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Thanksgiving Activity: Thanksgiving and Family

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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 Word Scramble

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students look at six Thanksgiving pictures and unscramble the letters that name each picture and write the word on the lines provided.
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Thanksgiving Words

For Students K - 1st
In this Thanksgiving holiday worksheet, students fill in he vowels and consonants to complete the words for the Thanksgiving pictures. Students write 3 words.
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Thanksgiving Turkey Napkins

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore painting.  In this Thanksgiving art lesson, students trace their hands on 4 cloth napkins sent from home and use fabric paint to decorate them as hand print turkeys.
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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 squash and a pumpkin.
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Christmas Writing

For Students 3rd
In this Christmas worksheet, 3rd graders analyze the picture of Santa and his bag of toys. Students write a story about the Christmas picture on the lines provided underneath the picture.
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Asian and Other Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view and discuss a video showing different festivals celebrated in Asian cultures. They participate in a class survey of the different festivals celebrated in their own families and brainstorm the purposes for festivals. In...
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Countries, Food, and Culture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine foods from other countries. In this multicultural lesson plan, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton Soup would be...
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Turkey Feather Writing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners create a Thanksgiving writing piece. In this holiday lesson, students use a turkey picture to write a short story about the things they are thankful for.
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Coin Count Thanksgiving Riddle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coin counting worksheet, students count the values for each set by counting the quarters, dimes, pennies, and nickels. Students then write the letters for the coin values to write in the bottom blank to solve the Thanksgiving...
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Thanksgiving Day Activities Stative Verb Review

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Thanksgiving verb review worksheet, students mark an X on the incorrect forms of the verbs. They write the correct form above each incorrect verb. There are 10 questions on this page.
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Thanksgiving Turkey Coloring Page

For Students 1st
In this Thanksgiving coloring instructional activity, 1st graders will color a picture of a turkey. The word "Thanksgiving" is written on the turkey's tail and there is space for students to write on the turkey's body.
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Thanksgiving Analogies

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Thanksgiving analogies worksheet, students read 7 sentences and complete each analogy by writing the best word in the blank. There are 4 choices for each sentence.
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Thanksgiving Story Problems

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Thanksgiving story problems learning exercise, students read and solve the 3 story problems on the learning exercise. The learning exercise provides work space to solve the addition problems and a space to write the answer.
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Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study Thanksgiving. In this physical education and spelling lesson, 3rd graders play a race game by being the first group who can spell the word Thanksgiving first.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create Thanksgiving menu and pre-dinner blessing or ritual that is sensitive to five different imaginary Thanksgiving guests from a variety of backgrounds.
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Pilgrims: The First Americans

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders become familar with the pilgrims and first Thanksgiving through essays about important people of the time.  In this Thanksgiving lesson, 5th graders choose an important figure from the time of the Pilgrims and write a...
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Thank You Notes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the history of presidential proclamations and develop their own Thanksgiving Proclamations, highlighting current issues and sentiments.
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Window of Words

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students imagine that they are looking out (or in) a window with four panes and write about what they see using a variety of sentence structures. They create a paragraph about what they see looking through their window on Thanksgiving day.
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Life on Plymouth Plantation

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research life of Plymouth Plantation and write letters about life there home. In this Plymouth life lesson, 3rd graders complete a webquest as they gather information about the journey to America on the Mayflower and the...
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Powerpoint: Show Your Gratitude

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars name things for which they are thankful. Then they search the Internet for pictures and audio or film clips that symbolize these items. They arrange six to ten pieces of digital content into a PowerPoint presentation.
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Colonial Customs

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars experience Colonial life and explore the customs of the 17th century. In this colonial America lesson plan, students play dress up, barter items, author pledges, and review 17th century etiquette.
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Thanksgiving Placemats

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars 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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Introduce Vocabulary: The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words while reading The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving. Students record their new vocabulary words using a word journal or discovery chart.