Description
Follow Tilly the Turkey from egg to adult hen in this hands-on Thanksgiving science unit for preschool, pre-K and kindergarten, ages 3 to 6. Turkey life cycle worksheets let children sequence the egg, poult, juvenile and adult stages, count turkey eggs and label the parts of a turkey.
A read-aloud story, a wall poster that grows one stage a day and a Life Cycle Wheel craft turn your November science block into a full turkey week for the classroom, homeschool or daycare, with a 5 day lesson plan that saves you prep time.
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This unit is part of the Life Cycles Mega Bundle, 12 science units for the whole year. Get the bundle and save big: CLICK HERE
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
► You will get 60+ pages, including: ⤵
▴ Preschool & Pre-K and kindergarten black and white worksheets: ⤵
→ Turkey Life Cycle, cut and paste (4 stages)
→ Turkey Life Cycle, cut and paste (3 stages)
→ Trace the Word
→ Trace the Words
→ Color and Label
→ What Comes Next?
→ Parts of a Turkey
→ Count the Eggs
→ Help the Hen
→ Small to Big
→ Draw the Life Cycle
→ My Turkey, draw and write
▴ Teacher Guide with a 5 day lesson plan and assessment pages
▴ Tilly the Turkey, a read-aloud story in color
▴ Wall life cycle poster to build with the class
▴ Mini poster, flash cards and a chant with motions
▴ Emergent reader
▴ Pattern coloring pages
▴ Life Cycle Wheel craft, plus a color teacher wheel to laminate
▴ Headband and certificate with a handprint turkey
► Pages in US Letter size (8.5 x 11 inches). For A4 paper, choose Fit to Page when printing.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
The story keeps the science real: the hen builds her nest on the ground, lays one egg a day, keeps the eggs warm for about 28 days, and the fluffy poults leave the nest within a day of hatching to follow their mother.
A 3 stage cut and paste lets younger children join the same lesson with a smaller step.
Bold lines, large pictures and short directions make every page easy to read, including for children who use visual supports.
✥ PERFECT FOR
◆ Homeschool Thanksgiving science
◆ Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms
◆ Daycare and childcare programs
◆ Science and learning centers
◆ Thanksgiving, farm and November theme weeks
◆ Small groups
◆ Independent practice
◆ Early finishers
★ SKILLS PRACTICED
◆ Sequencing the 4 stages of the turkey life cycle
◆ Science vocabulary: hen, tom, jake, poult, hatch, nest
◆ Listening comprehension and retelling with the story
◆ Counting eggs to 7 and matching numerals
◆ Predicting what comes next
◆ Cutting, gluing, tracing and coloring for fine motor strength
◆ Oral language through the chant and the Life Cycle Wheel
✥ SAVE BIG WITH THE MEGA BUNDLE
Teach a new life cycle every season with all 12 units in one download: pumpkin, apple, turkey, penguin, robin, plant, butterfly, frog, chicken, ladybug, bee and sea turtle. CLICK HERE to see everything inside the Life Cycles Mega Bundle and save big.
TERMS
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