Thanksgiving Activities: Writing, Reading, Math, Turkey FUN

This unit is packed with Thanksgiving FUN!! There are a ton of activities to choose from. You’re not going to want to use all of it, so it is priced accordingly. If you purchased my Thanksgiving Extravaganza in the past DO NOT purchase this unit! Everything is the same minus the Native Americans and Pilgrims. This unit will take you through the entire month of November, and I have plans to add a few more activities before next year!

Turkey Fun

• BME Turkey Hats
• Turkey Craft & Cinquain Poem

Writing

• Two webs (Turkey, Thanksgiving is…)
• Four square organizer
• All About Thanksgiving informative writing organizer
• All About Turkeys informative writing organizer
• I’m Thankful for…
• My Thanksgiving Traditions…
• Two opinion writing prompts & organizers

Language Arts Activities skills – ed ending sounds (/id/, /d/, /t/), plural nouns, contractions

• Station 1 – Students sort words by their ending sounds and record their answers on their recording sheets.
• Station 2 – Irregular Plural Nouns Memory
• 4 Plural and Irregular Plural Nouns Worksheets
• Station 3 – Contraction Match and Recording Sheet

Reading Comprehension Guides (These chapter by chapter comprehension guides are perfect for guided reading groups!!!)

• Thanksgiving Is… by Gail Gibbons
• Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne
• Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne

Interactive Notebook

• Thanksgiving notebook pages aligned to the common core & specific to informational texts about Thanksgiving/Pilgrims/Indians. Addresses standards (I.1, I.2, I.3, I.4, I.7, L.1, L.5)

Math

• Station 1 – True/False equation sort and recording sheet.
• Station 2 – Find the missing addend sort and recording sheet.
• Station 3 – Time to the quarter hour memory and worksheet.