A hands-on Thanksgiving multiplication craft where students model a multiplication fact using visual strategies before assembling a turkey for display. Perfect for November math, bulletin boards, and strategy-based instruction in 2nd and 3rd grade.

This Thanksgiving multiplication craft gives students the chance to show their strategy thinking before solving a fact. Each feather represents a different visual model, so students build conceptual understanding first — not just memorize answers. When finished, the pieces assemble into an adorable turkey that makes the perfect November bulletin board display.

What’s Inside

• 36 pre-filled facts & strategies on turkey templates
• Strategy-based feather templates
• Blank templates for teacher or student -created facts
• Student work page to work through problems before putting them onto the final craft
• 1 copy of two additional versions with alternate strategy layout
  • commutative / related facts
  • tape diagram / bar model

• One-page printable format (no cutting)
• Display-ready design for bulletin boards

Why Teachers Love It

• Students show their thinking using strategy models
• Easy to differentiate for level and readiness
• No prep — just print and go
• Works for intervention, enrichment, or fast finishers
• Turns student math work into a meaningful classroom display
• Festive, easy distribution, and CCSS aligned

Strategies Included

• Repeated Addition
• Equal Groups
• Number Line
• Array / Area Model
• Skip Counting
• Related Facts / Commutative Property (add on)
• Tape Diagram / Bar Model (add on)

Perfect For

• Thanksgiving math centers
• Small group strategy instruction
• November bulletin board displays
• Intervention pull-outs
• Fast finishers
• Sub plans

Aligned to:

2.OA.C.4 • 3.OA.A.1 • 3.OA.B.5

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