Less than $5 Elementary School Thanksgiving Resources

Just print and play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Classical Space Tale listening sheets combine music appreciation with an intergalactic theme! Students compose their epic space tales by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar space objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

What's Included:

• Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object
• 20 Space Tale Listening Sheets
• 20 Space Tale Drawing Pages

★ Easel Activity ★ Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose from keyword lists that describe their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.

Featured Compositions:

1. Appalachian Spring, Copland
2. Awakening, Curiale
3. New England Holidays, Ives
4. Symphony No. 3, Copland
5. The Tender Land Suite, Copland
6. Quiet City, Copland
7. Green Hills, Alwyn
8. Song for Harvest Season, Ives
9. Turkey Trot, Bernstein
10. Badinerie, Bach
11. Divertimento, Bernstein
12. Autumn, (Four Seasons) Vivaldi
13. Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Haydn
14. Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-Flat Major, Mozart
15. Kinderszenen, Schumann
16. Piano Concerto No. 3, Beethoven
17. Pilgrims, Rorem
18. English Horn Concerto, Rorem
19. Autumn Legend, Alwyn
20. Festival March, Alwyn

Enhance your Thanksgiving lessons with this dynamic and meaningful Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentation. This resource offers a well-rounded journey into Thanksgiving history, traditions, and the spirit of gratitude, designed to engage students through discussion, reflection, and interactive visuals. Here’s why this Thanksgiving resource is an essential addition to your classroom:

Why Should You Use This?

Thanksgiving is more than a holiday, it's an opportunity to explore gratitude, kindness, and community themes. This presentation helps students connect the historical roots of Thanksgiving to personal reflection, making the holiday’s lessons relevant and memorable. By blending facts with reflective questions, students can see Thanksgiving as a time for learning, giving back, and recognizing the values of thankfulness and togetherness.

What Skills Are Students Working on with This Resource?

This resource encourages critical thinking, active listening, and self-reflection, making it ideal for classrooms focused on developing empathy and historical awareness. Through questions that spark discussion, students work on their social and emotional skills, especially considering their own experiences with gratitude and community. Additionally, this presentation supports comprehension and verbal communication skills as students discuss, share, and deepen their understanding of Thanksgiving.

This resource includes:

• Slide 1: What is Thanksgiving?
• Slide 2: The History of Thanksgiving - Part I
• Slide 3: The History of Thanksgiving - Part II
• Slide 4: Cooperation Between Native Americans and Pilgrims
• Slide 5: Who was Squanto?
• Slide 6: Thanksgiving Traditions
• Slide 7: Thanksgiving Around the World
• Slide 8: Giving back: Acts of kindness on Thanksgiving
• Slide 9: Gratitude
• Slide 10: How Can I Be More Grateful?
• Slide 11: Thanksgiving Self-Reflection
• Slide 12: We have learned about - Thanksgiving Day

Formats:

• Powerpoint
• PDF
• Google Slides
• Keynote
• JPG images

Build fact fluency and no prep? Done and done. SPANISH SUBTRACTION color by number worksheets are perfect for building fact fluency and keeping your fast finishers engaged. SUBTRACTION color by code math coloring pages mystery pictures have a super adorable NOVEMBER theme. These SUBTRACTION math worksheets are perfect for fast finishers, morning work, math centers and substitute math plans.

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These journal pages are designed to promote creative writing with a "thankfulness" theme. This packet contains 10 writing prompts which can be used with beginning writers as well as students who are more accomplished writers. Blank lined writing pages are included for students who need more space for their stories. Two covers are included in this set... one with a Thanksgiving theme and one cover that is not holiday themed.

Fun, engaging practice:

Students enjoy this engaging activity to practice multiplying and dividing fractions. Students have fun revealing the picture created using correct answers. Students will troubleshoot incorrect answers and persevere in solving the problem correctly.

Self-checking as image is revealed by correct answers.

