10 Books About Turkeys

 

I'm not sure what it is about turkeys, but something about them makes them perfect for starring in funny stories! Here are a list of some of our favorite turkey books!

1. Turkey Trouble
2. 10 Fat Turkeys
3. Run, Turkey, Run!
4. A Plump And Perky Turkey
5. Turkey Claus
6. Too Many Turkeys
7. 10 Turkeys in the Road
8. Turkey Surprise
9.Over the River
10. I'm A Turkey!

Here are also some cute craft ideas you could use along with some of the books:

Tissue Paper Stained Glass Turkey 

 

Paper Plate Turkey

 

Turkey Yourself

 

Let's Make a Turkey

Penguins Research Pack

I've just finished my newest research pack - I Know About Penguins! I love using these packs to introduce research to little ones and organize our information!

 

This pack includes:
-KWL Chart
-Can - Have - Are Chart
-Penguins vs. Seals Venn Diagram
-Label a Penguins (2 versions - write or cut & paste)
-Non-fiction passage and questions
-Fact or Opinion - cut, sort, and paste activity
-Penguin Poem (using describing words)
-Penguin Writing Paper
-How to Draw a Penguin

*This pack is designed to help you jump start and organize research. It is not intended to include all the information you need to complete all the graphic organizers. Students will need to read books or do online research to get more information!

 

I can't wait until January when I will do this pack with my kids!

Five for Friday!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday to share with you 5 random things we did this week!

 

1. We made a visit to the children's museum this week with some friends! This is the best picture we could get with 8 kids ages 6 and under :-)

 

2. I'm always looking for fun ways to practice sight words with my daughter - so I printed out some words she knows and let her paint them!

3. We started learning about action verbs, so we looked through magazines to find words or pictures that showed verbs.

4. We finished up our ocean life unit this week. One fun experiment we did was to put some sand and water in a bowl and then added a little bit of oil. My son's job was to "clean up" the ocean - and we found out how hard it can be!

5. I put up a new Thanksgiving freebie in my TpT store! Color by number and color by sight word pages. Grab them here!

 

 

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Cute Pumpkin Seeds Craft

After our fun Pumpkin Investigation the other day, we decided to use some of the seeds for a fun craft!

First we dyed the seeds by putting some in a plastic bag and adding a small splash of vinegar and food coloring! We made green, orange, and brown (red, green, and yellow food coloring). The kids had fun squishing the seeds inside the bags to coat them.

 

Next we laid them out on paper towels to dry. It took several hours, so we ended up finishing the craft the next day.

 

 

I printed out a pumpkin outline I found online, and had the kids cut it out and glue it on their choice of colored paper. Then we just glued the seeds on to make the pumpkin!

Fan Freebie Time

It's time for another Fan Freebie! I am working on a new set of books for my daughter as she is learning to read, and I'm giving away the first seven I've finished to all my TpT followers as a gift to say thank you for following!

 

To be sure you get this freebie, follow me HERE by clicking the green star under my store name. I will send a note to your TpT inbox in a few days with the freebie! This will be the only chance to get this for free as I will add it as a paid product later on when I complete the set.

 

Thanks!

Pumpkin Investigation



We had so much fun with our pumpkin investigation today! Each of the kids got their own small pumpkin to investigate. First we talked about words that describe the outside of the pumpkin and the kids drew a picture on their investigation sheets.

 

The kids made predictions about their pumpkins and wrote them down.

 

Next, we did some investigations to find out the facts!

Finding weight by measuring the kids with the pumpkin and without! Great way to incorporate more math :)

Counting seeds by making groups of 10

 

We wrote the findings on the second investigation worksheet.

You can grab these worksheets for free HERE.

 

The cleaning out and counting seeds took awhile since I had to help them all with it, so if this is an activity you want to do with a classroom of students, I would suggest doing it in groups with parent volunteers!

 

 Tomorrow we are planning on painting pumpkins and making a craft with all of our pumpkin seeds!

October Giveaway!



I'm teaming up with The McGrew Crew for another awesome giveaway this month! Enter to win a $25 TpT gift certificate or store credit from our stores! Enter below, and good luck!

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Freebie Friday - Pumpkins!



I have seriously been looking forward to this post for a long time!! I love fall and everything pumpkin, so I was excited to find these great pumpkin freebies! I just couldn't wait until tomorrow, so I guess it's Freebie Thursday this week :-)

 

All About Pumpkins - Sample Pack

 



Pumpkins Count & Color Emergent Reader

 

 

Pumpkin Hundreds Chart Mystery Picture 



Pumpkins Mini-Unit By: Mrs. Ricca's Kindergarten

 

My Pumpkin Seed By: The Daily Alphabet

 

Pumpkin Roll, Color, & Color By: Young & Lively Kindergarten

 

Pumpkin Nonsense Words By: Patty Rutenbar

 

Pumpkin Patch Closest to 100 Math Game By: The Coach's Corner

 

Sequencing With Pumpkin Life Cycle War Game By: Life Over C's

 

Pumpkin Addition Sort By: Creativity to the Core

 

Rainbow Pumpkins Clip Art By: Krista Wallden

*Disclaimer: All the products are free at the time of this post. Sometimes authors change the price of items. I'm sorry if any of these are no longer free or available.

 

Thanksgiving Mystery Picture Freebie!

This cute 120 Chart Mystery Picture is a part of my Thanksgiving Pack, but it also works great for Columbus Day! I hope your kids have fun with it!

 

Use it as a fun math center, or use it as a fun listening activity where the teacher reads the numbers and colors aloud as the students color in the squares.

 

You could also pair this with a writing activity like, "Imagine you were sailing with Columbus. Write about the day you discovered America," or "Imagine you are sailing to the Americas to start a new life. Write about what you will do when you land."

 

Get the free download HERE!