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Thanksgiving
Introduce the basics of Thanksgiving with a language arts instructional activity. As pupils practice observation skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension, they design paper turkeys by outlining their hands and feet and by...
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First Thanksgiving Meal
Cranberries, oysters, lobster, deer, and cabbage were just a few of the foods found on the table at the First Thanksgiving. After reading a two-page passage about the historic meal, class members respond to 10 reading...
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Thanksgiving Lesson
Practice using proper verb tenses in the spirit of Thanksgiving! Learners are given holiday photographs as prompts to create oral and written sentences in a targeted verb tense.
ESL Holiday Lessons
Thanksgiving
Near Thanksgiving, learners complete activities surrounding the holiday. Some of the activities include a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
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A Turkey for Thanksgiving
If you're reading Eve Bunting's A Turkey for Thanksgiving, take a look at these activities to follow the story. Kids complete a crossword puzzle, word search, event sequence activity, and multiple choice reading quiz before...
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Thanksgiving Turkey
In this making words worksheet, students make words from the letters in the phrase "Thanksgiving Turkey". Students make as many words as they can, and are given 12 clues to words.
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It's Thanksgiving
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to poems from the book "It's Thanksgiving" by Jack Prelutsky. They create a Thanksgiving turkey using construction paper, identify what they are grateful for, and create a Thank You...
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A Turkey's Last Plea-- Story Starter
In this writing worksheet, students imagine that they are a turkey who must convince the people not to serve him for Thanksgiving dinner. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Thanksgiving
In this Thanksgiving vocabulary worksheet, students select the best choice to complete the sentence about Thanksgiving. The worksheet challenges students with complex words.
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Thanksgiving Word Search
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students analyze 12 words in a word bank that pertain to the Thanksgiving holiday. Students find these words in a word search puzzle.
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Color the Thanksgiving Adjectives
Young grammarians feast on a Thanksgiving-themed worksheet that asks them to color all the adjectives found in the drawing of a turkey sitting in a pumpkin patch.
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Five Little Turkeys
In this Five Little Turkeys fingerplay worksheet, learners read the fingerplay, count and subtract the turkeys, and color the picture. Students complete 3 activities.
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Thanksgiving: Simple Present Tense Review
Learners read eight sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense verb needed to complete it correctly. Thanksgiving theme could help out in those antsy days before the holiday break.
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The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving
Students explore holidays by participating in class singing activities. In this Thanksgiving history lesson, students discuss the importance of Thanksgiving Day and read several poems which discuss the history of Thanksgiving. Students...
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Thanksgiving Story
In this Thanksgiving instructional activity, students read a short story about Thanksgiving, answer multiple choice questions, answer true or false questions, and more. Students complete 10 activities.
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Thanksgiving Activity
Thanksgiving food doesn't have to be unhealthy! Learners read five situations about specific foods, ingredient substitutions, and ways to maintain healthy blood levels with a handy holiday worksheet.
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Thanksgiving For Preschool
Students read books, make turkey hands, eat gingerbread cookies, and more to learn about Thanksgiving. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, students also write what they are thankful for.
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Happy Thanksgiving Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt worksheet, learners examine a picture of a turkey and then use the space provided to write about how they celebrate Thanksgiving.
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Thanksgiving
For this Thanksgiving word search, students look for 25 words which pertain to the holiday. The puzzle, which has a word bank, has an intricate turkey design.
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Make Mine Turkey
Young scholars compare foods available for the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving with contemporary Thanksgiving foods. After reading information about the first Thanksgiving, pupils create a menu and compute the cost of a turkey dinner, using...
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Pilgrim Projects
Finally! Here are some new and fresh ideas, across the curicullum, that can be used around the Thanksgiving holiday. The lesson is divided up into two sections: Beyond Turkey - Activities for Younger Students and, Beyond Turkey -...
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My Thanksgiving Holiday
Though the questions are oddly written ("Can you name 2 things you can do with thanksgiving holiday?"), you might be able to incorporate this basic worksheet into a lesson about Thanksgiving. Second graders provide short answers to three...
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Thanksgiving History
First graders decode Thanksgiving vocabulary while learning about the history of this holiday. In this Thanksgiving history instructional activity, 1st graders listen to a story, trace their hands to make turkey feathers and listen...
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Thanksgiving Literacy Activity
Learners 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 ____." Learners practice phonemic...