A Big Owl with Orange Eyes: teacher key

Eurasian Eagle-Owls, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. An eagle-owl is one of the biggest owls in the world. It has orange eyes and flies with little sound. It rests in the day and has a nest on a cliff.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What color are its eyes?
   • Orange (answer)
   • Blue
   • Pink
2. When is it awake mostly?
   • At night (answer)
   • At lunch
   • At noon
3. What does it eat?
   • Voles and rats (answer)
   • Pizza
   • Apples
4. What does roost mean?
   • Rest (answer)
   • Run
   • Swim
5. Why can it fly quietly?
   • Its wings are quiet (answer)
   • It has big shoes
   • It is slow
6. Where does it nest?
   • On a bus
   • On cliff ledges (answer)
   • On a boat

Words

• roost: rest
• ledges: rock shelves
• caves: holes in rock
• nests: bird homes