My classroom teacher had said that she wanted to do puppetry
and possibly integrate it with “A Turkey for Thanksgiving,” a story she was
planning on reading with her class. So we decided to do a few lessons in a row
utilizing puppetry, and we figure “A Turkey for Thanksgiving” would be a fun
jumping-off point.
The best thing about this visit was as I walked down the
hallway of the school towards the classroom. A few of the students were just
making their way inside and caught sight of me approaching. They suddenly
started yelling excitedly, “Mr. Smith is here!!! Mr. Smith is here!!!” and
charged into the classroom to share the news with everyone else, upon which I
heard a chorus of six-year-old voices exclaiming, “Mr. Smith!” There’s
something really gratifying about six-year-olds being excited to see you that
really lifts you up a bit.
The lesson went really well. We read the story to them and
then I had them draw pictures of one of the animals in the story, (A group for
moose, rabbit, goat, sheep, and turkey). The idea is that my classroom teacher
will laminate these and attach popsicle sticks to turn them into puppets for
our next couple of lessons.
Looking forward to having some more fun!
(Lesson outline below)
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Materials:
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“A Turkey for Thanksgiving” readers theatre
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Puppet-making things:
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Art paper
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Pictures of the characters from “Turkey for
Thanksgiving.”
Instructions:
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Read “Turkey for Thanksgiving” unless the
students have already read it.
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Character walk:
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Talk about how each character might move, each
one’s personality.
o
Have the students walk around as if they are
each character.
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Picture making
o
Have the students sit in their seats and draw a
picture of one of the characters.
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Use pictures below for students to use as a
basis.
o
Split up the pictures so that every character in
the story has people drawing it.
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Girls could make theirs “Mrs.” And boys can make
theirs “Mr.”
o
Talk them through drawing personality into their
characters.
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Could they add a bow? A tie? A hat? Is the
character smiling or frowning?
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Conclusion:
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Have the students give their completed drawing
to the teacher to keep safe for the next lessons.
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