There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Turkey Activities

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey — Low-Prep Thanksgiving Reading & Turkey Math Activities

Make November and Thanksgiving planning EASY with this low-prep, all-inclusive Old Lady Swallowed a Turkey resource!

This classroom-proven resource is designed to save teachers time with ready-to-use comprehension and turkey math activities—perfect for last-minute lessons!

Reading There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey is a classroom favorite, and this resource helps your students dive deeper into the story with meaningful comprehension activities while building vocabulary, sequencing skills, and even turkey-themed math connections.

Everything is done for you—just print and teach!

Why Teachers Love It

• ✔️ Low prep and perfect for last-minute lessons or alternative sub plans
• ✔️ All planning done – NO searching for materials
• ✔️ Student-friendly activities that build language, background knowledge, comprehension & turkey math skills
• ✔️ Ideal for November, Thanksgiving week, and turkey theme lessons
  

You'll Receive

• Detailed lesson plans
• Graphic organizers
• Student worksheets
• Rubrics
• Comprehension questions
• Essential questions
  

Students Will Practice

• Predictions
• Story elements with a story map
• Retelling
• Sequencing
• Real vs. fantasy
• Text-to-self connections
• Writing
• Vocabulary
• Graphing and turkey math extensions
• How to cook a turkey (procedural writing)

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