10th Grade Thanksgiving Activities

Fall Coordinate Grid Mystery Bundle- Thanksgiving Graphing-1st & Four Quadrants

By Modified Treasures

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!

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Colonial Pilgrim Values | Digital & Printable Artifact Scavenger Hunt Activity

By TaughtOught Homeschooling

Explore the world of Colonial New England and the Pilgrims with this artifact scavenger hunt. Get students engaged with the historical aspect of Pilgrim artifacts, but also strengthen their inference skills as they connect artifacts with Pilgrim values.

Please see the preview images for the use of the digital and printable activities.

~This product contains: One digital artifact scavenger hunt with graphic organizer One printable artifact scavenger hunt Answer key (possible answers too!)

~How can I use this product? The Scarlet Letter novel study unit (or other Pilgrim/Colonial literature story, such as The Crucible) Studying the history of Colonial New England Fun Thanksgiving Activity Any subject about Pilgrims and Colonies

$6.00

Thanksgiving Turkey Wing Dissection Fun Biology Hands On Anatomy Activity MYP

By Super Star Science

Are you looking for an engaging, hands-on fall themed activity to reinforce scientific process skills, comparative anatomy and proper lab safety practices? This AWESOME dissection includes all you need to hook your students on science- simply add turkey and chicken wings!

I do this lab near Thanksgiving break as an introduction to body systems and human anatomy. The kiddos feel like real biologists as they watch you dissect a turkey wing and then THEY dissect their own chicken wing! In this lab, we build lab skills, work cooperative in groups and enjoy the hard work.

What's Included?

★ Clear and easy to follow Google Slideshow

★ Editable Student Lab Worksheet

★ Focused Practice on the NGSS Science Process Skills

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on lab can be used with multiple age groups and requires 2 class periods to complete.

★ This lab that requires easy-to-access materials (chicken wings, scissors, gloves).

★ Use this as a scaffolded science inquiry investigation or as an introduction to anatomy, comparative anatomy, biology or human biology.

Topics Covered in this FULL Dissection Lab?

★ Following Detailed Dissection Procedures

★ Comparative Anatomy

★ Human Body Systems

★ Conducting Safe Lab Activities

★ Gathering Relavant Data

Nitty Gritty:

With this editable and printable product, students engage in the hands-on process of science and learn how to complete a fun anatomy dissection. The Thanksgiving Turkey Wing Dissection allows for practice of important science process skills and higher order thinking.

This assignment is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards for Science Process Skills and Biology.

What other teachers have said about Super Star Science products:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Stephanie C.H. Loved it!! What an engaging engineering challenge to use in online school and with younger grades! This activity is so well explained and set up. The visuals are very clear and the instructions make it easy to use this challenge without much work ahead of time.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Elizabeth D. I loved that was a simple, safe lab that forced students to really pay attention to the procedure. My students were excited by it and were engaged. I would highly recommend this lab!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Ann H. This is one of the most original and creative project-based lessons I have seen. Students are highly engaged in the subject matter and produce some truly amazing presentations.

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Check out a few of my other science and engineering resources.

*Marshmallow Catapults

*Science Careers & Fields Research Project- "Science 'Ology"

*The Rainbow Lab- Detailed Lab Procedures Practice

*Fun Video Claim, Evidence & Reasoning Analysis Activity Middle School

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$6.50

Turkey Addition & Subtraction 1 to 5 - Math Color by Number Code - BUNDLE

By The Students Palace

Color By Number features cute and adorable coloring page of Turkey . These fun coloring pages will help children master their numbers and improve their manual dexterity through coloring. Little ones will enjoy learning the numbers and coloring the pictures. It also helps in developing fine motor skills, counting, number recognition, eye-hand coordination and improves pen controls.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

  • ( PDF + PNG )

  • square 11'' x ''8.5 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 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.

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Thanksgiving Actividades Niveles Variados

By ARIANA PEREZ

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

$5.00

Thanksgiving History Lesson plus 2 Thanksgiving short story vocab intro, GOOGLE

By Kiwious About Vocab

Thanksgiving ELA GOOGLE SLIDE Bundle: 2 Prereading Introductions *plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson

A HISTORY MINI-LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDE

What is Thanksgiving? -

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?

