Introduce Ted the Turkey to your elementary students, and they will be ready to gobble up this interactive Thanksgiving poem for kids pocket chart activity.

Introduce the Thanksgiving Poem

Your kids may have heard about Ted the Turkey, but have they met him?  Always start a learning activity with a strong hook to engage the kids and keep their attention.  Grab a Turkey stuffed animal and a these Thanksgiving poems, and, like magic, the kids will be so excited to read!

After meeting Ted, the new Thanksgiving class mascot, introduce the Build a Poems, a collection of Thanksgiving poems and poetry activities.  \

Sung to the tune, I’m a Little Teapot, Ted the Turkey is also a catchy Thanksgiving song for kids. I have found students to be more engaged and likely to recall the poem if I teach them a song to go with it.

Ted the Turkey Thanksgiving Poem

Incorporate Thanksgiving finger plays with music and movement for your kinesthetic learners, while displaying this bright and colorful Ted the Turkey poem for your visual learners.

As an introduction lesson, I display the Thanksgiving poem for kids on my smart board using a portable document projector camera.   The students can easily follow along with the poem projected onto the large screen.  This is also a great opportunity to extend lessons about concepts of print, sight word and letter recognition, beginning sounds, vowel patterns, and rhyming skills.