Up Late with the Owl: teacher key

Great Horned Owls, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. A great horned owl hunts mostly at night. It has big yellow eyes, feathered feet and a low, deep hoot, and it lives across most of North America.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. When does a great horned owl hunt?
   • Mostly at night (answer)
   • Mostly at noon
   • Only in snow
2. What are the tufts on its head?
   • Ears
   • Horns
   • Feather tufts that are not ears (answer)
3. What does a great horned owl eat?
   • Rabbits, rats and squirrels (answer)
   • Only leaves
   • Only fish
4. What does it do from a high perch?
   • It sleeps
   • It swoops down to catch food (answer)
   • It builds a nest
5. Who built the nests the owl uses?
   • Birds like hawks and crows (answer)
   • The owl
   • Fish

Words

• tufts: feather bunches
• perch: a high seat
• hoot: owl call
• nest: bird home