I Wish That I Had Duck Feet
By Dr Seuss
A young boy weighs the pros and cons of possessing various animal appendages–such as a duck’s feet, a deer’s antlers, a whale’s spout, an elephant’s trunk, and a long, long tail–only to decide that he’s better off just being himself. A zany, insightful story that beginning readers will wish to hear again and again.
Such a fun story to share!
Here are my top 20 teaching ideas for you! (In no particular order)
- Create a mobile of all the rhyming words. Use colour coding the show the rhyming words.
- Use instruments and everyday objects to create a sound scape to match a scene in the book
- Think, turn and talk: If you could have one wish from the story, which would you choose? Why?
- Lucky dip an animal toy from a bag. What would be your wish? Draw your idea.
- Using a photo of yourself had an animal feature.
- Make some duck feet from cardboard or material. Tie onto your ankles or shoes and experience having duck feet. What did you find out?
- Create a long, long tail. How can you measure your tail? How will you record the measurements?
- Can you write the word SPLASH as an onomatopoeia? (The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named) Can you find some other suitable words in the book?
- Make a list of all the wishes from the book. Survey your friends to find out the most popular wish.
- Play charades to show animal movements and features.
- What is the purpose of the hyphen in the name Which-What-Who?
- Create a Y chart to describe the Which-What-Who.
- What do you think the message of the story is? Make a poster to share the message.
- Create a T chart to explore the pros and cons of all the animal features.
Animal Feature:
Pro:
Con:
Deer Horns
Carrying lots of things with you
Tricky to get into doorways
Elephant Trunk
Playing on the playground
Washing things at home
- Collect images of animals and create your own animal by selecting features from different animals. What is your animal called? What would be a good story to match your animal?
- Create a 3D scene for one settings in the book.
- Collect up to fifteen words from the book and sort them as nouns, verbs and adjectives. What did you find?
- Select your favourite page from the book and practise reading fluently. Video your reading.
- Find some animal facts in the book called Actual Size by Steve Jenkins.
- Add talk and think bubbles to the pages of the book. What would be inside those bubbles?
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