Turkeys: Fact or Opinion

Directions:

Cut out the Fact and Opinion turkey.
Paste the turkeys onto a piece of colored construction paper. Each turkey should go on either end of the construction paper.
Cut out the feathers.
Decide whether the feathers are facts or opinions about turkeys.
Paste the feathers around the turkeys’ bodies (either on the fact side or the opinion side).
Color in the feathers and the turkeys’ bodies.
Make sure to put your name somewhere on your paper

Thanksgiving Bulletin Board:
What I'm Thankful For..... Use blue background paper to create the sky and add grass. Create a turkey farm and post children's turkeys. Create a banner or sign that says "What I'm Thankful For..."

Thanksgiving Glyph:

Directions:

1. Read the sentence for each body part.
2. Highlight the sentence that is most true for you.
3. Choose the color or shape that goes with each sentence that is true for you to make each part of your turkey glyph.

Body:
Dark Brown- I like dark meat.
Light Brown- I like white meat.
White - I do not like to eat turkey.

Feet:
Yellow - I am going away for Thanksgiving.
Red - I am not going away for Thanksgiving.

Beak:
On Thanksgiving we usually eat in the ....
Opened - kitchen
Closed - dining room

Eyes:
Opened - I will eat dessert on Thanksgiving.
Closed - I will not eat dessert on Thanksgiving.

Wattle:
Red - I like gravy.
Orange- I do not like gravy.

Feathers:
On Thanksgiving I like to eat....
Red- cranberries
Orange- pumpkin pie
Green- green beans
Yellow - corn
Brown - stuffing
Pink - mashed potatoes

My name is Tom the Turkey and I'm as scared as I can be.
I'm wearing a disguise so you won't eat me!

Creative Writing:
Turkey In Disguise

Pick up a turkey and a piece of writing paper.
Create a disguise for your turkey on the turkey paper using crayons.
Next write a creative story as if you were the turkey about why you chose that disguise and if it saved you from being Thanksgiving Dinner. Oh no! Run turkey! Run!
1. Remember to have a beginning, middle, and ending to your story.
2. Use complete sentences
3. Check for capitals and periods

Ideas are taken from the
Second Grade Teachers Club
and Mrs. Pohlymer's K Page

Download a turkey for your project.

A Thanksgiving Thought
By Bobbi Katz

The day I give thanks for having a nose
Is Thanksgiving Day, for do you suppose
That Thanksgiving dinner would taste as good
If you couldn’t smell it? I don’t think it would.
Could apple pie baking – turkey that’s basting
Not be for the smelling? Just be for tasting?
It’s cranberry-cinnamon-onion bouquet!
Be thankful for noses on Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving Art Project:

Materials: Brown paint, paper plate, feather pattern, head pattern, brown, yellow, red, and white construction paper.

Give each child one paper plate. Have them paint it brown and let dry. Next, have students trace and cut out a head pattern, a yellow triangle for a nose, white circles for eyes, a red neck using the neck pattern, and yellow feet. Have them cut out five (or any number you like) different colored feathers from a feather pattern

Next, have students brainstorm five things they are thankful for and write one sentence (I am thankful for......) on each feather with a marker OR have them type them on the computer, print them out, and cut-n-paste them to each feather.

Assemble turkeys by gluing the head to the top middle part of the paper plate. Feathers will be glued to plate on the left and right side of the head. Add the triangle nose, red neck, eyes, and two yellow feet.

With glue, write the names of each student onto the "stomach" and use gold or rust glitter to sprinkle onto each name.