This printable Thanksgiving Pop-up Reading Book will be a great addition to your Thanksgiving preschool activities this year!
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Do you like to make books with your students? turns out to be one of my favorite activities!
That’s probably why I have so many free printable books ready to go (and so many more I need to write about)!
There are so many early literacy skills kids can learn and practice by making their own booklets.
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These are just a few of the things little emerging readers like this can teach kids:
- we read from left to right, top to bottom
- the illustrations must match the words
- high-frequency words
- high-frequency words colors
- word concept
- letter-sound correspondence
thanksgiving popup reader
so of course I had to put one together for thanksgiving!
It’s a very simple book called “look at the turkey”, but it is always well received by my students.
You can grab your own copy of the Thanksgiving Popup Reader at the end of this post.
Save it to your computer, and then print enough copies for the children in your class.
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Next, collect the turkey books. here is a short video to show you how to assemble the readers:
Fold each page in half, making sure the print is facing out. Put the book together, with the folded parts of the papers on the right side. staple along the left side.
how to use thanksgiving printable book
once the thanksgiving popup reader is ready, call the child. Explain that you are going to make a book about colorful turkeys called “Look at the Turkey.”
then read each page with the child. Using the appropriate crayon, ask your child to underline the color word on each page.
for the last page, tell him that he will design his own turkey.
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Have the child color each turkey the appropriate color.
for the last page of the thanksgiving popup reader, let the girl draw her own turkey.
some of my students chose to freely draw their turkeys, while others traced their hands (or, in one case, my hand) to turn them into a turkey.
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more ideas to learn with an emerging turkey reader
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These are just a few ways to extend and change learning:
- Reread the book with the child and let him reread it himself as many times as he wants.
- Turn the repetitive sentences into a pocket chart. keep the illustrations separate, but also in the pocket chart. children can match the appropriate picture to each sentence.
- write the sentences on strips of paper, then cut out the words. kids can remake the sentences, with or without help.
- have kids do a “color hunt” to find items around the house or in the classroom that match the different colored turkeys.
- turns the book pages into turkey-colored doilies. then match the mats with playdough.
Let me know if you try this Thanksgiving pop-up reader with your students! I’d love to hear what you think.
If your students enjoy this book, they can also have some fantastic fun and learn the 5 Senses Thanksgiving Easy Reader.
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In case you’re looking for more turkey books for your students, here are a few suggestions to get you started (you may earn commissions on purchases made through links in this post):
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Originally published November 2015.
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