Small Starts: teacher key

Baby Animals, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Some babies are as small as a jellybean. Some are taller than you. See how a tadpole, a chick, a panda and a giraffe start out.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does a chick use to peck out of the egg?
   • A sharp egg tooth (answer)
   • Its feet
   • Its tail
2. Who keeps the emperor penguin egg warm?
   • The mom
   • The dad (answer)
   • A fish
3. How big is a baby panda?
   • As big as a dog
   • As small as a stick of butter (answer)
   • Six feet tall
4. Which baby is taller than most grown-ups?
   • A joey
   • A panda
   • A giraffe (answer)
5. A joey is the size of a jellybean. Is it big or small?
   • Small (answer)
   • Big
   • Six feet tall

Words

• tadpole: baby frog
• foal: baby horse
• joey: baby kangaroo