What Is Gus Doing? Turkey Action Words

Gus the turkey is busy this Thanksgiving! Students look at a picture of Gus, hear the question "What is Gus doing?", and choose the action word that finishes the sentence "Gus is ___." Two picture warm-ups build understanding before students answer with words. Every direction and answer choice is read aloud, and each right answer is modeled as a full sentence ("Yes! Gus is running."), which makes it a good fit for speech therapy, special education and early language groups.

• 7 practice scenes with narrated directions
• Picture warm-ups plus word-choice questions
• Spoken full-sentence models after each right answer

• Answer "What is ___ doing?" questions by naming the action in a picture
• Recognize common action words (running, eating, sleeping, jumping, flying, dancing)
• Finish the sentence frame "Gus is ___." with the right action word
• Match a spoken action word to the picture that shows it