Turkey Claus

Our favorite Turkey is back, this time for Christmas, in the book Turkey Claus by Wendi Silvano. Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will love learning new reading comprehension skills and literacy elements as they follow Turkey in this read aloud, as he tries to avoid being on the menu for Christmas dinner!

TURKEY CLAUS BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Turkey has a problem! Christmas is here, and he is worried that HE is on the Christmas dinner menu! So Turkey decides to make 'not getting eaten at Christmas dinner' his Christmas wish from Santa Claus! Since it was too late to mail his wish to Santa, Turkey heads to the North Pole personally, in a taxi cab, to make his request.

How is Turkey going to meet Santa? By using disguises, of course! He tries dressing up as a Christmas tree, a reindeer, a candy cane, a present, and even as Mrs. Claus!

When Turkey finally manages to meet Santa, he agrees to help Turkey with his problem, by giving him the perfect disguise.

What disguise did Santa give Turkey? Did it work? Was Turkey on the Christmas dinner menu? You'll have to read the book to find out!

Help your students dig deeper into the story with this book study unit for Turkey Claus! This book study is packed with activities that will help your students work on story elements, character traits, story retell, writing activities, problem & solution, making text to self connections, developing story vocabulary, defining the author's purpose, thinking about the main idea, showing understanding with comprehension questions and more!

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student, and you're ready to go!

This book activities unit includes lots of activities, so you can differentiate to suit your students' learning abilities and needs.

TURKEY CLAUS CRAFT

This Turkey Claus craft has students writing about advice they would give Turkey at Christmas. The craftivity makes a fun bulletin board display to showcase student learning!