Thanksgiving Writing Center with 10 Turkey Facts for Kids

Creating a Thanksgiving writing center can be fun and easy with these Ten Turkey Facts for Kids. Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students are probably not fascinated with detailed turkey facts, such as turkey contains tryptophan. Instead, this Thanksgiving writing center and turkey facts for kids is perfect for teaching your elementary kids all about turkeys.

Where do turkeys sleep?  What do turkeys eat?  Can baby turkeys fly?  These are all great questions asked by my kinder students over the years. To help answer these questions, you can read turkey stories, guide your students to research turkeys online, and present this Ten Turkey Facts for Kids anchor chart found in my Building Sentences: All About Turkeys resource. 

After presenting the Turkey Facts for Kids printable anchor chart, and exposing students to informational text all about turkeys, you will have everything you need to quickly set up a Thanksgiving writing center. Incorporate Thanksgiving poems for kids into your lessons all about turkeys, and watch as turkeys quickly become fun and interesting!

The Building Sentences, All About Turkeys, leveled word work is an excellent kindergarten and first grade Thanksgiving center activity.  Simply print the Building Sentences Turkey worksheets, and model how to complete the Thanksgiving word work activity. 

Level 1: 

• Read the turkey fact at the top of the page. 
• Cut the scrambled word tiles on the bottom of the page, and paste them in the correct order to build the turkey fact for kids.  
• Draw a picture to show details about the turkey fact.  
• I also have students write the sentence in the box, or on the back.  

Level 2: 

• For your more advanced learners, the level 2 worksheets do not have the sentence printed along the top.  
• Students use syntax skills to construct a grammatically correct sentence using the word tiles at the bottom of the page.
• Draw a turkey picture to match the sentence, and write a sentence in the box below.  

If you're looking for Ted the Turkey, you can find him HERE. 

This no-prep Thanksgiving writing center and Turkey Facts for Kids is engaging, promotes reading and writing, and supports Informational Text common core standards. Great for whole class, small groups, language arts centers, word work, daily 5, guided reading, tutoring support, and homework.

Included in this Building Sentences: All About Turkeys are:

A teacher's directions page

A 10 Turkey Facts anchor chart

10 at level cut and paste turkey worksheets

10 above level cut and paste turkey worksheets

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