Sleepers Big and Small: teacher key

How Animals Sleep, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Some animals sleep nearly all day and some sleep for just a few hours. Meet bats, lions, elephants, giraffes and more.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. About how long does a bat sleep each day?
   • 2 hours
   • 10 hours
   • 20 hours (answer)
2. Which animal sleeps only about 2 to 3 hours a day?
   • A lion
   • An elephant (answer)
   • A bat
3. Why does a sea otter wrap itself in kelp?
   • So it does not drift away (answer)
   • To hide from the sun
   • To find food
4. A fruit fly is tiny. What is true about a fruit fly?
   • It never sleeps
   • It sleeps, too (answer)
   • It sleeps upside down
5. What does torpor mean here?
   • A deep rest (answer)
   • A kind of food
   • A loud noise

Words

• torpor: deep rest
• kelp: sea plant
• mucus: slimy goo
• doze: sleep lightly