November/First Thanksgiving/Holiday Writing, Math, Games, Activities & Projects

✨ BEST-SELLING Thanksgiving/Fall/November ELA & Math No-Prep Activities for Upper Grades✨ Looking for ENGAGING Digital & Printable Thanksgiving Activities & Worksheets that are perfect/appropriate for upper grades or your older students? (Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, or Secondary) Check out this One-Stop-Shop Thanksgiving Party Math, Art, & Writing Activity Bundle. This differentiable Autumn Crafts & Activities Bundle is a MUST-HAVE for your class Thanksgiving party, early finishers, substitutes, centers/rotations, bell ringers, and more. These Thanksgiving PBL craftivities will be memorable and quickly become your new holiday favorites!

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Snag this bundle for a stress-free Thanksgiving. November as a teacher is so much fun but also so exhausting. Start enjoying Thanksgiving and all the excitement with this November Thanksgiving No-Prep Craft & Activity Bundle. These activities will keep your students busy the entire month of November. Most students beg for these fun activities as holiday brain breaks or fast finishers.

Holidays are the ideal time to work on language, poetry, and math skills because the activities are so fun and themed that students don’t realize they are learning.

With this Thanksgiving Activity Bundle students will:

• Disguise a Turkey and display it on Thanksgiving-themed Bulletin Board
• Engage in fun Thanksgiving crossword, trivia, and coloring pages
• Write a sensory November poem with fall-themed graphic organizers
• Design a Grateful Gobbler Turkey and keep a gratitude journal
• Calculate & Plan a Thanksgiving feast with recipes, ingredients, and cooking times in the Thanksgiving Feast ELA & Math project-based learning
• Read and answer comprehension questions about the First Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Heroes
• Read and answer questions about the First Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Heroes
• Find or draw pictures of their ideal Thanksgiving foods and write a persuasive Thanksgiving essay on why their foods are the best
• Design a social media-style Thanksgiving Page with related hashtags
• Get to know their class by creating a Would You Rather Thanksgiving Themed Four Corners Game
• Build a sunset Harvest Moon art project, and compose a Figurative Writing Book & Fall poetry.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This might be my favorite unit ever. My students had so much fun with these projects. It was fun to see me disguise their turkeys and what they are thankful for. Having the written piece and hearing their thoughts was comical.- Seriously Successful Students 6th-9th Grade

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ WOW! My students had so much fun with this activity! There is so much included with this bundle. Their final products were AMAZING! This is the best TPT purchase I’ve made in a long time! - Alice R. 7th-9th Grade

A range of subjects and concepts are covered in this fall art activities bundle:

ELA: Students will deep dive into figurative language with sensory writing, practice persuasive, narrative & Informative writing, complete fall-themed graphic organizers, and implement alliteration & rhyming.

Math: This bundle also includes My Thanksgiving Feast; an ELA & Math project which introduces concepts like adding and subtracting decimals, money, converting measurements, multiplying decimals, elapsed time, multiplying fractions, percentage to decimals, adjusting recipes using fractions, rounding & estimating fractions.

Character Building: Students will also learn Thanksgiving-themed social-emotional skills like grit & growth mindset practice, interacting and connecting with their classmates, and building a better classroom community.

You will be blown away by the creativity these Thanksgiving craft activities & worksheets can foster! These templates are so cool because not only are they so simple to edit, but they are also beautiful and age-appropriate. Students can easily use these no-prep fall art & writing projects because the templates have placeholders for the images to be easily inserted without any cropping or confusion.

Most of these November Fall Activities have been updated to include both the original printable and digital versions. They also include editable versions so they can be completely customizable to fit any classroom situation.

This November/Fall Thanksgiving ELA & Math Activity Bundle Includes:

• 100+ Pages of Examples, Instructions, and Additional Resources & Freebies
• Instructions for Distance Learning Use
• Instructions for Printable Use
• Tips & Tricks for Using These Thanksgiving Resources and How to Have a Fun and Engaging Thanksgiving Class Party
• BONUS: Morning Meeting November Slides
• Plus All of the Resources Below:

Disguise a Turkey Digital & Printable Activity with Writing Extension & Bulletin Board Kit

• 7 Different Completed Disguise a Turkey Examples
• 6 Different Disguise a Turkey Templates (Printable & Digital)
• Narrative & Persuasive Graphic Organizers
• Turkey-Themed Revision & Final Draft Writing Paper
• Disguise a Turkey Reflection Worksheet
• ‘Turkeys in Disguise’ Bulletin Board Kit

‘Thanksgiving is’: Thanksgiving Poetry & Figurative Language Printable Writing Project

• Figurative Language Turkey Printout
• Thanksgiving Poetry Brainstorm Page
• Sensory Poem Layout
• 2 Versions of Thanksgiving-Themed Final Draft Paper: Lined or Blank
• Zentangle Turkey Art Project