What's included:

• Google sheet of picture reveal.

How this product is useful:

• Engaging review of multiplying and dividing fractions.
• Students will troubleshoot and persevere in solving problems.
• Self-checking.
• Can be assigned digitally or used in centers.
• Fun Thanksgiving theme.

This is a perfect worksheet to have students practice multiplication of fractions. Students will look at the recipe and change it so it feed 4 servings instead of 1. They will need to take the fraction measurements and multiply them by 4. A Thanksgiving themed math worksheet.

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This Turkey is completely editable , Perfect for November and December activity combines creativity with math skills as students solve math problems to design their own Turkey . Whether practicing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division . you can Display their work on a vibrant autumn-themed bulletin board to celebrate the season. Ideal for elementary classrooms, this resource promotes engagement, critical thinking, and fine motor skills.

What's Included :

• PAGE : 12 PAGES
• FILES : PPTX + PDF
• SIZE : 8.5'' x 11''

Create a delightful Puppet Turkey Paper Bag Craft Activity perfect for young learners to celebrate Thanksgiving and fall! This engaging, hands-on craft allows kids to make their own turkey puppet using a simple paper bag, construction paper, and a few colorful feathers. With easy-to-follow instructions, this activity is ideal for preschool and elementary classrooms, enhancing fine motor skills, creativity, and seasonal learning. The Puppet Turkey is great for storytelling, imaginative play, or as a festive decoration. This craft activity is perfect for Thanksgiving crafts, fall classroom activities, or family bonding time.

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Get ready for a fun and interactive Thanksgiving craftivity with this unique Turkey Coloring Page! In this creative activity, students will color and assemble a turkey holding a flag, with movable parts. The interactive feature allows the turkey’s flag to move, adding an exciting element to the project. This craft is perfect for developing fine motor skills and creativity while giving students a chance to celebrate Thanksgiving in a hands-on way. Great for classroom displays or take-home projects, this resource brings the holiday spirit to life! Ideal for grades K-3.

This resource includes:

• Bulletin board poster
• Bulleting board frame
• 3 printables - one for a collage and the other for coloring
• flag to write Thanksgiving notes

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Thanksgiving Alphabet Kitten Matching Fun!

This set of Thanksgiving Alphabet Sort/Match for Preschool through First grade makes the perfect Holiday activity for your Alphabet Literacy Centers or Morning Baskets for alphabet review. With 130 ABC alphabet Thanksgiving Kitten themed sorting cards students have the opportunity to recognize their upper-case and lower-case alphabet letters and sort/match them to the coordinating 156 ABC letter Thanksgiving Kitten themed cards. Your Prek-1st grade will love matching the Thanksgiving Kittens.

This packet includes:

5 activities to help the student with Alphabet Identification that way you can choose the Thanksgiving Kitten Sorting activity that will best benefit the student and their needs.

1. Upper Case Letters

2. Lower Case Letters

3. Upper/Lower Case (Az,Bb,Cc)

4. Upper Case 3 object sort/match (Students will chose the 3 themed cards (a Slice of Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Latte, Thanksgiving Cupcake) and place them in the Circles of the correct Kitten it sorts/matches with.

5. Lower Case 3 object sort/match (Students will chose the 3 themed cards (a Slice of Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Latte, Thanksgiving Cupcake) and place them in the Circles of the correct Kitten it sorts/matches with.

You will receive the following Digital Resources:

130 Thanksgiving Kitten Letter Sorting Cards:

• 26 Upper Case themed letter sorting cards
• 26 Lower Case themed letter sorting cards
• 26 Upper/Lower Case themed letter sorting cards
• 26 Upper Case themed letter 3 object sorting cards
• 26 Lower Case themed letter 3 object sorting cards

156 Thanksgiving Themed Letter Cards to match Kittens

These worksheets are easy to complete.

