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Thanksgiving is a time for family, feasts and fun. It's the perfect time to learn about the Pilgrims coming to America and the Native Americans already living here. This educational set includes facts about the history and holiday of Thanksgiving "Then and Now.":

• Happy Thanksgiving! Two-Page Activity Set – Learn about how we get ready for Thanksgiving, the things we do on this holiday, and the foods that the Pilgrims are thought to have eaten during their first Thanksgiving feast.

• Family Fun and Feasts Crossword Puzzle – Learn about what we'll be eating at the family feast and what family fun we will have on this autumn holiday.

• Thanksgiving Then & Now Word Search Puzzle – Find and circle dozens of vocabulary words.

• Lined and Unlined Turkey-themed Stationery/Writing Paper – Teach how to write correspondence with the lined version, and use the unlined version as general writing paper.

Keywords: Thanksgiving | family | feast | Pilgrim | Mayflower | Native American | Indian | Plymouth | Massachusetts | traditions | turkey | Wampanoag | cranberry | harvest | parade | football

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.

Gobble up some fun this November with this 'Turkey’s Plea' Persuasive Writing Activity!

Do your students love a good debate? How about some Thanksgiving fun that will have them laughing and learning at the same time? In this pun-tastic activity, students will step into the feathers of a turkey and use persuasive writing techniques to convince their audience to enjoy an alternative main dish for Thanksgiving!

Perfect for grades 5-7, this print-and-go resource makes persuasive writing easy as pumpkin pie! No need to carve out extra prep time—this pack includes everything you need to help your students master ethos, pathos, and logos.

Key Features:

• Print-and-Go: Ready to use with minimal prep! Just print and you're good to go.
• Complete Lesson Plans: Two-day lesson plan included, covering notes, practice, speech writing, and optional presentations.
• Example Speech: A fun, turkey-themed example speech using ethos, pathos, and logos to help guide your students.
• Assessment Rubric: Assess students' speeches with a clear and detailed rubric, focusing on their use of persuasive techniques.
• Interactive Coloring: Students color-code persuasive techniques in the text, making learning both visual and engaging!
• Flexible and Customizable: Use with slides or handouts—perfect for in-person or virtual classrooms.
• ✍️ Perfect for November: Engaging activity for the entire month of November, incorporating seasonal themes with academic focus!

What’s Included:

• Guided notes on persuasive writing techniques (ethos, pathos, logos)
• Speech planning and final speech handouts
• Color-coded practice activity using Thanksgiving-themed examples
• Assessment rubric for evaluating student speeches
• Example turkey speech for teacher guidance
• Slides to present the material in class

Whether you’re preparing for the big Thanksgiving feast or looking for a creative way to teach persuasive writing, this Thanksgiving-themed activity will help students “carve out” their persuasive skills! Perfect for ELA and humanities teachers seeking a seasonal twist on persuasive writing.

Don't let this feather-light prep opportunity pass you by—add a little extra flavor to your November lessons and give your students something to gobble about!

A collection of 20 engaging writing prompts designed to inspire students to reflect on their Thanksgiving experiences, family traditions, and personal meanings associated with the holiday. These prompts encourage creativity, personal expression, and storytelling.

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Explore and learn all about Wild Turkeys with this interactive Fact File and Research Worksheet Activity booklet. Perfect for classroom use, homeschooling or as part of bird research projects. This printable worksheet pack is designed to engage young learners in informative writing about wild turkeys. Enhance essential research skills while delving into the captivating facts, diet, habitats, conservation efforts, characteristics and behavior of these amazing birds. This resource includes six cover options and three templates with sentence starters and prompts to guide your students. Answer keys and printable factual cards ensure accuracy and comprehension, while a decorative bunting banner provides a creative way to showcase your students work. Ideal for integrating into your science curriculum, this Wild Turkey Research Fact File Booklet promises to make learning about these amazing birds educational and enjoyable.

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• 6 Cover Templates,
• 3 Fact File Pages, (Interesting Facts, Information, Diet, Conservation Info, Characteristics and Behavior.)
• 11 Interesting Factual Cards,
• Answer Keys,
• Printable Bunting Banner Display.

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Dive into the spirit of Thanksgiving with this engaging Opinion Writing Worksheet pack. Featuring 10 prompts and includes picture prompts related to Thanksgiving, these worksheets are designed to foster narrative, opinion & informative writing skills. Students will sharpen their abilities in organization, providing evidence, crafting sentences & honing grammar, all while expressing their own ideas. These versatile prompts can be used for a range of activities, including opinion writing, sentence construction or as thought-provoking conversation starters during morning meetings.

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• 10 worksheets with a clean background for straightforward printing,
• 10 identical worksheets with a Thanksgiving-themed backdrop.

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This Thanksgiving Divide Fractions & Whole Numbers set includes a student’s version and a teacher’s version. They are 20 problems total. All positive fractions. Grade 3-10. Use for Thanksgiving or any time of the year. Prep Free! Independent!

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This project has students using real-world math skills to learn to perform calculations to plan a Thanksgiving dinner. They will use formulas (included) to learn how to compute quantities in recipes, how to determine percentages and use fractions, and other basic math skills used in everyday activities.

Are your students always asking "When will be ever USE this??" This short activity shows students a real world use for the math skills they learn every day.

This lesson was created for 7th and 8th grade, but could also be used successfully in upper elementary grades.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• Planning a Thanksgiving Dinner Math Activity/Handout

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• Planning a Thanksgiving Dinner Math Activity Answer Key

• Math Formula “Cheat Sheet”

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

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This Halloween Add and Subtract Unlike Fractions set includes a student’s version and a teacher’s version. They are 20 problems total. All positive fractions. Grade 3-10. Use for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep Free! Independent!

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this lesson.

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this lesson.

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this lesson.

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this lesson.

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This Thanksgiving Multiply Fractions & Whole Number set includes a student’s version and a teacher’s version. They are 20 problems total. All positive fractions. Grade 3-10. Use for Thanksgiving or any time of the year. Prep Free! Independent!

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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This Thanksgiving Add & Subtract Unlike Fractions set includes a student’s version and a teacher’s version. They are 20 problems total. All positive fractions. Grade 3-10. Use for Thanksgiving Day, or any time of the year. Prep Free! Independent!

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This Thanksgiving Add & Subtract Mixed Number Fractions set includes a student’s version and a teacher’s version. They are 20 problems total. All positive fractions. Grade 3-10. Use for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year. Prep Free! Independent!

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