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 It's Thanksgiving!
- Activities Across The Curriculum
- Language Arts - Ask students
"What are you thankful for at Thanksgiving time?"
For young children: Invite them to write the word T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G
vertically on the side of a page. Children can write something
they are thankful for that begins with each letter of the
word. For older students: Invite each student to compose an
"ABCs of Thanksgiving Book" to include something
he or she is thankful for each letter of the alphabet.
- Math - Cut from a newspaper
a grocery store sale ad that includes prices for lots of Thanksgiving
related foods. Compose word problems to go along with the
ad. For example: For young students: How much does a can of
cranberry cost? For middle grade students: How much would
it cost to buy a can of peas and a can of corn? How much change
would you get if you paid for those two things with a $5 bill?
How much would a 20-pound turkey cost? For older students:
Use the store ad to plan a complete Thanksgiving dinner for
you and your family. (You might allow students a $30 budget.
Or you might give them complete freedom and ask them to total
the cost of their feast; how much would that feast end up
costing per person?)
- Graphing - Invite students
to manage a canned-food drive that will collect food for a
local shelter in the weeks ahead. Graph the number of items
that are collected each week. Post the graph over the collection
bin as motivation to students to "beat" last week's
total. (Optional activity: Run the food drive for one week
and graph the total number of items collected by category,
for example, foods in cans, boxes, bags, jars, and other.
- Thanksgiving
Word Puzzles - from KidsDomain - Printable Word Searches and
CrossWord Puzzles as well as Online Word Searches.
- Thanksgiving
Crafts - from KidsDomain
- Thanksgiving
Games & Activities - Classroom Games & Activities
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