❤️Just Print them out “Recommend Card Stock for Durability”

Cut on the perforated lines “Recommend Laminating for Durability”

Your 1st-2nd Grade students are then ready to go and will love getting into
the season by finding the themed alphabet kitten match card to the correct
Thanksgiving themed Kitten sorting mat.

For practice of Fine Motor Skills Velcro could be added

USE THIS RESOURCE FOR:

Independent Work

Morning Baskets

Daily Review

Literacy Centers

Early Finishers

Morning Menus

Intervention

Homeschoolers

Small Groups

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Thanksgiving Upper and Lower Case Alphabet Letter Identification Match

These Turkey Letter Match Mats are for Upper/Lower Case letters A-Z as well and are great for Alphabet Review.

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Snippet: Disguise your turkey with 13 creative outfits in this fun cut-and-paste activity! Perfect for fine motor skill development, these crafts are ideal for preschool and kindergarten classrooms.

Contents: This Turkey in Disguise Cut and Paste Crafts set includes 13 unique and themed turkey disguises, each with its own fun outfit for students to cut out and glue together. From a chef to a pirate, a cat, and more, students will love seeing their turkeys transformed! Each craft comes on a standard 8.5x11 size page with easy-to-follow cutting lines and an image of the finished turkey in the top corner as a reference. Teachers simply need to print the pages, and students are ready to start crafting!

How the Product is Used: Teachers just print each 8.5x11 page, and students will cut out the pieces and glue them together to create their own disguised turkey. Each page features a different turkey design, with clearly visible lines to guide cutting and assembling. Students can follow along with the small image in the top corner to ensure their craft looks just like the reference. This activity is perfect for building fine motor skills, encouraging creativity, and adding a fun, seasonal twist to the classroom.

Why You’ll Love This Product: Teachers will appreciate how easy it is to prep this no-fuss craft project—simply print and go! The turkey disguises offer endless fun for students while supporting the development of fine motor skills through cutting and gluing. The creative themes—from a pirate to a construction worker—make each craft exciting and different, keeping students engaged throughout the activity. Students will love showing off their uniquely disguised turkeys and teachers will love the fun and easy classroom decorations they provide.

Features:

• 13 unique turkey disguises, each with a different themed outfit.
• Easy-to-cut lines and separate pieces for building each disguise.
• Finished image in the top corner for guidance.
• 8.5x11 size pages for convenient printing.
• Encourages fine motor skill development through cutting and pasting.
• Ideal for preschool and kindergarten.

How This Product Can Be Used in the Classroom or Other Educational Settings:

1. Preschool classrooms: Great for a fun and festive craft activity that helps with fine motor skills.
2. Kindergarten classrooms: Ideal for a seasonal craft project that brings creativity and excitement.
3. Homeschool environments: Incorporate into your fall and Thanksgiving lessons for hands-on learning.
4. Daycare centers: Perfect for a group activity that allows kids to explore their creativity while practicing their cutting and gluing skills.
5. After-school programs: Use as a fun, low-prep craft to engage students while providing fine motor practice.

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Engage your students with this set of 4 Turkey Reading Comprehension Passages, perfect for the Thanksgiving season.

The passages are ideally suited for students in the 2nd to 3rd grade, but they can also serve as a useful resource for 4th graders.

Each passage is accompanied by multiple-choice questions designed to enhance comprehension and answer keys.

They delve into various turkey-related topics, including:

• The Life Cycle of a Turkey: This passage provides an in-depth look at the fascinating journey from egg to adult turkey, offering insights into each stage of a turkey’s life.
• Wild vs. Farm Turkeys: This passage contrasts the lives of wild turkeys and farm-raised turkeys, highlighting their differences in lifestyle, behavior, and appearance.
• How Turkeys Communicate: This passage explores the unique sounds and ways turkeys communicate with each other, shedding light on their complex social interactions.
• The Role of Turkeys in Thanksgiving: This passage delves into the historical and cultural significance of turkeys in Thanksgiving celebrations.

