Long Fish, Dark Water: teacher key

Electric Eels, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. An electric eel is a long fish that lives in rivers. It can stun what it eats, and it finds its way in dark water.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Is an electric eel a true eel?
   • Yes
   • No (answer)
   • It is a bird
2. How long can it grow?
   • About 2.5 meters (answer)
   • About 1 inch
   • About 1 mile
3. Where does it live?
   • In the ocean
   • In South America (answer)
   • On the moon
4. What does it come up to the top to get?
   • Sand
   • Air (answer)
   • A hat
5. It can not see well. What helps it in dark water?
   • A weak charge (answer)
   • A lamp
   • A map

Words

• stuns: makes still
• shock: a zap
• charge: small power