Less than $5 4th Grade Thanksgiving Lesson
Fall Thanksgiving Writing Prompts
By Beth Hammett
FREE!!! 21 journal prompts and/or discussion starters with Thanksgiving themed prompts and visuals for ELA and history/social studies. .
Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons
By Qiang Ma
Teaching Social Studies/World Holidays through Close Reading and Fine Arts using GLAD strategies.
Materials include lesson plans and activity pages with both student version and teacher’s version (with teaching scripts).
Major components of the product:
- Student Package:
- 1 Info Organizer
- 1 Reading Passage
- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set ( with 4 questions)
- 1 Vocabulary Sheet
-Teacher Package:
- 1 Info Organizer with answers
- 1 Reading Passage with Close Reading marks
- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set with answers
- 1 Vocabulary Sheet with answers
- 2 Thanksgiving Is Black Line Drawings (with/without labels)
- 2 Thanksgiving Color Drawings (with/without labels) (Great for open house)
- 1 Vocab Poster with Post-it notes
- Lesson Plan embedded in 2 teaching scripts: 1 for Reading Passage and 1 for Text Dependent Questions.
This product is included in Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays.
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Related Lessons:
Holiday Word Search: Thanksgiving
All Thanksgiving Products
All Holiday Products
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Click a link below to see my other Close Reading Lessons:
Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays from Gail Gibbons
Plant:
Close Reading: Plant Unit
Close Reading: Apples
Close Reading: Corn
Close Reading: From Seed to Plant
Close Reading: Tell Me, Tree
Close Reading: The Fruits We Eat
Close Reading: The Pumpkin Book
Close Reading: The Vegetables We Eat
Animals:
Close Reading: Animal Unit
Amphibian:
Close Reading: Frogs
Arachnid:
Close Reading: Spiders
Bird:
Close Reading: Owls
Close Reading: Penguins!
Fish:
Close Reading: Sharks
Insect:
Close Reading: Monarch Butterfly
Close Reading: The Honey Makers
Close Reading: Ladybugs
Mammal:
Close Reading: Bats
Close Reading: Elephants of Africa
Close Reading: Polar Bears
Close Reading: Wolves
Close Reading: Whales
Reptile:
Close Reading: Alligators and Crocodiles
Close Reading: Dinosaurs!
Close Reading: Sea Turtles
Close Reading: Snakes
Environment:
Close Reading: Environment Unit
Close Reading: Caves and Caverns
Close Reading: Coral Reefs
Close Reading: Deserts
Close Reading: Marshes & Swamps
Close Reading: Rain Forests
Close Reading: Recycle!
Weather:
Close Reading: Weather Unit
Close Reading: It's Hurricanes!
Close Reading: It's Raining!
Close Reading: It's Snowing!
Close Reading: Tornadoes!
Season:
Close Reading: The Reasons for Seasons
Astronomy:
Close Reading: Astronomy Unit
Close Reading: GALAXIES, GALAXIES!
Close Reading: Planet Earth/Inside Out
Close Reading: The Moon Book
Close Reading: THE PLANETS
Matter:
Close Reading: States of Matter
Social Studies/Holidays:
Close Reading: Holiday Unit
Close Reading: Christmas Is ...
Close Reading: Easter
Close Reading: Halloween Is ... by Gail Gibbons
Close Reading: St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons
Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons
Close Reading: Valentine's Day Is ... by Gail Gibbons
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The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving All Around Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving All Around comprehension questions product is useful for students that read the book. The questions are placed in order with the book. Students can answer these questions as the book is read or after they have finished reading the book or listening to the book. While reading this book and answering these questions, students will learn about what they see outside in the fall, what to look for when seasons are changing, and the different activities they can partake in during the fall or near Thanksgiving.
Students can answer these short answer questions and multiple choice questions as they read book independently or they can use the text for lookbacks once the book is finished.
