Ready or Helpless?: teacher key

Baby Animals, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Some baby animals are on their feet in an hour. Others are tiny, blind and need help. Meet a foal, a panda, a joey and more.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How big is a newborn giant panda?
   • The size of a stick of butter (answer)
   • Six feet tall
   • The size of a jellybean
2. How does a newborn kangaroo get into the pouch?
   • Its mother lifts it
   • It crawls in by itself (answer)
   • It hops in
3. Which baby is on its feet within an hour and often running?
   • A panda cub
   • A wolf pup
   • A giraffe (answer)
4. Which baby bird waits in the nest for food?
   • A songbird chick (answer)
   • A duckling
   • A quail
5. What does helpless mean here?
   • Cannot do much for itself (answer)
   • Very fast
   • Very big

Words

• helpless: cannot help itself
• tadpole: baby frog
• joey: baby kangaroo
• foal: baby horse