As we near Thanksgiving, I always try to help my first graders to understand thankfulness. I teach in a low-socioeconomic school, but it is amazing what my students are thankful for anyway! This year I wanted to go digital so we could include our distance learners. Check out this video of the assignment I gave to my 1st grade students.
For the first year since I have been teaching, we only have school on Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. I'm trying to pack in as many activities as I can. We started learning about Thanksgiving last week and the kids are enjoying it! Do you need some last-minute Thanksgiving ideas?
My at-home learners will be reading about turkeys digitally with this passage. They will make a web to show me what they learned.
At school, we are using a printable version of the same passage. They love using these "pointers" that I made with drink stirrers and stickers!
This is a pocket dice graphing center. Students roll the die and tally and then graph their results. They love using the dry erase markers in the clear sleeves or page protectors.
Do your students like Bingo? Students can make their own Thanksgiving Bingo Game. Print in color or gray-scale and they can color.
Writing is always a priority in my classroom. I love these Thanksgiving picture vocabulary cards for my writing center!
After doing a lot of reading to build background knowledge, we embark on a Pilgrim writing journey! Check out this video. This shows 3 lessons combined. These pages came from my Fall Writing Unit.
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