Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade Google Slides Writing Template and Videos

Engage students in writing at home or in class fun with this engaging Google Slides informative writing project. This project pairs perfectly with Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. Students will plan, draft, revise and edit an informative piece about how the Thanksgiving Day Parade that we all know and love began, evolved over time and became what it is now.

ALL teaching videos are already included.. simply assign and go! Excellent for digital learning, distance learning, homeschool teachers, hybrid teaching, guest teachers, student teachers and the average busy teacher!

Students will practice basic skills on Google Slides while working on this presentation. ALL TEACHING VIDEOS are included, or can be replaced with videos that you make. Simply assign, and students will be ready to go.

This unit includes 5 lessons for one week of writing.

Week Overview:

• Monday: Introduction and Prewrite - Students will learn to add bullet points to their graphic organizer
• Tuesday: Draft - Students will write a basic topic sentence, 2 fact sentences and 2 detail sentences
• Wednesday: Draft - Students will finish their last 2 events, 2 details and add a basic closing sentence
• Thursday: Revise/Edit - Students are walked through using a basic revising and editing checklist
• Friday: Students are taught to add photos and to use a rubric to check their work before turning it in

What you get with the download:

A PDF linking to:

• Teaching Slide
• Student Planning Template
• Student Publishing Template

This was designed for second graders, but can easily be implemented in first and third grade classrooms.

These lessons build on each other, so might go through previously covered topics rather quickly. If you would like the comprehensive resource, upgrade to the bundle.

Check out A YEAR OF DIGITAL WRITING LESSONS [a growing bundle]:

August

• Stellar Student Informative Writing
• Sun-Sational Summer Narrative Writing
• Stuffie Adventures Narrative Writing

September

• Rocking Road Trip Narrative Writing
• Flat Teacher Bitmoji Project Narrative Writing
• The Best Season Opinion Writing
• Cat vs. Dog Opinion Writing

October

• The BEST Candy Opinion Writing
• My Spooky Story Narrative Writing
• Pumpkins Informative Writing
• Bats Informative Writing

November

• My Family's Thanksgiving Personal Informative Writing
• How to Catch a Turkey Informative/How To Writing
• Turkey Escape Imaginative Narrative Writing
• Bonus: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Informative Writing Project

December

• Letter To Santa Opinion Writing
• My Night on the Polar Express Narrative Writing
• How to Catch an Elf Informative/How To Writing

Or

• The Best Present Opinion Writing
• Polar Penguins Imaginative Narrative Writing
• How to Build a Snowman

January

• The Snowy Day Narrative Writing
• When I Met a Yeti Narrative Writing
• Snow Informative Writing

February

• Love Monster Informative Writing
• The Sweetest Person Opinion Writing
• The Best Part of Me Opinion Writing
• Book Review Opinion Writing

March

• Animal Research Project (3 weeks of Informative Writing)

April

• Magazine Writing Project (4 week cumulative project - opinion, narrative, informative, how to, letter writing and more)

May

• Hey Little Ant Opinion Writing Project
• Insect Report Informative Writing
• A Buggy Life Narrative Writing

Looking for other digital resources?

- Digital Writing Journal

- Second Grade Digital Let's Get Reading

- Second Grade Digital YEAR LONG Math Bundle

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