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A Panda's Day: teacher key

Giant Pandas, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. See how a giant panda spends its day. It eats, sits, climbs and swims in the mountains.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. What does a giant panda eat?
    • Almost nothing but bamboo (answer)
    • Only fish
    • Only cake
  2. How many hours a day does a panda spend finding and eating food?
    • 1 to 2
    • 10 to 16 (answer)
    • 30 to 40
  3. What works like a thumb for a panda?
    • Its tail
    • Its ear
    • A wrist bone (answer)
  4. A panda spends 10 hours or more a day finding and eating food. Is that more than 8 hours?
    • No, less than 8
    • Yes, more than 8 (answer)
    • It is exactly 1
  5. Giant pandas usually live alone. How many pandas are in a usual home?
    • Two
    • Five
    • One (answer)
  6. Where do wild giant pandas live?
    • On a beach
    • In the mountains of China (answer)
    • In a city

Words

  • bamboo: tall grass stalk
  • wrist: hand joint
  • thumb: short, thick finger