Thanksgiving Activities

My older son has the whole week off for Thanksgiving. So in preparation of my two boys being with each other all day, inside every day this week I began coming up with things to keep them busy.

1. Playing outside in the Texas ice. Then inside for a very long and fun bath to warm up. The bathroom floor may have gotten flooded, but I cleaned my oven while they had fun. :)
2. Preschool and Kindergarten lessons. I taught my kindergartener about using a ruler and also fractions.
3. Indian reviewing shapes Craft from 2 Teaching Mommies. Thanksgiving packet

4. Pretend Thanksgiving dinner craft

 

5. Thankful Pumpkin Pie. Each year we write what we are thankful for on a hand turkey. This year I found this on Pinterest and I am going to use this pie instead of the turkey.

 

6. Coloring and painting turkey sheets from online.

#1-6 was all on done on Monday. Not to mention we cuddled and watched Polar Express. :)

Turkey Crafts

I wanted to show you a few crafts we have been doing. Between being sick and out of town I never made a turkey unit. So I pulled things from online and Pinterest. Here are 2 of the crafts we did.

A Letter T Turkey

Rectangle and Circle Turkeys

Thanksgiving Classroom Items

I've been busy working on some Thanksgiving packets that can be used for teachers in the classroom. These are focused on 3rd grade.

Included in the Language Arts bundle are 6 different worksheets:

*Compound words - turkey shopping worksheet
*Context Clues worksheet with turkey vocabulary
*Problem Solving & Sequence worksheet –Making Thanksgiving Dinner (with answer key)
*Singular and Plural Nouns worksheet – Thanksgiving themed
*Thanksgiving Sudoku- for fun
*Nonsense Words (context clues) with Thanksgiving theme – to be copied front and back

For this Thanksgiving LA bundle you can find TPT here. Or click here for TN. Remember ALL my Thanksgiving products are on sale at Teachers Notebook from now until Thanksgiving. (TPT won't let me run a sale that long, FYI).

 

 Next up- MATH. Here is my Turkey themed math bundle. This is good for 3rd or 4th graders.

Included in this set are 4 worksheets and 1 math center:

•Greater than and Less than worksheet up to 999,999 (TEKS 3.1b and CCCS 3NBT.2)
•Place Value worksheet up to 999,999 (TEKS 3.1a and CCCS 3NBT.2)
•Fractions Center 1/3 and 1/4 fractions where students order the 6 cards from least to greatest then record their answers on a recording sheet. Direction Page included. (TEKS3.2a-d and CCCS 3.NF.A.1 and 3.NF.A.3a&d)
•2 Fraction Worksheets – fraction addition and patterns with fractions (TEKS3.2a-d and CCCS 3.NF.A.1 and 3.NF.A.3a&d)

For TPT click here or for TN click here. Once again this is definitely on sale at Teachers Notebook now until Thanksgiving.

 

Last activity is for Spelling and Writing.

 What is included:

*Thanksgiving Spelling – Directions Page (only) - Students will use notebook paper or journal.
*Turkey Spelling –Directions page, turkey without feathers page to color and feather patterns for students to write spelling words.
*Turkey Recipe-Directions Page Only - Students will use their own paper or writing journal.
*Leftovers Recipe – Directions Page, checklist, and themed writing page.

Each directions page is done with a frame and clipart which is appealing to the student eye. They can be laminated or put in a sheet protector for that center.

For Teachers Pay Teachers click here, or for Teachers Notebook click here. Once again this is on sale at Teachers Notebook.

Thanksgiving on Thursday - Magic Tree House

I made a unit to go along with Thanksgiving on Thursday from the Magic Tree House Series. My kindergartner LOVES these books. 

Included is a reader's journal and comprehension questions for each chapter of Mary Pope Osborne's book, Thanksgiving on Thursday, Magic Tree House book #27.
Included are 14 pages for the journal and 2 pages for the answer key.
Some questions are open ended, some multiple choice, true and false, or even a drawing answer. Uses context clues, inference, and general understanding and comprehension as they read.
 
This can be used in guided reading groups, literature circles, novel study, or to check comprehension after reading aloud. I just made this one and posted it. But I have used ones similar to it many different ways in my classroom.

 

If you are interested in this product look for it at Teachers Pay Teachers by clicking  here. Or at Teacher's Notebook by clicking here. Check them each out for sales. At TPT it will randomly be on sale. But at TN it will be on sale now through Thanksgiving. :)

Thanksgiving Bundles

I'm getting prepared since this season comes and goes very quickly. I'm trying to keep up with all the upcoming holiday themes.

I've added a few new Thanksgiving new items to my stores. Check it out!

 

This Thanksgiving bundle is for grades 3 or 4. It includes 6 worksheets.  For my TPT store click here. For my TN store, click here.

*Compound words - turkey shopping worksheet

*Context Clues worksheet with turkey vocabulary

*Problem Solving & Sequence worksheet –Making Thanksgiving Dinner

*Singular and Plural Nouns worksheet – Thanksgiving themed

* Thanksgiving Sudoku

      *Nonsense Words (context clues)      

 Here is another writing and spelling bundle. This image below is from one of the the spelling center directions (or task cards) that is included. If you are interested click here for Teachers Pay Teachers or click here for Teachers Notebook.

What is included:
*Thanksgiving Spelling Story – Directions Page Only-See image above.

 *Turkey Spelling –Directions page, turkey without feathers page to color and feather patterns for students to write spelling words.
*Turkey Recipe-Directions Page Only - Students will use their own paper or writing journal.
*Leftovers Recipe – Directions Page, checklist, and themed writing page.