Sunday, November 20, 2011

Turkeys, Turkeys Everywhere!

Happy Sunday, friends! I cannot tell you how ready I am for Thanksgiving break!! I am counting down the days until I get to chow down on my mom's awesome cooking! I sooo envy those of you who are already on your break! :)

This past week we focused more on turkeys and what we were thankful for. In our basal, we read A Turkey for Thanksgiving. It is such a cute story!! We read several other books about turkeys and Thanksgiving, including my FAVE, 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving! Soooo stinkin' cute!


If you haven't read these with your kiddos, do it! :) We did a quick writing prompt, "If I was a turkey on Thanksgiving..." They had some clever responses!

Well, I wanted to share just a few activities we did this week...

I always have my kids make Thankful Turkeys. They have to write about five things they are thankful for and why they are thankful for those things. They came up with the sweetest ideas!



Then we worked on sequencing in our writing. As a class, we wrote "How to Bake a Pumpkin Pie." After we did that, they had to write "How to Cook a Turkey." They came up with some funny directions!



It's always funny to see what temperature they think a turkey should be cooked at :)

Tomorrow and Tuesday we are going to focus solely on the Pilgrims and Wampanoags, and we will do this cute activity I found on Pinterest! We will also have our FEAST!

Hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving! Enjoy time with your family, and eat a lot :)

24 comments:

  1. Great Thanksgiving ideas!! I would love a copy of the turkey cookie glyph and record sheet you made... thanks for sharing!

    tgillispie@ycsd.york.va.us

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  2. These are great ideas! I would love a copy of the turkey cookie glyph. My email address is katie.montegary@gmail.com. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  3. I would love a copy of the glyph! Thanks :) arjohnson83@gmail.com

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  4. Your blog is so awesome! I would love a copy of the turkey cookie glyph and record sheet you made!

    Thanks!

    richardsonj@uwplatt.edu

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    1. I have sent it your way :) Enjoy!

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    2. Thank you so much! I'm a junior studying elementary ed and can't wait to present this idea to my creative development class. I will definitely make sure to give you credit! You have so many great ideas, thanks again!

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  5. I would love to receive copies of all your turkey sheets!!!
    Thanks, plang@madison.k12.al.us

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  6. I would love copies of all your turkey sheets too if you still have them!! ceboros@cord.edu
    This is my first year in second grade, and excited about your turkey projects :).

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  7. I would love copies of these turkey activities too bsmith@stanwood.wednet.edu

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  8. I would love a copy of the turkey glyph and recording sheet! How fun!
    brynne.zachow@gmail.com

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  9. I love it!!! Please send me a copy of turkey glyph and recording sheet! Can't wait to do this!!!

    kvanstraaten1@gmail.com

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  10. I would love to do this turkey glyph and recording sheet as well. Please send a copy to bookbuddy37@hotmail.com. Thank you!!!

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  11. I would love to have a copy of the cookie glyph activity, thanks! Happy Holidays =)

    dreamnteach@gmail.com

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    1. I just sent this to you all! I hope you can still use it :)

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  12. hi, I know it's been a year since you posted but I was wondering if i can get a copy of the glyph and record sheet. my email address is dope02@aol.com. Thanks!

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  13. Good Evening,

    I woud be very interested in your glyph and record sheet. My Kindergarten students would really love this project. stanley.brian.cari@gmail.com. Thank you!

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  14. I would love a copy of your glyph to use with my students.
    Thank you. My email is nwelborn@fmcs-fl.com

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  15. I would love a copy of your glyph to use. My email is lynda.savopoulos@garrettcountyschools.org. Thank you!

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  16. I would love a copy of glyph too! ambertomlinson@gmail.com

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  17. I would love a copy of your glyph also! Thanks!!
    themayer5@yahoo.com

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  18. I would love copies of these Thanksgiving activities!!

    sellers.dorendorf@gmail.com

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