It is written by wendi silvano and illustrated by lee harper. Please read my post from last year about turkey claus, wendi silvano s second turkey book. When i first came across the book turkey trouble a couple of years ago during my kids schools scholastic book fair, i had no idea wendi silvano lived in colorado or that we would eventually meet. Are you looking for more turkey ideas, activities, and printables to do at home or in the classroom. But turkey comes up with a hilarious plan to try and avoid being on the platter on the big day. When turkey realizes its thanksgiving, hes determined to not be the main course. Tom is very afraid as thanksgiving is getting near. Turkey coloring page search turkey trouble at teachers pay teachers to see more. We cant let november pass without reading this classic story turkey trouble by wendi silvano. Your class will love the turkey as he tries to trick farmer jake. His subsequent farm animal disguises as a cow, pig and sheep, among others are equally ineffective, and silvano goes with a goofy gag for turkeys final, successful costume. He recognizes the fact that thanksgiving is fast approaching and he is the main course. The november interactive readaloud activities bundle includes.
They can be used as follow up activities after you have either read the book turkey trouble to your class, or had your students listen to the book at your listening station. So he and his barnyard friends come up with a topsecret plan. I just knew, after i read the book, that i had to have it. In the fourth turkey trouble book, its almost easter and turkey is determined to win the eggstraspecial easter egg hunt. Turkey trouble kindle edition by silvano, wendi, lee. Students practice writing their schema and creating their own informational books about turkeys. It can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction which makes these resources a smart choice for literacy centers or readers workshop. Preschoolers appreciate jokes and humor, this fun book is a delight to read aloud and is sure to generate giggles from your audience. As thanksgiving day approaches, turkey nervously makes a series of costumes, disguising himself as other farm. In addition to all of the ccss, teks, and va sol standards listed below that are covered in each of the starts with a story book companions, this prin. Fabulous farm friends word searchdownload this turkey trouble unit is particularly wonderful. Can anyone tell me how they think this turkey is going to get out of trouble. After many hilarious attempts, turkey comes up with the perfect disguise, and santa has the perfect solution.
You and your class will have fun reading and responding to this story. This engaging readers unit includes all of the print and teach lesson plans and resources youll need. We recorded the new information we learned on our lets talk turkey chart. So, he tries pretending to be a horse and a cow and a pig and a rooster and nothing seems quite right. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and turkey needs to hide. He needs to find a way to hide from the farmer so he doesnt become thanksgiving dinner. It is fun, silly, and just the right book to read to young children. A huge book companion for turkey trouble, by wendi silvano. This set of lesson plans, resources, and activities is for use with turkey trouble by wendi silvano.
At your station you will find the turkey trouble retell chart, pencils, crayons and a copy of the book. They wrote the facts that they learned on index cards and stuffed them inside their turkeys. Turkey trick or treat turkey trouble book 3 wendi silvano. Turkey trouble is a fun book to read to your students around thanksgiving. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Student unit cover page story elements character traits story retell opinion pages. We snipped the top off of a paper bag to make our adorable turkey fact holders. So i bought two copies one for my daughters classroom and one for us. These activities go with turkey trouble by wendi silvano. Written by wendi silvano illustrated by lee harper. The author of the turkey trouble series, she has a ba in early childhood education and taught preschool and elementary school for eleven years. I love that the book has some repetition in it, so that its easier to retell. Turkey formulates a plan to disguise himself as other farm animals to avoid becoming the main dish for thanksgiving. Turkey trouble by wendi silvano s book, will provide you with tons of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing prompts to complement the story.
Each day we will read the text for a different purpose and students will complete a different activity. Turkey trouble i by wendi silvano i lee harper i janas bananas stroytime i read aloud book duration. After reading the childrens book turkey trouble, by wendi silvano your kiddos can do these fun worksheets to respond to the book. While i was out blog hopping this week, i came across a cute idea to go along with this book from a place called kindergarten. Plan your 60minute lesson in english language arts with helpful tips from.
