Have You Seen My Turkey? Thanksgiving Craft and Writing Activity, 1st-5th Grade!

Have You Seen My Turkey? is a true 2-in-1 descriptive writing activity and Thanksgiving craft that students and teachers love. Engage and refocus your students by giving them a writing activity that's fun AND strengthens their skills.

What It's All About:

• Students use templates to design and decorate their own turkeys in disguise.
• Clear lesson plans guide excited writers to describe their turkeys in precise detail.
• Students read their completed descriptions aloud while classmates listen carefully to find the matching turkey!

Your Students Will:

• Color, cut, and create their own unique turkeys from included templates--cowboys, sweet grannies, and more!
• Use tools and guides to develop highly descriptive writing pieces.
• Strengthen writing skills like word choice, organization, and sentence variety.
• Learn writing techniques that can be applied to future writing exercises.
• Love reading their completed descriptions while their classmates try to match them to the correct turkeys!
• Have fun writing!

Your Purchase Includes:

• Printable templates for creating turkeys with fun accessories.
• Clear lesson plans for the writing activity, including discussion prompts.
• Printable fill-in-the-blank prompts for early writers.
• Writer's guide and color thesaurus for intermediate and advanced writers.
• Complete writing samples for beginner, intermediate, and advanced writers to use for modeling.
• Attractive, illustrated instructions for creating the turkeys.
• Multi-use lined sheets (thin and very wide rule) for final drafts.

What Teachers Are Saying About This Product:

• "These were SO much fun! My kids loved decorating them and loved writing about it! Will be doing this again!"- Alyssa B.
• "This was a hit, highly recommend...thank you!" -Amanda C.
• "My students had so much fun doing this activity." -Sheryl M.
• "Loved how there was high quality work example included. We made these for the older kids and it was a hit all around!" -Amber B.

The detailed lesson plans help you teach a meaningful lesson in descriptive writing, while the craft is an activity all kids love. The finished turkeys and writing are pieces that parents love to keep or to show off on hallway bulletin boards. Activities yield a minimum of three hours instruction time, and I'm confident you'll want to use it year after year.

Happy teaching!

Eve