Big Eyes, Quiet Night: teacher key

Great Horned Owls, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. A great horned owl hunts mostly at night. Read about its eyes, its feet, its food, its hoot and its nest.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. When does a great horned owl hunt mostly?
   • At night (answer)
   • At noon
   • In the morning
2. What can it not move in its sockets?
   • Its feet
   • Its eyes (answer)
   • Its tufts
3. What are the tufts on its head made of?
   • Fur
   • Horns
   • Feathers (answer)
4. What does an owl cough up?
   • Seeds
   • Pellets of bones and fur (answer)
   • Down
5. How many eggs does a great horned owl usually lay?
   • Ten
   • One hundred
   • Two or three (answer)
6. An owl uses a nest built by a hawk. Did the owl build that nest?
   • Yes
   • No (answer)
   • The pages do not say

Words

• sockets: eye holes
• prey: hunted animals
• pellets: small lumps
• down: soft feathers