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6th grade Thanksgiving literature circles
Thanksgiving Activities Who Stole the Turkey Readers Theater Script Mystery
Looking for Thanksgiving activities your students will love? This Thanksgiving Readers Theater, Who Stole the Turkey?, won't disappoint! Check out the reviews!This fun and engaging "Whodunnit" activity is the perfect Thanksgiving activity for your students! In this activity, students will learn to become detectives and then use their sleuthing skills to figure out who stole the Thanksgiving turkey! With lots of suspects and circumstantial evidence, the students will have to take good notes, make
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4th - 6th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Read Aloud Book Study Companion Macys Parade
A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Reading Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book Balloons Over Broadway, The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade, by Melissa Sweet (book not included).This 50-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below : 50 Pages Total Include:1. Table of Contents (NEW 2023)2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 3. continued4. 10 Multiple Choice Questions 5. continued6. **
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4th - 6th
Thanksgiving Logic Puzzles, Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and & More
"Thanksgiving Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles!" This resource is a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving and challenge your students critical thinking skills at the same time! The activities range from hidden word puzzles to logic puzzles, a trivia quiz and much more! Excellent and challenging Thanksgiving brain food for the holidays! Use a puzzle a day before the holidays. Print and go Thanksgiving fun!
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Math, Reading Writing Bundle For Upper Elementary Students
Native American Point of View Reading and Writing Project
No-prep, Native American "point of view" reading lesson! After reading passages, and actual letters and statements from Native Americans, students use critical reading skills to show their understanding of the points of view of many Native Americans and others today. A difficult part of American history is the loss of Native American land to the English settlers. This lesson provides an opportunity for your students to take an in depth look at the opinions of several Native Americans and othe
Grades:
5th - 8th
The Great Turkey Walk, By Kathleen Karr: A PDF & EASEL Novel Study
This is a custom-made, easy-to-use PDF and/or Easel digital packet for students in grades 4-7 who are reading the delightful historical fiction book, The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr. The student pages are designed as independent work and can be used for an entire class, a small group, or an individual student. It can be downloaded as either a printable or Easel digital product. An Easel digital product can be distributed to students using any device. If you are uncertain about how to us
Grades:
5th - 7th
Thanksgiving Spanish Stories el día de la acción de gracias reading activities
This product includes two silly stories in Spanish related to Thanksgiving. They are great filler activities for the day before break, the first day back, or to include in an FVR library. The first story should be acceptable in any classroom and the second one is a little more political, but hopefully funny! They are editable, written entirely in the present tense and include reading comprehension questions.Story 1: Panchita el pavo has a brilliant idea to protect her family during Thanksgiving
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5th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Figurative Language Activity
This is a perfect fall figurative language activity and craftivity! Have your students build a turkey using their knowledge of figurative language.Included:- turkey feathers that are titled with 8 figurative language devices (onomatopoeia, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, simile, oxymoron, personification, and idiom)- 24 pre-made, Thanksgiving themed examples of figurative language in sentences that students will sort and glue onto the appropriate feather.- blank circles available for students
Grades:
4th - 9th
Reader's Theater Script for "The Night Before Thanksgiving"
This is an adorable Thanksgiving Reader's Theater Script based on the book "The Night Before Thanksgiving" by Natasha Wing. It features up to 28 narrator parts. This would be a great way for your students to practice their fluency.
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1st - 6th
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Reading Quiz Tests & Story Sequencing
Balloons Over Broadway, The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade Reading Comprehension Test Questions Quiz & Story Sequencing Set!Includes both multiple choice and short answer versions. (Based on the book by Melissa Sweet . (Book NOT included.)8 Pages Total Include:10 Comprehension short-answer questions10 Multiple Choice Questions* * * answer sheets (corresponds with both sets)Sequencing : 12 written scenes from the story to place in order, with illustrations* * * Sequencing : Blan
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4th - 6th
Thanksgiving Virtual Digital Library ELA Hybrid Distance Google Slides Editable
This resource is a collection of 12 children's picture storybooks that students of all ages could read as a fun Thanksgiving or literature lesson if you need an activity. These are all favorites of my students and very entertaining. I use this in my middle school classroom and have used it with 1st graders. These are great read-aloud books and come with links to YouTube videos so students do NOT need the actual book to enjoy the story. This resource is completely editable and can be shared on Go
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1st - 8th
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Creative Writing Prompts Mega Bundle | Christmas | Thanksgiving | Halloween
Embark on a joyous educational journey through the most cherished holidays of the year with the “Seasonal Tales: Ultimate Holiday Writing Prompts Bundle.” This carefully curated bundle brings the spirit of Halloween, the warmth of Thanksgiving, and the magic of Christmas and Winter Holidays alive in your classroom, fostering a rich storytelling environment where creativity knows no bounds.The Ultimate Holiday Storytelling Companion Features:Diverse and Imaginative Writing Prompts:Halloween: Ste
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5th - 12th
Turkeys: non-fiction passages and printables
After reading the 3 high interest nonfiction passages, your students will know the difference between wild and domesticated turkeys, facts about turkeys, and how the turkey became part of the Thanksgiving tradition. Challenging questions on the printables help them analyze and comprehend the nonfiction text. Perfect for the week of Thanksgiving!All answer keys included!Standards covered:• Vocabulary - RI 3.4, RI 4.4, RI 5.4 RI 6.4• Using Details to Answer Questions- RI 3.1, RI 4.1, RI 5.1, RI
Grades:
3rd - 6th
2 THANKSGIVING Short Stories: PDF LINKS INTRO and Vocab Study ppt lesson
These amazing Language Arts Powerpoints are going to help your students so much with the comprehension of grade level reading material because they use beautiful photos to teach all the really difficult vocabulary and explain the history behind the setting.PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson bundle provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving: *TWO THANKSGIVI
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5th - 8th
Turkey Informative Writing | Have Can Are | Label | Life Cycle | Prompt Chart
Gobble up this turkey investigation with this informative writing packet! You can differentiate this 11 paged turkey themed packet to a student's needs by breaking it up into integrated lessons for an engaging fall turkey thematic unit. This packet would go perfectly along with a November, Thanksgiving, or Fall thematic unit.Use this thematic turkey unit for whole \ small group, centers (literacy, science or integrated lessons), sample collections, one on one interventions, data assessment, and
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PreK - 6th
Thanksgiving Activities
Pirate Turkey - Reader's Theater
This packet provides you with everything you need to implement a reader’s theater in your classroom. On the pages of this reader’s theater script you will find a silly rhyming story about a turkey who saves all turkeys from being Thanksgiving dinner!
