First Thanksgiving Mini Book Reading Passages with Crafts (for Early Readers)

This engaging 20 page Thanksgiving mini book for early readers about the Wampanoags and Pilgrims is perfect for your Kindergarten, First or Second grade class or homeschool students. This reading passages mini book can serve as a fun Thanksgiving reading activity or literacy center. The printable activity provides traceable sight words intermixed in the text. Your students will get excited about diving deeper into the culture of the Pilgrims and Wampanoags with two related step by step Thanksgiving crafts, coloring pages and an additional reading comprehension compare and contrast activity!

This informational booklet includes all the following information about Thanksgiving:

- Who were the Wampanoags?

- Who were the Pilgrims?

- What did the Pilgrims and Wampanoags wear?

- What were their homes like?

- What did they eat?

- What were their beliefs?

- About the Wampanoag water drum

- The territory of the Wampanoag

- The Path the Pilgrims took to America

- How the Wampanoags and Pilgrims met

- About Squanto

- The first Thanksgiving

In this book students may also record what they have learned about Thanksgiving on one of the options of the book covers.

This Product also includes sight word activities that will further your students learning. Students will trace multiple sight words throughout the text to help them with their application of the sight words. Students will also be able to further work on their handwriting by being able to trace multiple greetings and other words in the text. There is a second version to not have traceable sight words.

An additional activity is provided where students will compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the Wampanoags and Pilgrims. This will help students see how even if they were different, there were still things in common that allowed them to help one another. It also can be used as an additional literacy center activity.

To further explore the culture of the Pilgrims and Wampanoags there is a step by step craft activity that relates to a traditional Pilgrim clothing item - a hat. There is also an additional craft about the Wampanoag Water Drum, where students will create their own drum.

These activity will help students use their creativity and knowledge to further understand what they have learned about the Wampanoag and Pilgrim people.

This fun and exciting Thanksgiving activity culture study can be used in so many different ways including: small group centers, multiple day culture study, geography lessons and Thanksgiving themed studies.

These activities are a must have for your students this holiday season!

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