge - Mugurameno village family over breakfast or dinner.
-food - nshima recipe
Watch: Let's make nshima! What if...you lived somewhere that
Once you have watched the film, write the recipe didn't have shops, a supermarket
for making nshima. Don't forget to include a list of
ingredients. You could even draw pictures to make
or the Internet?
the recipe easier to follow.
Watch this Read it
Login towww.oddizzi.com and click onexplore Read the guided reading text Zambia
the world - global knowledge - Mugurameno village (Year 2).
- village location - Mugurameno bingo
Watch: Mugurameno bingo You might like to read this with an adult.
Use the Mugurameno village bingo sheet to
choose six features to fill your bingo grid. See how Once you have finished, answer the
many of the human and physical features you questions.
have chosen you can spot in the film.
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14. World Landmarks
Can you label these You can also colour
landmarks on our map? in the map and the
Write the correct numbers landmarks!
in the circles
1. Ayers Rock 2. Christ the Redeemer 3. Eiffel Tower 4. Great wall of China 5. Machu Picchu
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6. Pyramids 7. Statue of Liberty 8. Stonehenge 9. Taj Mahal
Find a country for every letter
of the alphabet
A .................................................................. O .................................................................
B .................................................................. P .................................................................
C .................................................................. Q .................................................................
D .................................................................. R .................................................................
E .................................................................. S .................................................................
F .................................................................. T .................................................................
G .................................................................. U .................................................................
H .................................................................. V .................................................................
I .................................................................. W ................................................................
J .................................................................. X .................................................................
K .................................................................. Y .................................................................
L .................................................................. Z .................................................................
M ..................................................................
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Mugurameno Bingo Words
netball River Zambezi
blackboard water pump
headteacher washing line
house washing clothes
chicken hutch Tigerfish
climbing frame market stall
cooking pot maize
crocodile fence carrying water
crops bike
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Bingo Sheet
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ZAMBIA
Where is Zambia?
Zambia is a country in southern Africa.
It has no coastline and it is shaped like a
butterfly.
Zambia is in southern Africa
What’s the weather like?
Zambia has a tropical climate. This means
that:
• It is warm for most of the year
• There is a dry season and a wet season
• In Lusaka, hardly any rain falls from May
to September. Grasses grow tall in the wet season in
Zambia
Lusaka
Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia.
More than two million people live in
Lusaka.
Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, from the air
The River Zambezi
One famous river in Zambia is the mighty
Zambezi.
It is home to many different types of fish,
including tiger fish!
The Zambezi flows over Victoria Falls, one of The River Zambezi tumbles over
the world’s largest waterfalls. Victoria Falls
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ZAMBIA
National Parks
There are many national parks in Zambia.
The government protects this land and its
special wildlife.
Elephants, hippos, buffalo, giraffes, lions and A pod of hippos
leopards all live here.
Towns and villages
Lots of people work in mining in Zambia. Precious
stones such as emeralds and a metal called copper
are found deep underground.
An area in the north is called the Copperbelt. Here,
lots of people live in cities and towns. They are
very busy places! A village in Zambia
But a lot more Zambians live in the countryside, in villages and on farms. People
who live in rural areas grow most of the food they eat.
Key words:
capital coastline copper emerald mining
river rural waterfall
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ZAMBIA
Where is Zambia?
Zambia is a country in southern Africa. It has no
coastline and it is shaped like a butterfly.
Take a look at a map or globe. Can you find
Africa?
Zambia is in southern Africa
What’s the weather like?
Zambia has a tropical climate. This means
that:
• It is warm for most of the year
• There is a dry season and a wet season
• In Lusaka, hardly any rain falls from May
to September. Grasses grow tall in the wet season
in Zambia
Lusaka
Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia. It is where
you’ll find the international airport, government
buildings and the country’s largest university.
Lusaka is home to more than two million people!
Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, from the air
The River Zambezi
One famous river in Zambia is the mighty
Zambezi. It is home to many different types of
fish, including tiger fish!
The Zambezi flows over Victoria Falls, one of the
world’s largest waterfalls. Victoria Falls is also
known as ‘the smoke that thunders’. Can you The River Zambezi tumbles over
guess why? Victoria Falls
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ZAMBIA
National Parks
There are many national parks in Zambia. The
government protects this land and its special
wildlife.
Elephants, hippos, buffalo, giraffes, lions and
leopards all live here. A pod of hippos
There are also colourful and unusual birds in these parks, including yellow-
billed storks, vultures and shoebills. Shoe-bill? What a funny name!
Towns and villages
Thousands of people work in mining in Zambia.
Precious stones such as emeralds and a metal
called copper are found deep underground. An
area in the north is called the Copperbelt.
Here, lots of people live in cities and towns. They’re
very busy places!
A village in Zambia
But a lot more Zambians live in the countryside, in villages and on farms. People
who live in rural areas grow most of the food they eat. You’ll find sweet potatoes,
tomatoes and corn in the fields and gardens.
Key words:
capital coastline copper emerald mining
precious river rural tropical waterfall
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Check Your Understanding - Zambia
1. Which sentences are true and which are false? 4. Which animal is NOT found in Zambia?
Tick the answer.
elephant hippo
Sentence True False
Zambia is a country in
Europe. Arctic fox giraffe
It is warm in Zambia for most
of the year. 5. Why might Victoria Falls be known as ‘the smoke that
Zambia is shaped like a thunders’?
football.
Victoria Falls is a waterfall
found in Zambia.
The capital of Zambia is
Paris.
2. Name the two seasons in Zambia.
6. Tell me, Odd, one thing you have learned
________________________ & _______________________ about Zambia that you didn’t know before.
3. Name a river in Zambia and a fish that lives in it. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Extension Activity: Imagine you are on holiday in Zambia.
Write a postcard to Odd and Izzi telling them all about
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Zambia!
Vocabulary Builder - Zambia
1. Zambia is shaped like an insect. Name it. 5. Choose two of the key words below and write a new
sentence for each.
_____________________________
2. Name two months when it hardly rains in Zambia. river elephant rain city
Word Sentence
_______________________ & _______________________
Example: elephant Elephants have big ears.
3. Draw a line to link each key word to its definition.
________________________________
Terms Definitions
________________________________
River A bright green, precious
stone
________________________________
Emerald A stream of water that
travels across the land ________________________________
Rural Something or some-
where in the countryside 6. Make the sentence below more descriptive.
Zambia is in Africa. ______________________________
4. Circle the adjectives and underline the nouns below.
a) The weather is warm for most of the year. _________________________________________________
b) The Zambezi is a famous river in Zambia. © Oddizzi Guided Reading 2015
Explore Text Features
1. What type of text is this? How do you know? 5. Draw a new picture and write a caption for it.
Complete the sentences.
This is a(n) ______________________________ text. I know
this because _______________________________________
_________________________________________________
2. What is the main title of the text?
6. Why are captions included generally below pictures?
3. Find a subtitle and copy it below. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
7. Create your own key words! Choose five words
from the text that you think are very important.
4. How do the subtitles help you understand the text?
Subtitles help me understand the text because ___________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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