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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

Book Title: Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
Author(s):  Bill Martin Jr.
Illustrator/Photographer/ Artist: Eric Carle
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Copyright Date: 2003
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Brief Annotation: Illustrations and patterned text show the reader 10 endangered species. Each animal presents the next animal to the reader with a rhyme. At the end, all the animals are watched over by a dreaming child, who is their best hope for the future of their species.
Your Rating (1-5) and Why: I rate this book a four because it has a text that young readers can figure out with the help of the beautiful illustrations.
Readers who will like this book: Beginning readers and animal lovers will love this book.
Teaching Strategy from Tompkins : Choral reading (page 17) is a good strategy for this book because the book is patterned and rhythmic. I think having a leader read the rhyme and the rest of the class reading the “what do you see” part would be a great approach to choral reading this book. The teacher or student leads. The class and leader should rehearse the first two animals and then start over and go all the way through.
Question to ask about this book before you read aloud: Do you know what it means when an animal is endangered?
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