Book Summary
Giant Pandas is an introduction to the popular black-and-white bear. It reports the mammal's size, life cycle, location, and endangered status. The author explains how the giant panda got its name, what it eats, and why it doesn't hibernate. The book also discusses the things being done to protect giant pandas from extinction. Photographs, maps, and charts support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Identify the main idea and supporting details
• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand the text
• Understand and use possessive nouns
• Identify the meaning of and use suffixes -ful and -less

Materials

• Book -- Giant Pandas (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• World map
• Content vocabulary, main idea and details/summary, possessive nouns worksheets
• Discussion cards

     Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: bamboo, endangered, extinct, habitat, nutrients, predators, preserves, vulnerable