$5 - $10 Middle School Thanksgiving Activities

Engage your students with this fun and educational Dog Breed Research Project, perfect for ELA, research, and presentation skills. Designed for grades 4-6, this 4-day project ties into the National Dog Show, making it an ideal activity for Thanksgiving week, injury-based projects, or even independent practice. Whether you’re planning lessons for a substitute teacher, prepping for Thanksgiving break, or looking for an engaging way to boost student creativity, this resource has you covered!

What’s Included Slide Deck

• Objectives and instructions for each day to keep students on task and organized.
• Clear visuals and examples to guide students through each step of the project.

Informational Text and Questions

• “The National Dog Show: A Paw-sitively Amazing Event” (500 words, 4th-grade level)
• 5 text-dependent questions aligned to CCSS for grades 4-6, focusing on main idea, text structure, and author’s craft.

Dog Breed Research Guide

• Easy-to-use, scaffolded guide for students to research a dog breed of their choice.
• Covers key topics like breed basics, history, personality traits, care, and fun facts.

Project Ideas

• Options for every learner, including posters, Google Slides, one-pagers, or creative skits.
• Encourages differentiation and hands-on learning.

How It WorksDay 1: Build Background Knowledge

• Students read a fun, Thanksgiving-themed informational text about the National Dog Show.
• Answer text-dependent questions to develop comprehension and critical thinking.

Day 2: Research

• Students choose a dog breed and use books, websites, or articles to gather information using the provided Research Guide.

Day 3: Create the Project

• Students bring their research to life by creating posters, digital slideshows, one-pagers, or other creative formats.

Day 4: Presentations

• Students practice public speaking as they present their projects to the class.
• Celebrate learning with fun reflections or breed-themed superlatives!

Why You’ll Love It✔ Versatile and Low-Prep: Ideal for independent work, sub plans, or busy weeks like Thanksgiving!
✔ Student-Led Learning: Encourages creativity and ownership of learning while building critical research and presentation skills.
✔ Cross-Curricular: Combines ELA, research skills, and public speaking with real-world connections to the National Dog Show.
✔ Differentiation Options: Students can choose their own breed and project format, making it accessible and engaging for all learners.

Perfect For:

• Thanksgiving Week Activities
• ELA Research Units
• Independent Practice or Homework Assignments
• Sub Plans
• Injury-Based or Long-Term Projects

Standards Alignment

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1–4.5 (Reading Informational Texts)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7–4.8 (Research and Writing)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4 (Presentation Skills)

Bring learning to life and let your students explore the wonderful world of dog breeds! This 4-day project is not only a fun way to integrate ELA skills, but it’s also a great way to celebrate the unique bond between humans and dogs during the Thanksgiving season.

➡️ Add this resource to your lesson plans today and make your classroom a tail-wagging success!

These gratitude activities could help your students cultivate a sense of appreciation and thankfulness for the good things in life. It could enhance your students' overall well-being. They can help them focus on the positive aspects of their lives and foster deeper connections with others.

One of the strengths we want to develop and enhance is gratitude.

Gratitude enhances the well-being of our students. Practicing gratitude in the classroom helps our students to be happier, and more satisfied in life, have better physical health, sleep better, less fatigue, exhibit resiliency, helps strengthen relationships among teachers and classmates, and encourages the development of patience, humility, and wisdom.

Our gratitude lesson includes:

Gratitude activities

Gratitude certificates

Gratitude notecards

Get ready for Thanksgiving with this Thanksgiving Coordinate Grid Graphing Picture Bundle! This set of four engaging graphing activities will help your students practice their coordinate plane skills while enjoying a variety of fun, seasonal pictures. Each activity comes with two versions: one using only the 1st quadrant (positive coordinates) and one using all four quadrants, making it easy to differentiate for different skill levels. With no decimals, these activities are straightforward and accessible for all students.

What's Included:

• Four Unique Graphing Pictures:

1. Turkey Running Away Saying "Help": Students will plot points to reveal a funny picture of a turkey trying to escape!
2. Turkey Standing (Zentangle Option): After graphing the turkey, students can unleash their creativity by adding Zentangle designs to the feathers for a cross-curricular art extension.
3. Owl on a Tree Limb with "FALL" Text: A cute owl perched on a branch with the word "FALL" underneath, perfect for the autumn season.
4. Turkey in Disguise: A fun twist with a turkey dressed up in a disguise, sure to bring smiles to your students' faces.

