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Thanksgiving lessons for Easel Activities
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Middle School English ELA Thanksgiving Writing Activity I am Thankful Letter
Middle School English ELA Thanksgiving Writing Activity I am Thankful Letter with Writing PromptsWho are you most thankful for? Get your middle school students engaged in thankful and thoughtful reflection with this ELA Thanksgiving Writing activity. (This is one of five activities from my THANKSGIVING ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Click here if you would like to see a preview!) Your students will be brainstorming (with writing prompts for each paragraph) for a Thanksgiving letter to a special person in the
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Turkey Trouble Read Aloud Craft- Thanksgiving Activities
This "Turkey Trouble" interactive read-aloud lesson plan and craft pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Turkey Trouble" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningful ways. Th
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: November Read Alouds - Fall Activities - Reading Comprehension Bundle
The Great Turkey Race Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Build a Turkey Obstacle Course in this Thanksgiving STEM Challenge! In the The Great Turkey Race STEM Activity, students design and build a Turkey Obstacle Course! An excellent companion activity to the Thanksgiving read aloud book The Great Turkey Race by Steve Metzger.The Turkey Obstacle Course STEM Project:Engage your students with the design process as they build a Turkey Obstacle Course. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Thanksgiving Readers' Theater Activity: Three Fun Scripts to Improve Fluency
Are you searching for a fun reading activity to do during the week of Thanksgiving? This set of THREE Readers' Theaters scripts will certainly spice things up! You will receive three engaging scripts that have enough parts for 26 readers. A bonus page for teachers includes a page that lists the number of lines by characters and an explanation about how I schedule this to be a weeklong Readers' Theater activity.This BUNDLE contains three separate Readers' Theater scripts:1. A Wishbone that Works
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Readers' Theater BUNDLE: A set of 32 Scripts
'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving Read Aloud - Reading Comprehension
This "'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understa
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Grades:
K - 1st
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Thanksgiving Activities Nonfiction Lesson on Hot Topics: Black Friday
This informational text lesson for Thanksgiving is ready-to-go to engage your high school students this November. With leveled texts, standards-based questions, creative activity, and a text-based writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate! Student Experience: The encroachment of Black Friday into Thanksgiving Thursday has been a trend years in the making. This mini unit is designed to get students not only thinking and questioning this topic, but also analyzi
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities for Teens, Mini Unit, BUNDLE
Bear Says Thanks Read Aloud - Thanksgiving Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Bear Says Thanks read aloud activities are the perfect Thanksgiving activities to develop reading comprehension skills. You can still do all the fun November book related activities with your students while covering reading comprehension standards at the same time.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events, and most importantly, fall in
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Grades:
K - 1st
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Duck for Turkey Day Read Aloud - Thanksgiving Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "Duck for Turkey Day" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Duck for Turkey Day" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond i
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Also included in: November Read Alouds - Fall Activities - Reading Comprehension Bundle
Gratitude Tower Mindfulness STEM Activity
Teach Mindfulness to Students with the Gratitude Tower STEM Challenge! Students learn the importance of being thankful with the Gratitude Tower STEM project! In this Mindfulness STEM Challenge, students write out what they are thankful for on index cards and build a tower with their cards.The more things they are thankful for, the bigger the tower. This is an excellent STEM Challenge to teach kids about gratitude around Thanksgiving!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
History of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Enhance your history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade reading comprehension worksheets with this amazing print-and-go resource, specially designed for busy teachers! These worksheets are skillfully crafted to help students determine meanings with domain-specific words, make inferences, and analyze the author's purpose. The texts and questions are differentiated into three levels, gradually increasing in complexity, catering to the diverse needs of your students.Key features and benefits:⭐️
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Worksheets Bundle
Gratitude Activities & SEL for Middle School & High School Thanksgiving Activity
Use this EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES gratitude activity for middle and high school students to help students celebrate and reflect on their growth during the year while expressing gratitude for those who have supported them along the way. For an engaging discussion and a meaningful closing activity, invite students to share some of their letters or brainstorms! A perfect Thanksgiving writing activity for middle or high school students or an any-time activity for supporting SEL and cultivati
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6th - 12th
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Thanks for Thanksgiving Read Aloud - Reading Activities - Reading Comprehension
This Thanks for Thanksgiving printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities including a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans to help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningful ways. These lesson
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Grades:
K - 1st
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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
