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Writing A Thanksgiving Day Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a Thanksgiving story. In this holiday writing lesson plan, students use s list of specific words to create a fictional or non-fiction Thanksgiving story.
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Thanksgiving missing words puzzle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students fill in the missing words to the paragraph about Thanksgiving. Students complete 6 missing words.
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Thanksgiving scrambled sentences

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this sentences worksheet, students unscramble 2 sentences about Thanksgiving. Students unscramble one sentence with 13 words and one sentence with 9 words.
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Thanksgiving Feast Word Scramble

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving feast word scramble instructional activity, students unscramble 12 words about Thanksgiving dinner and write the words on the lines.
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Spelling Activity for Thanksgiving

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling activity for Thanksgiving worksheet, students color the letters that spell a Thanksgiving word, then write the word.
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Thanksgiving: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition learning exercise, students trace the words "You're invited...", write the words independently, and color the picture of a Pilgrim hat.
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Thanksgiving Word Search

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Thanksgiving word search worksheet, students locate and identify 14 Thanksgiving-related words in the word bank within the word search puzzle.
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Thanksgiving Mourning

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the way diverse groups can perceive a shared experience in a dramatically different light.  Students read commentary written by Native American writers and find examples of different points of view. ...
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A Thanksgiving Reflection: Belonging: Who is Missing from Our Table?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the concept of inclusion. In this diversity skills lesson, students read accounts from teens regarding exclusion and discuss their own experiences. Students discuss ways that the United States excludes and includes...
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The First Thanksgiving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils research the first Thanksgiving. In this first Thanksgiving lesson plan, students research the Internet about how the first Thanksgiving came about between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims. They complete a KWL chart, and...
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Thanksgiving Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students read a list of 16 words that pertain to the Thanksgiving holiday. Students alphabetize the list of words.
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Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving learning exercise, students write an acrostic poem about the holiday. Students use the letters in THANKSGIVING to start each new line of poetry.
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I Am Thankful

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students complete three sentences about being thankful for friends and family. Students also choose to write about what they are thankful for. The writing is inside a large outline of a turkey.
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Historical Fiction- Thanksgiving

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars write a story. In this historical fiction lesson, students research how Thanksgiving began. Young scholars write a fictional story where they are a main character of this time period.
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Thanksgiving Mural

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a mural of the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday instructional activity, students recall the history of Thanksgiving and create a mural of the holiday using large paper and crayons.
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Pilgrim's Progress- Get on the Boat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the Pilgrims and their journey. In this history lesson, students role play the journey of the Pilgrims and discuss the conditions of the Mayflower. Students record their feelings about the "journey" in a journal.
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Thanksgiving Literacy Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore why Thanksgiving is celebrated. In this cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to the book Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, and complete the sentence frame "I am thankful for ____." Students practice phonemic...
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Thanksgiving Crossword Fun

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Thanksgiving activity learning exercise, learners use the 13 clues and word bank to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Thanksgiving: Days and Months

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this days and months instructional activity, students circle the day of the week for the current day, the day before the current day, and the day after. Students write the current day and then circle the current month. Students write...
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My Book of Thanksgiving Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these mini-book activity worksheet, students create a Thanksgiving word mini-book that includes the words stuffing, Mayflower, Pilgrims, corn, Native Americans, and turkey. Students also write their own Thanksgiving word and draw a...
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Thanksgiving Counting to Three Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this early childhood counting to 3 Thanksgiving worksheet, students count 3 turkeys shown on the worksheet and identify the appropriate number at the bottom of the page by coloring or circling it.
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Kids Thanksgiving Counting to Ten Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood counting to ten Thanksgiving activity, students count 10 pieces of pie shown on the activity and identify the appropriate number at the bottom of the page by coloring or circling it.
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Past Tense Verbs

For Students 1st - 3rd
This activity, which focuses on the Pilgrims, has students practice the use of past tense verbs. Students in the lower grades could complete this fill-in-the-blank activity as a review of information learned about Thanksgiving.
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Questions About Thanksgiving

For Students 3rd - 5th
This writing instructional activity asks students to read and rewrite 5 statements associated with Thanksgiving into questions. This instructional activity would be quite useful when teaching students the differences between declarative...