Thanksgiving Turkey Reading Passage for Middle School

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NO PREP Thanksgiving Science!   

Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE options!

In this activity, students will:

  • READ about the characteristics, behavior, breeding, and the historical population changes of wild turkeys. Includes an explanation of what Ben Franklin really said about turkeys!
  • ANSWER text-dependent reading comprehension questions.
  • ANALYZE a turkey diagram to learn more about turkey anatomy. Students will see the difference between a turkey’s snoodcarunclekeel, and much more!

No prior knowledge is required – students learn it all within the activity!

Save time and copies – make just one class set of the reading and reuse class to class. Students only need to write on the questions sheet.

Teacher Notes:

  • GO PAPERLESS! Use the included Google version!
  • Makes a great sub plan in November!
  • Answer key included.
  • Please note that this Thanksgiving Turkey Reading Passage is not editable.
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$3.99

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Grade Levels: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 No NGSS standards assigned.