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Thanksgiving: What’s on Your Plate?
Thanksgiving: What’s on Your Plate?
Subject:
Seasonal/Holiday, Thanksgiving, Fall, ELA, Social Studies
Type:
Mini Lessons with Activity
Skills: Social Studies, Holidays, Listening & Speaking, Reading, Health
Description: Explore the foods that were eaten at the first Thanksgiving and compare them to what the students eat today – highlighting any foods from different cultures. Using the food pyramid students, will create a healthy plate based on their traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
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Thanksgiving Turkey Disguise
Thanksgiving Turkey Disguise
Subject:
Seasonal/Holiday, Thanksgiving, Fall, ELA
Type:
Craft, Mini Lessons with Activity
Skills: Holidays, Listening & Speaking; Writing, Reading
Description: A fun art activity paired with creative writing to explain how turkeys escaped Thanksgiving dinner.
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Pumpkin Life Cycle
Pumpkin Life Cycle
Subject:
Seasonal/Holiday, Halloween, Fall, Science, ELA
Type:
Mini Lessons with Activity
Skills: Reading, Writing, Science, Life Cycles
Description: Read and discuss about the pumpkin life cycle. Then using differentiated templates, students draw, label and write about the life cycle. Upper grades practice writing paragraphs using transition words.
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Thanksgiving Friendship Feast
Thanksgiving Friendship Feast
Subject:
Seasonal/Holiday, Thanksgiving, Fall, ELA, Math, Social Emotional
Type:
Mini Lessons with Activity
Skills: Holidays, Listening & Speaking, Math, Reading, and Social Emotional
Description: Why not help strengthen your classroom community with this Thanksgiving Friendship Feast? Your students will help to alter a recipe involving fractions, prepare food, and practice building positive social relationships with others, all while enjoy a nice meal as a class. (Suggested for Grades 1-7)
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Thankful Turkey
Thankful Turkey
Subject:
Seasonal/Holiday, Thanksgiving, Fall, ELA
Type:
Craft, Mini Lessons with Activity
Skills: Holidays, Listening & Speaking, and Writing (Supporting Details)
Description: It's time to give thanks! Use this Thankful Turkey printable to help your students express their ideas/feelings and elaborate using supporting details. They will have fun creating a turkey craft and pair it with a writing sample to be displayed in your classroom or sent home to parents. (Grades K-5)
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Egg-cellent Race
Egg-cellent Race
Subject:
Seasonal/Holiday, Spring, Easter, Science, ELA, Math, Social Studies
Type:
Games, Mini Lessons with Activity
Skills: Math, ELA, Science, or Social Studies, Teamwork, Holiday
Description: Your students will have an “egg”citing time running through a relay around the classroom, having to stop at each work station to complete a problem without dropping their egg (all before the timer runs out)! Create question cards to link to the current content in your classroom and watch as your students work in teams to solve problems and earn points. The challenge is carrying an egg on a spoon when moving from one question to the next. This activity can be adapted for grades K-5.