Rivers, Fins and Fruit: teacher key

Red-Bellied Piranhas, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. A fish with red on its belly lives in rivers in South America. It eats more than you might think.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where does this fish live?
   • In the snow
   • In rivers (answer)
   • In trees
2. What is a shoal?
   • Lots of fish (answer)
   • One tooth
   • A nest
3. What does it eat?
   • Only rocks
   • Only milk
   • Fish, shrimp and worms (answer)
4. What color is its belly?
   • Yellow
   • Red (answer)
   • Black
5. Why is it not only a meat eater?
   • It eats plants and fruit too (answer)
   • It never eats
   • It sleeps all day

Words

• shoal: fish group
• insects: small bugs
• Amazon: a big river