Written by Peg HallIllustrated by Ken Landmark

Cyberlesson by Joy Ziegler

First grade

Whose Feet Are These?A Look at Hooves, Paws, and Claws

Materials•Text: Whose Feet Are These: A Look at Hooves, Paws, and Claws by Peg Hall

•Vocabulary chart

•Student pages for class book

•Computer with an internet connection for each student.

•Pencil and crayons for each student

Today we are going to learn why animals have different feet and what their feet help them to do.

Let’s get started….

Have you ever wondered why animals have different feet?

Before we start reading…

Let’s think about feet.

•How do you use your feet?

• What do your feet help you do?

Now let’s think about animals.

Why do you think different animals have different feet?

To learn about polar bear feet and to do an activity, click on the polar bear below.

We are going to read the book Whose Feet Are These: A Look at Hooves, Paws, and

Claws.

Let’s read to find out what each animal’s feet help them do.

Every animal has feet that are special for its habitat.

During Reading

While reading the book, we will be learning new vocabulary. Keep a look out for these new words:

Claws Hooves Suckers

Paws Prey Webbed Feet

Vocabulary

While you are listening to the story, we are going to keep track of these new words. Click on the footprint below to see the chart we are going to fill out while reading the book.

What animal has this type of feet?

Draw a picture of these feet.

Claws

Hooves

Suckers

Paws

Webbed Feet

Whose Feet are These?

After Reading

Now that we have finished reading, I want you to think about why different animals have different feet. What do their feet help them do?

Click on the footprint below to go back to our chart. Your job is to fill in the last column of the chart.

What animal has this type of feet?

Draw a picture of these feet.

What do these feet help the animal do?

Claws

Hooves

Suckers

Paws

Webbed Feet

Whose Feet are These?

This section

completed during

reading.

This section

completed during

reading.

Beyond Reading

Click on the links below to learn more about the animals that have these type of feet.

Claw Hoof Sucker Paw Webbed Feet

Mole Rat Mountain Goat

Sea Star Mountain Lion

Mallard Duck

We are going to make our own book about animals’ feet. Click on the elephant feet below to research the animal of your choice. On the front of your page, draw a picture of your animals feet. On the back of your page, draw the whole animal and write a sentence about that animal’s feet.

Now it's your turn.

These are a ______________________’s feet.

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

Show your page to a friend and see if he/she can guess what animal you researched. Then talk about your animal and what their feet help the animal do.

Now that you're finished…

Now we will put all of our pages together to make a book for our classroom library.

RubricStudents engage in

lesson by participating in class

discussion.

3

Student is paying attention and makes logical and insightful contributions that are connected to the text and the class discussion.

2

The student is paying attention and makes contributions that may or may not be connected to the text or discussion.

1

Student is not paying attention and does not make contributions to the class discussion.

Students demonstrate understanding by

completing the chart to indicate what their feet help each animal

do.

3

Student has accurate, logical

responses that are drawn from and

elaborate the text and class

discussion.

2

Student has responses that

may or may not be drawn from the text and class

discussion.

1

Student responses are inaccurate and

are not drawn from the text or class discussion.

Students demonstrate their understanding by creating a page for the class book. Students pages should have: 1.A picture of the foot and the animal.

2.A description of the foot using a vocabulary word.

3.A description of what the foot helps the animal do.

4.The name of the animal.

3

Student page includes all 4 of

the require components.

2

Student page includes 3 of the 4

required components.

1

Student page includes 2 or less of the required

components.

Teacher InformationPrior to this lesson, students learned about what all animals need to survive: food, water, and protection. This lesson is intended to serve as an introduction to animal adaptations. It is intended to address the this first grade Connecticut science standard: living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their basic needs.

Look to Peg Hall for other books in the “Whose is it?” series about animal adaptations, including Whose Eyes are These?, Whose Ears are These?, Whose Tail is This?, and many others.

Use the following links for more information and activities: http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/stories/science_and_children.php?news_story_ID=51821http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/3/b/simulation/simcontent_3b.shtmlhttp://www.environmentaleducationohio.org/lessons/animal_adaptations.pdfhttp://www.swbg-animals.org/just-for-teachers/classroom-activities/4-8/pdf/Animal%20Adaptation%20Actvity.pdf

•Whose Feet Are These? A Look at Hooves, Paws, and Claws by Peg Hall

•Photo Credits:•Duck feet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/billadams/449745891/•Horse feet: http://www.bluecentaur.com/resume.html•Lion feet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperpariah/2410633509/•Polar bear: http://www.quantum-conservation.org/EEP/POLAR%20BEAR.html•Elephant feet: http://jamespatterson.ning.com/

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