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• Turkey Informative Writing
• Canadian Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passages
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• Turkey/Thanksgiving word search & Crossword Puzzle and Word Scramble

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Thanksgiving Theme Preschool Unit Lesson Plans

Overview: Dive into the world of Thanksgiving with this engaging and educational unit designed for GA Pre-K, but adaptable for any preschool setting. This comprehensive set of lesson plans includes various activities to foster phonological awareness, literacy, and creativity, all centered around the fun and familiar theme of farms. Perfect for young learners, this unit provides a rich, interactive experience that will keep kids excited and motivated.

Key Features:

• Adaptable for Various Settings: Designed for GA Pre-K but versatile enough to fit into any preschool curriculum.
• Interactive and Engaging: Each activity encourages active participation, helping children stay focused and engaged.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Addresses multiple areas of early childhood education including literacy, phonological awareness, social skills, and physical development.
• Easy-to-Follow Plans: Clearly laid-out lesson plans make implementation straightforward for teachers, with step-by-step instructions and materials lists.

Benefits for Students:

• Enhanced Literacy Skills: Through storytime, phonological activities, and interactive discussions.
• Improved Social Skills: Collaborative activities and group discussions foster teamwork and communication.
• Development of Fine Motor Skills: Through craft projects and hands-on activities.
• Physical Activity: Music and movement sessions promote physical health and coordination.

Thanksgiving Theme Preschool Unit Lesson Plans Thanksgiving adventure with this Thanksgiving Theme Preschool Unit Lesson Plan, and watch your students thrive through fun and engaging educational experiences!

Check out this "I am not a turkey" creative writing resource for some Thanksgiving or fall fun! Use it as a Thanksgiving party station, center, morning work or just for November creative writing fun. Three differentiated writing pages perfect for young learners to turn on their imagination when envisioning what else could the turkey be? Is it in disguise? Students can label, write a simple sentence or top it off with a story about their creation. Perfect to get those creative juices flowing.

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❤️Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Thanksgiving in your classroom? Your students will love expressing their creativity and gratitude with these Thanksgiving themed writing prompts! Practice spelling, creative writing, coloring, fine motor skills, and more (22 pages)!

✏️Use these writing projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' festive creativity!

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⭐️Great for centers, sub tub, independent seatwork or extra practice at home for your kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade learners! Differentiated to accommodate all skill levels in your classroom.

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☑ I am thankful

☑ My favorite Thanksgiving food is...

☑ My favorite part of Thanksgiving day is...

☑ It would not be Thanksgiving without...

☑ I can show gratitude by...

☑ It is important to be thankful because...

☑ The person I am most thankful for is...

☑ We celebrate Thanksgiving because...

☑ A favorite Thanksgiving memory is...

☑ I am most thankful for...

☑ If I could invite a famous person to dinner, I would invite...

☑ Every year on Thanksgiving, my family...

☑ I am thankful for...

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Looking for a high-engagement, Thanksgiving-themed resource to teach author’s purpose? This Thanksgiving Author’s Purpose Unit is perfect for grades 5-7 and provides students with five unique, double-sided passages (10 pages total) to help them practice identifying and analyzing different author’s purposes—all with a festive, fall twist!

This resource includes everything you need for a whole-group lesson, centers, or intervention, and is perfect for engaging students with seasonal content while building critical reading skills.
What’s Included:

• A complete 75-minute lesson plan that guides students through understanding author’s purpose, with adaptable options for different teaching formats.
• 5 double-sided passages, each representing a different author’s purpose (Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Instruct), all tied to Thanksgiving topics!
• Interactive slides and guided notes: Use the 12-slide deck to introduce or review author’s purpose while students complete fill-in-the-blank notes to stay engaged.
• Multiple-choice and open-ended questions for each passage: Help students analyze the author’s intent, tone, and type of text.