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Stone Soup - Sample lesson from Thanksgiving Dinner Theme Unit
By Sassycat Corner
Have you made Stone Soup with your upper grade students? They LOVE IT! Try this twist on the traditional reading and comprehension passages for Thanksgiving. These lessons focus on Thanksgiving Dinner! Open up a great discussion on the importance of sharing what we have with those who are less fortunate. This free activity includes a lesson plan for making stone soup, along with a four page pdf of the story "Stone Soup", and 2 comprehension pages - 1 multiple choice and 1 constructed response - to accompany the story. Like this free lesson! It's part of a larger theme unit - Thanksgiving Dinner. The large unit includes the following lessons. Click here to view the full unit! Thanksgiving Dinner Theme Unit - ELA, Math, and Science ★ Thanksgiving Then & Now paired reading passages with constructed response questions page, Venn Diagram, and three paragraph writing assignment. ★ The World’s Largest Pumpkin Pie reading passage with constructed response page and 8 math word problems involving all four operations. ★ Calories Count nonfiction science passage on what a calorie is and how many we often consume with our Thanksgiving meal. Includes a constructed response page and word problem page involving all four operations. ★ Homemade Cranberry Sauce recipe page with sequencing activity and math worksheet. ★ Pumpkin Pie in a Bag recipe page with science report form and question page. ★ Gobble! Gobble! Plan your own Thanksgiving dinner activity – complete with instructions, budget sheet, grocery list, menu page, and student / teacher scoring guides. ★ Stone Soup – When Sharing Benefits Everyone – Story, comprehension pages, directions for making stone soup, find a word puzzle, and a reader’s theater. ★ Bonus just for fun Family Dinner coloring page titled “Give Thanks”
Lesson Plan on the video 'The First Thanksgiving Story for Kids'
By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
This is a complete lesson plan based on the YouTube video 'The First Thanksgiving Story for Kids' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodJKjJ_VqY&t=15s) by LeFive Kids Playground. Learn all about the first Thanksgiving in this fun and educational animated video for kids! Join the Pilgrims on their exciting journey across the ocean on the Mayflower, and discover how they met the Native Americans and celebrated the very first Thanksgiving feast.
The lesson is designed for Grades 3 and 4, and it should last approximately 60 minutes. There many activities included, and their answers are provided at the end.
This video is perfect for teaching young children about the history of Thanksgiving in a way that is engaging and easy to understand. They will learn:
- Why the Pilgrims left England
- The Mayflower's wild voyage across the ocean
- The challenges of surviving in a new land
- The friendship between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans
- The first Thanksgiving feast and its traditions
- Plus, we'll have lots of fun along the way with silly characters, catchy songs, and amazing animation!
Thanksgiving Lesson Activities Gratitude Poem, Bulletin Board/Placemat
By Come Alive Communications
Teach Gratitude over Grumbling this Thanksgiving Season! This poem based complete lesson plan is perfect for pointing your students toward gratitude. This no prep activity pack will leave you and your students with grateful hearts and a beautiful hallway or bulletin board display complete with art and lettering!
Students will discover by focusing on gratitude over grumbling, their outlook changes and they become little gratitude magnets! With the poem as the anchor, students analyze and compare and contrast the two points of view and the effects of both.
Take a look at my preview for a better peek at what is included and the quality of my work.
Benefits to your students:
- The learning is beyond "I am thankful for..."
- They will be ENGAGED and excited
- They see the benefits of LIVING in Thanksgiving vs. A Season of Thanksgiving
- The final product is oh so cute!
Contents:
- Complete Teacher Directions
- An Original Gratitude Over Grumbling Anchor Poem for the lesson
- Compare/Contrast Activity with Key
- Cause/Effect Activity in Gratitude with Key
- Cause/Effect Activity in Grumbling with Key
- Poem Analysis Activity with Key
- 2 Versions of Writing Reflection in Color
- 2 Versions of Writing Reflection in Black and White
- Black and White Version of open write for older students
- THANKSLIVING IS- Bulletin Board Letter to Display Student Work
Perfect for:
Whole group instruction
Preparing Hearts for Thanksgiving
A Darling display of student writing about gratitude
Students in 2nd-5th Grades
Common Core Alignment:
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.4: I can describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a poem.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.9: I can compare and contrast two versions of the same story.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.8: I can recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non literal language.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5: I can refer to parts of poems when writing about a text.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.9: I can compare and contrast
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4: I can produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases s they are used in the text.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6: I can compare and contrast the point of view
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4: I can produce clear and coherent writing
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.5: I can explain how a series of stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a poem.
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.9: I can compare and contrast
✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.4: I can produce clear and coherent writing
You will❤️ it because:
Teachers will love the ease of the no prep print and go nature of the unit as well as the complete package from lesson plan to bulletin board display. Students will love it because it is a unique twist on Thanksgiving providing a different perspective in LIVING in gratitude.
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Science of Reading Small Group Comprehension & Vocabulary Lesson Thanksgiving
By Kile's Classroom
Science of Reading Knowledge Building Text and Vocabulary Routine with Paired Texts. Thanksgiving Traditions!
Get ready to supercharge your students' reading comprehension with our Science of Reading Knowledge Building Text and Vocabulary Routine with Paired Texts! This dynamic set is designed to seamlessly work on the different threads of the Language Comprehension strand of Scarorough's Reading Rope: Background Knowledge, Vocabulary, Language Structure, Verbal Reasoning, and Print Concepts. Not only will your students build knowledge, but also deepen their understanding through deliberate practice and spaced repetition of vocabulary and comprehension skills. With two related texts that are differentiated and paired with a strong vocabulary instructional routine, your students will be engaged and challenged to think critically about the text topics.
