Big Octopus, Small Hiding Places: teacher key

Giant Pacific Octopuses, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. The giant Pacific octopus is the biggest octopus. Read about its body, how it hides, what it eats and how long it lives.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is the only hard part of its body?
   • Its arms
   • Its beak (answer)
   • Its hearts
2. How many hearts does it have?
   • Three (answer)
   • Eight
   • Two
3. When does it hunt?
   • At noon
   • In the morning
   • At night (answer)
4. What can it learn to open?
   • Jars (answer)
   • Books
   • Doors
5. Giant Pacific octopuses live alone. What does that tell you?
   • They live in big groups
   • They are not social animals (answer)
   • They live in trees
6. What does den mean in: it lives in a den?
   • A loud noise
   • A kind of food
   • A small hiding place (answer)

Words

• suckers: grippy cups
• beak: hard mouth part
• den: hiding place
• hatch: leaves its egg