Little Panda
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Word Work
Phonics Lesson
High Frequency Words
Additional Resources
How does a panda change in its first
year of life?
Question of the Day
Compare and Contrast
•When we tell how things are alike and different, we are comparing and contrasting.
Amazing Words
nan takes a nap
Nan takes a nap.
N n
nip
nap
Let’s Write Verbs
Nat sings.
He mops the floor.
What did the panda look like when she was a
baby?
Question of the Day
bob blows big bubbles
Bob blows big bubbles.
Shared Reading• Pages 4–5What does the mother panda look like? Can
you find the baby panda? Where was the baby panda born?
• Pages 6–7How is the little panda beginning to look like
her mother? Who takes care of the baby panda?
• Pages 8–9What are the men doing? Why do you think
they measure the little panda?
Shared Reading• Pages 10–11
What new things can the little panda do? What else does she want to learn to do?
• Pages 12–13What happens when the little panda turns
100 days old? What does Hua Mei mean?• Pages 14–15What does the curious little panda want to
explore? What else do you think she will do or explore?
Shared Reading• Pages 16–17
What is the little panda doing here? What causes the little panda to flip upside down?
• Pages 18–19What did the little panda play with? Which
toy do you think the panda likes best? • Pages 20–21What does the little panda have in her
playground? How is her playground different from your playground?
Shared Reading• Pages 22–23What is in the pool? Why do you think the
little panda likes the cool water? • Pages 24–25What is Bai Yun eating? How are the little
panda and her mother different? Why are pandas called bamboo bears?
Pages 26–27What is the little panda doing? What do
you think she is thinking?
Shared Reading• Pages 28–29What game do the little panda and her
mother like to play? How is the mama panda like your mom?
• Pages 30–31Hua Mei is one year old now. How are she
and her mother alike?
Compare and Contrast
• The little panda is growing quickly. The little panda is bigger now, and she has patches of dark skin that will soon become fur. How is the little panda beginning to look like her mother?
Sam
sat tip mat
pat am sit Tim
cat he for I
have
is my we
Let’s Write Verbs
• Action words are called verbs.
• Act out these verbs:
dance, walk, sit, stand, clap, and
hop.
How is a baby panda different from its mother?
Question of the Day
she gave bob the new book
She gave Bob the new book.
can
cab
bat
Nan
bats
man
bin
bib
cabs
tip
sip
Tim
sit
sips
mitt
mist
pit
pat
cap
pats
Cam
map
sat
cast
Sam
Pam
tap
mat
cat
spat
Tam
mats
Sam
he
for
we like
is
little my
I
have
B b
Let’s Write Verbs
What does a young panda like
to do outside?
Question of the Day
the pin is in the Bin
The pin is in the bin.
me with she
Let’s Write PoemsSleep, Little Panda
Sleep, sleep, sleep, little panda.Sleep, sleep, sleep, little panda.Sleep, sleep, sleep, little panda.
Sleep, little panda, sleep.
"Skip to My Lou“ Write these phrases on the board and have children sing each
verse with you. Invite children to act out what the little panda learns to do in each verse. *See, see, learn to see. *Hold, hold, hold up your head.*Stand, stand, stand and walk. *Climb, climb, climb a tree.*Eat, eat, eat bamboo.
How does a panda change in its first
year of life?
Question of the Day
the big pig did not win
The big pig did not win.
at
she
a
am
he
for
we
the
like
with
me
have
is
little
I
PHONICS LESSONS
-ap
Word Family
-ub
Word Family
-op
Word Family
-ad
Word Family
-ed
Word Family
http://www.hcbe.net/itc/powerpoints/phonics/index.html
-ipWord Family
Websites• National Geographic:
Elusive Giant Panda• Video Clip Alphabet Order
Click on the letters to put them in order.
• Rapid NamingPractice Objects, Letters, Colors and
Numbers
• Starfall: Learn to Read• Starfall : Letter N• Baby Panda Pictures• Live Panda Cam• Word Family Sort• Construct a Word
Websites• Compare and Contrasthttp://languagearts.pppst.com/compare-contrast.html• Activities and games for verbshttp://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay.html
