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SAVE OVER 50%!...Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 163-page (+4 PowerPoints) Thanksgiving Mega Kit for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit! It includes everything you need to celebrate Thanksgiving and Fall with your students! 3 reading passages, CCSS-aligned questions with Answer Key to go with each passage, 12 writing prompts (4 narrative, 4 informative, 4 opinion) with 18 writing papers, Revising & editing checklists for each writing style, 2 Online research activities, 3 Art Integration activities (with rubrics), 18 Creation Stations (with PowerPoint), 15 STEM Challenges (with PowerPoint), 9 Just for Fun Games/Activities (with answer keys), 30 Minute to Win It Games (with PowerPoint that has timer), Video & Book Links, 1 Coloring Sheet, 1 “What’s Your Food Personality” Inventory, Teacher Directions, and Supply Request Letter are all included!
***THIS IS A BUNDLE, SO THE SEPARATE ACTIVITIES SOLD ON TPT ARE ALL BUNDLED TOGETHER. THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES A BONUS FILE WHICH IS THE SAME THING, BUT EVERYTHING IS TOGETHER IN ONE FILE. THIS MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO ACCESS AND ORGANIZE ***
Table of Contents
1-2 Table of Contents
3-14 Teacher Directions & Resources
- 4-12 Teacher Directions
- 13 Supply Request Letter
- 14 Video Links
15-56 ELA Mini Units (Art & STEM Integration)
16-22 Balloons Over Broadway Mini Unit
- 17-19 Writing Prompts
- 20-21 Online Research & Answer Key
- 22 Balloons over Broadway STEAM Activity
23-33 The First Thanksgiving Mini Unit
- 24-25 Nonfiction Reading Passage
- 26-27 Questions & Answer Key
- 28-30 Writing Prompts
- 31 Thankfulness Choice Board Art Activity
- 32 Thankfulness Art Rubric
- 33 Thanksgiving Dinner Table STEM Activity
34-43 Totem Poles Mini Unit
- 35 Nonfiction Reading Passage
- 36-37 Questions & Answer Key
- 38-40 Writing Prompts
- 41 Make Your Own Totem Pole Art Activity
- 42 Totem Pole Art Rubric
- 43 Tallest Totem Pole STEM Activity
44-56 Norman Rockwell: Four Freedoms Mini Unit
- 45-46 Nonfiction Reading Passage
- 47-48 Questions & Answer Key
- 49-51 Writing Prompts
- 52-53 Online Research & Answer Key
- 54-55 Make Your Own Freedom Poster Art Activity
- 56 Norman Rockwell Freedom Poster Rubric
57-80 Writing Supplements
- 58 Writing Prompts Chart
- 59 Writing Checklists
- 60 Narrative Writing Checklist
- 61 Informative Writing Checklist
- 62 Opinion Writing Checklist
- 63-80 Writing Papers
81-90 Creation Stations
- Zhanksgiving Zentangle
- Thanksgiving Place Cards
- Thankful Letter
- Bean Mosaics
- DIY Dot-to-Dot
- Dots & Squiggles
- Edible Cornucopia
- Old-Fashioned Butter
- Turkey Tape Resist Art
- Cranberry Edible Slime
- Freedom From Want
- Origami Napkin Folding
- Turkey Pardon Plea
- Idiom Illustrations
- Create a Corn Maze
- Helping Hands
- Turkey Pinch Pots
- Create-a-Turkey
91-116 Creation Station Supplements
- 92-97 Zentangle Patterns
- 98 Friendly Letter Format
- 99 How to Address an Envelope
- 100-101 Dots & Squiggles
- 102 Freedom from Want Coloring Sheet
- 103-104 Idiom Illustration Sheets
- 105 Turkey Pardon Plea Sheet
- 106-116 Templates
117-133 STEM & STEAM Challenges
- Turkey Escape Bridge
- Mayflower Float
- Flying Turkey Challenge
- Turkey Rocket Challenge
- Pumkin’ Chunkin’ Catapult
- Balloon Stack Over Broadway
- Turkey Nest
- Turkey Nest with Cluck Bucks
- Cluck Bucks Materials Form
- Trash to Treasure Float
- Parade Float Judging Sheet
- Trash to Treasure Parade Float Supply Request Letter
- Fall Scavenger Hunt
- Fall Scavenger Hunt Poster
- Self-Portrait Individual Poster
134-139 Minute to Win It Games
140-163 More Thanksgiving Activities
- Crack the Code
- Alphabet Game
- Word Mine
- Anagrams
- Hink Pinks
- Word Scramble
- Scramble
- Would You Rather
- Analogies
- Freedom from Want Color Page
- Food Personality Quiz
164-166 Megan Memories TOU & Credits
Attached Minute to Win It PowerPoint
Attached STEM Challenge PowerPoint
Attached Creation Station PowerPoint
Attached Freedom from Want Block Poster
Attached The Ultimate Thanksgiving Party Game
***THIS IS A BUNDLE, SO THE SEPARATE ACTIVITIES SOLD ON TPT ARE ALL BUNDLED TOGETHER. THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES A BONUS FILE WHICH IS THE SAME THING, BUT EVERYTHING IS TOGETHER IN ONE FILE. THIS MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO ACCESS AND ORGANIZE ***
______________________4 ELA MINI UNITS ARE INCLUDED:________________________
Balloons Over Broadway
- This mini-unit is to be used with the book Balloons Over Broadway by
- Melissa Sweet. This book can be read or watched on YouTube (link provided).
