Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Math

Corn Addition Worksheet – Using corn shapes as manipulatives, students will add the corn and write the numbers.

Thanksgiving Icon Patterns – We will use thanksgiving icons to create and add on to patterns in our classroom.

Language Arts

I Am Thankful Book – We will make a class book full of things each student is thankful for. The book will be put together and placed in our library for students to read during reading time.

Books:

A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson

Over the River and Through the Woods illustrated by

John Gurney

Sometimes It’s Turkey---Sometimes It’s Feathers by

Lorna Balian

Arthur’s Thanksgiving by Marc Brown

Farmer Goff and His Turkey Sam by Brian Schattell

Best Thanksgiving Book by Patricia Whitehead

Oh, What A Thanksgiving by Steven Kroll

‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey

Social Studies

Online Interactive First Thanksgiving – We will take a look into the journey the pilgrims took on the Mayflower as well as their daily life once they arrived to Plimoth Colony, and the first Thanksgiving Feast on the Scholastic website. http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Mayflower Voyage Map – We will make a large map to show the intended route and the actual rout the Mayflower took to get from England to Plimoth.

First Thanksgiving Reenactment – students dress up as pilgrims and Native Americans to sit down and eat the first Thanksgiving dinner together. Students will have on bonnets, pilgrim hats, and Native American headbands and vests.

Music

10 Little Indians

Art

Handprint Turkey – we will make turkeys out of our handprints, colors, papers, and glue.

Native American Girl Puzzle – Students will each get their own Native American girl to color and cut out to make a puzzle that will last them for days of fun during your holiday vacation.

Indian Headbands – Each student will make an Indian headband with feathers and construction paper.

I am Thankful Quilt – Each student will make a square that says why he or she are thankful with an illustration. We will then paste all the squares together to make a large class quilt to display on out bulletin board.