Celebrate gratitude and laughter with A Turkey for Thanksgiving activities, the perfect way to combine English Language Arts skills with holiday fun! Students can color and build their own turkey, sequence the story, sort parts of speech, and even create a Thanksgiving guest list. Through creative writing, vocabulary, and comprehension tasks, learners reflect on thankfulness and the book’s delightful twist ending. With opportunities for drawing, sorting, and collaboration, these activities make literacy learning something to gobble about this season.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Color and cut out a Turkey.
• Write about your story expectations vs. what actually happened.
• Illustrate what you are grateful for.
• Illustrate the Thanksgiving guests.
• Sequence the story.
• Sort parts of speech.
• Sort the guests in alphabetical order.
• Complete sentence starters.
• Build sentences with keywords.
• Build a turkey with tangram pieces.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with the included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Create a Thanksgiving Guest List.
• Use digital tools to determine fact or fiction.

Give your students a feast of learning and laughter. A Turkey for Thanksgiving activities are stuffed with reading, writing, and creativity!

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About the Book and Soundscape

When Mr. and Mrs. Moose set out to find their missing guest for Thanksgiving dinner, poor Turkey thinks he’s on the menu! This heartwarming story features cinematic Americana music with piano and orchestra, plus bunny hops, gusty winds, cawing crows, and a joyful feast-day cheer.

Don’t have the book yet? Serve up your copy and get ready to feast on fun, gratitude, and giggles this Thanksgiving!