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Thanksgiving Common Core RI.5.6 resources
The First Thanksgiving Webquest | Thanksgiving Reading and Writing Activities
Looking for an engaging way to integrate technology into your Thanksgiving lesson plan? Your students will love this Thanksgiving Webquest Activity! Whether you are in a 1:1 classroom or only have access to a couple of computers or tablets, this Thanksgiving activity is a winner! Students will use their technology, reading comprehension, and writing skills as they venture into the First Thanksgiving. In this Thanksgiving activity, students will use the Webquest to visit 5 websites about the Firs
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2nd - 5th
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Thanksgiving Plymouth Passages Reading Comprehension Escape Room
Are you looking for Thanksgiving nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions? A Comprehension Quest® is a FUN escape room style activity and is a unique way to get students excited about practicing reading comprehension! ✏️Here's how it works:✏️Starting off with the hook video, students learn they have a quest to complete. In this edition, students must figure out who is the hero that will save the Pilgrims from another terrible winter. Students will read 6 passages and complete
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Escape Room - Comprehension Quests® Holiday Bundle
History of Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Pilgrims Native
The True History of Thanksgiving from Wampanoag Native Americans and Pilgrim Perspectives to present day traditions. Differentiated reading comprehension passage unit for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Dive deep into the true history of Thanksgiving with this comprehensive passage unit. Unveil the myths and inaccuracies previously perpetuated in schools through untold history and stories of the Wampanoag people and the pilgrims. Learn about the history before, during, and after colonization and h
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2nd - 5th
Thanksgiving Reading & Writing Activities Unit for November
Want to provide thematic activities for your upper elementary students during the week of Thanksgiving, but also want students to practice important reading, writing, and vocabulary skills? I’ve got you covered! This Thanksgiving Activities Mini Unit includes up to five days of lesson plans for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students. There are multiple ways to use this resource beyond whole group instruction - including with your remedial or extension small groups, in centers or stations, and as a
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3rd - 5th
4th and 5th Grade Thanksgiving ELA Activity Pack | Thanksgiving Reading
Celebrate the Thanksgiving season with your students! This engaging 3rd-5th grade bundle includes Thanksgiving themed Figurative Language activities, Thanksgiving themed Reading Comprehension passages, a Thanksgiving Escape Room, and a Thanksgiving themed Poetry vs. Prose Mini Unit! What's Included:Thanksgiving Figurative Language Activities - this is a digital or print resources that is perfect for teaching or reviewing the types of figurative language!Thanksgiving Poetry vs. Prose Mini Unit -
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Holiday Nonfiction Research Flipbook with DIGITAL and Print & Go
Just the facts please! This Thanksgiving flipbook has students doing research about this fun holiday! They will cover the first Thanksgiving, how it became a national holiday, current traditions, and turkey trivia. See the preview for more specifics. Recommended websites for information, answer key, and a rubric are included. Now includes Google Slides version.Updated to include both black & white and color versions.This is a perfect project to pair with Turkey on Trial: A Persuasive Writing
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3rd - 5th
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Turkey Pardoning - Close Reading Passage Standards-Based Assessment Sample
This pack includes a sample of my differentiated tests that assess all standards. I have aligned them with Common Core, but because reading comprehension skills are assessed similarly across the board, you can easily use these even if you don’t use Common Core. The assessments do not have to be done as “tests,” but can serve as practice independently and in small groups, too! Many people who use my Better Than Basal sets often ask how to assess after teaching with mentor texts. Rather than asses
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3rd - 5th
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Thanksgiving Day Virtual Field Trip | Gratitude Writing Computer Activity
Looking for an activity about Thanksgiving? Students will learn about Plymouth Plantation, the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians, and Thanksgiving Day traditions in this Virtual Field Trip.This google slides resource features 2 digital choice boards with online links to virtual field trips and student-friendly sites, a Gratitude Writing Choice Board, and a fun follow-up photo quiz to check for understanding. The digital choice boards contain internet links so your students will go directly to the s
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3rd - 6th
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Mayflower: Research Center
This unit was created to give students experience in learning about a historical event through primary and secondary sources. Some artifacts present information from first-hand accounts, but have been rewritten as colony records, announcements, public notices, etc. Some artifacts were copied from primary sources and presented in their original formats. The variety of artifacts to study will give students a little taste of how historians study the past. These materials will support any study
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4th - 8th
The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving- Mystery Project for Upper Elementary
Project Based Learning- Thanksgiving EditionEngage your students in this mystery project where they will search to discover answers to their OWN questions about the real events of the First Thanksgiving. This project is designed to take the learning out of your hands and place it in the minds of your students. The hardships of the Native tribes are described and students are encouraged to think about how the event disrupted their lives. Students will discover the SINGLE firsthand account of the
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4th - 6th
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Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passages | Thanksgiving Text Structure
Give yourself a break before the holiday break! Your 4th, 5th, or 6th grade students will love learning about Thanksgiving and debunking some of the Thanksgiving myths!This NO PREP product includes 3 different text structures and also helps students review author's purpose, vocabulary, and comprehension. This product includes:KWL ChartAnnotation Guide1 close reading passage (Compare & Contrast text structure) 900-1000 L1 close reading passage (Problem & Solution text structure) 900-1000
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4th - 7th
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Thanksgiving Paired Passages with Questions & Essay Prompt - 5th & 6th Grade
These Thanksgiving-themed paired passages, questions, and essay prompt are perfect for practicing 5th & 6th Grade ELA standards! They also provide students with fun and interesting information about Thanksgiving. Each passage is available in a 1-page format and a 2-page format (with larger font size)!Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Includes:- 2 high-interest informati
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5th - 6th
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The First Thanksgiving NO PREP Close Reading Lesson Plans **CCSS Aligned
This is the ultimate 66-page NO PREP lesson plan pack on The First Thanksgiving for grades 2-5. Just print and you are ready to go for the next couple of weeks - with close reading lesson plans that will last you a week or more, depending on your classroom.