- CCSS-aligned questions and answer key
- 3 Writing Prompts (1 Narrative, 1 Informative, and 1 Opinion).
- Research Sheet (with answer key). On it, students can compare and contrast the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Rose Bowl Parade. They can use the Internet to research and complete the compare/contrast chart. It includes space to answer Who, What, Where, When, Why, and a Fun Fact about these parades as well as what they have in common.
- Balloons Over Broadway STEAM activity. Students will create their own thematic balloon similar to the ones in the book.
The First Thanksgiving
- Reading passage about the First Thanksgiving with CCSS-aligned questions & answer key.
- 3 Writing Prompts (1 Narrative, 1 Informative, and 1 Opinion).
- Choice Board Art Activity that focuses on gratitude (with rubric). Students will brainstorm Who, What, Where, When, and Why they are thankful. After choosing one from their brainstorm list, they will use the Choice Board to select an artform to create that represents their selection.
- Thanksgiving Dinner Table STEAM activity. Students will construct a “dinner table” from paper that can support canned goods.
Totem Poles
- Reading passage about Totem Poles with CCSS-aligned questions & answer key.
- 3 Writing Prompts (1 Narrative, 1 Informative, and 1 Opinion).
- Create a Totem Pole that represents your family art integration activity (with rubric).
- Totem Pole STEAM activity. Construct the tallest totem pole using the available supplies.
Norman Rockwell: Four Freedoms
- Reading passage about Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms The Saturday Evening Post art series with CCSS-aligned questions & answer key.
- 3 Writing Prompts (1 Narrative, 1 Informative, and 1 Opinion).
- Research Sheet (with answer key). On it, students analyze and compare/contrast Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want with Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Thankful Poor. They can use the Internet to research and complete the compare/contrast chart. It includes space to Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Decide, and Compare/Contrast the two works of art.
- Create your own Freedom Poster Art Integration Activity(with rubric). Students create their own Saturday Evening Post Freedom poster based on a freedom they think is
________________________ Writing Prompt Info ___________________________________
•4 Narrative, 4 Informative, and 4 Opinion Writing Prompts are included.
•3 prompts go with the book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, 3 prompts go with the passage "The First Thanksgiving", 3 prompts go with the passage "Totem Poles of the Northwest Native Americans", and 3 prompts go with the passage "Norman Rockwell: Four Freedoms". All passages are nonfiction.
Writing Prompts are provided in two formats:
•Prompt Choice Board: All prompts on one page
•Prompt With Lines: Students respond to prompts on provided lines
Writing Tools that are included:
•Revising and editing checklists for each type of writing are included.
•Color-coding Chart: Students color code writing to ensure it has all required elements...and help the teacher with grading!
•18 Writing papers: Leaf border B&W, Leaf & acorn border B&W, Line with corner leaf acorn B&W, Thankful B&W, Thanks in languages Color, Thanks in languages B&W, Thanksgiving B&W, Leaf & acorn Color, Fall squares Color, Fall dots Color, Fall ovals Color, Fall lace Color, Fall dot frame Color, Leaf color, Maple leaf Color, Turkey frame with lines Color, Turkey frame with lines B&W, Pumpkin with lines B&W
Creation Stations ________________
- Zhanksgiving Zentangle
- Thanksgiving Dinner Place Cards
- Thankful Letter
- Bean Mosaics
- DIY Dot-to-Dot
- Dots & Squiggles
- Edible Cornucopia
- Homemade Old-Fashioned Butter
- Turkey Tape Resist Art
- Cranberry Edible Slime
- Freedom from Want Poster
- Origami Napkin Folding
- Turkey Pardon Plea
- Idiom Illustrations
- Create a Corn Maze
- Helping Hands
- Turkey Pinch Pots
- Create-a-Turkey
STEM/STEAM Challenges
- Turkey Escape Bridge
- Mayflower Float
- Flying Turkey Challenge
- Turkey Rocket Challenge
- Punkin’ Chunkin’ Catapult
- Balloon Stack Over Broadway
- Turkey Nest
- Turkey Nest with Cluck Bucks
- Trash to Treasure Parade Float
- Fall Scavenger Hunt
- Fall Scavenger Hunt Poster Contest
- Self-Portrait Individual Poster
Minute to Win It Games
- Candy Corn Stand Up
- Cookie Stack It Up
- Stuff the Turkey
- Hot Potato
- Flying Turkeys
- Needle in a Corn stack
- Don’t Drop the Turkeys
- Candy Corn Tower
- Spoon It Up
- Thanksgiving Scramble
- Goblet Gobbler
- Eat Up
- Turkey Tower
- Leaf Blower
- Pass the Corn
- Trash the Turkey
- Chomp Chomp
- Pumpkin Pie
- Feather Face
- Chopstick Race
- Dig In
- Turkey Face
- Shake Your Tail Feather
- Turkey Topper
- Turkeys of a Feather
- Hugs & Kisses
- Corn to Copia
- Pumpkin Ring Toss
- Ka-Broom!
