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KS1 Week 11 - Food and farming

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www.oddizzi.com/schools/login to label where food that we eat is grown.
1. Melons from Senegal
Oddizzi subscribers: Use your oddizzi 2. Pineapples from Ghana
class login and password. 3. Roses from Kenya

Online investigator Quiz time

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the world - food and farming - food miles
Watch the film on green beans. Can you count Click on Quiz at the top of the page. Find
how many people are involved in the process of
getting the beans to other people? Write down
the Food and farming quiz. We
as many different jobs that you see in the film as suggest trying Level 1.
possible. See how many points you can score! Can
you beat your score from last time?

Putting pen to paper What if...

Login to www.oddizzi.com and click on explore Discuss this made up scenario with your
the world - food and farming - crops or cattle family over breakfast or dinner.
Choose one of the growers around the world to
What if...we had to grow all our
read about (you might like to do this with an
adult). Write a description about what a day in own fruit and vegetables at home?
their life would be like.

Watch this Read it

Login to www.oddizzi.com and click on Read the guided reading text Kenya
explore the world - food and farming - food (Year 1 or Year 2).
production
Watch: Melon production in Senegal, West Africa You might like to read this with an adult.

Use the Food production film reflection sheet Once you have finished, answer the
to answer questions on what you have just
questions.
watched.

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Food production

Instructions: Watch the film and answer the questions below.

oddizzi.com | Explore the World – Food and Farming – food production

Film: Melon production in Senegal, West Africa

3 things I have learnt:

1. 2. 3.

2 things that made me go ‘wow!’:

1. 2.

1 question I have:

1.

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 Kenya
Kenya is a country in Africa.
The weather is warm all year round.

Kenya has two seasons, a wet and a dry.

Kenya has many high mountains and volcanoes.

Other places are low, like this special desert
lake called Lake Turkana. Can you find Kenya on a map?

Kenya also has big cities, with tall buildings,

shopping malls and busy streets.

Its capital is Nairobi. Many poor people live in

Nairobi’s slums.

Pink flamingos in Lake Turkana

Kenya’s grasslands are called ‘savanna’. You

might spot zebras and lions there!

The Maasai tribe of Kenya wear bright clothes

and jewellery. Maasai boys jump as they dance

They look after herds of cows, sheep and

goats on the savanna.

Farmers in Kenya grow tea and coffee,

vegetables, fruit and flowers. The green beans
on your plate might come from Kenya!

Green beans from Kenya

Key words:

Africa farmers Maasai mountains savanna

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 Guided Reading - Kenya Discussion Sheet

Before Reading – Prediction activity

Ask your students these questions before and after reading the text. Have students skim the
text to help with prediction before reading.

1. What do you think you are going to read about?

2. Have you heard of Kenya?

3. Can you name or draw something you would find in Kenya?

4. Write a word from this text you had never read before.

During Reading – Help with pronunciation, understanding and decoding.

After Reading – Have students complete the following activities on an erasable white board or
on a blank sheet of paper. Students should share responses after each question. You can
document responses below.

Notes:

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Comprehension Activity

KENYA
Finish the sentences.

1. Kenya is a country in .

2. Kenya has seasons, a wet and a dry.

Tick the answer.

3. What might you spot in the savanna?
a dog a fish

a drog a zebra

4. What do the Maasai tribe wear?

bright clothes jumpers

hats trainers

Answer the question below.

5. What do the Maasai tribe look after?

Tell Odd one thing you know about Kenya.

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Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

KENYA
1. Draw lines to fix the broken sentences.

Farmers in Kenya grow warm all year round.

Kenya also has tea and coffee, vegetables,

fruit and flowers.

The weather is busy streets.

2 . Name a vegetable grown in Kenya.

3. The capital letters and full stop are missing. Put them back in.
its capital city is nairobi

4. Choose a word from the box to finish the sentences.

capital Nairobi mountains desert lake

The of Kenya is Nairobi.

Kenya has many high . Some are

volcanoes.
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KENYA
Where is Kenya?

Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is on the Equator.

In the south-east, it meets the Indian Ocean.

Can you find Kenya on the map?

What’s the weather like?

Kenya has a warm climate, with wet and dry

seasons.

It rains most in April and May.

A rainy day in Kenya, in the wet season

Mountains and plains

From the flat coast, the land in Kenya rises to
steep mountains and volcanoes in the Great Rift
Valley – a huge tear in the Earth’s crust.

Kenya’s grasslands are called savanna. Animals

like buffalo and zebra graze here. Tourists on
You can go on safari in Kenya safari might spot lions, cheetahs and leopards.

Kenya's cities

Kenya’s capital city is Nairobi. It has tall

skyscrapers and hospitals. It also has the largest
slum in Africa, called Kibera. This is where some
of the country’s poorest people live.

