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Thinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum
Bring two integrated curriculum resources about Thanksgiving to an elementary social studies unit. The first activity focuses on Squanto's contributions to the early Pilgrims' survival with a gardening activity in which learners add...
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Cooking Dinner (Thanksgiving)
American traditions of Thanksgiving come to life through culinary activities. Young chefs practice cooking a turkey and setting a table for a Thanksgiving family feast. They use math and reading skills to follow directions and measure...
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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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Thanksgiving Activity: Thanksgiving and Family
Students examine common Thanksgiving foods employing counting, singing, and discussion. Students sing "We Eat Turkey" and discuss what their families eat. Students will then be asked to create and plate of Thanksgiving food and count and...
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Thanksgiving Counting
In this Thanksgiving counting activity, students count the Thanksgiving themed imaged and circle even or odd depending on whether there is an even or odd amount of each image. There are 5 counting exercises on this page.
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Thanksgiving Counting Worksheet
In this Thanksgiving math worksheet, learners examine the 4 sets of Thanksgiving pictures, count them, and record the total number of pictures in each set.
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Thanksgiving Counting
In this Thanksgiving math worksheet, students examine the pictured turkeys, count them, and identify the total by selecting the correct answer.
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Thanksgiving Counting to Three Worksheet
In 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 this early childhood counting to ten Thanksgiving worksheet, students count 10 pieces of pie shown on the worksheet and identify the appropriate number at the bottom of the page by coloring or circling it.
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Making Cranberry Bread
While the preparation for this lesson plan is extensive, the results are well worth the effort. Prior to the lesson plan, Xerox the pictures from Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin, collect the ingredients for Cranberry...
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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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Thanksgiving Travel Activity
For this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, students make a large graph showing whether they would like to travel by plane, train or car. They discuss holiday travel and sing an associated song.
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Thanksgiving Subtraction Worksheet
In this Thanksgiving subtraction worksheet, students complete a set of 3 Thanksgiving picture problems, writing answers beside each problem. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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The Ten Little Indians Count
Students engage in a fun, hands-on activity that uses a Thanksgiving theme to incorporate one-to-one counting to 10. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them with their counting skills.
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Popcorn
Students discuss the properties of popcorn. They explore the connection between corn, popcorn and Thanksgiving. As a class, students sing a popcorn song and create a popcorn craft. They practice writing the word popcorn. As a...
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Thanksgiving Placemats
Students discuss and list the things they are thankful for this year. They look for these words or things in magazines. They create a placemat with their pictures or words from the magazines. They share them with the class.
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Color by Number: Turkey
In this color by number instructional activity, students use the color code key to color the image of the Thanksgiving turkey. Students enhance number and color recognition with the activity.
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How Many Turkey Legs?
In this math learning exercise, student are asked to count the turkey legs. There are 5 of them. Students are then asked to color one of them.
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Wampanoag Indians
Students read stories and listen to a brief lecture about the Wampanoag Indians, aspects of their culture and their role in the first Thanksgiving. They make a Wampanoag carrying pouch out of a paper bag and cook a corn cake as a class.
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Spring: Giving Thanks to the Herring
Students study the Wampanoag tribe to learn about the importance of the herring to their culture. In this Wampanoag instructional activity, students read information and complete multiple activities to learn about the role of the herring...
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Clowning Around: Drawing
Kids create a clown out of shapes. They work to show emotions while practicing their drawing skills. Pupils use circles, triangles, squares, oil pastels, and their imagination to draw, color, and decorate a sad or happy clown. Tip: Have...
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Counting: 14, 15, 16
In this counting worksheet, students count colored pumpkins, then circle or color the number counted, choosing from 14, 15 or 16. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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A Day Full of Popcorn
Students use the "tool" popcorn with activities in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, P.E., Music, Art, Science and EATING.
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Number Song
Students sing a song (to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas) that helps reinforce their counting skills.