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Tian Tian a Giant Panda

RDQ:	169	Max Word/Sent	13	Total Words	234		Diff Words	106
Lex	210	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	100	42.7%	Hi freq	41	38.7%
AR	1.7	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	3	1.3%	Low freq	3	2.8%

This is Tian Tian. 
He is a giant panda.
Most giant pandas have black 
and white fur like Tian Tian.
Tian Tian has black fur around his eyes.
Raccoons have black fur around  
their eyes, too.
But Tian Tian is not a raccoon. 
He is a bear.
All giant pandas are bears.
Tian Tian was born in China.
He now lives at a zoo 
in the United States. 
He came to the United States 
when he was three years old.
In China, he lived at a 
special place for pandas.
China is the only place 
where wild giant pandas live.
They live in mountain forests.
There are only about 1,000 
wild giant pandas in China.
All giant pandas eat a plant 
called bamboo.
Bamboo grows in the 
mountain forests in China. 
More people are cutting down 
the forests.
Without bamboo, giant pandas cannot survive. 
Tian Tian eats bamboo.
He can eat 40 pounds of bamboo every day.
He also eats biscuits.
He eats special fruit popsicles, too.
Tian Tian is very big and strong.
He weighs 275 pounds.
That's as much as 34 cats.
Tian Tian turned eight years old in 2005.
He became a father in 2005, too.
His baby was born at the zoo.
The baby is growing strong 
like Tian Tian.
Tian Tian stays strong by playing.
He plays with toys.
He also plays in trees.
Do you like to play?
How is Tian Tian like you?]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Inferences: Some implications

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Topic

*Animals

Animals: Endangered

Bears

Low Frequency Words

biscuits

popsicles

survive