The Take-What-You-Find Animal: teacher key

Coyotes, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Coyotes live in forests, deserts and even cities. Find out what they eat, how they call to each other and when pups are born.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. When are coyote pups born?
   • In spring (answer)
   • In late summer
   • In fall
2. Why do coyotes howl?
   • To order food
   • To tell other coyotes where they are (answer)
   • To tell time
3. When do coyotes mate?
   • Late summer
   • Never
   • Late winter (answer)
4. A coyote will eat almost anything it can find. What does that tell you?
   • It is not picky (answer)
   • It eats only rocks
   • It never eats
5. What does mate mean?
   • Fall down
   • Pair up (answer)
   • Go home

Words

• burrow: hole in ground
• opportunistic: takes easy food
• mate: pair up
• den: animal home