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Thanksgiving Activities to Teach the First Thanksgiving and Turkey Craft

Ready to have your week before Thanksgiving planned? These activities are perfect to help teach your kindergarten and first grade students learn about the first Thanksgiving and to do a fun turkey writing activity! This Thanksgiving Activities Bundle is both lighthearted and full of truth about the REAL thanksgiving experience. Use the turkey craft to have students assess their writing conventions and to decorate your classroom or bulletin board! There are whole group and independent activities included.

$7.50

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Ready to have your week before Thanksgiving planned? These activities are perfect to help teach your kindergarten and first grade students learn about the first Thanksgiving and to do a fun turkey writing activity! This Thanksgiving Activities Bundle is both lighthearted and full of truth about the REAL thanksgiving experience. Use the turkey craft to have students assess their writing conventions and to decorate your classroom or bulletin board! There are whole group and independent activities included.

 

Included in The First Thanksgiving unit you will find:

  • Thanksgiving Vocabulary Cards
  • The First Thanksgiving KWL Chart
  • The First Thanksgiving Teaching Posters
  • The First Thanksgiving Web Graphic Organizer
  • Pilgrims KWL Chart
  • Pilgrims Can, Have, Are Graphic Organizer
  • Pilgrim Facts Writing Page
  • Native Americans KWL Chart
  • Native Americans Can, Have, Are Graphic Organizer
  • Native Americans Facts Writing Page
  • Me and the First Thanksgiving Pocket Chart Sort
  • Me and the First thanksgiving Venn Diagram Flip Book
  • Thanksgiving Then and Now T-Chart
  • Me at the First Thanksgiving Activity Page
  • Now and Then Pocket Chart Sort
  • Life Now and Life Then T-Chart
  • True and False Pocket Book Sort
  • We See Thanksgiving Emergent Reader
  • Thanksgiving Feast Ideas

 

Included in the Turkey Writing Craftivity:

The writing conventions that are assessed in this resource are:

  • writing with a beginning
  • writing with a middle
  • writing with an end
  • using periods
  • using capital letters
  • using the word wall
  • using spaces between words

 

Also included are:

  • Teacher Directions
  • Turkey Example
  • Turkey Templates
  • 4 Turkey Writing Templates
  • Writing Rubric
  • Create Your Own Writing Rubric
  • Student Checklists
  • Create Your Own Student Checklist
  • Parent Letters

 

Please let me know if you have any questions! I am happy to help and answer them before you make your purchase!

 

Happy Teaching!

Amanda Richardson

Mrs. Richardson’s Class

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