Inheritance of Traits Read Aloud

Reread Pages 4-5 and match the picture to the vocabulary word.

• Traits

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• Inherit

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• Offspring

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• Breed

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Reread Page 5. What is the main idea of this page?

• Dogs have a lot of offspring.

• Puppies inherit their genes from their parents. This affects traits such as, height, length and hair color.

• A dog's offspring will always look exactly like the mom.

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Dog ​ (a)   make some types of dogs have different sizes and even nose shapes! Even though they can look very different they both belong to the same ​ (b)   .

• breeds
• species

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Read the section Different Jobs on page 7. What is the main idea of that section?

• It is the Border Collie's job to herd sheep.

• Dogs have a lot of jobs.

• Different breeds of dogs are better at some jobs than others.

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Which animal is the dog's ancestor?

• wolf

• fox

• coyote

Why did humans use wolves 12,000 years ago to breed domestic dogs? Cite evidence from the text.

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Which section should a reader go to, in order to find information on cat breeds?

• The World of Cats

• Ancient Breeds

• Bred for Speed

• The book did not have information on cats.

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