Polar bears and black bears

A compare and contrast text for emergent readers.

1. Polar Bears and Black Bears
Projectable book

2. Before you read
•What do you already know about black bears?
•What do you already know about polar bears?

3. •This slideshow will show you
how polar bears and black bears
are SIMILAR.
•This slideshow will show you
how polar bears and black bears
are DIFFERENT.

4. Polar bears are bears. Black
bears are bears, too.

5. Polar bears have white fur. But
black bears have black fur.

6. Polar bears live in the snow.

7. But black bears live in the woods.

8. Polar bears hunt for seals.

9. But black bears hunt for frogs.

10. Polar bears have five toes.

11. Black bears have five toes, too.

12. Polar bears are good at smelling.
Black bears are good at smelling,
too.

13. Polar bears can see very well.

14. But black bears cannot see very
well .

15. Polar bears eat people’s trash.

Black bears eat people’s
trash, too.

16. Polar bears make dens.
Black bears make dens, too.

17. Polar bears are fun to learn
about.

18. Black bears are fun to learn
about, too!