Staying Together, Moving On: teacher key

Animal Families, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Many animal families share the work of raising babies, and some young animals leave home. See who helps raise the babies and who leaves.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Who can a lion cub nurse from?
   • Only its mother
   • Any lioness in the pride (answer)
   • A tiger
2. Who has the babies in a naked mole-rat colony?
   • One female, the queen (answer)
   • Every female
   • The tiger
3. Who helps look after elephant calves?
   • Wolves
   • Tigers
   • Other elephants in the herd (answer)
4. Which cubs get help from many mothers?
   • Tiger cubs
   • Lion cubs in a pride (answer)
   • Wolf pups
5. What do most young male elephants do as teenagers?
   • Leave the family herd (answer)
   • Lead the herd
   • Live in a den
6. What does nurse mean in this book?
   • Run fast
   • Make a nest
   • Drink milk (answer)

Words

• nurse: drink milk
• colony: living group
• calves: baby elephants
• teenagers: older kids