Meet the Giant Panda: teacher key

Giant Pandas, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. A giant panda starts life tiny and blind. Meet the cub, then the big bear: how it looks, where it lives and how much it eats.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is a giant panda cub about the size of?
   • A stick of butter (answer)
   • A pillow
   • A dog
2. About how old is a cub when it opens its eyes?
   • 3 to 5 days
   • 6 to 8 weeks (answer)
   • 2 years
3. When can a cub move around on its own?
   • At about three months (answer)
   • At birth
   • At one week
4. A cub opens its eyes at about 6 to 8 weeks and moves on its own at about three months. Which comes first?
   • Moving on its own
   • Opening its eyes (answer)
   • They happen together
5. What are the forests where giant pandas live like?
   • Dry and hot
   • Wet and misty (answer)
   • Frozen all year
6. What do giant pandas eat almost nothing but?
   • Fish
   • Bamboo (answer)
   • Berries

Words

• helpless: cannot help itself
• survives: stays alive
• misty: full of fog