Who's Who and Who's New: turkey

Gobble, gobble, gobble! If you've ever met us, you'd know that whatever the season we always have a song in our hearts...or on our lips! Here is one of our favorite poems that we have used for a long l-o-nggggggg time (although we didn’t write it!). We love it because it can be sung to the tune “I’m a Little Teapot". After singing it a few times, add some body movements to help get those wiggles out! Use the pocket chart picture and word cards as you sing along with your students. Download them by clicking this {LINK}.

We’ve found that the students pay closer attention when you track the words with a fun pointer. Here is a picture of an easy one to make. It was made from a small stuffed toy that was hot-glued to a small dowel. Lots of fun seasonal choices are available at a local craft store like Michael’s. Use your imagination and you'll be surprised what YOU can turn into a reading wand!

If you want to keep singing, here is a FREE singable (with lyrics we did write!)

Click this LINK

One of our favorite books is also a fun SONG - I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie! Your students will LOVE singing this to the tune "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! It has a very surprising ending! It will become a holiday favorite!

Here are some of our other favorite turkey books. There's even one by Joy Cowley (you may know her as the author of the famous "Mrs. Wishy-Washy!" books) Her book, Gracias the Turkey, is GREAT!

Want a fun game that practices the "ip" word family words? Just print and it's ready to play! Find this FREEBIE at our TPT store by clicking this {LINK}!

Hope you have a wonderful month of November with all kinds of fun with turkeys!

Keep gobbling away! Jackie & Kylene

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JK Curriculum Connection

That's right! Turkey Carle-ages (or turkey collages - Eric Carle style)!

I came across this fabulous website - DeepSpaceSparkle.com - and was inspired by the wonderful art projects I saw there using painted paper. This technique reminds me of the art of Eric Carle!

So I created a project for my Kindergarten class - using painted paper to make a turkey! The entire project will take a few days.

Painted Paper - Day 1

You will need to start by making the painted paper. You can find great directions {HERE}.

I copied the turkey body and feathers on the back of white construction paper. If you are unable to copy onto construction paper, you can use the blacklines to make cardboard templates for tracing.

Then I had students paint on the plain white side of the paper, and use sporks and straws to drag a design. We used brown, red, orange, yellow, and black paint. Painted paper is for the whole class to share, so no need to write names on anything!

Let paper dry overnight.

Assemble the Turkey - Day 2

First, be sure to admire the beautiful paper!!!

Next, I turned the paper over so I could see the blackline patterns, and I cut apart the bodies and feathers. I just gave them a rough cut between the lines, and the students cut them on the lines.

Students then choose 5 feathers and 1 body. Because we are sharing paper with everyone, each project has a variety of different colors and textures.

After cutting out the pieces, they are glued onto a large piece of construction paper (18" by 12").

Next students use a black crayon to make eyes and feet. They also cut a beak out of orange construction paper and a wattle out of red construction paper, and glue them down.

Think and Write - Day 3

We started off the last day of our project by brainstorming all of the things that we are thankful for.