Middle School Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentations

Looking for a fun, engaging, and low-prep activity to use the day before Thanksgiving or Fall Break? The Thanksgiving Throwdown is the perfect interactive slide deck for middle school students! This 22-slide digital resource offers a variety of fun, thought-provoking prompts that build community and keep your students engaged in the classroom. With questions like “Which topic should you NOT bring up at Thanksgiving?” and “What’s your go-to comfy outfit for lounging during Fall Break?”, this resource is designed to spark conversation, create memories, and encourage students to connect in a laid-back setting.

Ideal for grades 6-8, this resource is a non-academic break from the usual routine and is perfect for use as a whole-group activity or in small discussion groups. Your students will love the interactive format, featuring fun questions about Thanksgiving traditions, Fall Break plans, Black Friday shopping, and much more!

What’s Included:

• 22-slide deck of fun and engaging questions for middle school students
• Interactive scenarios and community-building prompts
• Perfect for the day before Thanksgiving or Fall Break
• Non-academic, lighthearted topics to keep students engaged

Use this slide deck to:

• Create a fun, stress-free atmosphere before the holiday break
• Help students bond and build classroom community
• Spark interesting discussions that students will love
• Keep students entertained with Thanksgiving-themed content

This digital resource is perfect for middle school teachers looking to end the week on a high note. Get your students excited for the holidays with the Thanksgiving Throwdown!

Boosting student confidence in using context clues in sentences to determine word meaning has never been easier! These Thanksgiving vocabulary task card activities are a simple way to sneak in some important ELA test prep practice and review while enhancing student engagement at the same time.

You'll love how these reading task card activities for context clues in sentences help your students build independent work habits and free up time for you to work with small groups and students who need more help.

Free yourself from the Sunday Night Scaries this November with the versatility, flexibility, and simplicity of these Thanksgiving themed vocabulary task cards. This convenient set of task cards for inferring word meaning from context clues has your Thanksgiving  ELA test prep practice covered. With options for traditional task cards, black and white printable task cards, PowerPoint task cards, Google Slides task cards, and Easel task cards, you'll always be prepared! 

The 36 Thanksgiving Context Clues Task Cards come in 5 easy-to-use formats:

• Traditional quarter-page task cards in full color to laminate and use year after year.

• Black and white printer-friendly, quarter-page cards that you can use in the classroom or send home.

• PowerPoint single card slides that you can display from whole-class discussion and solving, use as a bell ringer activity, or class cooperative learning structures.

• Google Slides single card slides with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned in Google Classroom.

• Easel-ready activity with one card per page with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned through Easel by TeachShare.

The Thanksgiving themed graphics on each context clues task card will grab your students' attention and help keep them engaged while they practice and review their way to mastery and expand their vocabulary.

Whether you have students working together on deterlmining word meaning from context clues in sentences or practicing independently, task card activities are a great tool for helping them maintain focus and attention to the task at hand.

PLEASE NOTE: The vocabulary words in this card set are identical to those in some my other holiday-themed sets of vocabulary task cards. Only the clipart has been changed to match the Thanksgiving season. 

To prepare these Thanksgiving Context Clues Task Cards:

For traditional task cards: Print one copy of each card page. Laminate for durability to use year after year. Print enough copies of the recording sheets for each student in your class. B&W, PPT, and Google Slides versions are included for versatility.

Thanksgiving Context Clues Task Cards in Action:

Get ready to feel like the high-engagement teacher that you really are, because these vocabulary task cards can be used (and reused) in so many ways! Here are just a few ideas.

• Scavenger Hunt in the room-Hide the cards around the room and have students find and solve all the cards.

• Hang on the walls for Write the Room.

• Place cards at a table to be completed as an independent vocab station activity.

• Use as the content for your favorite ELA test prep practice & review game.

• Use them with small groups as the content for your favorite cooperative learning structure.

