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Have you heard about the 4th day of 4th grade celebration?!?! The first week of school is all about setting the tone for the year,
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Tired of the same old “trace your hand” Thanksgiving Activities? This post has lots of ideas to spice up the holiday season. (Did the word spice make you want a latte like it did me?) Check out the freebies we’ve included, and grab as many as you’ll use.
This is the perfect Thanksgiving activity to get your students in the holiday spirit! You can use these questions in lots of different ways. But whichever way you choose, your students are sure to have a blast!
Check out the blog post here or download the questions on TpT.
“What are you thankful for?”
It’s the most common Thanksgiving question, but reformatting the question a little can go a long way in encouraging your students to think more creatively. Check out the blog post or download some FREE gratitude worksheets from TpT.
Use this prompt picker to choose what to write about. Just press play and then pause.
Click here to download the Prompt Picker.
Check out this blog post to get a closer look at 20 awesome Thanksgiving Prompts or download this FREE paragraph writing activity.
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to build character (GRATITUDE) in your students. Gratitude is an important part of happiness, so implicitly teaching the skill can help your students grow up to be a happier people. Looking for some practical ways to teach gratitude? Check out this post!
Focusing on the things we have to be thankful for is a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving. Get your whole class in on it! Share editable rights to a Google docs with your students and set the timer! Have all the students add to the list at the same time. When the timer goes off, see how long your list is! You can add a little math into this activity too. Look for common answers and graph them. Your students can then create story problems based on their data!
You could also do a collaborative brainstorm. This post-it notes strategy for brainstorming would be really fun.
Before you pash the motatoes or pake the bie, you could try writing some Thanksgiving Spoonerisms.
Have you heard about spoonerisms? They’re a fun way to play with words. Check out this blog post to learn more.
Pass it on stories are a great way to collaborate and build a love for writing. Why not write a Thanksgiving Pass It On? Check out this blog post to learn more.
Check out this blog post to see what inspired this best-selling classroom whodunnit! This activity will become your favorite classroom thanksgiving tradition.
Check out this blog post for a whole bunch of Thanksgiving jokes. After you have fun reading them, have the students try their hand at writing their own jokes. (If they write any good ones, leave them in the comments!)
Here is a link to A Turkey Knocked on My Back Door from Gettin’ Creative. It has the lyrics and a video of a child singing the song, which is great for learning the tune.
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