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Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems

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Students watch streaming video, Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving, define and discuss acrostic poetry, complete circle map using words associated with Thanksgiving, and create acrostic Thanksgiving poems to be typed in Microsoft Word and combined into class booklet.

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acrostic poems, types of poetry, thanksgiving, Holidays

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Grade
2nd - 4th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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