• Display one at a time (PPT version) and discuss as a class or use as bell ringers

• Assign a few slides a day for practice in Google Classroom (Slides version).

• Print the black and white version to assign as homework.

Grab these time-saving vocabulary task cards so you can enjoy family time this weekend knowing your practice for determining word meaning from context clues in sentences  is ready to go!

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Introducing Thanksgiving essay writing has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.

All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and persuasive writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. The resource also focuses on how to structure the rising action, climax, and falling action in the plot of the personal narrative essay.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their essay writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Writing Prompt Unit for Thanksgiving includes:

4 Entertaining Instructional Videos with:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Plot and character development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

4 Detailed Thanksgiving Lesson Plans with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

4 Thanksgiving Worksheets with:

• Prompts
• Brainstorming sections
• Thesis statement development sections
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial

4 Thanksgiving Slide Shows with:

• Introduction slide with prompts for expository, argumentative, persuasive, and narrative Prompts
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list and develop ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• Checklist Slide

4 Essay Rubrics

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

4 Graphic Organizers

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

Google Slides™

4 Writing Quizzes

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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The lessons in the Middle School Holiday Writing Prompts Unit include:

• 9/11 - September 11th
• April Fools'
• Arbor Day
• Christmas
• Cinco de Mayo
• Columbus Day
• Daylight Savings
• Earth Day
• Easter
• Election Day
• Father's Day
• Grandparent's Day
• Groundhog Day
• Halloween
• Hanukkah
• July 4th
• Kwanzaa
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• New Year's
• Passover
• Presidents Day
• St Patrick's Day
• Take Your Child to Work
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine's Day
• Veterans Day

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Are you searching for a GREAT hands-on activity to brighten up those cold and blustery days before Thanksgiving? FLING into STEM with this fun hands-on problem solving, cooperative learning, Thanksgiving STEM Cranberry Catapults! An easy to follow slide show and student planning document are included in this Engineering Design Challenge.

Improve student engagement and get your middle school students involved in the engineering design process by conducting this student centered, STEM challenge- all you need are simple and available materials! Great for a sub plan as well.

What's Included?

★ Clear and easy to follow editable Engineering Challenge Google/pdf slide show.

★ Class competition.

★ Student Engineering Planning worksheet.

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions.

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on engineering challenge can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1-3 class periods to complete.

★ In this activity, students plan out a catapult design in groups and build a prototype. They have the opportunity to test and redesign before the optional class competition.

★ Use this as a fun activity right before Thanksgiving break!

Topics Covered in this Hands-On Lab?

★ The Engineering Design Process

★ The Physics of Forces and Motion

Nitty Gritty:

With this editable and printable product, students engage in the process of engineering and learn how to create quality engineering solutions. Buildable and testable engineering design solutions are the basis for any good engineering project or engineering fair. This activity allows for practice of important engineering process skills and higher order thinking.

This assignment is aligned with the Next Generation and Middle Years Program Science Standards for Engineering.

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.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Sharon R. My students loved doing this hands on activity and seeing how school subjects work together, like math and science.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Britany O. This challenge is easy to use and very straightforward. Kids were excited to show what they created to, not only me, but the other students as well. I highly recommend!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Laurel D. What a great resource. I was able to modify it to fit my curriculum easily. I will be using this weekly, as our school goal is to improve reading across the curriculum. I look forward to more resources from this author. Thanks!

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

*Static Electricity Stations Lab

*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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Are you looking for a fun way to introduce or review Thanksgiving vocabulary in Spanish with your students? Look no further! Included in this PowerPoint are 30 terms represented on 32 slides (plus a title page, a teacher tips page, and terms of use).

The terms represented include:

• Thanksgiving foods (such as stuffing, turkey, and corn on the cob)
• People (Native American, Pilgrim, family)
• other related vocabulary (such as to give thanks, delicious, and traditions)

Each slide is animated so that the picture appears first, followed by the Spanish term, and finally the English term.

