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Photo Credits: Cover, page 4 (bottom), 8: © Associated Press, NATIONAL ZOO; back cover, page 3: © AFP/Getty Images; title page, page 5: Tian Tian and play at the zoo. Photo by Galen R. Frysinger www.galenfrysinger.com; title page, page 11: © Reuters/CORBIS; page 4 (inset), 6, 7: © ArtToday; page 9: © Hemera Technologies; page 10: © Getty Images Tian Tian stays strong by playing. He plays with toys. Tian Tian, a Giant Panda Level I Leveled Reader Correlation He also plays in trees. © 2007 Learning A–Z LEVEL I Written by Melanie Shepherd Fountas & Pinnell I Do you like to play? All rights reserved. Reading Recovery 15

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to stay alive (p. 7) (p. alive stay to survive

purpose (p. 5) (p. purpose

for a certain thing or or thing certain a for special

and white fur (p. 3) (p. fur white and

bamboo and has black black has and bamboo

bear from that eats eats that China from bear panda giant

trees (p. 6) (p. trees

covered with lots of of lots with covered

large areas of land land of areas large forests

fur and a short tail (p. 4) (p. tail short a and fur

large animal with lots of of lots with animal large bear

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leaves (p. 7) (p. leaves

woody stems and long long and stems woody

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a tropical plant with long long with plant tropical a bamboo Glossary Tian Tian’s baby , top, with his mom Mei Xiang. Tian Tian turned eight years old in 2005. He became a father in 2005, too. This is Tian Tian. His baby was born at the zoo. He is a giant panda. The baby is growing strong like Tian Tian. Most giant pandas have black

10 and white fur like Tian Tian. 3

That’s as much as 34 cats. 34 as much as That’s All giant pandas are bears. are pandas giant All 9 4

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Tian Tian is very big and strong. and big very is Tian Tian But Tian Tian is not a raccoon. raccoon. a not is Tian Tian But

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Bamboo in mountain forests called bamboo. Bamboo grows in the mountain China is the only place forests in China. where wild giant pandas live. More people are cutting down They live in mountain forests. the forests. There are only about 1,000 Without bamboo, giant pandas

6 wild giant pandas in China. cannot survive. 7

place for pandas. for place special He eats special fruit popsicles, too. popsicles, fruit special eats He 5 8

In China, he lived at a a at lived he China, In He also eats biscuits. eats also He

when he was three years old. years three was he when bamboo every day. every bamboo

He came to the States United the to came He He can eat 40 pounds of of pounds 40 eat can He

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