Print turkey outlines on red, yellow and green paper. On November 1, have kindergartners locate the correct space on a blank calendar to hang a red turkey. Write "1" on this turkey. Continue with a yellow turkey for November 2 and a green turkey for November 3. On November 4, hang a red turkey. Ask kindergartners if they see a pattern starting. Allow kindergartners to take over creating the turkey calendar patterns when they are ready.
Celebrate National Author's Day on November 1 by hosting a read-a-thon. Send a letter home to parents asking kindergartners to bring in books by their favorite authors. Kick off the read-a-thon by reading a book by one of your favorite childhood authors. Provide time for kindergartners to share their books with classmates or an older class of students in the school. End the read-a-thon by asking the principal to share a story from one of her favorite childhood authors.
Host a classroom election on Election Day, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Choose an issue that kindergartners can vote on such as a classroom mascot or what game to play during today's math center. Write the election topic and possible choices on the board. Invite student to write down their votes and place in a shoebox ballot box. Count the votes as a class and declare a winner.
While kindergartners might not be writing novels just yet, celebrate your future novelists by inviting students to share their writing in a writer's circle. Bring out a fancy writer's pen -- a pen with a large white feather attached -- for students to hold when it's their turn to share. Encourage kindergartners to give classmates compliments or ask questions about stories. Record compliments on index cards to send home with completed stories.
Have students trace an outline of one of their feet on sheets of brown construction paper and cut out. Help kindergartners copy "I am thankful for" on the footprints. Have kindergartners cut feathers out of colored pieces of construction paper. Invite students to write something they are thankful for such as mom, dad, dog or grandma's hugs on the feathers. Have kindergartners glue down footprint turkey bodies and feathers on sheets of white construction paper. Provide markers for students to add a face on their turkeys.