Thanksgiving Literacy Unit Print and Digital - Thanksgiving Unit
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Description
This print and digital Thanksgiving Literacy Set for Google Classroom (and other platforms) is filled with reading and writing activities for November. This unit works well for 4th and 5th graders and targets a number of reading skills like cause and effect, making inferences, text evidence, compare and contrast, and context clues. It includes Thanksgiving themed passages, 32 Fact and Opinion task cards, poetry activities, and a persuasive writing activity too!
This resource includes: (Print and Digital)
4 Passages:
Inferences Using Informational Text: The Wampanoag (double sided worksheet and key)
Cause and Effect: The Mayflower Voyage (double sided worksheet and key)
Text Evidence: The History of Mashed Potatoes (double sided worksheet and key)
Compare and Contrast: Pilgrim Children (double sided worksheet and key)
32 Task Cards:
Fact and Opinion for Thanksgiving Task Cards
Task Card Record Sheet and Key
Persuasive Writing Project:
Persuasive Essay Information Page on Turkeys and Eagles (double sided worksheet)
Persuasive Essay Graphic Organizer for Note Taking
Persuasive Essay T-Chart Outline
Persuasive Essay Checklist
Persuasive Essay Writing Pages
Reading Skills Worksheets:
Figurative Language Worksheet: Thanksgiving Idioms (double sided worksheet and key)
Context Clues: Talk Like a Pilgrim (double sided worksheet and key)
Poetry Activities:
Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Directions and Examples Page
Turkey Acrostic Poem
Thanksgiving Number Poem Directions and Example Page
Thanksgiving Number Poem Writing Page
Detailed Teacher Notes
Teacher Notes for Digital with LINKS
Why you'll love this resource:
- The materials are easy to prep and to use and the digital version is NO PREP!
- Students love to learn using holiday and thematic materials!
- The resource includes a print and a digital format to give busy teachers more flexibility.
- This literacy set hits standards, while being engaging.
- It includes many reading and writing skills with different types of resources to keep learning fun!
- There are so many ways to use this resource, as guided reading, reader's workshop, writer's workshop, independent work, homework, literacy centers, substitute plans, and more!!!
If you're looking for more materials for November and December, please check these out:
Character Education: Gratitude
Holidays Around the World for Older Kids
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Jenn
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