Written by Peg Hall

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

• Written by Peg Hall
• Illustrated by Ken Landmark
• Cyberlesson by Joy Ziegler
• First grade

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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

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Have you ever wondered why animals have different
feet?

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

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• Before we start reading

• Lets think about feet.
• How do you use your feet?
• What do your feet help you do?

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Now lets 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.

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Every animal has feet that are special for its
habitat.

• We are going to read the book
• Whose Feet Are These A Look at Hooves, Paws,
  and Claws.
• Lets read to find out what each animals feet
  help them do.

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During Reading
While reading the book, we will be learning new
vocabulary. Keep a look out for these new words
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• 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.
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Whose Feet are These?
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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.
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Whose Feet are These?
This section completed during reading.
This section completed during reading.
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Beyond Reading
Click on the links below to learn more about the
animals that have these type of feet.
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Now it's your turn.

• 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 animals
  feet.

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Whose feet are these?
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These are a ______________________s
feet. _____________________________________ ______
_______________________________ __________________
___________________
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Now that you're finished

• 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 we will put all of our pages together to make
a book for our classroom library.
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Rubric
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Teacher Information

• Prior 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_ID51821
• http//www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/3/b/simulatio
  n/simcontent_3b.shtml
• http//www.environmentaleducationohio.org/lessons/
  animal_adaptations.pdf
• http//www.swbg-animals.org/just-for-teachers/clas
  sroom-activities/4-8/pdf/Animal20Adaptation20Act
  vity.pdf

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References

• 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/paperparia
  h/2410633509/
• Polar bear http//www.quantum-conservation.org/EE
  P/POLAR20BEAR.html
• Elephant feet http//jamespatterson.ning.com/