**Please note that the pictures are covered by white boxes that are animated to disappear when in presentation mode. When viewing the presentation in any mode other than “presentation mode”, it looks like there aren’t any pictures.**

My students really enjoy when we use this as a review with whiteboards. Make sure to check out the preview for a complete list of terms. Please note that the terms in the presentation are NOT editable, although slides may be deleted or rearranged. I have also included a blank slide at the end so that you can add your own terms and images.

© 2014-2019 Rachel Bailey (La Señorita Creativa®) All Rights Reserved

In this lesson, students reflect on people and things they are thankful for and create a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides to showcase that information. This lesson encourages students to think about the positive things in their lives and promotes being grateful for what they have. The lesson includes links to tutorials for Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides to assist students with the presentation.

This is a great activity for any class during the Thanksgiving holidays. This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary grades or high school as well.

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

• Student Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

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What is Thanksgiving? - A HISTORY MINI-LESSON

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?

Celebrate fall in your ELA class with this beautifully-made powerpoint presentation covering figurative language devices, sensory details, and allusion in a Fun, Fall-themed Format! (Oh yes, and alliteration too!)

Powerpoint Presentation Includes:

- Review of the difference between figurative and literal language

- Definition of each type of figurative language device, sensory details, and allusion with fun pictures and examples

- 20 slides of practice

- Blank student answer sheet

- Full answer key

This powerpoint presentation takes about 30 minutes to teach and is the perfect way to review figurative language with your students prior to a poetry, short story, or writing unit!

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⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary - Halloween Lesson Plan

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⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE

⭐Fall Themed Collaborative Writing Activity

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Boosting student confidence in critical thinking and reading analogies has never been easier! These Thanksgiving analogy task card activities are a simple way to sneak in some important ELA test prep practice and review while enhancing student engagement at the same time. 

You'll love how these reading vocabulary task card station activities for analogies help your students build independent work habits and free up time for you to work with small groups and students who need more help.

Free yourself from the Sunday Night Scaries this November with the versatility, flexibility, and simplicity of these Thanksgiving themed ELA task cards. This convenient set of task cards for analogies and logic has your Thanksgiving reading practice covered. With options for traditional task cards, black and white printable task cards, PowerPoint task cards, Google Slides task cards, and Easel task cards, you'll always be prepared! 

The 36 Thanksgiving Analogies Task Cards come in 5 easy-to-use formats:

• Traditional quarter-page task cards in full color to laminate and use year after year.

• Black and white printer-friendly, quarter-page cards that you can use in the classroom or send home.

• PowerPoint single card slides that you can display from whole-class discussion and solving, use as a bell ringer activity, or class cooperative learning structures.

• Google Slides single card slides with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned in Google Classroom.

• Easel-ready activity with one card per page with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned through Easel by TeachShare.

The Thanksgiving themed graphics on each analogy task card will grab your students' attention and help keep them engaged while they practice and review their way to mastery and expand their knowledge of analogies. Whether you have students working together on analogy logic and critical thinking or practicing independently, task card activities are a great tool for helping them maintain focus and attention to the task at hand.

PLEASE NOTE: The analogies in this card set are identical to those in some my other holiday-themed sets of vocabulary task cards. Only the clipart has been changed to match the Thanksgiving season. 

To prepare these Thanksgiving Analogies Task Cards:

For traditional task cards: Print one copy of each card page. Laminate for durability to use year after year. Print enough copies of the recording sheets for each student in your class. B&W, PPT, and Google Slides versions are included for versatility.

Thanksgiving Analogy Task Cards in Action:

Get ready to feel like the high-engagement teacher that you really are, because these ELA task cards can be used (and reused) in so many ways! Here are just a few ideas.

• Scavenger Hunt in the room-Hide the cards around the room and have students find and solve all the cards.

• Hang on the walls for Write the Room.

• Place cards at a table to be completed as an independent reading station activity.

• Use as the content for your favorite ELA test prep practice & review game.