• Two Differentiated Versions for Each Picture:

  • 1st Quadrant Only: Great for beginners who are just starting with graphing.
  • All Four Quadrants: A more advanced version for students who are comfortable working with both positive and negative coordinates.

• No Decimals: Coordinates are simple whole numbers, making it easy for students to graph accurately.

• Answer Keys: Complete answer keys for each activity to save you time and make grading easy.

Why You'll Love It:

• Engaging & Festive: These seasonal graphing activities add a fun, festive twist to coordinate plane practice, keeping students motivated and entertained.
• Skill Reinforcement: Students will improve their ability to plot points, understand the coordinate plane, and follow directions while creating fun, recognizable images.
• Versatile & Easy to Differentiate: With versions for both single-quadrant and full-quadrant graphing, this bundle can be used across different skill levels, making it easy to cater to the needs of all students in your classroom.
• Perfect for Sub Plans or Math Centers: These no-prep activities are ready to print and go, making them ideal for sub plans, math centers, early finishers, or homework assignments.

Whether you're looking to spice up your math lessons for the fall, need a fun activity for Thanksgiving, or want to add engaging, cross-curricular content to your classroom, this Thanksgiving Coordinate Grid Graphing Picture Bundle has you covered!

Teach kids about gratitude through yoga and mindfulness

Teaching kids about gratitude is a mindset that will benefit them for years to come. Research tells us that gratitude has many benefits, including greater life satisfaction and better attitudes about school.

Gratitude provides perspective for kids–they can learn to see through the eyes of others, and through that, they can learn to form healthy relationships with themselves and others.

For children, gratitude can be experienced through direct experience, through dramatization, and through adult modeling. We’ve included games, meditations, activities, crafts, and yoga poses to help get in touch with a sense of gratitude.

We hope you enjoy it!

Printable Gratitude Yoga Cards

Use this yoga and mindfulness activity packet to teach little ones about gratitude. Print and cut out our six yoga cards and use them in the classroom, yoga studio, or at home! Also included are written instructions for kids, giving cues for children to correctly practice each pose.

This packet includes:

• Six (6) printable yoga cards
• Four (4) gratitude mindfulness activities and tips for teaching mindfulness
• How-to instruction for each activity, written for kids
• Nine (9) coloring pages
• Journaling pages with prompts for kids

Gratitude Yoga is a 30 page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.

It's Thanksgiving!! It's Time for little kids to enjoy the festival and bring new out of their creativity, imagination, thinking, and artistic skills.

Give your little ones’ minds a workout with this Thanksgiving-themed sudoku pages.

Sudoku is a fun and challenging activity that helps people of all ages develop their logic and problem-solving skills. It's great way for kids to express themselves and relax.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 15 + Bonus (PDF)

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF file that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

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• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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a1- Imprime el frasco y las hojitas para los estudiantes. Tal vez solo quieras usar las hojitas y no el frasco y eso también se puede. Usa la actividad como sea más fácil para ti. bonus: acorn template

a2-Los estudiantes colorean los pavos siguiendo las descripciones que se les brindan (deben saberse los colores y los #).

a3- Hoja de colorear.

a4- Los estudiantes leen el cuento y contestan las preguntas.

a4.2 nivel avanzado de lectura

a5- Los estudiantes leen las pistas y descubren ¿Quién se Comió el Postre de Acción de Gracias?

a6- Los estudiantes buscan las palabras.

a7- Los estudiantes escriben acerca de las costumbres familiares.

a8-Para niveles más avanzados

a9- labeling

Unpavo template for teachers bulletin boards or student names.

Niveles Variados

This AVID Thanksgiving November Early Finisher Packet is designed to engage students with no-prep activities that reinforce WICOR skills (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading). Perfect for keeping early finishers productive, it offers Thanksgiving-themed worksheets and fun challenges. Ideal for 5th-12th graders, this packet is a great way to combine learning and seasonal fun!

