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Thanksgiving for Kids

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving activity activity, students use the 12 words and phrases in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving Word Search

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, students use the 19 holiday terms in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Happy Thanksgiving Word Search

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, students use the 11 holiday terms in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Worksheet
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Thanksgiving Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students unscramble the words that represent Thanksgiving. Students unscramble 20 words total on this worksheet. 
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Finding Words - Thanksgiving Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write 3, 4, and 5 letter words. In this word find lesson, students create words from the phrase "Thanksgiving is the time to be thankful." They write as many as they can on the worksheet. 
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Scholastic

Learning About the Pilgrims With Crafts

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students research the pilgrims in terms of why they left England, their voyage to America, the challenges they faced when they arrived, and their relationship with the American Indians. To conclude this unit, the students have a...
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Thanksgiving Activity: Thanksgiving and Family

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students examine common Thanksgiving foods employing counting, singing, and discussion. Students sing "We Eat Turkey" and discuss what their families eat. Students will then be asked to create and plate of Thanksgiving food and count and...
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Writing
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What Time Should Black Friday Sales Start?

For Students 9th - 12th
Young bloggers respond to an article which describes the controversy of Black Friday starting on Thanksgiving night instead of the day after. Target employees were outraged that the store decided to open on Thanksgiving night, which...
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Thanksgiving Timelines

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the significant people, events, and developments in the early history of the United States. They examine a timeline in their social studies textbook and discuss how a timeline works. In pairs they create a...
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Writing A Thanksgiving Day Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a Thanksgiving Day Story using some or all of the words included in the worksheet. These stories can be fiction or non-fiction (Personal Essays). They are graded on sentence structure, paragraph structure, grammar,...
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Thanksgiving Themed Math Word Problems

For Students 2nd
In this subtraction and pounds worksheet, 2nd graders solve 2 word problems involving subtraction, pounds and the theme of Thanksgiving.
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Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study Thanksgiving. In this physical education and spelling lesson, 3rd graders play a race game by being the first group who can spell the word Thanksgiving first.
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National Turkey Off to Disneyland

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share their holiday traditions, then read about an American Thanksgiving custom. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the news article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, the students participate in a...
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Organizer
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Which Thanksgiving Food is Your Favorite? Graph

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Thanksgiving opinion bar graph worksheet, students record their favorite food to eat on Thanksgiving. There are no directions given but each student would be assigned a number to record their information next to.
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Thanksgiving Song

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students learn a Thanksgiving song. In this seasonal song lesson, students learn a song about Thanksgiving that is set to 'You Are My Sunshine.'
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Activity
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Canadian Thanksgiving Tradition

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
It's all about the portion size! Given a photo of a pumpkin pie, learners work to determine the number of calories that are missing. Supplemental information provides the angle of the piece that is missing as well as the nutritional...
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Lesson Plan
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Colonization and American Indian Perspectives

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the colonization of the United States by researching Thanksgiving.  In this U.S. history lesson, students discuss the concept of Thanksgiving, who created it and what it was intended to do.  Students...
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Details: Writer's Workshop Mini-Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow. They discuss the details from the story. Students draw an illustration of what they expect their Thanksgiving dinner table will look like. They list details that describe their...
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Thanksgiving Through Literature

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students dramatize scenes from the picture book Turk and Runt. In this holiday instructional activity, students view the book Turk and Runt and identify the events of the text. Students dramatize scenes from the text to demonstrate...
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Blessing Boxes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "Blessing Boxes" to show what they are thankful for in this Art lesson ideal for the Thanksgiving holiday. The materials needed include empty (and clean) milk cartons, brown construction paper, and magic markers.
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Thanksgiving Addition Facts

For Students K - 2nd
In this addition practice worksheet, learners use their math skills to solve 10 problems that require them to add 1 digit numbers to 1 digit numbers.
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Thanksgiving Addition Facts #2

For Students K - 2nd
In this addition practice learning exercise, students use their math skills to solve 8 problems that require them to add 1 digit numbers to 1 digit numbers.
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A Thanksgiving Story

For Students 6th - 8th
In this active and passive voice worksheet, middle schoolers read a paragraph regarding Thanksgiving and then rewrite five of the sentences in passive voice.
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Say "Thank You" in 100 Languages!

For Teachers K - 8th
Students put the "Thanks" back in Thanksgiving with this geography and language activity that teaches students to say "thank you" in many languages.