Description
A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting is an excellent choice as a mentor text for comprehension strategies (character development, story elements, visualizing, and cause/effect) as well as for writing. With this engaging resource, you’ll be set!
HOW TEACHERS CAN USE MY UNIT FOR A TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING:
In this bundle, you have lots of options. I have set it up in a before/during/after format for guided reading, but you can also use some parts for mentor text lessons and writing. The unit in printable PDF and a digital for Google Slides TM. The printable PDF is in black and white (mostly), while all pages were converted to color for the digital option to make them more appealing on your one-to-one devices.
WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS A TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING UNIT?
- Schema Building about Thanksgiving Plans (quick write)
- Vocabulary Organizer and Cards
- Story Elements Turkey Project
- Four Square Thinking
- Cause/effect (anchor chart and response pages)
- Question Task Cards (4 per page and 1 per page for projecting and response page)
- Summarizing the Main Idea
- Class Book-A Turkey FREE for Thanksgiving
- 20 pages PDF and 20 pages in Google Slides TM
OTHER FALL BOOK COMPANION UNITS YOU MIGHT LIKE:
I have also created units for Butterfly House, Sunflower House, St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning and Someday a Tree by Eve Bunting
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WHAT OTHER TEACHERS THOUGHT ABOUT MY UNIT FOR A TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Farmhouse Feelings TPT seller says, “Great resource. Nicely organized and thorough. Thank you.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Aliya C. says, “This is an excellent resource to accompany one of my favorite books! Thank you!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rachel G. says, “Such a great resource to use with the book! My students loved completing each activity/lesson!”
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Alyson T. –
Thanks for doing all of this hard work.
Gina U. –
Lots of great activities to use with one of my favorite Thanksgiving books. Thanks!
Rachel Nanney –
great resource.
Stephanie A. –
So great!
Megan R. –
Great activities for a great book! Thanks!
Amanda R. –
My students loved doing these activities during Thanksgiving time. Thank you!
Danielle Watt –
This is a great resource! My students really enjoyed the activities!
Jamie M. –
Great resource!
Pamela Neill –
so fun
Jacqueline H. –
Very helpful
Sherrie Green –
So much fun stuff for Thanksgiving!
AMY P. –
It had a little too many skills, I primarily needed cause and effect. So I was disappointed when I downloaded this and it only had 1 cause and effect activity. But, my students enjoyed the story.
Shelly Burns –
Love this story; thanks for the activity
Judy W. –
Thanks
Rachel G. –
Such a great resource to use with the book! My students loved completing each activity/lesson!
Janina M. –
thanks
Kim H. –
I love this story and was looking for resources for upper grade levels. This was perfect!
Melinda M. –
This was a very good resource for me as a teacher of kinders.
Aliya C. –
This is an excellent resource to accompany one of my favorite books! Thank you!
Farmhouse Feelings –
Great resource. Nicely organized and thorough. Thank you
Erin N. –
Great resource!
Leslie B. –
This was a great way to reinforce the story elements.
Jessica Keipper –
Great extension to the book!
Amy N. –
Fun resource for our online classroom!
Surviving 3rd Grade –
The students enjoyed this resource. I will use it again.
Sarah G. –
My students really loved this resource! Thank you so much for an excellent product.
Days with the Littles –
This is a great resource that goes along with the story.
Rose P. –
This resource is jam packed with so many different options to use as a companion to the book. Excellent choice!
Kenneth W. –
This was a wonderful resource for my students! Thank you!
megan G. –
This is a very fun resource that my students loved!