1. A Turkey for Thanksgiving
Click to listen to this story. The reader of the story asks you to write some things during and after reading. If you do these jobs, you will earn tickets in class!! Also, you can write what genre the story is and why you think so.

2. Genre: This story is fantasy.
Fantasy is a form of fiction that could not happen. It is NOT realistic.
This story is fantasy because the animals talk and cook a Thanksgiving dinner in the story. Animals do not do these things in real life.

3. Drawing Conclusions…
This is when we use what we already know to figure out what is happening or what might happen in our reading. If you stopped the story to make a prediction about what might happen to Turkey at Thanksgiving, you may have predicted that he would be EATEN. You draw this CONCLUSION based on what you know USUALLY happens to turkeys on Thanksgiving.

4. Fact or Opinion? A fact is a statement that is true and can be proven.
An example of a fact is: The sky is blue
An opinion is what someone thinks or feels, but cannot be proven.
An example of an opinion is: I think the sky is a beautiful color.

5. Sort the following statements into facts and opinions
Sort the following statements into facts and opinions. *Turkey is the most delicious Thanksgiving food. *Thanksgiving is always on the last Thursday in November. *Pumpkin pie is easy to make. *Everybody should watch football on Thanksgiving Day. *The first Thanksgiving was celebrated for three days. *Only male turkeys, called tom toms, gobble.
Facts:
Opinions:
*Thanksgiving is always on the last Thursday in November. *The first Thanksgiving was celebrated for three days. *Only male turkeys, called tom toms, gobble.
*Turkey is the most delicious Thanksgiving food. *Pumpkin pie is easy to make. *Everybody should watch football on Thanksgiving Day.

6. Phonics Pattern of the week: Plurals…
Just Add “S” to most words to make them plural.
note + s = notes
egg + s = eggs
ADD “ES” to words that end in sh, ch, tch, s, ss, or x.
lunch + es = lunches
fox + es = foxes
dish +es = dishes
Change the y to i and add es in y-ending words.
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baby babies
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7. Dictionary Skills with Vocabulary of the Week
Look up any of the following words in the dictionary. Records your definition and an illustration of the word on an index card for a clip up AND a ticket!!
*Thanksgiving *hooves *riverbank *lumbered

8. High Frequency Words
These are words to practice fluently reading while making sure we understand their meaning:
everybody
sorry
promise
minute
brought
behind
door