Turkey Trouble is one of our favorite read alouds and we know it is very popular with students too! We are so excited to bring you a book companion for this book. Students are always so engaged in the story so it is a great opportunity to spend time practicing important reading and writing strategies. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
Farmer Jake is starting to plan his Thanksgiving dinner and Turkey knows that he is trouble. He decides that he is going to avoid being the main course this year. Turkey disguises himself as various farm animals to avoid being eaten. Each time Turkey dresses up as another animal, the other animals on the farm recognize him.
Turkey becomes discouraged. He knows that he needs a new plan. He finds himself in the middle of the vegetable patch on the farm. Turkey dresses up as a pizza delivery man and delivers a pizza to Farmer Jake. Turkey solves his problem and has his best Thanksgiving ever.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
The great thing about read alouds is that they can be used to teach so much more than reading comprehension! Teachers can integrate the book into writing, grammar, vocabulary, and social emotional learning. No matter what skills you are hoping to teach, Turkey Trouble can be a great resource for you!
- Introduce students to new vocabulary words.
- Ask students to practice retelling the important parts of the story.
- Practice making connections to a text.
- Help students to write about their opinions and back it up with reasoning.
- Engage students in descriptive writing activities.
- Introduce new homophones using examples from the book.
- Teach a mini lesson on using quotation marks.
- Discuss problem solving strategies.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- 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
Thanksgiving is such a busy time of year! Thanks to our Starts With a Story Book Companion you save cut down your read aloud planning time. Teachers love using the student activity pages we have created to go with Turkey Trouble.
GET THE PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES
ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will also love these similar books:
- A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman
- Turk and Runt by Lisa Wheeler
- A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting
- Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
TRY OUT A SAMPLE COMPANION
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