Sample Thanksgiving Passages Include:

• A persuasive speech from a turkey asking to be saved!
• A critical speech on Thanksgiving’s environmental impact.
• An entertaining story of a Thanksgiving disaster.
• A step-by-step instructive speech on how to cook Grandma’s famous stuffing.

This resource is ideal for teaching the author’s purpose in a fun, seasonal way with relevant Thanksgiving content that students will love. Whether you use it for whole-group instruction, stations, or small-group intervention, your students will be "thankful" for how engaging this resource is!
What’s Included:

• 75-minute lesson plan
• 5 double-sided, Thanksgiving-themed passages (10 pages total)
• Slide deck and fill-in-the-blank guided notes
• Multiple-choice and open-ended questions for each passage

Help your students master the skill of identifying author’s purpose while enjoying Thanksgiving-themed content! Perfect for ELA centers, whole-class lessons, or small-group intervention.

Get your students ready for Thanksgiving with a fun and festive way to practice equivalent fractions!

What's Included?

• Shading for Equivalence: Students will shade the corresponding portion of each feather.
• Missing Numerator Mystery: Students will write the missing numerator.
• Answer Key

⭐Thanksgiving Narrative Writing: How the Turkey Escaped the Dinner**⭐**

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Looking for a fun way for students to celebrate Thanksgiving while also practicing their counting skills?

This Thanksgiving I Spy Game is perfect for classroom activities or at-home fun! This printable seek-and-find worksheet is filled with seasonal designs that challenge kids to find and count objects, making learning feel like play.

Here’s how you can make the most of this I Spy Game in your classroom:

Morning Warm-Up Activity: Start the day with a fun, low-prep task by using it as a “bell ringer.” It’s a great way to help students settle in and get focused right from the start.

Counting & Math Practice: Let students count and record the objects they find, naturally building their basic counting and early math skills. You can even extend the activity by having students create simple addition or subtraction problems based on their findings.

Focus and Observation Exercise: Use it as a calm-down activity to help students practice visual discrimination and focus on details. This makes it ideal for students who need a bit of extra help sharpening their observation skills.

Group or Partner Activity: Have students work in pairs or small groups to complete the I Spy game. It’s a fun way to build teamwork and communication skills while keeping students engaged.

Seasonal Brain Break: Use it as a quick “brain break” or reward activity. It provides a structured yet fun break that keeps kids focused and excited without disrupting your classroom flow.

This Thanksgiving Seek and Find Printable activity is a flexible, engaging resource to add to your seasonal toolkit, perfect for mixing fun with learning!

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Grab these Thanksgiving Word Problem Task Cards to keep your students engaged during the holiday season and practicing their multiplication and division facts!

Topics Covered

• Multiplication and Division
• Word Problems
• Real-World Math Applications

Included

• 12 Task Cards
• Student Recording Sheet
• Answer Key

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Engage upper elementary students in November math centers with this set of Thanksgiving-themed task cards for solving math word problems. 24 task cards to practice solving multiplication and division story problems available in digital and print options. Students will solve one-step multiplication & division story problems and determine if they need to multiply or divide to find their answer. (4 CHALLENGE problems with multi-steps).

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Do your students struggle to choose the correct operation when solving math story problems?

Solving word problems can be very challenging for students. These task cards provide real-world examples to practice and reinforce for solving multiplication and division story problems. Perfect for math centers, intervention, distance learning, independent practice, or small group lessons.

Are you looking for a Thanksgiving math activity that is rigorous and based on standards? 

These thanksgiving-themed multiplication and division task cards are a fun way to get students in the holiday spirit but still focus on a critical math skill. Choose to use these for math centers or play a class game of Scoot before Thanksgiving break.

Are you tired of trying to come up with story problems on your own?

Thinking of story problem questions on your own can take forever. SAVE TIME and ENERGY with these ready-to-go math story problem task cards that provide students with real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving multiplication and division story problems. 

