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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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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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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 Writing Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, young scholars use the blank lined writing paper with a colorful Thanksgiving border for any kind of writing activity.
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Thanksgiving Web Quest

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners review the reasons why Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States. Using the internet, they research the history of the holiday and discover what the first Thanksgiving was like. They also examine a typical menu for a...
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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 Counting Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Thanksgiving math instructional activity, students examine the 4 sets of Thanksgiving pictures, count them, and record the total number of pictures in each set.
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Thanksgiving Quilt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create individual "thankful" felt squares for use in a large classroom Thanksgiving quilt that can be put together using glue or hot glue. This great holiday instructional activity is based upon the book "Thanksgiving" by...
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Thanksgiving Handprint Tree

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners work cooperatively to create a classroom thanksgiving tree in this November art lesson for the elementary classsroom. Included with the lesson is a short resource list of books that contain more Thanksgiving craft ideas.
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Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine different perspectives about Thanksgiving that include those of the European Settlers and the Native Americans. They read and discuss an article about Plymouth being "America's Hometown." They develop a landmark for...
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Passive Sentences- A Thanksgiving Story

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Thanksgiving story instructional activity, students read a short story before choosing five sentences to change to passive sentences. They write the 5 sentences on the lines below the story.
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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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Happy Thanksgiving: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the words "Happy Thanksgiving," write the words independently, and color the picture of the Thanksgiving scene.
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Thanksgiving Feast Word Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet , students unscramble 12 words pertaining to Thanksgiving and write them on the lines provided. There is no word bank.
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Thanksgiving Scramble

For Students 6th - 8th
For this holidays worksheet, students unscramble the letters to create the word and write it in the space provided in the right of the 21 words.
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Details: Writer's Workshop Mini-Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow. They discuss the details from the story. Students draw an illustration of what they expect their Thanksgiving dinner table will look like. They list details that describe their...
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Thanksgiving Words Unscramble

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this unscrambling Thanksgiving words worksheet, students create words from scrambled letters. In this fill in the blank worksheet, students write nine words.
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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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Happy Thanksgiving Coloring Printable

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Shared ResourceFrom sentence writing to coloring pages, ABCmouse.com is a great resource to help you and your classroom celebrate Thanksgiving. Visit www.ABCmouse.com/Teachers to create a FREE ABCmouse for Teachers account for access to these and more...
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Voyage on the Mayflower for Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Following an online activity, scholars complete a Grafitti Wall in which small groups write words and phrases on chart paper pertaining to Pilgrims, the Mayflower, and Thanksgiving. Pupils perform a close reading then answer a series of...
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Pilgrim and Wampanoag Daily Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
A instructional activity looks at the Pilgrims and Wampanoag tribe during the first Thanksgiving. Scholars compare and contrast information presented by an online activity then discuss their findings. Learners examine the two group's...
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Voyage on the Mayflower

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
After completing an online activity about the Mayflower, scholars draw a picture about what they know of the Thanksgiving holiday, including a one-sentence summary. A reading of If You Were at the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma is...
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Thanksgiving Menu

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the First Thanksgiving. In this U.S. history lesson plan, students read about the Pilgrims and Native Americans and discuss how they obtained and prepared food. Students develop a possible first Thanksgiving menu and...
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Thanksgiving History

For Teachers 1st
First graders gain knowledge about the first Thanksgiving, how the pilgrims lived and the differences between our Thanksgiving today and the Thanksgivings of the past. They recognize different parts of the word Thanksgiving.

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