teaching resource

Place Value Paper Turkey Craft

Updated: 02 Jul 2024

Make a flock of silly turkey crafts and review place value concepts with a printable Place Value Turkey Template!

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Grades: 1 - 2

Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.A.1

Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2

Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.A

10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones - called a "ten."
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.B

The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.C

The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.1

Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.3

Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

teaching resource

Place Value Paper Turkey Craft

Updated: 02 Jul 2024

Make a flock of silly turkey crafts and review place value concepts with a printable Place Value Turkey Template!

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Grades: 1 - 2

Make a flock of silly turkey crafts and review place value concepts with a printable Place Value Turkey Template!

Math + Turkey Crafts = Thanksgiving Fun!

Get ready to have some fun making Goofy Gobbler turkey crafts with your students this year! We’ve put together the perfect template to help your students review 2-and-3 digit place values, expanded forms, and number models with this fun and funky Turkey Template!

This Thanksgiving turkey has gone bald! He has no feathers, and your students must use their place value knowledge to add what he needs and ensure he’s not naked on Thanksgiving Day! This turkey template requires students to

Draw a number and determine the value of each digit.
Write a two or three-digit number in its expanded form
Model a two or three-digit number using base ten blocks.
Arrange blocks to create a feather display on a fun Thanksgiving Turkey template.

Use this turkey template printable to assess your student’s abilities to take numbers apart into their place values and write them in expanded form.

Try This With Your Goofy Gobbler Turkey Template Printable!

Have your students roll dice and generate their numbers instead of drawing the number cards.
Once all of the turkeys are complete, challenge your students to a Thanksgiving Math-Off in which teams compete to place the turkeys in order from greatest to least.
Use your printer’s scaling feature to shrink your turkeys to 75%, print them and make a flock of tiny turkeys. Hang them around the room like task cards, and have your students participate in a Thanksgiving Scoot game by moving around and writing the numbers in their corresponding word forms.

The Easiest Math-Based Turkey Craft Out There!

This resource comes as a printable PDF file. You only need paper, scissors, glue, and coloring supplies. Open the file, print, and distribute…it’s that easy!

This resource was created by Cassandra Friesen, a teacher in Colorado and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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Curriculum

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.A.1

Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2

Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.A

10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones - called a "ten."
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.B

The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.C

The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.1

Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.3

Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

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