{"id":13113,"date":"2025-11-14T15:52:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/?p=13113"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:10:03","slug":"lesson-plan-dash-the-thankful-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/blog\/lesson-plan-dash-the-thankful-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson Plan: Dash the Thankful Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13113\" class=\"elementor elementor-13113\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eccfea9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eccfea9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19838e exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c19838e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83e\udd83 Activity Title: Dash the Thankful Turkey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e50796 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e50796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Objective:<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Students will program \u201cDash the Turkey\u201d to travel around a mat, stopping at spaces to share things they\u2019re thankful for.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578f8d3 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"578f8d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Materials:<\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9d1e92 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9d1e92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dash robot<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sketch Mat or any coding mat (can also tape a grid on the floor)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4\u20136 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dash-the-Thankful-Turkey-2025.pdf\">\u201cThankful Spot\u201d cards<\/a> (one per square you choose)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper or sticky notes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional: Sketch Kit<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Optional: Materials to decorate Dash as a turkey (Building Brick Connectors, LEGO bricks, craft materials, etc.)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6f03a7 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6f03a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Setup:<\/b><\/h4><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>(Optional)Turn Dash into a turkey:<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Add feathers, a beak, and eyes using paper or building brick connectors.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Place Thankful Spots:<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Place the cards on different squares of the mat from the template we created for you. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Write gratitude notes:<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Students write what they are thankful for using the template we created for you, and place them on the Thankful Spots.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd235d5 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd235d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dash-the-Thankful-Turkey-2025.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-7.50.10-AM-793x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13117\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-7.50.10-AM-793x1024.png 793w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-7.50.10-AM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-7.50.10-AM-768x991.png 768w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-7.50.10-AM-9x12.png 9w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-7.50.10-AM.png 1074w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a64c066 elementor-align-center exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a64c066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dash-the-Thankful-Turkey-2025.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download Printable Cards<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4422f06 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4422f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Programming Task:<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will program Dash to:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a designated starting place on the mat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit each Thankful Spot on the mat.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At each spot:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Say<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the thankful message aloud (recorded or prewritten).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Change light colors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (for example, orange = family, green = friends, blue = school).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Make a sound<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (like a turkey gobble or a short melody).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If using the <\/span><b>Sketch Kit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Dash can draw a small heart or leaf shape after each message.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18e652c exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18e652c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Example Blockly Sequence:<\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2327c4 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2327c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ThanksfulDash-BlocklySequence-1024x534.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13114\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ThanksfulDash-BlocklySequence-1024x534.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ThanksfulDash-BlocklySequence-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ThanksfulDash-BlocklySequence-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ThanksfulDash-BlocklySequence-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ThanksfulDash-BlocklySequence.png 1374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c50fdfe exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c50fdfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Extensions:<\/b><\/h4><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Random Stop Challenge:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have students draw cards to see which thankful spot Dash should visit next, then update their code accordingly.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Group Coding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Each student codes one part of the route (one thankful stop) and then merges the code together.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sketch Challenge:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use the Sketch Kit to write or draw what Dash is thankful for.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d519f7f exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d519f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bonus Coloring Book!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9547159 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9547159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684c963 elementor-align-center exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"684c963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thanksgiving-COLORING-BOOK.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download Color Book<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udd83 Activity Title: Dash the Thankful Turkey Objective: Students will program \u201cDash the Turkey\u201d to travel around a mat, stopping at spaces to share things they\u2019re thankful for. Materials: Dash robot Sketch Mat or any coding mat (can also tape a grid on the floor) 4\u20136 \u201cThankful Spot\u201d cards (one per square you choose) Paper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,28],"tags":[22,24,23,11,54,30,31],"class_list":["post-13113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holiday","category-in-the-classroom","tag-coding","tag-computer-science","tag-edtech","tag-education","tag-elementary","tag-robotics","tag-steam"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.makewonder.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}