The Bird Above the Andes: teacher key

Andean Condors, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. A condor lives high in the mountains. Learn about its wide wings, its bare head and its one egg.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where does a condor live?
   • High in the mountains (answer)
   • Under the sea
   • In a barn
2. What helps a condor find food?
   • Its sharp eyes (answer)
   • Its tail
   • Its comb
3. What does a condor eat?
   • Seeds
   • Animals that are already dead (answer)
   • Ice
4. Why does a condor have no feathers on its head?
   • It is cold there
   • It helps keep it clean while it eats (answer)
   • It lost them
5. How many eggs does the mother lay?
   • Five
   • Three
   • One (answer)

Words

• glide: soar, not flap
• comb: ridge on top
• wings: for flying