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Turkey Initial Sounds

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If you have not noticed yet, I LOVE teaching with themes. Since Thanksgiving will before we know it, I thought it would be fun to make a Turkey Initial Sounds Sort. This cute clipart was just begging to be used and it seemed like this would be the perfect fit.

My daughter had so much fun working on the letters she has been learning in preschool and I have no doubt your students will enjoy it too. Are you looking for more Thanksgiving ideas, activities, and printables to do at home or in the classroom? If so click here.

A turkey with a letter on the stomach with the feathers having words that start with the sound on them

Implementing Turkey Initial Sounds

Turkey Initial Sounds comes with twenty six turkeys. Each turkey will have a letter on it, along with four feathers with pictures that start with the given letter. I find it best if you print this center on cardstock and laminate so that way you can use the center for years to come.

Turkey Initial Sounds is the perfect Thanksgiving literacy center to have students practice beginning sounds. This free printable is perfect for preschool and kindergarten students.
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First, have your students choose a turkey. I always encourage them to say the letter and trace it with their finger. I think that this is especially important with preschool and kindergarten students.

Turkey Initial Sounds is the perfect Thanksgiving literacy center to have students practice beginning sounds. This free printable is perfect for preschool and kindergarten students.

Students will then sort through all of the feathers and look for feathers that start with the letter on their turkey. As they find the letters, they will place the feathers on the turkey. Once each turkey has four feathers, they can move onto the next one.

Turkey Initial Sounds is the perfect Thanksgiving literacy center to have students practice beginning sounds. This free printable is perfect for preschool and kindergarten students.
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If you have struggling or younger students, it  may be a good idea to start with only a handful of turkeys, at first. Once they get comfortable with those, slowly add in more.

If you left these students with the entire alphabet, it would most likely be overwhelming for them. This center should be fun and we want each student to be successful in the process.

You could also turn this into a fun, class activity too. Lay all of the turkeys on the ground and give each students several feathers. You can pick a few students at a time to take their feather to the correct turkey.

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Make learning fun with these Thanksgiving themed Initial Sound, Middle Sound, Ending Sound, Blends, Digraphs, and Number Match-Ups. Buy our Turkey Match-Ups {Growing} Bundle and SAVE BIG!

Make learning fun with these Thanksgiving themed Initial Sound, Middle Sound, Ending Sound, Blends, Digraphs, and Number Match-Ups. Your elementary age students will love this fun fall themed literacy center and math center! Perfect for literacy stations, math stations, or small review groups this fall. Use in your Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade classrooms. Black and white options available to save your color ink.

Click the picture below to download. You will immediately be redirected to the freebie. Then grab our Turkey: An Animal Study for Pre-K or Kindergarten!

I hope that you and your students enjoy Turkey Initial Sounds!

Filed Under: Alphabet, Thanksgiving Tagged With: First Grade, Holiday, Kindergarten, Literacy

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23 Comments

  1. kasi harris

    November 9, 2016 at 10:42 am

    i have attempted to have it downloaded multiple times, and it isn’t working. Can you please help me. It isn’t getting emailed to me at all. I have tried multiple emails

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    • adabofgluewilldo@gmail.com

      November 9, 2016 at 10:44 am

      I am sorry for the confusiom. You will be redirect to the page with the freebie after clicking “get printable”.

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      • Teresa

        November 8, 2018 at 8:41 am

        I just tried but no freebie? 🙁 What to do?
        Thanks!

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        • Jennifer Hamilton

          November 9, 2018 at 2:27 am

          Hi there Teresa, the download seems to be working now 🙂 After you enter your information, I’ll send you an email with the download. It may go to your spam or other folder. Let me know if you have any trouble receiving it.

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  2. Wanda

    November 12, 2016 at 5:51 pm

    I absolutely LOVE your turkey with the initial sounds. Do you have any similar item for Christmas/winter? I’d love to start created a set to have ready for after TG. Thanks.

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  3. Lacey

    November 12, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Thank you!

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  4. Donna Hiventer

    October 29, 2017 at 6:28 pm

    Just love your teaching activities. ?

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    • Jennifer

      October 30, 2017 at 9:39 am

      Thank you so much! It’s great having you here!

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  5. Margie

    November 3, 2017 at 10:51 am

    I could not get this to download either. Also, I could not get the e-mails you posted on Alex’s site either.

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    • Jennifer

      April 2, 2018 at 10:07 am

      I’m so sorry there’s an issue with the download. Feel free to send me an email and I’ll be glad to send you the freebie!

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  6. Amy Brotherman

    October 12, 2018 at 8:47 am

    Hi! Thank you so much for this great activity! Would it be okay for me to include this in a round-up blog post I am working on that is specifically about learning phonics with turkey/ Thanksgiving activities? (Permission to link to your site and possibly use one of the images to show your activity?) I would be so honored, and of course I would leave a link to this page to tell people where it came from! 🙂
    My blog is https://www.mythreereaders.com Thank you! Amy Brotherman

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    • Jennifer Hamilton

      October 18, 2018 at 4:07 am

      Hi there Amy, yes you may link to my site and use one photo. Please only link to my site without giving any how-to within your post. Thank you so much for sharing 😉

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  7. Sara

    October 26, 2018 at 10:07 am

    Hi, I am trying to download the turkey letter freebie, but after I hit submit with my name and email, it just stalls. Could you send me an email with the link?

    Reply to this comment
    • Jennifer Hamilton

      October 28, 2018 at 11:59 pm

      Hi there Sara, everything appears to be working now. I think there was a glitch. After you submit your information you’ll receive an email from me with the download. It may go to your other folder or your spam. Hope you enjoy, let me know if there are any issues!

      Reply to this comment
  8. gloria carpenter

    November 9, 2020 at 8:39 am

    I cant get the intial sounds turkeys to download.

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  9. Haley

    November 17, 2021 at 7:41 am

    I have tried downloading these multiple times but it wont work! I have tried 3 different emails. Please Help!!!!!

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  10. Sally Vaquera

    April 24, 2022 at 10:26 am

    I like this web site because so much useful material on here : D.

    Reply to this comment

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