Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for A Plump And Perky Turkey will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of problem solving and empathy, this A Plump And Perky Turkey picture book by Teresa Bateman is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with A Plump And Perky Turkey Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of A Plump And Perky Turkey. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
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A PLUMP AND PERKY TURKEY SUMMARY
As the townspeople are preparing for their Thanksgiving feast, they suddenly realize there are no turkeys in sight. They come up with a plan to lure the turkeys into town by advertising for a “model” turkey to pose for their arts and crafts fair. When Pete the turkey arrives he seems perfect for the job. They plan to use him as their model and when they are finished, he will become their Thanksgiving feast. However, Pete is much more clever then the townspeople expect. He finds a way to outsmart them and makes his escape leaving nothing but shredded wheat to eat for the Thanksgiving feast.
A PLUMP AND PERKY TURKEY LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based A Plump And Perky Turkey reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making inferences
- analyzing character
- analyzing illustrations
- plot (problem and solution)
- rhyme, rhythm and repetition
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- problem solving
- empathy
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- types of sentences
- ellipses
- quotation marks
A PLUMP AND PERKY TURKEY ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for A Plump and Perky Turkey?
- Lexile® Measure: AD860L
- Guided Reading Level: M
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 4.2
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Teresa Bateman. It was illustrated by Jeff Shelly.
What genre is A Plump and Perky Turkey?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