• Use them with small groups as the content for your favorite cooperative learning structure.

• Display one at a time (PPT version) and discuss as a class or use as bell ringers

• Assign a few slides a day for practice in Google Classroom (Slides version).

• Print the black and white version to assign as homework.

Grab these time-saving reading task cards so you can enjoy family time this weekend knowing your practice for analogies is ready to go!

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Permission granted to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

A FUN, Hands-On Fall Science Activity is at your fingertips! SPEED into STEM with this engaging, problem solving, cooperative learning, STEM Engineering Design Process Challenge- "Save Timmothy! The Turkey Zipline Challenge." This product includes an easy to follow slideshow and a FREE student brainstorming and planning document.

Get your middle school students laughing and involved in the engineering design process by conducting this student centered STEM challenge. It is perfect for those few days before Thanksgiving when some of your students will be traveling.

What's Included?

★ Clear and easy to follow editable Engineering Challenge slide show.

★ Class competition.

★ Student Exemplars.

★ Free Student Engineering Planning worksheet.

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions.

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on activity can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1-2 class periods to complete.

★ This engineering challenge requires easy-to-access edible materials (TURKEY Stuffy or other, craft sticks, paper, rubber bands, tape, string!).

★ Use this as a scaffolded inquiry investigation or as an introduction to the engineering process.

Topics Covered:

★ Problem Solving in Cooperative Groups

★ Engineering Process

Nitty Gritty:

With this editable and printable product, students engage in the process of engineering and learn how to create quality engineering solutions. Buildable and testable engineering design solutions are the basis for any good engineering project or engineering fair. This activity allows for practice of important engineering process skills and higher order thinking.

This assignment is aligned with the Middle Years Program, Next Generation
and other International Science Standards for Engineering.

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.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Sharon R. My students loved doing this hands on activity and seeing how school subjects work together, like math and science.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Britany O. This challenge is easy to use and very straightforward. Kids were excited to show what they created to, not only me, but the other students as well. I highly recommend!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Laurel D. What a great resource. I was able to modify it to fit my curriculum easily. I look forward to more resources from this author. Thanks!

★________________________________________★

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

*Static Electricity Stations Lab

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

*The Rainbow Lab- Detailed Lab Procedures Practice

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

Purchase a Bundle and SAVE!

*EZ Engineering Bundle

Please visit my at my TeachShare Store: Super Star Science: https://www.TeachShare.com/Store/Super-Star-Science

❣️If you and your kids enjoyed this activity, please leave me a review to get TeachShare credits to buy more great products!❣️

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Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen By O. Henry: This introductory PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the story’s author and genre. Bold photo visuals and engaging video clips support the story details. The lesson includes an in-depth vocabulary study, practice, assessment, and printable organizers.

This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

**PDF link to short story is included**

PowerPoint Slides:

1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing 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.**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.

4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. 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.

Vibrant Vocab slides: promptly, salvation, bounty, reverence, gorged, wayfarer, agony, succeed, fuchsia, "much obliged"

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

6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

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

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

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.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· 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

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in Google Slides.

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab!

Boosting 4th graders’ confidence in converting units of measurement has never been easier! These Thanksgiving themed task card activities are a simple way to sneak in some important practice and review for measurement conversions while enhancing student engagement at the same time.

This convenient set of measurement conversion task cards has your Thanksgiving math review covered with 4th grade aligned practice for converting customary units of length, weight, and volume. Some computation involving 2-digit x 1 digit multiplication and fractions.

You'll love how these task card activities for converting units of measurement help your students build independent work habits and free up time for you to work with small groups and students who need more help.

Free yourself from the Sunday Night Scaries this November with the versatility, flexibility, and simplicity of these Thanksgiving themed 4th grade measurement conversions task cards. With options for traditional task cards, black and white printable task cards, PowerPoint task cards, Google Slides task cards, and Easel task cards, you'll always be prepared!

