Cats and Their People: teacher key

Cats, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. A cat purrs, sees in dim light and sniffs with a special organ. Find out how kittens grow up and how cats came to live with people.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is a kitten's play practice for?
   • Sleeping
   • Hunting (answer)
   • Swimming
2. Why did wildcats probably come to farming villages?
   • People gave them toys
   • The villages were warm
   • Grain stores drew mice and other rodents (answer)
3. Where did cats help keep rodents away, besides villages?
   • On ships (answer)
   • In the sky
   • Under the sea
4. What makes a cat's eyes glow in dim light?
   • A bright tail
   • A mirror-like layer behind the retina (answer)
   • A lamp
5. What does stalk mean here?
   • Eat
   • Wash
   • Sneak up on (answer)

Words

• purr: soft cat hum
• rodents: mice and rats
• retina: inside the eye
• stalk: sneak up on
• organ: body part