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24 math word problem task cards available in the following formats:

★ Short answer task cards

★ Multiple choice task cards

★ Color printing

★ Black & White printing

★  Digital Task cards for Google Slides 

★ Self-grading Google Form Digital Task cards 

★ Easel Activity

★ Answer Keys

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WHO?

These multiplication and division task cards are designed for third-grade and fourth-grade students, but could also be used for fifth-grade students who need additional support. 

Students will practice:

• Reasoning to determine if the unknown quantity can be found through multiplication or division 
• Solving multiplication and division word problems within 100
• Identifying the known and unknown quantities in the problem

An excellent resource for your upper elementary students to use during math centers! 

Common core aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

★ 20 Short Answer Thanksgiving-themed Task Cards

• Students solve one-step multiplication and division story problems. 

★ 20 Multiple Choice Thanksgiving-themed Task Cards

• Students choose between 4 answer choices
• Answer choices include the incorrect operation as an answer choice. 

★ 4 Challenge Task Cards (Short answer & Multiple Choice):

• Advanced multi-step math word problems include all four operations for students to practice solving more complex problems.

★ 2 Sets of Digital Task Cards Google Slides

• Digital Short Answer Task Cards- editable text box for students to type answers directly onto the slide

• Digital Multiple Choice Task Cards- draggable pieces for students to box the correct answer and cross out the incorrect choices

★ 2 Self-grading Google Forms

• Short Answer Self-grading Google Form- Question 1: Students choose the correct operation (multiplication or division), Question 2: students type in the answer.

• Multiple Choice Self-grading Google Form

• SAVE TIME with NO PREP and NO grading! 

• Provide students with immediate feedback

• The answer key is already input into the form for you

• Effortlessly collect data on student performance. 

Ways to use Self-Grading Google Form

• Students can use printable task cards during centers and record answers on the record sheet. Next, students input their answers into the Google form to receive immediate feedback.

• Students can complete task cards directly in Google form with a task card image uploaded for each question.

• Formative assessment

• Choose to add, delete, or chunk questions over multiple days and use the Google form as an exit ticket. 

Student Recording Sheets in multiple formats

• Blank record sheet with numbers only
• Fill in record sheet with word problem labels (scaffolding option)
• Spot in the corner to circle the operation used
• Record sheets with questions 1-20 only
• Record sheets with room for challenge questions

Answer Key

• Formatted on the record sheet
• Included in Google forms

Task cards include fall-themed math story problem questions for the month of November.

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WAYS TO USE TASK CARDS in your classroom: Ideas for fun holiday math activities and other ways to engage students before Thanksgiving break

• Play SCOOT- Place each card on a desk and give students the recording sheet. Students will scoot between stations as they solve problems. 

• Set up a scavenger hunt- place cards around the room as students do a gallery walk and work on solving problems in pairs or independently

• Four Corners for multiple choice- Determine which corner of the room will represent answers A, B, C, and D: display a digital version of the Task Card, give students thinking time, then students go to the corner of the answer they choose.

• Morning work, warm up, bell ringer- display task card digitally

• Small group guided practice- easily differentiate and scaffold in small math groups

• Mini lessons- guide and model how to solve word problems for students

• Independent practice during math rotations or math centers

• Partner work during math rotations or math centers

• Exit ticket or check for understanding using Google Forms

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HOW TO UTILIZE DIGITAL Task Cards?

• Project task cards on the whiteboard using the Google slides version 

• Students complete task cards directly in Google Form (use as a checkpoint, assessment, check for understanding)- super easy NO PREP paperless option

• Students complete task cards in Google slides or using the physical task cards, record answers on the record sheet, and then transfer answers to Google form.

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******NOTE if you’re interested in this resource but would like an interactive digital version, click here: Thanksgiving Math Word Problems Interactive Math Activity- Google Slides. The questions included are the same, but the resources are different.

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I hope your students love these fun Thanksgiving-themed word problem task cards for multiplication and division story problems!