Mombasa is another big, busy city. People from

all over East Africa live and work in this port.
Busy, bustling Nairobi

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KENYA
Maasai people

The Maasai tribe of Kenya look after herds of cows,

goats and sheep. They move around to find food for
their cattle, rather than living in one place.

One of Kenya’s largest game reserves, the Maasai

Mara, is named after this tribe. A Maasai lady wears traditional dress

The Maasai people are famous for their colourful clothes and jewellery.

Kenya’s farms

Farmers in Kenya grow coffee, tea and vegetables.

Having green beans for tea? They might have come
from Kenya.

And Kenya’s farmers grow millions of roses – just in

time for Valentine’s Day! Green beans are grown by Kenya’s
farmers

Farming in Kenya can be tough. In the dry season, food for animals becomes very
hard to find. But Kenya’s farmers also gain from the sunshine. Some use solar-
powered pumps to water their crops.

Key words:

climate crops grassland graze reserve

safari solar slum tribe tourist

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 KENYA
Where is Kenya?

Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is on the Equator -

the line that runs around the Earth halfway between
the North and South Poles.

In the south-east, Kenya meets the Indian Ocean.

Can you find Kenya on the map?

What’s the weather like?

Kenya has a warm climate, with wet and dry

seasons. It rains most in April and May.

On the coast, the weather is wetter. In the north-

east, it is as hot and dry as a desert.
A rainy day in Kenya, in the wet season

Mountains and plains

From the flat coast, the land in Kenya rises to
steep mountains and volcanoes in the Great Rift
Valley – a huge tear in the Earth’s crust.
Kenya’s grasslands are called savanna. Animals
like buffalo and zebra graze here. Tourists on
You can go on safari in Kenya safari might spot lions, cheetahs and leopards.

Kenya's cities

Kenya’s capital city is Nairobi. It has modern

skyscrapers, hospitals and universities. It also has
the largest slum in Africa, called Kibera, where
some of the country’s poorest people live.

Mombasa is another big, busy city. People from

all over East Africa live and work in this port city
on the east coast. Busy, bustling Nairobi

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KENYA
Maasai people

The Maasai tribe of Kenya live in a traditional way.

They look after herds of cows, goats and sheep. The
Maasai move around to find land for their cattle to
graze, rather than living in one place. One of Kenya’s
largest game reserves, the Maasai Mara, is named in
honour of this tribe. A Maasai lady wears traditional dress

The tribal word ‘mara’ means ‘spotted’. From a distance, this is what the savanna
grassland looks like: spotted with trees.
Maasai people wear colourful clothing and jewellery.

Kenya’s farms
Farmers in Kenya grow lots of coffee, tea, corn and
potatoes. Having green beans for tea? They might
have come from Kenya. And Kenya grows millions
of roses – sending them off by plane in time for
Valentine’s Day!
Green beans are grown by Kenya’s
farmers
Farming in Kenya can be tough. In the dry season,
food for animals is hard to find.

But Kenya’s farmers also benefit from the sunshine: some farmers use the power
of the sun (solar power) to pump water to their crops.

Key words:

climate crops grassland graze reserve

safari solar slum tribe tourist

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Check Your Understanding - Kenya
1. Which sentences are true and which are false? 4. Complete the sentence by ticking all the correct answers.
Tick the answer.
The Maasai tribe of Kenya look after herds of:
Sentence True False dogs goats
Kenya is a country in America. 
cats sheep
Kenya is on the Equator.
Kenya has a warm climate. 5. Draw an animal you might see in the savanna.
It rains most in December and January.
Kenya’s grasslands are called
savanna.
2 . Name two animals you might see on safari in the savanna.
6. Tell me, Odd, one thing you have learned
about Kenya that you didn’t know before.
3. If you were to visit Kenya, what would you like to see and do?
Extension Activity: You’ve just returned from a trip to
Kenya. Write Odd and Izzi a postcard telling them what you saw!
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Vocabulary Builder - Kenya
1. Name one of Kenya’s key physical features. 5. Choose two of the key words below and write a new
sentence for each.
2 . Think of a word to describe Kenya’s climate.
crops safari slum tribe
Word Sentence
Example: Kenya has a warm climate.
3. Draw a line to link each key word to its definition. climate
Terms Definitions
game
Using energy from the sun’s rays.
reserve
solar- A large area where animals
powered are protected.
tourist A person on holiday.
6. Make the sentence below more descriptive.
4. Circle the adjectives and underline the nouns below. Nairobi is busy. à
a) Nairobi has tall skyscrapers and hospitals.
b) Mombasa is another big, busy city.
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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 generally included below pictures linked
to a text?
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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