Get this packet and one for every month of the year by purchasing the AVID Early Finisher Bundle HERE! :)

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Directions:

1. option 1- print and hole punch, students keep the pack in the AVID section of their binders and complete when they finish tutorials or class work early
2. option 2- use for sub plans in the month of November
3. option 3- students complete pieces of the packet each Friday through the month of November

21+ Pages Included in This Packet:

• A cover page
• SMART Goals reading passages with questions
• Academic turkey feather SMART goal writing
• Non-academic SMART goal writing page
• Categorizing Costa Thanksgiving questions (levels 1, 2, or 3) with answer key
• Studying strategies chart with questions and answer key
• Create your own mnemonic studying song for a core content area
• Effective studying Freyer model
• Reflection questions
• SAT vocabulary chart
• SAT vocabulary venn diagram
• Gratitude pumpkin activity
• Thanksgiving finish the story
• Sudoku with answer key
• Thanksgiving word search
• November this or that activity
• Finish the picture activity with the rule that it cannot be a turkey
• Thanksgiving coloring page with inspirational quote
• Favorites for fall page
• Maze challenge with answer key
• Binder bingo game for binder checks

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This activity features a rigorous yet engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 grammar-based puzzles about Thanksgiving!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Thanksgiving-themed Grammar Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are skills-based grammar tasks so that with this fun lesson, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave for Thanksgiving break until they solve 5 challenging grammar-based tasks about Thanksgiving!

• Match 'Em Up: In the first task, students must match every fun fact about Thanksgiving with the type of sentence (declarative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, subjunctive).
• Wanna Comma?: In the second task, students determine the comma rules used in fun Thanksgiving puns.
• Black Friday: In the third task, students must locate and correct homophones within a passage about the day after Thanksgiving.
• The OG Thanksgiving: In the fourth task, students must locate and correct present tense verbs within a past tense passage about the origins of Thanksgiving.
• Wise Words: In the final task, students must identify the parts of speech of words within a quote about being thankful in a matching game. Once complete, they must input all codes into a sentence to escape to Thanksgiving break!

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Sheet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This escape room is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal during the month of November.

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This bundle includes Fall Activities for Older Kids, Winter Activities for Older Kids, and Spring Activities for Older Kids at a 20% discount! These resource packs have fun, quick activities for middle school kids. Use these half page printables as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of seasonal fun to your classroom or home! Recipe math, acrostic poems, fall/winter/spring bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing and more! Ready with no prep...just print and go.

What's Included?

Fall Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: fall/autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 pages total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer Key

Winter Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: winter, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer key

Spring Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: spring, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mardi Gras
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer key

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Looking for other middle school resources?

Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet {plain and themed versions}

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Middle/High School

Holiday Toy Trends Mini Research Unit

Christmas Around the World - Who is/What is Cards

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Thanksgiving is almost here. Learn about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, and how people celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday today with our educational learning set.

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This set includes:

• Happy Thanksgiving! Two-Page Activity Set – With themed crossword, maze, word search (verbs) and craft activity focused on giving thanks.
• Thanksgiving Vocabulary Fun! Word Search Puzzle – 50 words that reinforce the vocabulary used in the Activity Set.
• Thanksgiving Symbols Crossword – Touches on people, foods and activities we often associate with this holiday.
• FREE Bonus – A-Mazing Pumpkin Puzzle – Giant maze that lets kids find their way to a freshly baked pumpkin pie.
• FREE Reading Log and Certificate Set – Themed set (turkey playing football) designed to encourage reading accomplishment.

Topics Explored: Thanksgiving | Pilgrims | Mayflower | Squanto | family | Plymouth | November | turkey | symbols | Native American

Make the perfect gift for anyone who Loves Pumpkins, This non screen activity can help your child to improve their pencil grip, hand-eye coordination as well as train their brain to focus. Coloring and drawing help kids to relax, self-regulate their mood and develop their imagination. 

What You will Get

• 13 Printable Coloring PAGES
• PDF + PNG Format
• HIGH QUALITY

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• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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Thanksgiving Day is right around the corner! Special education teachers, take advantage of these NO PREP file folder games for your small group math centers and independent work stations. These 7 activities are perfect for that short holiday week right before everyone goes on break! This bundle includes a Thanksgiving social story, practice for number identification, addition, subtraction and counting within 20!

• Pumpkin Pie Addition and Subtraction File Folder Game
• Thanksgiving Number to Number Match File Folder Game
• Thanksgiving Turkey Tablet Subtraction
• Thanksgiving Turkey Tablet Addition
• Thanksgiving Dinner Count File Folder Game

Download 6 ready made file folder games as well as a special BONUS Thanksgiving Day Social Story to share with your students.

