Preschool Thanksgiving Social Studies and Language Activities
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Description
Use these Preschool Thanksgiving Social Studies and Language Activities to support discussions about Thanksgiving traditions. Inside you will find several easy-to-assemble preschool language activities including: a rebus story, real photo conversation cards, a Thanksgiving vocabulary word bank, and more!
These materials have been designed to help facilitate thoughtful discussions about holidays and celebrations and help young students learn more about different traditions and elements of different holidays. Knowing more about how others celebrate helps children live in a diverse society with respect for others. Although secular in nature, these stories contain accurate, and respectful holiday vocabulary; and are intended to help broaden your student's worldview about different holiday celebrations.
These activities also give students a chance to share and reflect on their own family traditions, and similar shared experiences (even if they don’t celebrate this holiday).
Inside this set, you’ll find a variety of language activities including: A rebus story written about a young child named John, who is excited to share his Thanksgiving traditions! Readers will learn about how John and his family celebrate Thanksgiving. You will also find a picture-word vocabulary list, a sequencing activity, A KWL chart, and conversation cards containing real photos. Students can use the included story props to create a cut-and-paste student book, or the educator can use them to create story props (such as create stick puppets or felt stories).
Directions
Thanksgiving Traditions Introduction
Thanksgiving Traditions KWL Chart
Thanksgiving Traditions Conversation Cards with real photos
John’s Thanksgiving Traditions Vocabulary Word Bank
John’s Thanksgiving Traditions Rebus Class Story
John’s Thanksgiving Traditions Sequencing Activity color & BW
John’s Thanksgiving Traditions Story Props color & BW
John’s Thanksgiving Traditions cut and paste student book
TOS & Graphics Credit
Teacher Tips:
Add the word bank with Thanksgiving Themed Vocabulary Words (Thanksgiving, cook, walk, guests, turkey, family, parade, pie, and dinner), to your writing center!
Use the printable props to retell the story. Create stick puppets, felt pieces, magnets, or story stones
Sequencing Activity: laminate it on color and attach velcro pieces to re-use over and over again, or print in B&W to create a coloring activity.
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