Giants, Horns and Feathers: teacher key

Dinosaurs, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Dinosaurs came in many sizes and shapes. Meet a huge plant-eater, a horned one, a fish-eater and a small one with feathers.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How big was a Velociraptor?
   • As big as a house
   • About the size of a turkey (answer)
   • As big as a whale
2. What did the huge Brachiosaurus eat?
   • Fish
   • Turkeys
   • Plants (answer)
3. What did Spinosaurus eat?
   • Fish (answer)
   • Leaves
   • Turkeys
4. What does huge mean in this book?
   • Very big (answer)
   • Very old
   • Very small
5. Which dinosaur was smaller, Velociraptor or Brachiosaurus?
   • Velociraptor (answer)
   • Brachiosaurus
   • They were the same size

Words

• huge: very big
• asteroid: space rock
• feathers: bird covering