BR 2-14: Polar Bears

I read Polar Bears, because I think they are so cute. They are in danger of dying out. Some people hunt them for their fur or meat. But a bigger problem is global warming. The air is slowly getting hotter, which is causing the polar bears' icy home to melt away. Scientists think that there are only around 20,000 polar bears left in the world. You can find out more about polar bears by going to the Usborne Quicklinks Website at http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/ and typing in the keywords "first reading polar bears". Then click on the link for the website you want to visit.

I knew many things about polar bears, for example, their tongues are black, sometimes a polar bear gets too hot, they like to eat seals best and the other things. I am interested in them more and more. And I suspected to how they spend in summer. I knew they eat seaweed, moss and berries instead of seals. And they eat fish and dead seabirds too, and almost anything else they can find. And female bears make a den in the early winter. This is a cave in the snow, where her cubs will be born. In the dead of winter, the mother gives birth to two or three cubs. They are so cute!

My favorite line is "A polar bear shakes itself like a dog to dry off." (Mason, 2009, p. 10) I have a dog now. So I know how it is. I want to know how much water they shake. And I want to see them at zoo or North Pole.

(Reference)
Mason, C. (2009). Polar Bears. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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