Life in the Pack: teacher key

African Wild Dogs, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. African wild dogs live and hunt in packs led by one breeding pair. Learn how big they are, how they talk and how the pack raises its pups.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Who usually leads a wild dog pack?
   • One breeding pair (answer)
   • The smallest pup
   • A lion
2. How many pups can be in one litter?
   • Only 1
   • As few as 2 or as many as 20 (answer)
   • Exactly 50
3. What do big ears help a wild dog do?
   • Stay cool (answer)
   • Dig dens
   • Run faster
4. When do wild dogs hunt most?
   • At noon
   • In the early morning and around dusk (answer)
   • All night
5. Each wild dog has its own coat pattern. What does that tell you?
   • All the coats look the same
   • No other dog has the same pattern (answer)
   • Coats never change
6. What does litter mean in: a litter of pups?
   • Trash on the ground
   • Pups born together (answer)
   • A place to sleep

Words

• pack: dog group
• litter: pups born together
• dusk: before dark
• burrow: hole home
• antelope: gazelles, impalas