Built to Fish: teacher key

Ospreys, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. An osprey is a fish-eating bird that lives near water. It has yellow eyes, a see-through third eyelid and rough pads on its feet, and it builds a huge nest of sticks.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. About how much does an adult osprey weigh?
   • Three to four pounds (answer)
   • Thirty pounds
   • Half a pound
2. When does an osprey close its third eyelid?
   • When it builds a nest
   • When it sleeps
   • When it dives into the water (answer)
3. How can a nest become huge?
   • Fish are put in it
   • The osprey adds new material each year (answer)
   • It is built in a day
4. What does the word wingspan mean?
   • Tip to tip (answer)
   • A kind of nest
   • A fish
5. What do ospreys eat?
   • Almost nothing but fish (answer)
   • Only seeds
   • Mostly bugs
6. Which would be a good place for an osprey to hunt?
   • A dry field
   • A river with fish (answer)
   • A dark cave

Words

• wingspan: tip to tip
• hovers: stays in air
• nostrils: nose holes
• incubate: keep eggs warm