Thankful Turkeys

For my art lesson, I had the students tell me what they do for Thanksgiving, and then read the book Thanksgiving at Our House. Afterwards, they helped me make a list of all the things they are thankful for, since that's what the book discussed. They came up with a great list: Home, Family, Dog, Cat, Teachers, Oxygen, Myself, Friends, Neighbors, and Food.

Next, they were given an outline of a turkey and a feather. They traced their feather on six colors of construction paper (primary and secondary colors).
On each feather, the students wrote what they were individually thankful for and glued them on the back of their turkey. They also colored the turkey and wrote their name and "is thankful" on the front. As I walked around, I was happy to see students coming up with their own ideas other than what was on the list: education, soul, doctors, freedom, grandma and grandpa, and shelter. They turned our great; here are a few examples.