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Big and Dark in the Amazon: teacher key

Black Caimans, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Meet the black caiman. See where it lives, what it eats and how it grows up.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. Where does it live?
    • In the Amazon (answer)
    • In a desert
    • On a snowy hill
  2. What does it eat?
    • Grass
    • Fish (answer)
    • Cake
  3. When does it hunt?
    • At night (answer)
    • At lunch
    • At dawn
  4. How many eggs are in a nest?
    • About 4
    • About 400
    • About 40 (answer)
  5. Mom stays by her nest. What does that tell you?
    • She is near her eggs (answer)
    • She is far away
    • She has no eggs

Words

  • caiman: a reptile
  • hatch: break out
  • nest: egg bed
  • Amazon: huge river area