With this file, you will receive instructions on how to implement close reading in your classroom. I've included everything you need to do step by step: questions to ask during discussions, a question/answer sheet for the 3 parts of close
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2nd - 6th
Pilgrims & First Thanksgiving Close Reading Digital & Print | 5th & 6th Grade
A Google Forms close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about the Pilgrims that arrived in the United States on the Mayflower, and their first year as colonists including the first Thanksgiving ceremony. The NO PREP informational text activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resource, which also comes in PDF format, allows students to learn key facts about U.S. History whilst working on
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: Ten November Close Reading Passages | Digital & Print | 5th & 6th Grade
The History of Thanksgiving
History of Thanksgiving PowerPoint. Very detailed. A lot of good information. More suited to older students but younger students could use if the teacher read the information to them. PowerPoint converted to Google slides™
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Not Grade Specific
The Mayflower: Ship's Logs
The ship’s logs from the Speedwell and the Mayflower describe (for the most part) day-by-day events as the ships attempt to meet up and sail together to the “New World.” There are 2 versions of each of 3 logs: The Speedwell Log (8 pages), the Mayflower’s voyage and exploration of Cape Cod (37 pages), and the Mayflower’s winter harbor at Plymouth, New England (33 pages). A script version contains the original language (although not the original spelling) of the 3 ship’s logs, and a print versi
Grades:
4th - 8th
Thanksgiving Thematic Unit Standard-Based with Reading Comprehension Grades 4-6
This Thanksgiving High Interest STUDENT-CENTERED THEMATIC UNIT covers all things Thanksgiving for Grades 4-6. From the Wampanoag to the Mayflower to turkeys to the true origins of Thanksgiving to What Was the First Thanksgiving to harvest festivals to alliances to diplomacy and more. This cross-curricular unit covers Thanksgiving without marginalizing anyone. Facts and some fun, plus reading comprehension, fluency passages, close reading, higher order thinking and standards-based lessons. Re-t
Grades:
5th - 7th
The Thanksgiving Holiday Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Webquest
CCSS.RI.5.6If you are looking for a meaningful way to integrate Thanksgiving into your curriculum, then this activity is a must!This is a webquest activity that has students analyze six different accounts of the Thanksgiving holiday, and find similarities and differences among the sources/documents. The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (primary sources, video, and articles). Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand acco
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5th - 8th
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November Activities and Worksheets | Packet for Fast Finishers
There are over 30 pages of November themed work. All you need to do is print and go! Your students will have fun and be engaged while still working on important concepts. Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving themes are addressed in this fun packet. Includes:Veteran's Day write what you knowVeteran's Day adjectivesCompare and contrast Veteran's Day and Memorial DayLetter to a VeteranI am thankful for cornucopiaThankful turkeyHow to cook a turkey writingMake a word sheets (Thanksgiving, turkey, Nove
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Monthly Activities BUNDLE
The Mayflower: Fate Cards
The Mayflower Fate Cards tell some of the stories of the ship’s voyage to the New World in 1620 through the words of a child who is 8-12 years of age. They are coupled with the original description of the event told in William Bradford’s journal, Of Plymouth Plantation. They are an excellent tool for introducing the difference between a primary and a secondary source, and may also be used as a sequencing tool, to compare language and conventions, to identify spelling inconsistencies, and to ge
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3rd - 6th
Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion
These companion pages go with Melissa Sweet’s “Balloons Over Broadway”, which is an informational picture book about how the Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons began. The pages inside this packet cover the skills main idea, cause and effect, and compare and contrast. Students will also dig deeper into the word “flounced” and notice the grammar elements of a sentence. There is also an opportunity for students to create their own balloon. A creative writing page is included too that has students des
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3rd - 6th
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The Ancient Origins of Modern Thanksgiving
This fun worksheet makes a great lesson to learn NEW facts about Thanksgiving, and Native American heritages. This lesson can be taught in conjuction with other material, or used as a stand-alone worksheet to assess reading comprehension. It also includes an imaginative extension activity.
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4th - 6th
Notetaking Outline for History Smashers: The Mayflower
Guided notes for the book History Smashers: The Mayflower by Kate Messner. This outline will help students develop notetaking strategies such as summarizing and synthesizing information, while also providing a way to keep track of the dozens of historical events mentioned in the text.For each chapter, students will record information on 3 historic events from the text in their own words, and then identify the main idea that these details support.This resource will prompt students to engage with
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5th - 8th
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The History of Thanksgiving
This lesson was made to teach children how and why Thanksgiving is celebrated. It gives the children a look into how life was for the pilgrims and the children and how life is different now.
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3rd - 5th
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