These turkey activities for elementary students are very popular the days leading up to Thanksgiving break. They provide fun and engaging learning experiences to help you celebrate Thanksgiving with your class. Check out all of the turkey activities for elementary students below!
16 Turkey Activities for Elementary Students
Below are our favorite turkey activities for elementary students.
1. Turkey Activity Packet
This Turkey Activity Packet includes fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! Use these activities as center activities, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
2. Turkey Book Companions
This Turkey Book Companion Bundle includes 4 of our Starts With a Story resources: A Plump and Perky Turkey, Turkey Trouble, A Turkey for Thanksgiving, and Turk and Runt. Each of them includes printable and digital resources. This makes it so you can use them in school and for homework. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
3. Turkey Non-Fiction Reading Unit
This Turkey Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like A Plump and Perky Turkey, Turkey Trouble, A Turkey for Thanksgiving, and Turk and Runt. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
4. Turkey Reading Comprehension Activities
Use these Turkey Reading Comprehension Activities with any book about turkeys or that have turkey characters. They can be used over and over again due to their open-ended design. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
5. How to Capture a Turkey Writing Project
This Capture a Turkey Writing Project is perfect for the days leading up to Thanksgiving break. There are 2 prompts you can choose from: How to capture a turkey and the day I captured a turkey. You can assign one of the prompts or have students choose which one they would like to do. It can be used by students ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
6. How to Cook a Turkey Writing Project
This How to Cook a Turkey Writing Project is perfect for the days leading up to Thanksgiving break. It can be used by students spanning from kindergarten to fifth grade. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
7. Turkey Math Activities
These Turkey Math Activities were designed for kindergarten and first grade. Students practice numbers 0-10 and shapes. These activities are great for RTI, small groups, and informal assessments. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
8. Turkey in Disguise Writing and Craft Project
This Turkey in Disguise Writing and Craft Project is a fun and engaging Thanksgiving project for elementary students. You can choose to use it with or without the picture book Turkey Trouble. This project involves decorating a turkey craft template and then writing persuasive or descriptive paragraphs. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
9. Turkey Hideout Writing and Craft Project
This Turkey Hideout Writing and Craft Project offers a fun, engaging, and creative way to teach descriptive writing to your elementary students. Even your most reluctant writers will enjoy describing and creating a turkey hiding place to keep them safe! Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
10. How to Catch a Turkey Writing and Craft Project
This How to Catch a Turkey Writing and Craft Project is another fun and engaging Thanksgiving project for elementary students. It includes resources like a brainstorming web, thematic lined paper, class book covers, scoring rubric, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
11. Turkey Would You Rather Activities
These Turkey Would You Rather Activities include prompts where students are given two options to choose from. They are a great way to increase engagement in your classroom whether it’s during your morning meeting or literacy centers. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
12. Turkey Color by Code Activity
This Turkey Color by Code Activity is a fun and engaging task that invites students to practice identifying the parts of speech of thematic words like tail, gobble, and curiously. It’s a quick print and go activity you can have printed on your desk whenever you have 15-20 minutes to fill. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
13. Turkey Acrostic Poem Activities
These Turkey Acrostic Poem Activities include five unique acrostic poem templates, each offering a different blend of structure, creativity, and seasonal-themed fun. Each printable worksheet was designed to spark creativity, reinforce writing skills, improve vocabulary, and give students meaningful ways to engage with seasonal themes – all in a super quick and easy format teachers can use with no prep. Learn more below!
14. Turkey Bookmarks
These printable Turkey Bookmarks pair perfectly with other turkey activities. Students will enjoy these turkey coloring activities that spark creativity while giving them a purposeful finished product to use during independent reading. Learn more below!
15. Turkey Word Search
This Turkey Word Search Activity is a fun Thanksgiving Word Find that reinforces spelling, turkey vocabulary, reading, visual scanning, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. Learn more below!
16. Turkey Directed Drawing Activities
These Turkey Directed Drawing Activities are a fun and engaging way for elementary students to practice a variety of important skills: writing, vocabulary, focus, fine motor, social-emotional, and more. Both teachers and students love them! Learn more below!
Related Turkey Activities
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