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Middle school Thanksgiving graphic organizers
I Am Thankful For Writing Activity | Thanksgiving Writing | Printable & Digital
Guide your students through the writing process with this - I am thankful for - writing activity! This step-by-step printable and digital writing activity is perfect for Thanksgiving. The comprehensive lesson includes a relevant prompt, two graphic organizers, paragraph outline, thankful writing paper, grading rubric, and examples! It's the perfect activity to reinforce writing skills and celebrate Thanksgiving! Printable PDF and Google Drive versions are included.**This resource is part of the
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities Bundle
Thanksgiving Writing - Thank You Letter Writing Activity
The focus of Thanksgiving should be what we are thankful for in our lives. Too often we forget to tell the special people in our lives that we are thankful for them. With this activity, students will write a thank you letter to a special person and detail the reasons why they are thankful for them.
This product includes:
* Introduction to assignment for students
* Brainstorming worksheet
* Graphic organizer
* Final product writing paper
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Grades:
4th - 6th
History of Thanksgiving Reading and Crossword Activity
In this Thanksgiving history lesson activity, students complete three hands-on activities to learn about the history and origins of the Thanksgiving holiday. Students complete a focused reading assignment that introduces readers to the origins of this holiday, what it was like, and the major participants in the first Thanksgiving celebration. In this first activity, students are introduced to the role of Native Americans like Squanto, the Pilgrims, William Bradford, and the experiences of this
Grades:
5th - 8th
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passages for Text Structure - PDF and Digital
Make nonfiction text structure fun and easy to teach this Thanksgiving with high-interest reading passages! This bestselling set of Thanksgiving reading comprehension passages, graphic organizers, and nonfiction text structure lesson plans will provide the perfect activities to fill your Thanksgiving week with fascinating facts and rigorous reading practice! (Don't worry, Virginia teachers: the vocabulary page is also adapted for teaching this topic as organizational pattern.)Here's what's inclu
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital
Veterans Day - Identify Text Structure Worksheets w/ Graphic Organizers
Save 20% with this Text Structure Bundle. It allows your students to practice CCSS RI 4.5 & RI 5.5. It includes Text Structure Graphic Organizers and then fun worksheets w/ doodle acting that can assess if they can Identifying and Determining Text Structure. Each product has an art integration component that makes student engagement much higher. Students get bored with text structure practice but these 2 fun products combine Veterans Day activities with text structure. Both products also ha
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Thanksgiving Reading Main Idea and Details Passages Turkey Main Idea and Details
This nonfiction reading passage is all about turkeys! It goes through the anatomy of turkeys, facts about them, and the history of turkeys in America. Then students practice identifying the elements of nonfiction with the main idea and key details. Four options are included, with and without an option for having them summarize. Comprehension questions are included as well as a bonus turkey writing paper. Great for reinforcement and practice!Get the full set of Turkey Reading Passage and Activiti
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Persuasive Writing I am NOT a Turkey!
Persuasive Writing I am NOT a Turkey!
This is such a fun persuasive writing activity for Thanksgiving! The students disguise their own turkey into something or someone and convince the readers to NOT cook them for Thanksgiving! I sent home a letter and made the disguising part of the project as homework. Then, the students came to school with their turkeys and we began our writing unit.
Includes:
-Turkey
-Note home
-"I am not a turkey! I am a ______" slips (attach to the turkey)
-Paper des
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Grades:
K - 6th
Text Structures Newsletter: Thanksgiving Edition
In a newsletter format, articles about Thanksgiving are presented in different nonfiction text structures. Students read the newsletter and then complete a chart that identifies the text structure, signal words, author's purpose, and a useful graphic organizer. There is also an option to select two of the articles and complete a graphic organizer for each. This activity covers the following text structures: chronological or sequential, main idea, compare and contrast, cause and effect, or proble
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Text Structures Newsletters: Holiday Bundle
Native Americans Printables {Perfect for Interactive Notebooks}
This download is perfect for your Native Americans unit! These graphic organizers are great for interactive notebooks. After students have read about a tribe, they can organize their new knowledge on these graphic organizers. We paste one in our Social Studies notebook for each tribe we study!
This printable book can be used with the study of any Native American tribes. Included is a cover page and six graphic organizers for students to fill in about each tribe you study. There is also a page w
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Turkey Nonfiction Reading Passage Middle School Thanksgiving Reading Activities
This middle school reading level nonfiction reading passage has students read about turkeys. It goes through the anatomy of turkeys, facts about them, and the history of turkeys in America. Then there are 6 different activities including a page of comprehension questions, graphic organizers to practice identifying the story elements of nonfiction text, a graphic organizer for identifying the nonfiction text features, a Venn diagram to compare and contrast wild and domestic turkeys, a blank turke
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Grades:
5th - 8th
The Giving Tree: Activities to Help Build Literacy
Looking for some great activities to accompany the great book, "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein? If so, then this is the activity for you.