Thanksgiving Cornucopia Drawing Art Project, Template, Writing Prompts Activity
Get ready for Thanksgiving with my engaging cornucopia drawing project for elementary art! The step by step directions for how to draw a cornucopia and drawing template will make kids feel successful. Imagine these horns of plenty in your hallway alongside a writing prompt. The roll a dice game makes perfect last minute emergency art sub plans, too!Can I tell you a secret? It’s hard to get kids writing in ELA. When they’re not invested in it, they can’t connect with what they’re writing about. M
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Turk and Runt Disguise a Turkey Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Disguise a Turkey inside of a Snowman in this amazing Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge by Carly and Adam! Perfect for STEM Club, 1st Grade through 5th Grade Classrooms, or librarians!Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEM challenge in which students design and build their own Turkey Snowman. That's right. A Turkey Snowman just like at the end of Turk and Runt by Lisa Wheeler.The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Thanksgiving Turkey READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities BUNDLE
During Thanksgiving Break NO PREP Writing Activity
This is a great ice breaker activity to use with your students after coming back from Thanksgiving break! It gives them a chance to get back in the school swing, while also telling their friends and teacher about what they did during break. :)This resource includes: 2 no prep, During Thanksgiving Break Writing Activity pages (includes a color copy, as well as a black/white copy) When I use this with my students, I have them do this activity individually, then we come back together as a whole gro
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Grades:
K - 5th
Thanksgiving Bible Lesson on Friendship
An engaging, print and go Thanksgiving Bible Lesson on the Importance of Friendship for Preschool, Kinder, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade.Be thankful for friends. This lesson is about both the first thanksgiving with the friendship between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. A Bible Story about the Friendship of David and Jonathan (I Samuel 20) is also part of the Lesson. This is a Print and Go Lesson. Little Prep is Needed.This product can be used for Prek-4th grade. There are tw
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Grades:
PreK - 4th
History of Nutcrackers Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Discover the fascinating history of nutcrackers with our engaging and time-saving "Print and Go History of Nutcrackers Reading Comprehension Worksheets!" Designed specifically for busy teachers, this comprehensive resource enables students to delve into the origins of German nutcrackers and understand why they evolved into the immensely popular Christmas holiday decoration we know today. Unlock the captivating history of nutcrackers with our versatile worksheets, designed to promote active learn
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Christmas Season Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle
Thanksgiving STEM Activities Challenges November Turkey Craft Project
Thanksgiving / November STEM Challenges for Students!November is upon us, which means that Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Fall has also arrived, and with it comes a world of opportunities to incorporate STEM activities into the classroom that can directly tie in to the season. This resource has science, technology, engineering, and measurement activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really get their brains going this autumn season! This resource is part of the STEM /
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3rd - 6th
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Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Hide a turkey with this Thanksgiving STEM Challenge and Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Activity! An excellent companion activity to the Thanksgiving read aloud book 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey. Students design and build a Turkey Fort and pulley to hide a turkey and sneak it away from the farm. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.After the STEM projects are
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Thanksgiving Gratitude Writing Activities & Art for Middle School & High School
This Gratitude List Poem is one of the best Thanksgiving writing activities for middle school or high school students! This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES activity is a great way to acknowledge Thanksgiving and the holiday season without losing focus on teaching ELA skills like writing, poetry, and figurative language! It's so easy to get caught up in the busy gift-buying, errand-running side of the holidays, but this fun activity helps your students re-focus their attention on all they have
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6th - 12th
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CCSS:
Sequencing Cooperative Learning Activity for Thanksgiving, Christmas
Teach the importance of sequencing and following directions using recipes. Fun for the holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter, but use anytime. Lesson plan focuses on "How are following directions and sequencing events related?" Teacher directions included, with Activity Sheet, Essential Question and Activating Strategy, Activity Directions, Paragraph Reflection and Exit Ticket Summarizer. Includes a set of blank recipe cards for students to complete. Students work with a partner and find
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5th - 8th
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CCSS:
A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting Read Aloud & Activities
Based on the book A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting, this zero prep Thanksgiving read aloud resource includes 5 day lesson plans that teach reading skills/strategies, vocabulary, and grammar. Plus, it has comprehension and vocabulary assessment. This is a perfect Thanksgiving book companion for the month of November!MINIMAL TO ZERO PLANNING NEEDED! As a teacher, one of the things we most lack is time. I always wanted to teach meaningful, intentional lessons every day for my students, but
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Yearlong Read Aloud 5 Day Lesson Plan BUNDLE- 40 Book Companions
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