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Thanksgiving Lessons Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the first Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson plan, students create a KWL chart on what they know about the first Thanksgiving and conduct Internet research on this topic. Learners use a Venn diagram to compare and...
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Thanksgiving Coupon Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a Thanksgiving coupon book. In this holiday lesson, students review the history of Thanksgiving and create coupon books to give to someone who they are thankful for.
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Arthur's Thanksgiving

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate Thanksgiving by reading a children's book.  In this holiday lesson plan, students read Arthur's Thanksgiving by Marc Brown and create a turkey fact book after reading an electronic encyclopedia.  Students bring in...
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Thanksgiving Through Literature

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students dramatize scenes from the picture book Turk and Runt. In this holiday activity, students view the book Turk and Runt and identify the events of the text. Students dramatize scenes from the text to demonstrate comprehension.
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Thanksgiving Words in Alphabetical Order

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, students examine 8 holiday-related terms and then put those terms into alphabetical order.        
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Thanksgiving Handwriting Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, students examine 4 holiday-related terms and then trace each of them to practice their printing skills.
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Happy Thanksgiving: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this word recognition worksheet, students trace the words "Happy Thanksgiving," write the words independently, and color the picture of the Thanksgiving scene.
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Funny Thanksgiving Food

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving music activity worksheet, students follow the instructions provided to color the 7 foods according the piano keys featured.
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Thanksgiving Harvest Cut and Paste

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, young scholars cut pictures and pas them in the correct place, then color the picture. Worksheet references a web site for additional activities.
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Thanksgiving Day Activities Stative Verb Review

For Students 6th - 9th
In this Thanksgiving-themed stative verbs worksheet, students read 10 sentences, mark the incorrect forms of the verbs in the sentences, and write the correct forms above those that are incorrect.
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Thanksgiving Crossword

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this crossword worksheet, students use the word box and the 7 clues to help them complete the Thanksgiving crossword puzzle.
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Thanksgiving Word Search

For Students 1st - 4th
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, students use the 16 holiday foods in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.
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Thanksgiving for Kids

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, 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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Thanksgiving Challenge - Word Search

For Students 5th
In this holiday word search worksheet, 5th graders locate 40 words associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. They use the words that are shown in a word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving Word Search

For Students 2nd - 6th
For 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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I'm Thankful For...

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
For this Thanksgiving activity worksheet, students consider the things they are thankful for in their lives and then write about them on the lines provided.
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Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students complete a 6 clue crossword puzzle. They look at 6 black line pictures associated with Thanksgiving, match them to the words in the word bank, and insert the words into the crossword puzzle.
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Thanksgiving Counting

For Students K - 2nd
In this Thanksgiving counting worksheet, students count the Thanksgiving themed imaged and circle even or odd depending on whether there is an even or odd amount of each image. There are 5 counting exercises on this page.
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Thanksgiving Verb and Noun Exercise

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Thanksgiving grammar activity, students read 10 sentences and underline the verbs and nouns in the sentences. The activity has a Thanksgiving theme.
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Thanksgiving Celebrations

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Thanksgiving learning exercise, learners research and survey why the annual holiday, Thanksgiving, is celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November.
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Thanksgiving Feast Word Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet , students unscramble 12 words pertaining to Thanksgiving and write them on the lines provided. There is no word bank.
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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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Happy Thanksgiving Acrostic

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this acrostic poem learning exercise, students use the letters in the word "Thanksgiving" to write an acrostic poem. Students write 12 lines for the poem.