.............................................PLUS..............................................................

2 GOOGLE SLIDE PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTIONS provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving:

**TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN by O. Henry
**THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes
* PDF LINKS to texts are included

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT PREREADING INTRODUCTIONS

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.
4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text7
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in Google Slides.

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AVID Thanksgiving | November Early Finisher Activity Packet-With WICOR Skills

By Teach Savvy Store

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! :)

AVID Growing Bundle

✨AVID Fall Bundle

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

AVID

Early Finisher Packets

*Note all products may be used in virtual systems like Outschool without the purchase of extra licenses

$5.00

Thanksgiving Grammar Escape Room

By Language Arts Excellence

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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$8.75

Bundle Indigenous Peoples' Day Activity Research WebQuest and Games

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

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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  • Indigenous People's Day WebQuest
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Name Brand vs Generic - Thanksgiving Edition - Shopping - Life Skills

By FUNctional Academics Educator

Thank you for your interest in my product!!

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.

$5.00

ESL Newcomer Thanksgiving Project - Pear Deck - Secondary ELL

By Curly Girl ELD Shop

Want to give your ESL ELL Newcomers a fun project to work on descriptive writing and speaking by presenting to their peers**?** You will get a teacher slide deck with TONS of interactive slides that teach all about Thanksgiving in a way that is engaging and at their level. 

WHOLE WEEK OF games, vocabulary, writing with scaffolds and frames, and an entire student project FOR THANKSGIVING!

Your Students Will:

  • Develop vocabulary
  • Analyze text
  • Apply knowledge
  • Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
  • Work on developing writing skills
  • Complete research
  • Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This project is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING fall unit.

What’s Included:

  • 50 Interactive Google Slides/PearDeck ready
  • The complete story of Thanksgiving chunked into 3 parts for Newcomers w/visuals
  • Explaining traditions of Thanksgiving
  • Writing scaffolds with sentence frames
  • A look into Native Americans and their land
  • Engaging videos to tell about unique cultural perspectives
  • Search activity for what tribe used to live where you do now
  • Thanksgiving Vocabulary Heads Up Game
  • Brain break video
  • Picture Word Inductive model Activity 
  • Speaking practice with guided sentence frames for peer discussions
  • Best of all??? STUDENT PROJECT! A complete student Google Slides Template (14 slides) where students can make their Thanksgiving Feast Party! They will tell you about the party details and make an entire menu!

DON'T FORGET THE PDF Extras!!!!!!!

  • 19 pages of resources
  • Tons of vocabulary
  • Heads Up Game
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Writing Activities
  • Food Description Cards
  • Describe Me--Food describing writing activity

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Danielle W. wrote, “This was such a fun activity to complete with my ELL newcomers! We learned about Thanksgiving and then the students completed the menu. Some students included traditional "American" Thanksgiving foods, while others selected foods they enjoy from their country. It was enjoyable for me to learn more about each student's culture and likes. We celebrated with a Thanksgiving feast! I will use this project again this year. Thanks for a fun resource!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brain Baked (TeachShare Seller). wrote, “This was the perfect way to introduce and talk about thanksgiving with my ELL students. I was looking for something interactive that included the history and not just the modern traditions. Thank you for being thorough and helping my students learn about this holiday!” 


This Thanksgiving project will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the INFORMATIVE project. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

Check out these resources:

Newcomer Personal Narrative Writing

Newcomer Professional Development

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Printable I spy Fall Autumn Game - Fun Activity Coloring And Guessing Game

By The Students Palace

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.

Perfect Thanksgiving gift for kids, girls, boys, daughters, sons, toddlers, family or friends for their Birthday.

To buy the physical Book Click Here

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

  • 54 I spy Thanksgiving pages (PDF )

  • square 8.5'' x 8.5'' 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 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.

