Hidden Teeth, Big Teeth: teacher key

American Alligators, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Meet the alligator: its wide snout, its hidden teeth and the water it lives in. Find out how it is not the same as a crocodile.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is an alligator's snout like?
   • Narrow
   • Pointed
   • Wide (answer)
2. What happens to an alligator's lower teeth when it shuts its mouth?
   • They stick out
   • They are hidden (answer)
   • They fall out
3. What does a mother alligator build?
   • A nest of plants (answer)
   • A boat
   • A web
4. Which animal has large teeth that stick out when its mouth is shut?
   • An alligator
   • A turtle
   • A crocodile (answer)
5. What are the bony plates on an alligator's skin called?
   • Stripes
   • Scutes (answer)
   • Nests

Words

• scutes: bony plates