The 36 Thanksgiving Converting Units of Measurement Task Cards come in 5 easy-to-use formats:

• Traditional quarter-page task cards in full color to laminate and use year after year.

• Black and white printer-friendly, quarter-page cards that you can use in the classroom or send home.

• PowerPoint single card slides that you can display from whole-class discussion and solving, use as a bell ringer activity, or class cooperative learning structures.

• Google Slides single card slides with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned in Google Classroom.

• Easel-ready activity with one card per page with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned through Easel by TeachShare.

The Thanksgiving themed graphics on each task card will grab your students' attention and help keep them engaged while they practice and review their way to mastery of measurement conversion. Whether you have students working together on converting units of measurement or practicing independently, task card activities are a great tool for helping them maintain focus and attention to the task at hand.

Concepts Included in Thanksgiving Measurement Conversions Task Cards:

• Converting customary measurements of length
• Converting customary measurements of weight
• Converting customary measurements of volume
• Computation involving 2-digit x 1 digit multiplication
• Computation involving fractions

PLEASE NOTE: The math problems in this converting units of measurement task card set are identical to those in my other holiday-themed sets of the same skill. Only the clipart has been changed to match the holiday/season. 

To prepare these Thanksgiving Measurement Conversions Task Cards:

For traditional task cards: Print one copy of each card page. Laminate for durability to use year after year. Print enough copies of the recording sheets for each student in your class. B&W, PPT, and Google Slides versions are included for versatility.

Thanksgiving 4th Grade Converting Units of Measurement Task Cards in Action:

Get ready to feel like the high-engagement teacher that you really are, because these task cards can be used and reused in so many ways! Here are just a few ideas.

• Scavenger Hunt in the room-Hide the cards around the room and have students find and solve all the cards.

• Hang on the walls for Solve the Room.

• Place cards at a table to be completed as an independent math station activity.

• Use as the content for your favorite math review game.

• Use them with small groups as the content for your favorite cooperative learning structure.

• Display one at a time (PPT version) and discuss as a class or use as bell ringers

• Assign a few slides a day for practice in Google Classroom (Slides version).

• Print the black and white version to assign as homework.

Grab these time-saving task cards so you can enjoy family time this weekend knowing your 4th grade practice for converting units of measurement is ready to go!

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Copyright ©Curious Classroom Adventures

Permission granted to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

A FUN, Hands-On Fall Science Activity is at your fingertips! SPEED into STEM with this engaging, problem solving, cooperative learning, STEM Halloween Engineering Design Process Challenge- "Help Sam the Skeleton! The Fun Zipline Challenge." This product includes an easy to follow slideshow and a FREE student brainstorming and planning document.

Get your middle school students laughing and involved in the engineering design process by conducting this student centered STEM challenge. It is perfect for those few CRAZY days before Halloween when your kiddos are squirmy. :)

What's Included?

★ Clear and easy to follow editable Engineering Challenge slide show.

★ Class competition.

★ Student Exemplars.

★ Free Student Engineering Planning worksheet.

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions.

How To Use This Resource?

★ This hands-on activity can be used with multiple age groups and requires 1-2 class periods to complete.

★ This engineering challenge requires easy-to-access edible materials (TURKEY Stuffy or other, craft sticks, paper, rubber bands, tape, string!).

★ Use this as a scaffolded inquiry investigation or as an introduction to the engineering process.

Topics Covered:

★ Problem Solving in Cooperative Groups

★ Engineering Process

Nitty Gritty:

With this editable and printable product, students engage in the process of engineering and learn how to create quality engineering solutions. Buildable and testable engineering design solutions are the basis for any good engineering project or engineering fair. This activity allows for practice of important engineering process skills and higher order thinking.

This assignment is aligned with the Middle Years Program, Next Generation
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This 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.

Goal: 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.

Audience: Whole class, small group, regular education, special education, ELL, virtual/home school.

