Learning to Fly: teacher key

Amelia Earhart, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Amelia Earhart learned to fly. She flew across the Atlantic Ocean and tried to fly around the world.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where was she born?
   • Hawaii
   • Atchison, Kansas (answer)
   • Boston
2. When was her first plane ride?
   • July 1937
   • In 1935
   • December 1920 (answer)
3. What were the Ninety-Nines?
   • Women pilots (answer)
   • A kind of plane
   • A town
4. Who flew with her in 1937?
   • A farmer
   • A teacher
   • Fred Noonan (answer)
5. What happened in July 1937?
   • She was born
   • Her plane went missing (answer)
   • She sold a plane

Words

• pilot: flies a plane
• Atlantic: an ocean