Do you want to make learning about Native Americans and Indigenous People engaging? Do you want an inclusive classroom that celebrates diversity? Then download this Bundle Indigenous Peoples' Day Activity Research WebQuest and Games. In these engaging activities, students will learn about Indigenous culture, events, history, facts, and more! Great for homework, small group activities, sub plans, and virtual learning.

WEBQUEST

This comprehensive no prep research project allows students to learn about Native Americans' and Indigenous People's history as well as contemporary and local topics. This research activity is perfect for small group instruction, substitute plans, homework, and more! When you purchase this scavenger hunt resource, you'll receive the activity in both print and digital formats. The research questions provided allow for scaffolded instruction that can be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You can even use this lesson as a fun team-building or gamified activity. Your students are guaranteed to learn more about Native Americans with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

TRIVIA GAMES

Students will learn a lot about Indigenous culture, events, history, facts, and more! Students will enjoy answering multiple-choice questions with these three different trivia games for small groups or the whole class. Great for an attention-getter, brain break, engaging opener, or built into your lesson plans!

➟ A handout of questions is included to use as quiet seat work!

This resource includes:

• 35+ unique and relevant multiple-choice trivia questions
• HANDOUT of the questions (for quiet seat work)
• Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games.
• Answers
• Multi-part question WebQuest/scavenger hunt (The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers). Text boxes are all set, and ready to go!
• Reflection questions
• Instructions & Answer Key
• Website evaluation form
• Live links are provided on the last page of the resource
• Terms of Use

**The trivia game resource is similar to our Native American Heritage Month Trivia Games with an overlap of a few (3-4) questions. Buy both for lots of fun and engaging information!

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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.

This resource includes:

18 different sheets with 115 questions

• 1 poster explaining name brand vs. generic
• 1 poster with name brand & generic examples
• 6 worksheets where students check off if the item/ picture is name brand or generic
• 4 cut and paste worksheets where students sort name brand and generic items
• 1 grocery store flyer
• 1 worksheet sort using the grocery store flyer.
• 4 worksheets where students identify, and circle name brand or generic items show on a grocery store shelf.
• Teacher answer key included & suggested follow up activities.

This resource is Thanksgiving/ Fall themed but would still work fine year round. Some items featured are Thanksgiving themed. Examples of items: cranberry sauce, green beans, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, squash, etc.

This resource helps students to learn about name brand and generic items and identify the difference between the two.

The Thanksgiving Recipe Remix is a creative and engaging classroom activity that brings Thanksgiving-themed fun into a standards-aligned lesson.

Students get to craft their own unique twist on classic Thanksgiving dishes by combining traditional recipes with unexpected "twist" ingredients. Then, they’ll plan and present a persuasive commercial to “sell” their dish to the class.

This project is perfect for winding down before Thanksgiving break while keeping students’ reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills sharp. With recipe cards, twist ingredient cards, detailed worksheets for different grade levels, and a commercial planning sheet, this ready-to-go activity saves teachers planning time and provides students with an experience that blends creativity with academic rigor.

Bring some festive fun to your classroom—your students will love it!

This packet includes drawing, coloring, counting, reading, answering questions, a word search, brainstorming, and writing—all centered around Thanksgiving themes.

What’s Inside:

• Educational Reading Passage: Introduces students to the story of Thanksgiving with a historical narrative. This is the only page that might be best done reading it as a group for the younger grades.
• Reading Comprehension Questions: Test students’ understanding with multiple-choice questions and an open-ended prompt.
• Creative Brainstorming and Writing Prompt: Encourage gratitude-focused brainstorming
• "I can be Thankful" Writing: Use the Brainstorming to create a short writing entry on what students are thankful for this year.
• Seek, Color, and Count Activity: Fun for younger students to reinforce counting skills and color recognition. This all-in-one resource will add a touch of fun and learning to your Thanksgiving lesson plans, and teachers and students alike will enjoy it
• Thanksgiving Word Search: Boost vocabulary with holiday-themed words.
• Draw the other half: Carefully redraw the other half of a turkey. This can double as a coloring page.
• 7 Pages of work for the students, 1 example page, and 2 answer key pages for teacher use

This Thanksgiving packet allows students to work independently at their own pace, with little to no help. It is perfect for an afternoon of learning, or something extra they can do when they've finished their other work. You can print out the pages simultaneously to make a packet or use pages individually. Add a touch of fun and learning to your Thanksgiving lesson plans with this all-in-one resource that teachers and students alike will enjoy!

For this activity, you and your students will need access to Google Sheets. For best use, each student should have their own device.

