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We’re Giving You a Hand (turkey)!

If you’re still in school this week (like me), you probably have a lot of attendance issues. We have students who are leaving early for Thanksgiving with family, we had the end of our canned food drive today that took a quarter of the students out of my upper level classes, and we have a lot of kids who are ready for their 4 day break… (YES we are here through Wednesday!)

I didn’t want our time to be wasted this week, so I decided that today, we’d do a listening comprehension activity that would also set our room up for a grateful attitude. We made Pavos de agradecimiento. These turkeys aren’t just a “draw whatever you’re thankful for” type of assignment. This is a true listening comprehension that takes a full class period. It is zero prep for you (just print the script and gather your paper, colors, and scissors), and it is a lot of fun for them!

Students listen and color in each part of their turkey. We heard all the names of the fingers (great for my future medical service professionals) and the names of a lot of prints of textiles (also popular because we have an amazing home economics program at our school). It was a fun way to spend our crazy day. It was also fun to see what all they were thankful for!

When they finished, they hung them on our little clotheslines where they’ll stay until Wednesday. I’ll let them take them home to show their family over the holiday! 🙂

Hope that you are able to use this little activity if you are still in school this week! For those of you who are out already, ENJOY! I am so jealous!

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I began teaching Spanish in Illinois in 1994. I have taught levels 1-4 in a small rural high school, 8th grade introductory Spanish, Biology 1, and 101 and 102 at the community college level. My Spanish classes are partnered with the community college to offer students 8 semester hours of dual credit on completion of Spanish 4. In 2011 I met Carol Gaab and Kristy Placido and have since co-authored the book "La hija del sastre" with Carol Gaab and authored the novels "La Calaca Alegre", "Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos." "Vector," "48 horas","Bananas", "Sostenible", and "Papálotl" through Fluency Matters. In 2006 I became National Board certified and I have been serving as a mentor both for candidates seeking certification in world languages other than English and a virtual mentor for candidates in all certificate areas. I completed my Masters degree in Spanish education in 2011 and did my research on the use of Understanding by Design to create meaningful cultural units for the language classroom. I am a frequent presenter on this topic, please consider me if you are interested in a workshop on backward design. In 2013 I was named the ICTFL Foreign Language teacher of the year and in 2014 I was selected as CSCTFL's teacher of the year. In November of 2014 I was lucky enough to be one of the five finalists for the ACTFL National Teacher of the Year in San Antonio, TX. What a "Cinderella" experience! You can reach me via email at carrie at somewheretoshare dot com.

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