Date set - Fri. 28th November
Date due - Wed. 3rd December
In Literacy this week we have been learning facts
about polar bears. For your homework you have a
reading comprehension. You will have to read the
text then answer the questions.
Your answers need to be written in sentences.
Polar bears live in the Far North of the
world, in a cold place called the Arctic. They
are big, powerful, fierce white bears. Adult
males normally weigh 351 to 546 kilograms.
Adult females are much smaller, about 150
to 295 kilograms.
Polar bears are perfectly adapted for life on the sea ice. They hunt seals which are
their main prey. Polar bears especially like to eat seal blubber. That’s because it has
a high fat content. They sometimes eat other foods like walruses or beached whales,
but seals are their most important food source.
Polar bears are considered to be very good swimmers. They have been known to
swim 100 miles for food. With their front paws they paddle, whilst holding their hind
legs flat like a rudder.
Polar bear cubs remain with their mother in the den until they are three or four
months old, drinking her rich milk. The cubs snuggle close to their mother to stay
warm. Despite being born deaf and blind beneath the snow, cubs eventually grow
into the most powerful of all four-legged animals.
When the cubs are big enough, the family leaves the den so the mother can return to
the sea ice to hunt seals. She is very hungry, as she has not eaten for months.
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Where do Polar Bears live?
Which bear is smaller the male or female?
How heavy is an adult male polar bear?
What is the main food for a polar bear?
How far has a polar bear been known to swim for food?
As well as not being able to hear when a cub is born? What else can’t it do?
How do baby polar bears keep warm?
Why is the mother bear very hungry when she comes out of the den?