Thanksgiving Lesson Plans, Books, Crafts, and Projects for Primary Age Kids
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Posted by Megan Sheakoski Nov 13, 2008 |
Thanksgiving Day is the United States is just two weeks away and teachers across the country are busy getting Thanksgiving themed lessons and activities together for their students. To make life a little easier during this busy time I’ve compiled a list of all of my Thanksgiving themed lessons, projects, crafts, and trade book recommendations.
Thanksgiving Writing Lesson Plan
- Students create a Thanksgiving How-To Book during this explanatory paragraph writing unit.
- Primary students learn about estimation, fractions, states of matter, and measurement while making a pumpkin pie from scratch.
- Elementary teachers can use this list of Thanksgiving themed children’s books and lesson ideas to teach students about Thanksgiving.
- Teachers can teach students to make predictions, identify math patterns, make a collage, respond to writing prompts, and make a turkey bulletin board during this Thanksgiving and turkey themed unit.
- During this Thanksgiving themed writing project students interview a family member or friend about their early Thanksgiving experience and write about it.
- Kindergarten teachers can use One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by B. G. Hennessy (Puffin Books, 1999) and a puppet craft to teach about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the first Thanksgiving.