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📖 How Webbed Feet Help Ducks

Ducks have webbed feet, which means skin connects their toes. When a duck pushes its feet backward through water, the broad webbed surface moves more water than narrow toes would. This helps the duck swim efficiently. On land, the same feet may look awkward, but in water they work like small paddles.

1. What does webbed mean?

 

2. How do webbed feet help ducks swim?

 

3. Why might the feet look awkward on land?

 

4. What comparison does the passage make?

 

✏️ Writing

Write 3–4 sentences about one animal feature that helps it move.

➕ Math

1. A pizza is cut into 4 equal pieces. One piece is what fraction? ______
2. Which is greater: 1/2 or 1/4? ______
3. How many fourths make one whole? ______
4. Draw a rectangle and shade 1/3 of it.

🎨 Color & Create

Draw a duck foot and label the webbing.

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📖 Reading Answers

  1. Skin connects the toes.
  2. They push more water and act like paddles.
  3. They are shaped mainly for moving through water.
  4. Webbed feet are compared to small paddles.

➕ Math Answers

  1. 1/4
  2. 1/2
  3. 4
  4. Student drawing: 1/3 shaded

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