Turkey trouble by wendi silvano is a story about a turkey who realizes he is destined to become the main course at thanksgiving dinner. We read the story, turkey trouble by wendi silvano and made wanted signs for our turkeys. Turkey s eggcellent easter turkey trouble book 4 ebook. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Thanksgiving is fast approaching and turkey must find a way to escape his fate as the star of thanksgiving dinner. Turkey trouble by wendi silvano illustrated by lee harper. On the teachers pay teachers website, visit 20 teachercreated lessons to teach vocabulary, repetition, predicting, problemsolving, dynamic characters, figurative language, math, art, etc. Turkey trouble, by wendi silvano, is a funny story about a turkey s predicament on this special day. Turkey trouble by wendi silvano, lee harper, hardcover. And wearing a saddle and with a horse brush tied to the back of his head, he looks just like a horse. Goes along great with the book turkey trouble by wendi silvano one of my favorite projects i did last year with my students involved tom turkey. Childrens choice award winner 2010 kids will eat up this clever and comical tale. Turkey trouble november 2017s pick sharon chriscoe. Theres only one thing on his listhe doesnt want to be eaten for christmas dinner.
On the teachers pay teachers website, visit 20 teacher created lessons to teach vocabulary, repetition, predicting. Treat your students to wendi silvano s laughoutloud story about a turkey in trouble. Turkey trouble kindle edition by silvano, wendi, lee harper. Turkey trouble by wendi silvano scholastic listening set 1. On the teachers pay teachers website, visit 20 teachercreated lessons to teach vocabulary, repetition, predicting.
Two lions fictionpicture book silvano has written her fourth in the turkey trouble series, with another holiday setting, easter. Turkey trouble 2009 read online free book by wendi. My selection for this weeks perfect picture book friday is one of our family favorites, and is written by our february 12 x 12 featured author wendi silvano. Just one more book trailer counting coconuts activities what does the wind say activities. For one month of readalouds that meet the core standards, you can purchase the bundle at a 20% discount. Turkey trouble thanksgiving kids books read aloud youtube. Hes a wily fellow though and he figures if he can just disguise himself as another farm animal, hell escape the platter. Wendi silvanos turkey trouble is a humorous provegetarian thanksgiving treat. So, we are starting the month off with a book called turkey trouble. Turkey trouble book study companion activities to go with the thanksgiving themed book by wendi silvano. Reading to kids is a grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success. I love the book turkey trouble by wendi silvano and my class does too. In this holiday treat, a companion to turkey trouble, wendi silvano s story is once again matched with the watercolor artwork of lee harper. Turkey trouble this is one of the best, funniest, turkey picture books around.
I select two or three students to respond to this question. I would read this book during our thanksgiving unit and have a discussion about different things the students eat on. Personal website for wendi silvano view the website share. Teachers guide from storyline online created by storyline online view the. Throughout the whole book turkey is disguising himself as other animals, so that the farmer wont capture him and kill him for thanksgiving dinner.
The protagonist in this story is a turkey, cleverly named turkey. Turkey trouble paperback 2010 by wendi silvano author, lee harper illustrator product details paperback publisher. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading turkey trouble. Turkey claus is all about a turkey who travels to the north pole to personally deliver his christmas wish list to santa.
The kind of trouble where its almost thanksgiving and youre the main course. After many hilarious attempts, turkey comes up with the perfect disguise to make this thanksgiving the. But turkey has an ideawhat if he doesnt look like a turkey. Thanksgiving turkey trouble kids activity my life and kids. Wendi silvano was born in salt lake city, utah, and has lived in oregon, colorado, and peru. The lesson plans for each book will guide us through 3 days of close reading. Turkey trouble is perfect for teaching sequence of events and opinion writing. Turkey trouble by wendi silvano is a great readaloud for november. The only problem is that animals arent allowed to enter. Wendi has a link on her website to more than 20 teachercreated teaching packets for. This readaloud is included in our november readaloud activities bundle.
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