Written by Katherine Follett

their eggs safe?

How do animals keep
Focus Question

Whose Eggs Are These?

Learning A–Z level G Grade 1 Word Count 195

Multi-level N/A Lexile 400L Nonfiction • Informational

Refer to the Focus Question on page 2 of this title to guide discussion and support additional learning connected
to the text. Whose
While reading descriptions of different eggs, students are encouraged to guess the types of eggs
in Whose Eggs Are These? After reading each description, students can find the answer on the
following page.
Eggs
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Many animals lay eggs.
Many animals
Eggs can be lay eggs.
strange
Eggs can be strange
and beautiful.
and beautiful.

These
Theseeggseggsare are
in
in aa nest
nestofoftwigs
twigs
and
and soft
softgrass.
grass.
They are a beautiful sky blue.
They are a beautiful sky blue.
Do you know whose eggs these are? These are robin eggs.
Do you know whose eggs these are?
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 3 4
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 3 3 4

Many animals lay eggs.

These tiny eggs
Eggs can are on the bottom of a leaf.
be strange
They can be round like pearls, They are
and beautiful. butterfly eggs.
or they can be spiny.
Whose eggs are these?

These eggs are

in a nest of twigs
and soft grass.
They are a beautiful sky blue.
Do you know whose eggs these are?
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 5 6
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 5 3 6
Many animals lay eggs.
Eggs can be strange
and beautiful.
There are many eggs
in this tiny case. They are spider eggs.
It looks like You can find them
light brown cotton candy, near spider webs.
These
but it is eggs
made are
of silk.
in a nest of twigs
Whose eggs
and soft are these?
grass.
They are a beautiful sky blue.
Do you know whose eggs these are?
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 7 8
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 7 3 8

Many animals lay eggs.

Eggs can be strange
and beautiful.

These eggs are

These large
in a nest ofeggs
twigsaren’t in a nest or case.
They
and soft cold rocks.
sit ongrass. These are penguin eggs.
But
Theyfeathers
are a help keep them
beautiful warm.
sky blue. Penguins keep eggs warm
Whose eggs are these? with their feet and feathers.
Do you know whose eggs these are?
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 9 10
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 9 3 10
Many animals lay eggs.
Eggs can be strange
and beautiful.

These eggs are

in a nest of twigs
This
andstrange egg floats in the ocean.
soft grass.
It is inside
They are aa small,
beautiful case.
toughsky blue.
Whose egg could this be? This is a shark egg.
Do you know whose eggs these are?
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 11 12
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 11 3 12

Many animals lay eggs.

Eggs can be strange
and beautiful.
These eggs float
on a pond.
There are tiny
fish-shaped things
inside
Theseeach are
eggsegg.
in a nest of twigs
Whose eggs
and soft are these?
grass. They are not fish eggs.
They are a beautiful sky blue. They are frog eggs.
Do you know whose eggs these are? The fish-shaped things are tadpoles.
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 13 14
Whose Eggs Are These? • Level G 13 3 14