A Bird With a Beard: teacher key

Bearded Vultures, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. A bearded vulture is a big bird of the mountains. It has a dark beard, eats mostly bones and nests on a cliff ledge.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where does a bearded vulture live?
   • By the sea
   • High up in the mountains (answer)
   • In a pond
2. What is by its beak?
   • A red hat
   • A white flower
   • A dark beard (answer)
3. What does it eat mostly?
   • Bones (answer)
   • Nuts
   • Corn
4. What does it do with small bones?
   • Hides them
   • Swallows them whole (answer)
   • Throws them in water
5. Most vultures have bald heads. What does this bird have on its head?
   • Nothing
   • A hat
   • Feathers (answer)

Words

• vulture: big bird
• beard: hair by beak
• lammergeier: its other name
• glide: fly smoothly
• nest: bird home