Grateful Gobbler: Turkey Craft and Daily Gratitude Journal

• 6 Different Grateful Gobbler Completed Examples
• Gratitude Journal Example & Prompts
• 8 Different Grateful Gobbler Templates (Printable & Digital)
• Gratitude Journal Template (Printable & Digital)

My Thanksgiving Feast ELA & Math PBL

• Thanksgiving Feast Prep Worksheet: Calculate the Number of Guests, Servings, Invitations
• Design the Thanksgiving Feast Invitation
• Menu Planner: Plan 8 Menu Options & Write Shopping List
• Menu Design with Figurative & Sensory Language
• Find & Adjust Simplified Thanksgiving Recipes
• Thanksgiving Feast Food Pricing Sheet & Total Cost
• Thanksgiving Logistics: Calculating Different Meal Start Times
• Thanksgiving Game Plan: Step-by-Step Written Plan with Transitional Words
• Thanksgiving Layout: Food & Guest Placing
• Tablescape Inspiration & Design
• Thanksgiving Prep & Reflection Worksheet
• “Grateful” & “Thank You For Everything” Writing Paper

The Thanksgiving Heroes Reading & Comprehension Worksheet Activity

• One Page of Interesting Reading with Quotes, Definitions & Comprehension Questions
• One Page of Images to Supplement the Reading

The First Thanksgiving Meal Reading & Comprehension Worksheet Activity

• One Page of Engaging Thanksgiving Reading & Comprehension Questions

Make a Thanksgiving Meal Art Project

• 5 Different Completed Make-a-Thanksgiving Meal Examples
• 8 Different Make a Thanksgiving Meal Templates (Printable & Digital)
• Persuasive Graphic Organizers
• Fall-Themed Revision & Final Draft Writing Paper
• Fun Writing Extension Activity Ideas

Thanksgiving/Gratitude Snapshots Get to Know You Digital & Printable Activity

• Collaborative Google Slide Student Etiquette Page
• 3 Different Completed Thanksgiving Snapshots Examples (Digital)
• 11 Different Thanksgiving Snapshot Templates
• 2 Different Printer-Friendly Thanksgiving Snapshot Template
• 2 Different Printer-Friendly Thanksgiving Snapshots with Writing Space Template

Would You Rather Thanksgiving Themed Get to Know You November Class Party Digital & Printable Activity

• Collaborative Google Slide Student Etiquette Page
• Completed Thanksgiving Themed This or That Question Game Example & Video Tutorial
• 30 Ready-To-Play Unique Pre-Made Questions
• 2 Versions for Student Game Pieces with Detailed Instructions
• 36+ Blank Question Templates for Students to Create Their Own
• Printable Thanksgiving Four Corner Pages for In-Classroom Game

Design a Harvest Moon Landscape Art & Writing Project

• 5 Different Completed Harvest Moon Landscape Examples (Digital)
• Digital Drag & Drop Harvest Moon Template with Detailed Instructions & Video Tutorials
• Write a Cinquain Poem Planning Pages: Brainstorm, Cinquain Poem Definition & Examples
• Fall Setting Narrative Writing Graphic Organizers: Brainstorm, Revisions & Draft, Final Draft

Bonus: November Morning Work Bundle

• November Crossword Puzzle based on Thanksgiving Facts
• Grateful through the Alphabet Gratitude Worksheet
• “Thank You for Everything” Pumpkin and Turkey Coloring Page
• Grateful/Fall-Themed Writing Paper
• The First Thanksgiving Tangrams Puzzle

This upper-grades Thanksgiving math, art & writing bundle is a wonderful tool that can be used as holiday digital and printable activities in class rotations, November bell ringers, hallway display art, Thanksgiving reward activities, Thanksgiving morning work, November fast finishers, exit tickets & more. 

This can also be a fun way to practice and introduce opinion or persuasive writing, as well as interactive notebooks, anchor charts, and graphic organizers. You can also use these first day of fall activities to take attendance quickly, start your morning meetings, or use this as a game or center for your class Thanksgiving party (Perfect for a Digital Class Thanksgiving Party!)

I have seen this lesson work seamlessly in Zoom calls, Google Meet, PowerPoint, collaborative slide lessons, breakout rooms, or with in-person classroom settings. No matter what type of classroom setting you are teaching in, this activity integrates seamlessly.

SEE WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING… Recommended for 4th-10th Grade

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I decided to try this bundle because I saw that it was popular on TPT. My students LOVE the variety of Thanksgiving activities and this bundle makes it a one-stop shop! - Alice B. 8th Grade

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m so excited for Thanksgiving that I started planning with this resource before I even bought it (thank you blog post!) I love how the slides contain so many tips, tricks, and content. I know it will keep my students engaged and excited about their learning. I think I am most excited about the Plan a Thanksgiving Feast. I love the resource and cannot wait to use it this November.- Briana I. 5th-6th Grade

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