Thanksgiving time is so much fun. Here’s a fun Turkey Craft that will prepare your students for the upcoming holiday. This packet includes two versions of the turkey craft and some writing activities.

Thankful Turkey

This version includes a sentence starter on the feathers. Students will finish the sentence, “I give thanks for ________.” It’s a good way to help students reflect and be thankful for the good things in their lives.

Patterned Turkey

Writing Activities

This packet includes seven writing activities.

Downloads

The English Turkey Craft may be found here.

The Spanish Turkey Craft may be found here.

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.

   

November is finally here. I love Thanksgiving! I just finished my Thanksgiving Literacy Centers pack. Wow! It is 150 pages long. I like to use thematic centers to introduce new vocabulary and to keep students interested in learning and practicing their basic skills. What I like about this pack is that it includes 52 thematic words. You can use them to talk about family, food, and the first Thanksgiving.
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