ALBUQUERQUE TURKEY

AlbuquerqueTurkey

(Tune:  "My Darlin’Clementine" - HAPPY EVERYTHING CD - Disk 1)

Albuquerque is aturkey                    (Puthands on hips like wings.)        

And he’s featheredand he’s fine.

And he wobbles andhe gobbles          (Strutand wiggle.)

And he’sabsolutely mine.

He’s the best petyou can get,          (Pretendto stroke a turkey’s head.)

Better than a dogor cat.

He’s myAlbuquerque turkey,

And I’m awfullyproud of that.

Albuquerque is aturkey,

And he’s happy inhis bed.                 (Layhands on palms as you smile.)

Cause for ourThanksgiving dinner,

We’ll have pizzapie instead!             (Putpalm up in the air like twirling a pizza.)

Martha Shehan made an adorable book to go with the song using D. J. Hook's illustrations.  Here is the link so you can run off a copy for your classroom:

drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2007/11_Nov/1booksNov/albuTurkey.pdf

Tie Turkey – Make your own Albuquerque turkey for your classroom.  Cut out the body, head, and feet of a turkey and staple to a bulletin board.  Have children bring in old ties from home and pin around the back of the body to resemble feathers.


Turkey Glyph - Give each childa cut out of a turkey body. Provide them with paper feathers in the following colors.  Children can add feathers to theirturkey according to the foods they plan to eat for their Thanksgiving Dinner:

         green– beans or peas

         yellow– corn

         white  - mashed potatoes

         orange– pumpkin pie

         red– cranberries

         purple– gravy

         blue– dressing

         brown– turkey

         black– roll