Engage your students in a fun and interactive way with this Math Pixel Art Activity with Google Sheets! Perfect for reinforcing order of operations, this activity challenges students to solve order of operation problem to reveal a hidden pixel art picture. Each set gets harder as they go, allowing you to differentiate for students!

What you're getting:

• Pixel Art 1 - Level One (turkey)
• Pixel Art 2 - Level Two (pumpkin pie)
• Pixel Art 3 - Level Three (pilgrim hat)

There are 19 total problems in EACH pixel art, totaling 57 total problems.

How it works:

• Students will solve a series of order of operation problems, each corresponding to a color or section of a pixelated image.
• As they evaluate the expressions correctly, they "fill in" the picture, pixel by pixel, revealing a fun design at the end.
• The more problems they solve, the clearer the image becomes, providing instant feedback and a sense of accomplishment!

Why it's great for the classroom:

• Engaging & Interactive: Keeps students focused while practicing essential math skills.
• Instant Feedback: Students can immediately see the results of their work, motivating them to keep solving problems.
• Differentiation: Different levels of difficulty make it ideal for any classroom setting!

This Math Pixel Art Activity is a fantastic way to combine creativity with learning, making algebra fun and exciting for students of all ages!

Looking for a meaningful and engaging way to bring gratitude into your classroom this Thanksgiving season? This 4-Day Thanksgiving Toast Writing Unit has everything you need to help your students craft heartfelt toasts while building their public speaking and writing skills. It's print-and-go, includes interactive slides, and is loaded with fun Thanksgiving puns to keep your students motivated and inspired!

What’s Inside:

• Day 1: Kick off with a Do Now, note-taking, and brainstorming a mind map of gratitude.
• Day 2: Plan and draft your toast using a structured planning guide.
• Day 3: Revise with peer feedback and finalize the toast.
• Day 4: Present with style in a festive classroom setting!
• Bonus: Toast Awards (e.g., "Most Heartfelt," "Funniest Toast") to celebrate your students’ creativity!

What Makes This Resource Special?

• Complete Package: Includes detailed lesson plans, printable guided notes, slides, and awards.
• Flexible & Easy-to-Use: Print-and-go resources allow you to spend less time prepping and more time enjoying the activity.
• Interactive and Fun: Engage students with brainstorming activities, video clips, and a celebratory presentation day featuring pie and sparkling juice.
• Real-World Skills: Students practice public speaking, writing, and expressing gratitude—skills they’ll use for a lifetime!

Perfect For:

• Thanksgiving week lessons
• Middle school ELA or Speech classes
• Public speaking units

Teacher Tips for Maximum Impact:

• Bring in sparkling juice and pie to create a “Thanksgiving Toast Table” for presentation day.
• Set up a festive classroom with fall-themed decorations and soft background music.
• Use the included Toast Awards to celebrate students’ creativity and confidence.

Fall Autumn season | Thanksgiving Word Search are the best activities for brain teasing labyrinths, these exercises support learning through play by developing concentration and problem solving skills.

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WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 32 Pages

• ( PDF + PNG Files )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

This activity features a rigorous yet engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 Language Arts skills-based puzzles about Thanksgiving - for middle and high school!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Thanksgiving-themed Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with this fun lesson on a highly-anticipated holiday and impending vacation, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave for Thanksgiving break until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about Thanksgiving!

• Thanksgiving Fun Facts In the first task, students will read 8 fun facts about Thanksgiving and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages. When matched correctly, shaded boxes will reveal the first code.
• Word Maze: In the second task, students must solve a series of word mazes. Letters they collect along the way will form their second code.
• Figuratively Speaking: In the third task, students must identify the figurative language devices used in fun Thanksgiving sentences. Shaded boxes in the correct answers form the third code.
• Landing of the Pilgrims: In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of Landing of the Pilgrims by Felicia Dorothea Hemans, a perfect poem to study on Thanksgiving. Letters of the multiple choice question answers following the poem reveal their fourth code.
• Encrypted Message: In the final task, students must solve an encrypted Thanksgiving message using the codes and clues from the first four tasks. Once they decipher the quote about Thanksgiving and bring it to you, they are free to escape to Thanksgiving break!

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet (2 printing options)

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This escape room is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal for the day before Thanksgiving or any time during the month of November.

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Also, check out more great fall-themed and Thanksgiving products by Language Arts Excellence:

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