An Eagle’s Feather
An Eagle’s Feather by Minfong Ho, illustrated by Frances Alvarez
The An Eagle’s Feather – Educator’s Guide (8 pages, free download) features activities that target national science, math, writing, and art education standards for grades K-5. This website provides background information and digital content to complement the printable Guide.
Watch an animated version of the book below:
Supplemental Materials for the Activities in the Guide:
Here are sample graphic organizers to help students think about habitats.
Consider using these images of common North American bird’s nests to compare to the Philippine Eagle’s nest:
Observe Philippine Eagle hunting behaviors in this video.
- Compare these two videos of a Bald Eagle and a Philippine Eagle.
- Compare these two sound recordings of a Bald Eagle and a Philippine Eagle.
When making eagle wings, fold the cardboard over and tape it together again to create an “arm pocket,” as seen in the photo below. Try painting or drawing on the wings as a group to make the experience even more life-like for your students!
If you’ve never created a shadow puppet theater, this video will help!
The Top 100 EDGE Bird List identifies the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered bird species in the world and includes photos and details.
Standards
- K: K-L-S1-1, K-ESS3-3
- 1: 1-L-S1-1, 1- L-S1-2, K-2-ETS1-2
- 2: 2-LS4-1, 2-PS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2
- 3: 3-LS2-1, 3-LS4-3, 3-LS4-4, 3-LS4-2
- 4: 4-LS1-2
- 5: 5-PS1-3, 5-LS2-1, 5-ESS3-1, 3-5-ETS1-2
- K: Cr1.1.Ka, Cr1.2.Ka, Cr2.1.Ka, Cr2.2.Ka, Cr2.3.Ka, Re.7.1.Ka, Re.7.2.Ka, Re8.1.Ka, Cn10.1.Ka
- 1: Cr1.1.1a, Cr1.2.1a, Cr2.1.1a, Cr2.2.1a, Pr4.1.1a, Re.7.2.1a
- 2: 1.2a, Cr1.2.2a, Cr2.1.2a, Cr2.2.2a, Cr2.3.2a, Cr3.1.2a
- 3: 1.3a, Cr1.2.3a, Cr2.1.3a, Cr2.2.3a, Cr2.3.3a, Cr3.1.3a, Re.7.2.3a, Cn10.1.3a
- 4: 1.4a, Cr1.2.4a, Cr2.1.4a, Cr2.2.4a, Cr2.3.4a, Cr3.1.4a, Re.7.2.4a
- 5: 1.5a, Cr1.2.5a, Cr2.1.5a, Cr2.2.5a, Cr2.3.5a, Pr5.1.5a, Re7.1.5a
Reading: Informational Text
- K: RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.3, RI.K.4, RI.K.7, RI.K.8, RI.K.10
- 1: RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.3, RI.1.6, RI.1.7, RI.1.10
- 2: RI.2.1, RI.2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.6, RI.2.8
- 3: RI.3.1, RI.3.2, R1.3.4, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.9
- 4: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, R1.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.7, RI.4.8
- 5: RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, RI.5.4, RI.5.5, RI.5.6, RI.5.8
Reading: Literature
- K: RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.4, RL.K.6, RL.K.7, RL.K.10
- 1: RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL..1.3, RL1.4, RL.1.6, RL1.7, RL1.9, RL.1.10
- 2: RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RL.2.7
- 3: RL.3.1, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.6, RL.3.7
- 4: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.6, RL.4.7
- 5: RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.5.4, RL.5.6
Speaking and Listening
- K: SL.K.1, SL.K.2, SL.K.3, SL.K.4, SL.K.5, SL.K.6
- 1: SL.1.1, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, SL.1.4, SL.1.5, SL.1.6
- 2: SL.2.1, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, SL.2.4, SL.2.6
- 3: SL.3.1, SL.3.2, SL.3.3, SL.3.4, SL.3.6
- 4: SL.4.1, SL.4.2, SL.4.3, SL.4.4, SL.4.5
- 5: SL.5.1, SL.5.2, SL.5.3, SL.5.4, SL.5.6
Writing
- 5: W.5.1, W.5.2, W.5.3, W.5.4, W.5.5, W.5.9
- K: W.K.2, W.K.3, W.K.8
- 1: W.1.2, W.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.7, W.1.8
- 2: W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.3, W.2.5, W.2.6, W.2.8
- 3: W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.3, W.3.4, W.3.5, W.3.7
- 4: W.4.1, W.4.2, W.4.3, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.4.8, W.4.9
- K: K.MDA.1, K.MDA.2, K.MDA.3
- 1: 1.MDA.2, 1.MDC.4
- 2: : 2.MDA.1, 2.MDA.2, 2.MDA.3, 2.GA.2
- 3: 3.MDC.5, 3.MDC.7
- 4: 4.OAA2, 4.MDA.2
- 5: 5.MDC.3