PRODUCT CONTAINS:

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

*PPT LESSON: fifteen soothing and aesthetic quotation slides to be used daily or printed for the classroom selected specifically for student analysis

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Boosting 4th graders’ confidence in adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators has never been easier! These Thanksgiving themed task card activities are a simple way to sneak in some important practice and review for addition and subtraction with mixed numbers, regrouping, and converting improper fractions to mixed numbers while enhancing student engagement at the same time.

You'll love how these task card activities for adding and subtracting mixed numbers help your students build independent work habits and free up time for you to work with small groups and students who need more help.

Free yourself from the Sunday Night Scaries this November with the versatility, flexibility, and simplicity of these Thanksgiving themed 4th grade adding and subtracting mixed numbers task cards. With options for traditional task cards, black and white printable task cards, PowerPoint task cards, Google Slides task cards, and Easel task cards, you'll always be prepared!

The 36 Thanksgiving Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Task Cards come in 5 easy-to-use formats:

• Traditional quarter-page task cards in full color to laminate and use year after year.

• Black and white printer-friendly, quarter-page cards that you can use in the classroom or send home.

• PowerPoint single card slides that you can display from whole-class discussion and solving, use as a bell ringer activity, or class cooperative learning structures.

• Google Slides single card slides with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned in Google Classroom.

• Easel-ready activity with one card per page with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned through Easel by TeachShare.

This convenient set of adding and subtracting mixed numbers task cards has your Thanksgiving math review covered with 4th grade aligned practice for adding mixed numbers with like denominators with regrouping, subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators with regrouping, and word problems.

The Thanksgiving themed graphics on each task card will grab your students' attention and help keep them engaged while they practice and review their way to mastery of adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Whether you have students working together on mixed number operations or practicing independently, task card activities are a great tool for helping them maintain focus and attention to the task at hand.

Concepts Included in Thanksgiving Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Task Cards:

• adding mixed numbers with like denominators
• subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators
• sums and differences that require borrowing, regrouping, and converting improper fractions
• word problems

PLEASE NOTE: The math problems in this mixed number operations task card set are identical to those in my other holiday-themed sets of the same skill. Only the clipart has been changed to match the holiday/season. 

To prepare these Thanksgiving Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Task Cards:

For traditional task cards: Print one copy of each card page. Laminate for durability to use year after year. Print enough copies of the recording sheets for each student in your class. B&W, PPT, and Google Slides versions are included for versatility.

Thanksgiving Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Task Cards in Action:

Get ready to feel like the high-engagement teacher that you really are, because these task cards can be used and reused in so many ways! Here are just a few ideas.

• Scavenger Hunt in the room-Hide the cards around the room and have students find and solve all the cards.

• Hang on the walls for Solve the Room.

• Place cards at a table to be completed as an independent math station activity.

• Use as the content for your favorite math review game.

• Use them with small groups as the content for your favorite cooperative learning structure.

• Display one at a time (PPT version) and discuss as a class or use as bell ringers

• Assign a few slides a day for practice in Google Classroom (Slides version).

• Print the black and white version to assign as homework.

Grab these time-saving task cards so you can enjoy family time this weekend knowing your 4th grade practice for adding and subtracting mixed numbers is ready to go!

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This PowerPoint lesson bundle provides 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

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous, grade-level literature by front-loading story elements and vocabulary critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeshool classrooms

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:

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

11 **Fun Fact** 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.

The Thanksgiving Visitor By Truman Capote: This introductory PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the story’s author and genre. Bold photo visuals and engaging video clips support the story details. The lesson includes an in-depth vocabulary study, practice, assessment, and printable organizers.

This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

**Audio link to text is included**

PowerPoint Slides:

1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing 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.**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.

4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. 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.

Vibrant Vocab slides (shiftless, surly, goad, menagerie, quibble, mirth, sacrilegious, skittered, suffused, relegated)

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

6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

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

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

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.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· 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

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in Google Slides.

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab!