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Game: Turkey Put Together

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play a game using a symbol of Thanksgiving - the turkey. In this Thanksgiving game instructional activity, students divide into teams and participate in a relay race to create a turkey.
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Color Book

For Teachers K
Students identify the colors in various pictures. In this art lesson, students create book using card stock and yarn and match pictures that show a specific color to each page. Students write the color of the pictures at the top of each...
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CULTURAL COMPARISON OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND PILGRIMS

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the practices and products of the two cultures. They build log cabins and teepees or Hogans, make costumes, use vocabulary and Native American symbols to write stories, create art products such as pinch pots and...
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Trot Out the Creativity with Turkey-Themed Art Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Take the traditional handprint turkey to the next level with art activities that integrate writing, color, poetry, and family involvement
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Native American Interdisciplinary Educational Unit

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research various Native American stories and legends. They participate in reader's theater, write original legends, cook Native American foods, construct dioramas and view Native American art and artifacts.
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Turkey Feathers

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students demonstrate counting skills. In this number sense lesson, students glue numbered feathers onto a turkey pattern in numerical order.
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Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice retelling stories. They read a story and work with a partner to discuss the key elements: characters, setting, events, beginning, and end. They assess one another as they retell the story. They rewrite the story in...
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Thanksgiving: Bird Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the evolution of birds. For this biology lesson, students research articles that discuss evidence about the ancestry of birds. They discuss their findings with the group and draw a journal magazine cover highlighting...
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The Game of Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study vocabulary words and explore persuasive speaking. In groups, they support a given argument and generate ideas for a a persuasive speech. They discuss powerful words and strategies for persuasion. Students write a...
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Thankful List

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice using free association as a pre-writing technique as they list things that they are thankful for. They share the lists of words and apply them when they write a descriptive essay or poem after identifying commonalities...
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Indian Corn Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine Indian corn. In this autumn art lesson, students observe Indian corn, noting the different shades of color. Students sketch and color or paint an ear of Indian corn, adding actual corn kernels to outline their picture.
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Voting

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss with the class their favorite Thanksgiving foods. The teacher will write responses from four students on the board and the students then will vote for their favorite Thanksgiving food on a folded sheet of paper....
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Punctuation

For Students 3rd - 6th
Sharpen those punctuation skills with this multiple choice worksheet. There are 10 sentences to read, and learners make corrections where needed. Tip: Have your emerging editors go back to their own written work and edit where necessary.
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Introduce Vocabulary: I Love You the Purplest (Joosse)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Use Barbara Joosse's heartwarming story I Love You the Purplest (which can be found on YouTube if you don't have it) to practice vocabulary in context with emerging readers. This sensory text is an excellent opportunity to learn new...
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Sail, Sail, Sail Your Ship!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students listen to the book, Columbus Day, by Paul Showers and discuss the historical significance of Christopher Columbus. They create Columbus Day booklets, sing a Christopher Columbus song, and develop graphic organizers.
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Tis the Season for Turkey Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Put a mathematical twist on the classic turkey-related projects.
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Dreaming to Come to America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine reasons for immigration to America, including economic, political, and religious considerations, and conduct research to determine immigration history of students' families and compare reasons other groups have come to...
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Make This Week's Lessons Pop(corn)!

For Teachers K - 7th
Students create popcorn timelines, maps, and graphs; do popcorn science and math; explore popcorn history and nutrition; and munch leftover popcorn snacks too!,
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Home Sweet Home Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students examine the uniqueness of their family. For this early childhood lesson plan, students develop social awareness, creative thinking, and fine-motor skills as they complete an activity regarding their families.
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Halloween Candy Sort

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use their Halloween candy to practice sorting and classifying. They compete a Venn diagram comparing their candy wrappers. They develop ways as a class to catorgize the candy in different ways.
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Volunteering Our Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a service learning project. In this philanthropy lesson, students volunteer their time at a local soup kitchen and reflect upon the experience in a journal.
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Colonial America

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore Internet sites about Colonial America, and create multimedia presentations.
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Presentations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students give presentations.  In this unit culmination lesson, students present their bridge projects to parents.  Students test their bridges and are evaluated using a rubric.
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Introduce Vocabulary: I Love You the Purplest

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students read I Love You the Purplest with the intent of recognizing vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students preview three 2-tier words, listening for each as the story is read, defining each and practicing recognizing...