Bones That Get Longer: teacher key
How You Grow, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Kids get bigger as their bones grow. Food, sleep and play help.
Read the book. Print this page for the key.
Questions and answers
- Where is new bone made?
- At a growth plate (answer)
- In your hair
- In your shoe
- What helps build strong bones?
- Salt
- Calcium (answer)
- Glue
- Which food has calcium?
- Cheese (answer)
- A stick
- Ice
- What does pace mean in this book?
- A big box
- A kind of food
- How fast or slow you go (answer)
- Why do kids need sleep?
- Sleep makes bones shrink
- Growing bodies need rest (answer)
- Beds are soft
Words
- calcium: bone builder
- growth: getting bigger
- pace: own speed
- active: moving a lot