The reader’s theater script includes scripts for six different readers, headband strips, and character headbands/folder labels. I have included scripts that are highlighted for each of the readers. They are labe
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1st - 6th
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Corn Informative Writing | Have Can Are | Label | Life Cycle | Prompt Chart Fall
Harvest a corn investigation with this informative writing packet! You can differentiate this 11 paged corn themed packet to a student's needs by breaking it up into integrated lessons for an engaging fall harvest corn thematic unit. This packet would go perfectly along with a harvesting, farm or vegetable unit.Use this thematic corn unit for whole \ small group, centers (literacy, science or integrated lessons), data assessment, sample collections, one on one interventions and much more! Use th
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PreK - 6th
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Pilgrims - Study Guide
This is a 30 page study guide for Magic Tree House Pilgrims Fact Tracker. This is the nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday. Every page of this study will encourage students to use nonfiction text features and practice skills necessary to successfully complete their own research. This packet is divided into chapters, so students can easily navigate through the book and complete the questions.
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2nd - 11th
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Tad and the Turkey: A Thanksgiving Tale with a Christmas Twist
Tad Lincoln is credited with asking his famous father to pardon the Thanksgiving turkey. This resource includes 3 passages with printables to review ten reading skills with challenging and engaging materials.Tad and the Turkey is the fictional story of how Tad Lincoln saved the life of his pet turkey, Jack. Also included is the nonfiction account of Tad Lincoln and how President Lincoln started the tradition of pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey ( at Christmas). The third passage is a history o
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4th - 6th
What Was the First Thanksgiving?
This question and answer resource is intended for use with the book "What Was the First Thanksgiving?". There are 20 fill in the blank questions that are sequential in the book. Answer key provided. Great for an emergency lesson plan or a half day activity in November!
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4th - 6th
Halloween & Thanksgiving: Free book: "The Turkey and the Pumpkin" + activities
Looking for something fresh for Thanksgiving or Halloween? This is a new 4H reading strategy resource - you can download the story that accompanies this resource for free here: http://www.teachers.net/gazette/NOV08/printables/The_Turkey_and_the_Pumpkin.pdfThis resource includes posters, bookmarks and a 4H reading strategy question sort based on "The Turkey and the Pumpkin" by Artie Knapp (a great text for a not-so-scary Halloween or Thanksgiving). The 4H reading strategy supports close reading
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2nd - 6th
The Real Thanksgiving Differentiated Reading Passages
This product has 3 differentiated two-page reading passages. The higher level is indicated by an asterisk at the top of the reading, the hashtag is the middle level, and the plus sign is the lower level. These symbols are small enough that my students don't even notice them so the levels aren't obvious to them, but it's easy for me to differentiate. The student answer sheet and the answer key is included. The content explains the real first Thanksgiving and debunks some of the myths, such as Pil
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5th - 8th
Fall Folktales about Sunflowers: Non-Fiction passages and printables
How did the sunflower get it's name? How can we use the sunflower? Where did the sunflower originate? All these questions and more can be answered in this resource which recounts an early Greek tale of mythology and several myths and tales about the sunflower. Four non-fiction passages with questions about the passage, plus 2 additional printables to accompany the stories. And, all answer keys are given. Sources are cited in case you'd like to do further research. Just-Print-And-Teach!! What
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3rd - 6th
Pilgrims and Mayflower Reading and Jigsaw Activity
This activity is a fun way to help students understand more about what life on the Mayflower was like for the pilgrims. Each student becomes and "expert" on one section of the reading and then teaches the rest of their group. Students can take notes or color the pictures along with the reading.
I use the first 6 sections for the jigsaw activity and the final page for a Fast Finisher and coloring page with extra "Fun Facts" about the Mayflower.
Now also includes a notes/follow-up page for the
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2nd - 6th
L'action de grâce à travers le monde/ Thanksgiving around the world
This resource is geared towards junior students in the French Immersion program.
In this resource, I have discussed harvest festivals in general, I have alluded to link some aspects of this to Canadian symbols, human interactions in the world, parliament, and immigration. I have also sought out to show that there are more similarities than differences in these celebrations and among humanity as a whole.
This booklet discusses Thanksgiving in Canada, the Harvest Festival in Britain, the Yur'y
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4th - 7th
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