Blue Band 4
Maps
Letters and Sounds Phase 4
Phonemes covered: Adjacent consonants with long vowel phonemes
Maps
Maps were invented for explorers to roam the planet. Browse the complete Collins catalogue at
www.collins.co.uk ISBN 978-0-00-825165-9
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Explorers living 800 years ago were sure our planet was flat, but they had not seen it all.
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They invented maps with monsters and mermaids. They painted on cloth and parchment.
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Sailors 300 years on took fleets of ships to start seeing the planet.
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Explorers went on quests to unspoilt lands.
The planet is not flat! We agree!
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Clearer maps were painted. There were no monsters and mermaids, but green lands, hills and rivers.
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Astronomers and inventors had maps of the stars and planets.
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