A Nose for Dinner: teacher key

Honey Badgers, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. A honey badger finds food by smell and digs it out with strong claws. It often sleeps in a different burrow from one day to the next.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does a honey badger mainly want from a beehive?
   • The bee larvae (answer)
   • The wax
   • The bees' wings
2. How does a honey badger find food?
   • By sight
   • By smell (answer)
   • By sound
3. A honey badger's skin is loose. Why does that help it?
   • It can wriggle free when grabbed (answer)
   • It can fly
   • It can sing
4. When might a honey badger sleep in a different burrow?
   • Once a year
   • Never
   • From one day to the next (answer)
5. What does sensitive mean in this book?
   • Good at noticing (answer)
   • Very slow
   • Covered in fur

Words

• larvae: baby insects
• sensitive: good at noticing
• chamber: a small room
• rodents: mice and rats
• burrow: hole home