This product includes:
- making predictions worksheet
- story map worksheet
- What Does Giving Mean to you worksheet
- Character Trait worksheets for the boy and the tree (click on the links for a character trait resource to use)
- vocabulary practice worksheets
-cause and effect "gift" worksheet
- Step Up template to use for writing a paragraph on who
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion Activities
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet is a fun, engaging book about Tony Sarg and his famous upside down puppets that became today's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Students will absolutely love this read aloud, and the activities included align perfectly for whatever skill you would like to use the text to address.What's Included:- BME Graphic Organizer- Story Map Organizer- Cause/Effect Organizer- Character Traits Organizer- Design a Balloon Writing- BONUS Tony Sarg Quote Coloring SheetConn
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
FREE Thanksgiving Paragraph Writing- Prompts for Opinion, Informative, Narrative
This set of Thanksgiving paragraph prompts includes six prompts, two each for opinion, informative, and narrative writing.These prompts will work perfectly with I Heart Paragraph Writing - Paragraph of the Week as a seasonal prompts. They could also be used with whatever paragraph program you are using, or you could simply use them as a jumping off point and use notebook paper for organizing, first draft, editing, and final drafts. They could also be expanded into 3-5 paragraph essays.WHAT’S INC
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3rd - 6th
The Blind Side, Movie Viewing Unit, Questions/Activities
This movie pack for The Blind Side is designed for use as you show this film as a text. You can use it in its entirety or pick and choose what works for you. Student Experience: The anticipatory set activity will immediately draw students into the themes and ideas presented in the movie. While they watch, students will answer questions on the graphic organizer. The questions ask them to consider the movie as a whole and apply their knowledge and understanding of key ELA skills/terms. A writin
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities for Teens, Mini Unit, BUNDLE
Thanksgiving Writing Prompts, Activities and Planning Templates. 5th - 7th Grade
12 engaging Thanksgiving writing activities designed to enhance students writing skills across a number of genres. Descriptive, instructional, poetry, letter and persuasive writing activities are included. Students will love persuasive writing with the exciting ‘The Great Turkey Debate’ and ‘The Perfect Pet’ activities. Planning templates provided for students to structure their writing and produce high quality written work. Each Thanksgiving writing prompt is visually attractive and effective t
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Grades:
4th - 7th
November First Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Questions Worksheet Activities
The Thanksgiving Heroes you've never heard of. Chances are your students will be unfamiliar with the names Edward Winslow and Chief Massasoit... Thanksgiving is truly a story of an unlikely friendship formed between two different people learning to coexist, by putting their differences aside in order to help one another. Interestingly enough, did you know that almost EVERYTHING we know about the first Thanksgiving in 1621 is from a few lines written in a SINGLE letter? Without this letter, and t
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Grades:
4th - 7th
The First Thanksgiving Dinner Reading Comprehension Questions Worksheet Activity
Today’s Thanksgiving Meal may differ more than you think compared to what was served during the first Thanksgiving Celebration. This is a fun and interactive, Informational text reading passage. Students will enjoy learning more about the history of Thanksgiving and get a better glimpse as to what the colonists and Wampanoag people ate, and the impact the Wampanoag had on that meal. *****This activity has a Free Thanksgiving Tangram Follow-Up activity available exclusively at www.onlemonlane.com
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Thanksgiving Activities Middle School ELA and High School - Gratitude Lesson
Are you searching for Thanksgiving activities to implement with your students that also hold academic value? Engage and motivate with this nonfiction text and media analysis mini-unit! The materials focus on the theme of gratitude and feature real-life inspirational teens. The lessons help facilitate a positive growth mind-set and can empower students to become more proactive in their schools and communities.Students will read informational text articles and view video clips of inspirational tee
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7th - 12th
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Thanksgiving Activities: Informational Reading Comprehension ESL Gen Ed
Use this informational text to teach about the history behind Thanksgiving for grades 3-6 and English Language Learners of all ages. The vocabulary, reading, compare and contrast, and grammar activities will engage your students as they interact with this historical event that has shaped American culture.This unit will easily take you through November. Visit my blog to see student samples and to see how I teach this unit.*** Important Update: This resource can be printed using the .pdf files
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
ESL Newcomer Thanksiving Reading Comprehension & Activities
Help your Newcomer & Beginner Level ESOL understand the Thanksgiving Fall holiday in the U.S. Students will learn how and why Thanksgiving began and how it is celebrated today. The reading and activities will help your newcomer students understand this iconic American cultural holiday.**NOTE: This resource can be printed using the .pdf files or downloaded to your Google Drive. Upon downloading the resource, you will find the google drive link on page 3 of the Teacher's Guide.*** If you tea
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Thank you, Sarah - Thanksgiving Persuasive Letter Writing Unit
Want your students to write powerful letters that can help make a difference in the world? This unit begins with a dive into Sarah Hale's campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. Then students go through detailed steps to write their own letters to make change happen.This packet includes:- Character word splash- Sequencing activity - link to the letter Sarah Hale wrote to Abraham Lincoln- brainstorming sheet for writing- two detailed graphic organizers to add details- letter writing tem
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Early Settlements of America Research & Writing Projects
Early Settlements of America Research & Writing ProjectsThis resource includes a variety of materials for guiding students through researching and organizing information on America's early settlements and settlers. Topics & Contents include...England’s First Settlements in AmericaK/W/L ChartCompare/Contrast Venn Diagram ActivitiesExplorers of the Northwest PassageSide Tab Report Book with Research & Writing PromptsNotes OrganizerAccordion Timeline ActivityEnglish, Dutch, & Frenc
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4th - 7th
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Candy Opinion Writing
Looking for a Halloween based writing project to inspire writers of all abilities? Writing an opinion piece about which is the best candy in a trick-or-treat bag is an authentic writing experience. Students have a vested interest in using clear, concise language and to support their opinion as they explain their favorite candy. Kids love this project and, when posted in the hall, it generate lots of comments.
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Planning sheet - guide students through the elements of opinion writing
Candy
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Grades:
1st - 6th
The First Thanksgiving Flip Book
This flip book is a great addition to any Thanksgiving unit. 2 versions of the book have been provided to best suit the needs of your class and can be used for differentiation within the classroom. This flip book is 6 pages long including the cover. Students will have the opportunity to complete the following pages:-Pilgrims-Mayflower-Native Americans-What did the Pilgrims learn to do?-The First ThanksgivingThe one set of pages includes pre-written sentence starters for students to complete on k
Grades:
K - 6th
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