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Third graders: This entire packet must be completed in your best cursive and you must use complete sentences 


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Name: ______________
The Year Of The Panda

By Miriam Schlein


Third graders: This entire packet must be completed in your best cursive and you must use complete sentences .
__ Read Chapter 1 & 2 two times
Vocabulary Match!

Match the following vocabulary words to their correct definition. If you need help, go back to the chapter where the word appears and/or use a dictionary.




  1. swarm (p. 7) a. small, hard seed of a plant food

  2. rascal (p. 7) b. shelters for colonies of bees

  3. thresh (p. 6) c. a body of bees that leave a hive together

  4. hives (p. 7) d. complain in a low voice

  5. grain (p. 6) e. sudden and unexpected

  6. mend (p. 12) f. improve or make usable by repairing

  7. grumble (p. 9) g. dishonest or mischievous person

  8. abruptly (p. 7) h. use a machine to separate the seeds

from a plant.

Answer the following question in complete sentences and use your best cursive:



  1. Why do you think the daxiong mao came down from the mountain?

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There are many things to think about after reading the first two chapters. Think of two questions that that you have and write them below.

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___ Read chapters 3 & 4 twice.

Please use your best cursive and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Chapter 3 opens up with a very powerful lead sentence. By the end of the chapter you know what it is that changed his life. Be a “connector”. Think of an event that happened to you that changed your life. Write about why and how it changed your life.

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2. How did Lu Yi and his father know they needed to rescue the baby daxiong mao?

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3. Did Lu Yi’s father want to give the daxiong mao a name? Do you agree or disagree with his father? Why or why not?

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4. What would you have named the daxiong mao?

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__ Read chapter 5 two times

Vocabulary match!

Match the following vocabulary words to their correct definition. If you need help, go back to the chapter where the word appears and/or use a dictionary.




  1. disgrace (p. 45) a. far away from populated areas

  2. isolated (p. 30) b. a rough or harsh voice

  3. famine (p. 35) c. loss of respect

  4. entangled (p. 43) d. very small or thin and weak

  5. puny (p. 40) e. a severe shortage of food

  6. raspy (p. 35) f. to become twisted/caught in something

Look at page 31. A messenger is tacking up a notice. Now, it is your turn to design this notice! Use the space below and think carefully about what it should say.

___ Read the first part of chapter 6 twice (p. 47 - the bottom of page 60).

Answer the following question in your best cursive and use complete sentences.

1. On page 53, Lu Yi says, “But what you know in your brain and what you feel in your heart can be two very different things.” What do you think Lu Yi means? Can you think of a time when you’ve experienced this?

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Vocabulary match!

Match the following vocabulary words to their correct definition. If you need help, go back to the chapter where the word appears and/or use a dictionary.




  1. descend (p. 49) a. to hang from

  2. orphan (p. 52) b. a variety of language used

by a group of speakers.

  1. tether (p. 48 c. to float in the air

  2. dialect (p. 57) d. a child who has lost both

parents through death or

other circumstances.



  1. suspend (p. 54) e. tie with a chord or a chain

  2. hover (p. 49) f. to come down

___ Read the second part of chapter 6 two times (p. 61-71).

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences and use your best cursive 


1. Why were the people at the Rescue Center growing many varieties of bamboo?

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2. How many daxiong mao are at the Rescue Center? ___________
3. How was the condition of the panda that Hu Shang rescued different from Su Lin’s condition? Why do you think they were different?

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Be a passage picker! Look back and find a passage (or paragraph) that is interesting to you from Ch. 6. Please write the page number in the packet and put a post-it in your book to mark it. We will share in class.

My passage is on page _________.


___ Read chapter 7 two times.

Vocabulary!

Use the context clues to figure out the meaning of the underlined word in each of the following sentences. Circle the answer you choose.
1. Lu Yi heard Mr. Po’s remark about feeding the daxiong mao.

a. poem b. speech c. comment


2. Dr. Di asked Lu Yi for assistance when she examined Su Lin.

a. help b. advice c. towels


3. A cluster of bamboo was growing near the cookhouse.

a. bunch b. garden c. plant


4. Lu Yi approached the daxiong mao’s cage very carefully.

a. locked up b. came near c. walked into


5. In desperation, the daxiong mao had moved up the mountain to find food.

a. groups b. hunger c. hopelessness


6. The Rescue Center received financial help from the government to pay for its work.

a. legal work b. money-related c. planes and houses


Answer the following questions:


1. Why do you think Dr. Di knew that Lu Yi would like to stay at the Rescue Center?

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2. Do you think Lu Yi’s parents will let him come back and work with Dr. Di at the Rescue Center? If you were Lu Yi, what would you want to do?

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