The set includes:
- An introductory read-aloud text to build knowledge.
- A comprehensive vocabulary routine to learn and remember important terms.
- 2 differentiated texts for independent reading that are paired with the introductory text. The vocabulary is repeated in this text.
- Comprehension questions that are designed to elicit effortful thinking for both texts.
- Independent student comprehension and vocabulary assessment activity.
- Vocabulary images to use during instruction
- Teacher tips to promote student engagement
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Special Education Thanksgiving Unit: One Week of Activities for SPED, Pre-k, K
By Specifically Sped
This special education, Thanksgiving Day, adapted social studies unit explains what Thanksgiving Day is, how we can celebrate it, and gives a definition of common or traditional Thanksgiving terms. Also included in this print-and-go bundle is a lesson plan for the week. Students will end this unit with a better understanding of our history and traditions of Thanksgiving Day. There are two levels included in this unit. Visuals are paired with text throughout the activities. This unit can be used for special education, preschool or kindergarten classrooms.
Thanksgiving Unit
Lesson Plan Included
Reading/LA
Vocabulary Cards: Level 1 and 2
Vocabulary Tracing
First Thanksgiving Book
Vocabulary Definition Match: Level 1 and 2
Thanksgiving Vs Not Thanksgiving Sort
Story Comprehension: Level 1 and 2
Math
Find and Count: Level 1 and 2
Counting: Level 1 and 2
Addition: Level 1 and 2
Subtraction: Level 1 and 2
Money (find the total): Level 1 and 2
Fine Motor
Symbol to Symbol Match: Level 1 and 2
Line Tracing
Cutting Practice: Level 1 and 2
Color by Number: Level 1 and 2
Color by Number: Level 1 and 2
This product is part of YEAR LONG HOLIDAY UNIT BUNDLE.
Holidays Included:
- Back to School
- Veteran's Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Valentine's Day
- St. Patrick's Day
- Groundhog Day
- Summer
- Columbus Day
What's in a bundle?
- Unit Lesson Plans
- Holiday Book
- Adapted Holiday Book
- Vocabulary Words
- Comprehension Practice
- Tracing
- Matching
- Counting
- Cutting
- Coloring
Each Unit includes a few of the following:
- Patterns
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Money
- Graphing
- More or Less Than
- Shapes
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THANKSGIVING TURKEY PARDON INFORMATIONAL READING
By SOWMYA SUGUMARAN
This product contains the true story of Thanksgiving turkey pardoning in two different formats. It can be printed as a flip book or as a packet (front and back). The product contains vocabulary and comprehension questions with an answer key page for teachers.
By Beth Hammett
Students make their own fact based or fictional Thanksgiving Storybooks then bind and share. These ready to use handout sheets are loaded with holiday graphics that include:
4 Title pages to color
4 The End pages to color
6 Coloring Frames with Speech Bubbles
16 Coloring Frames with Writing Spaces
Instructions for Use and binding with Optional Extensions (media)
32 slides of Thanksgiving fun that allows students to create their own books to share with classmates, families, and friends. Can be used as assessment for grammar/writing skills, as fact-based only stories, or as creative writing assignments.
Science of Reading Small Group Comprehension & Vocabulary Lesson - Thanksgiving
By Kile's Classroom
Science of Reading Knowledge Building Text and Vocabulary Routine with Paired Texts- Thanksgiving History
Get ready to supercharge your students' reading comprehension with our Science of Reading Knowledge Building Text and Vocabulary Routine with Paired Texts! This dynamic set is designed to seamlessly work on the different threads of the Language Comprehension strand of Scarorough's Reading Rope: Background Knowledge, Vocabulary, Language Structure, Verbal Reasoning, and Print Concepts. Not only will your students build knowledge, but also deepen their understanding through deliberate practice and spaced repetition of vocabulary and comprehension skills. With two related texts that are differentiated and paired with a strong vocabulary instructional routine, your students will be engaged and challenged to think critically about the text topics.
The set includes:
- An introductory read-aloud text to build knowledge.
- A comprehensive vocabulary routine to learn and remember important terms.
- 3 differentiated texts for independent reading that are paired to the introductory text. The vocabulary is repeated in this text.
- Comprehension questions that are designed to elicit effortful thinking for both texts.
- Independent student comprehension and vocabulary assessment activity.
- Vocabulary images to use during instruction
- Teacher tips to promote student engagement
Check out the product preview for details!
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THANKSGIVING TURKEY PARDON READING, WRITING CRAFT
By SOWMYA SUGUMARAN
This bundle includes informational reading on President's annual turkey pardon ceremony for Thanksgiving in 2 formats - flipbook and packet with comprehension questions and vocabulary. It also contains a. persuasive letter writing craft activity with teacher instruction, rubric, student checklist, and sample writing.