Have you ever added a turkey in disguise project to your Thanksgiving unit? In the past, we have always done a simple “Decorate the Turkey” family project. Students decorate the turkey and have fun finding items around the house to decorate those feathers. Some items have included  Froot Loops, sequins, stickers, and colorful pom poms. The turkey projects are usually very colorful and students have come up with some neat ideas.

Well, I have heard of disguising a turkey before, but I had never tried it until this year. My son had to do a “Disguise the Turkey” family project. When I asked him what disguise he would like for his turkey, he immediately said “BATMAN!!” We used construction paper, feathers, and colored wiggley eyes. It came out adorable! Here it is:)

Trace, Color, Build Thanksgiving Words is an activity that you can add to your Thanksgiving thematic unit.

Before place these in a center, you can start out by allowing your students to brainstorm a few words that have to do with Thanksgiving. You do not have to make a long list. Just add a few words to a small chart and talk about the words that they came up with on that day/week (make another small list the next week, and so on). Your  small chart might look a little like this first picture. (Another idea is to  make a chart according to the categories that are mentioned at the end of this post.) I only added six words to mine. You can talk about the first sound in each word. Then, take each word and sing it along to the BINGO song as you spell it out. The longer words will become a little tricky, but you can come up with a smaller word to replace it.