- Wagon Ride
Just for Fun Sheets
- Thanksgiving Crack the Code: crack the code to solve the Thanksgiving jokes
- Thanksgiving Alphabet Game: earn points by thinking of Thanksgiving words
- THANKSGIVING Word Mine: make words with these letters
- Thanksgiving Anagrams: rearrange the letters to solve the riddle
- Thanksgiving Hink Pinks: solve the Hink Pink phrases
- Thanksgiving Word Scramble: unscramble letters and make Thanksgiving words
- Turkey Day Parade Scramble: unscramble the letters to solve the joke
- Thanksgiving Would You Rather cards: have students choose which they’d rather do
- Thanksgiving Analogies: solve these Thanksgiving-themed analogies
- Freedom from Want Coloring Page: color this picture by Norman Rockwell
- ATTACHED: Freedom from Want Collaboration Poster: This enormous poster divides the artwork into 25 full-page sections. Each student colors one page, then you put them together to create a collaborative work of art.
The Ultimate Thanksgiving Party Game
This ULTIMATE THANKSGIVING PARTY GAME has it all! Sure to bring a fresh twist to your Halloween party, this Jeopardy-style digital game includes Thanksgiving-themed Trivia, Mixed Up (scrambled words), Think Fast (like 5 Secord Rule), Who Am I (like 20 questions), Minute to Win It, and Act It Out (like Headbandz). This insanely fun variety of games keeps kids from getting bored with one game, makes every kid happy because they all get to play their favorite, and ensures that kids have a blast!
Ways to Use
•Pick and choose which activities you want to do...or do them all!
•Integrate art into your reading and writing lessons.
•Have a Thanksgiving Celebration Day...or week...or month!
•Set up stations around your room.
•Rotate from room to room to complete one activity in each room.
•Do one activity each day for a week.
•Use for Fun Friday, Morning Meeting, or for your curriculum-based activity.
•Do activities as a whole class.
•Can even be used by a sub!
•Do you teach art? This includes 21 different, easy-to-implement art activities.
•Do you teach gifted? Lots of choices are available to differentiate.
How I Use in My Classroom
I like to work with other teachers in my school and let the students rotate from room to room. We start by watching the videos about Thanksgiving and doing a Research Activity. Students then rotate to the following activities for approximately 45 minutes-1 hour each. When finished, they come back to their homeroom to do the Ultimate Thanksgiving Party Game!
•Room 1: Minute to Win It and Writing
•Room 2: Reading passage and Art Integration Activity
•Room 3: STEM
•Room 4: Creation Stations
Related Resources
Check out the “Thanksgiving and Fall” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:
Thanksgiving Resources:
- Activity Sheets
- Crack the Code Activity Sheet
- Norman Rockwell Freedom Poster
- Idiom Illustrations
- Creation Stations Bundle (great for MakerSpace!)
- Turkey Pardon Plea
- Zentangle Art
- Thanksgiving MEGA Unit! (163 pages + 4 PowerPoints of Thanksgiving and Fall engaging reading, writing, research, art, creation, STEM, STEAM, games, worksheets, and activities)
- Game Bundle
- Minute to Win It Games
- Ultimate Thanksgiving Party Game
- Balloons Over Broadway Mini Unit (Read, Write, STEM, Research)
- Norman Rockwell Mini Unit (Read, Write, Art, Research)
- Thanksgiving Mini Unit (Read, Write, STEM, Art)
- Thankfulness Choice Board Art Integration
- Totem Pole Art Integration
- Thanksgiving Art Bundle
- Totem Pole Mini Unit (Read, Write, STEM, Art)
- Reading Passages and Questions Bundle
- Research Compare/Contrast
- STEAM Fall Scavenger Hunt and Art Activities
- STEM Punkin' Chunkin'
- STEM Bundle
- STEM Trash to Treasure Parade Float
- STEM Reverse Egg Drop Turkey Nest
- Writing Bundle
- Writing Papers
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