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Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY Unit: PreReading, Writing, History Google Slide

By Kiwious About Vocab

Thanksgiving INTERDISCIPLINARY GOOGLE SLIDE Bundle includes

3 cross-curricular lessons for the holiday:

  • Prereading Vocabulary Introduction to short story, The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
  • Quotation Analysis Writing Lesson
  • *Plus* Thanksgiving History Mini-lesson

..............................HISTORY MINI-LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDE....................

What is Thanksgiving? -

This 10 slide digital PowerPoint Lesson answers basic questions about the holiday. Created in a question/answer format, the historical information is clear and concise; perfect for a brief reminder of the original story. The historical information is brought to life with bold photos and an embedded video link for the visual learner.

  • When is Thanksgiving?
  • Where is Thanksgiving celebrated?
  • When did Thanksgiving become a holiday?
  • Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
  • What was the first Thanksgiving?
  • Why is Thanksgiving important?

.......................................READING LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDES................................

PREREADING SHORT STORY INTRODUCTION provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for the short story, *The Thanksgiving Visitor, by Truman Capote.
* Audio Link to text included

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT PREREADING INTRODUCTION

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

Vocabulary Words: shiftless, surly, goad, menagerie, quibble, mirth, sacrilegious, skitter, suffuse, relegated

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
10. **Fun Facts** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

......................................WRITING LESSON-GOOGLE SLIDES.................................

This Google Slide Lesson in Gratitude Writing Prompts package provides 15 notable quotations for students to ponder, analyze and critique in a written paragraph format. The quotes express thankfulness and gratitude; perfect for Thanksgiving.

This month-long collection of higher-level thinking quotes will provide a catalyst for summarizing, paraphrasing, using synonyms, antonyms and thesaurus words in an organized sequence of complete sentences using the templates provided.

PRODUCT CONTAINS:

*PDF FILE: daily directions, teacher suggestions, hints and tips to improve written responses, printable writing templates for student support.

*GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON: 15 soothing, aesthetic quotation slides to be used daily or printed for the classroom selected specifically for student analysis

SEE what teachers are saying...

“What a wonderful and relaxing way to start each morning! I love the quotes!! This resource set my kids up for success and gave me a very specific method to improve their writing.“

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint

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Thanksgiving Escape Room for ELA

By Language Arts Excellence

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:

⭐ Thanksgiving ELA Digital Escape Room

⭐ Thanksgiving Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Fall Themed Collaborative Writing Activity

⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Powerpoint

⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Task Cards

⭐ Thanksgiving Figurative Language Practice

Can't get enough escape rooms? Check out more by Language Arts Excellence here:

Christmas ESCAPE ROOM

Halloween ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ New Year's ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Easter ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

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Bundle Thanksgiving Activities and a Bulletin Board on Being Thankful

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Do you want to make learning about Thanksgiving fun? Do you want to engage and motivate your students to learn? Do you struggle to find appropriate decorations? Then download this Bundle Thanksgiving Activities with a Research WebQuest, Games, & Bulletin Board resource!

Your students are guaranteed to learn this holiday's history and traditions as well as contemporary and local topics!

TRIVIA ACTIVITIES

This resource comes with 40+ multiple-choice questions and instructions for three different games. Games can be played while moving around the classroom or sitting in their seats or on the floor. A handout is included to be used as quiet seat work - also great for emergency sub plans!

WEBQUEST

Students will learn about Thanksgiving's history, culture, turkeys, lore, and more as well as contemporary and local topics in this engaging WebQuest scavenger hunt! 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 Thanksgiving with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

BULLETIN BOARD SET

This Thanksgiving interactive bulletin board will encourage your student to reflect on what they have in their lives to be thankful for. With several relevant quotes and thought-provoking prompts on being thankful, this is all you need for your holiday decorations!

How to Use:

  • Hang the mini-posters and encourage students to write their answers directly on the mini-poster. 
  • Several students can write their responses on each poster.
  • You can print out 2-3 copies of each prompt to ensure the students have an adequate space in which to write.

To Print: Print on regular 8.5 X 11 paper. No prep!

