Low-Prep Thanksgiving Activities Depth and Complexity Printable and Digital

Looking for a fabulous selection of Thanksgiving activities that use the Depth & Complexity framework? This activity pack has language arts, social studies, math, and science activities, all in one great resource. You'll find Thanksgiving writing prompts, fiction and non-fiction pieces to read, Depth and Complexity frames to complete, and more! Of course there is a digital version included for use with Google Classroom™!

If you like using Depth and Complexity, you're going to love this.

What you get in this Thanksgiving Depth and Complexity Activity Pack:

➡️ Four short-answer writing prompts

➡️ A short story about Thanksgiving to analyze with a list of Depth and Complexity questions
➡️ The short story questions in a printable task card format
➡️ A simple non-fiction piece about Thanksgiving with a graphic organizer to help student evaluate details
➡️ A longer, more difficult non-fiction piece with a three-circle Venn diagram to complete, as well as a page of Depth and Complexity questions. All of the non-fiction writing is original and written by Lisa Van Gemert.
➡️ Two different images for image analysis. One of the images has two options with different levels of questions.
➡️ Two Depth and Complexity frames about the Thanksgiving holiday
➡️ An article about the Wampanoag native people with an accompanying frame
➡️A Thanksgiving math activity about percentages
➡️ A Thanksgiving science activity that asks students to take on the role of an ornithologist.
➡️ A link to copy the activities into your own Google Drive!

You may use any or all of the activities. Mix and match!

With this Depth and Complexity Thanksgiving Activity Pack, you will find it incredibly easy to have students engage in high-level thinking activities and practice critical skills while celebrating Thanksgiving.

If you've been looking for a quality Thanksgiving activity to use with students, this is the answer!

Ideas for using the Thanksgiving Depth & Complexity Activity Pack

✨ Centers or learning stations
✨ Whole group class experiences
✨ Small group instruction or activities
✨ In-person or virtual learning (especially perfect for blended learning classrooms)

What teachers just like you are saying about this Thanksgiving Print-and-Go Activity Pack!

"My students laughed out loud when their peers shared some of their responses. Thank you for putting in the effort to make my job easier, so that I can truly engage as a learner with my students. This unit is amazing and everyone found a way to connect." - Amy M.

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"This was a great resource to use with my GT Pull-Out groups! They were able to get some new perspectives on something they thought they knew a lot about already and had fun being challenged to think about the ideas in a new and different way. This will be something I will use every year (even as my 5th graders become my 6th graders) because there were multiple levels and so many activities, I didn't get to them all!! Thanks so much Lisa!" - Rachel D.
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"I loved the writing that I got out of students and the discussion we had about the reading after they had discussed the depth and complexity questions with a partner. Lisa, thank you so much for creating this awesome resource!" - Teri E.

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There are two pages of special helps for using the resource in Google Classroom™. Not all of the pages are in the Google Slides version because they're teacher resources or black and white versions.

If you've been looking for a quality Thanksgiving activity to use with students, this is the answer!

Ideas for using the Thanksgiving Depth and Complexity Activity Pack

✨ Centers or learning stations
✨ Whole group class experiences
✨ Small group instruction or activities
✨ In-person or virtual learning (especially perfect for blended learning classrooms)

Frequently Asked Questions about this Thanksgiving Depth & Complexity Resource:

1. Do I have to do all of the activities? No! There are a lot of activities included so that you can choose the ones that work best for your students. You can also choose to have certain students do some, while other students complete different tasks in order to differentiate instruction.
2. How do I handle absent students? This Thanksgiving Depth and Complexity Activity Pack comes with a digital version, so if you have absent students, you can choose to give them paper copies for make-up work, or you can push out the electronic version through your district's preferred system. This makes it easy to handle student absences that are so common during holiday time.
3. I've used Depth and Complexity in Language Arts, but I'm not familiar with using it in science or math. Will that be a problem? You'll be absolutely fine! It's very easy to implement - it really is print-and-go! I love including lots of content areas, and I think your students will love the turkey science activity!

Like Depth and Complexity? Here are other resources to make your life easier!

⭐ Depth and Complexity Digital Frames for use with Google Slides™/Classroom™

⭐ Christmas Activity Pack | Depth and Complexity | Print & Digital Versions

⭐ Depth and Complexity Question Stems Ebook

⭐ Depth and Complexity Quick Guide | Ebook

NOTES:
✔️This product assumes familiarity with the Depth & Complexity framework, but if you don't use it, you can just ignore the symbols.

✔️There are two pages of special helps for using the resource in Google Classroom™. Not all of the pages are in the Google Slides version because they're teacher resources or black and white versions.

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