Built to Run: teacher key

Cheetahs, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. A cheetah runs fast, but only for a short distance. Read about its spots, its claws, its sounds and its home.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do a cheetah's claws help it do?
   • Climb the sky
   • Dig a lake
   • Grip the ground (answer)
2. What is like a fingerprint for a cheetah?
   • Its pattern of spots (answer)
   • Its long tail
   • Its chirp
3. What sound is a cheetah's most common call?
   • A roar
   • A chirp (answer)
   • A howl
4. Which sentence is true about a cheetah?
   • It can roar like a lion
   • It lives in a lake
   • It can purr (answer)
5. What does the word mantle mean in this book?
   • A stripe of long fur (answer)
   • A kind of shoe
   • A cheetah call

Words

• cleats: grip bumps
• chirp: a short call
• mantle: long fur
• gazelles: small antelope