Resources included in this purchase:

  • 40+ unique multiple-choice trivia questions
  • Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games.
  • WebQuest/scavenger hunt with relevant questions (including a reflection question)
  • Website evaluation form
  • Five 8.5 X 11 quotes about gratitude & being thankful
  • Five 8.5 X 11 prompts on things to be grateful for. The prompt is at the top of the page with a cute border.
  • One 8.5 X 11 “Happy Thanksgiving” mini-poster
  • Terms of Use

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  • Thanksgiving WebQuest
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  • Thanksgiving BUNDLE WebQuest, Bulletin Board, 3 Trivia Games
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Printable Fall Autumn Sudoku Puzzles With Solution (Fun November Activities)

By The Students Palace

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.

NOTE

  • 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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$5.99

Thanksgiving Short Stories-Digital Background Info & Vocab Introductions-Google

By Kiwious About Vocab

These digital PREREADING LESSONS introduce 2 GRATITUDE THEMED short stories; perfect for Thanksgiving providing pdf links to both classic stories.

*TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN by O. Henry

*THANK YOU MA’AM by Langston Hughes

* PDF LINKS are included

GOAL: to help your students better comprend grade level reading material & vocabulary while exploring the historical importance behind the setting.

PURPOSE: This Google Slide lesson bundle provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.(see each story description for words included)

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video link are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion/prediction

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.

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Thanksgiving Digital Escape Room for ELA

By Language Arts Excellence

This activity features a rigorous yet engaging digital escape room in which students tackle 5 Language Arts skills-based puzzles about Thanksgiving! (for use with Google Drive)

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging activities that encourage students to think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular Thanksgiving ELA Escape Room at home or in the classroom using your school's technology with this resource. Each task is skills-based so that with this fun lesson on a highly-anticipated holiday and impending vacation, learning is not sacrificed. This escape room encourages higher order thinking skills and a fun review of ELA material with a Thanksgiving twist.

How does it work?

Your students are stuck in your digital 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:

- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive

- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and supplementary materials

- Digital Student Worksheets

- Digital Teacher Answer Key

This product requires free accounts through Google Drive and is completely paperless.

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

⭐ Thanksgiving ESCAPE ROOM (paper version)

⭐ Thanksgiving Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Fall Themed Collaborative Writing Activity

⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Powerpoint

⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Task Cards

⭐ Thanksgiving Figurative Language Practice

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Printable Fall Autumn Word Search With Solution- Brain Games Bundle

By The Students Palace

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.

Feel free to let us know how we're doing in the Ratings & Comments section.

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.

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Thanksgiving Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

By Language Arts Excellence

This activity features a rigorous yet engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 poetry-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 Poetry 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 poetry 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 Language Arts skills-based tasks about Thanksgiving!

  • Watch Your Tone: In the first task, students will read 6 excerpts from classic Thanksgiving-inspired poems and identify the tone of each poem. When cards are matched correctly, shaded letters will reveal the code.
  • Like a Can of Corn: In the second task, students must fill in the blanks with the Thanksgiving-inspired idioms. Once cards are assembled correctly, designated letters within each card reveal the code.
  • The Pumpkin: In the third task, students must correctly identify the figurative language devices used in the poem, The Pumpkin by John Greenleaf Whittier. Shaded boxes within the answers will reveal the third code.
  • Ella's Thanksgiving: In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of Thanksgiving by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The letters of the multiple choice questions about the poem will form the fourth code.
  • Jig Saw Quote: In the final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle that forms a Thanksgiving quote. Once the puzzle is assembled and students bring the quote to you, they may escape the room 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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Have you stumbled upon this resource but it is nowhere near Thanksgiving? Check out the original best-selling escape room here:

⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

Enjoy more seasonal escape rooms by Language Arts Excellence:

Halloween ESCAPE ROOM

⭐Thanksgiving ESCAPE ROOM

⭐Christmas ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Hanukkah Kwanzaa Christmas Diwali ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ New Year's ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Valentine's Day ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ St. Patrick's Day ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Holiday Escape Room BUNDLE

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⭐⭐⭐For the escape room enthusiasts out there, you can now build your own bundle at 20% off the cover price of 3 or more escape rooms! Click the link to check out all of the escape rooms Language Arts Excellence has to offer: Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE⭐⭐⭐

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$8.75