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New Thanksgiving Materials

November 10, 2013 By Mary Amoson 9 Comments

Gobble Gobble Thanksgiving Activities Your Class Will Love

Thanksgiving fun; Turkeys, Pilgrim, Native Americans, Pumpkin Pie Fun?
Let’s get ready for an outstanding month of November with
engaging activities, meaningful lessons, and great hands teaching tools that will make you and your little learners smile!

I am finishing up my prep for next week’s Thanksgiving activities.
I snapped a few pics to show you some of the things my class will be doing.

Word Families

We will be playing a “build a turkey” game using -at and -all words.
The words are on the feathers.

Build a Turkey Game
My students have to read the word and place it on the correct bird to build it.
Each turkey has 8 words for it.

Word Family FUN

I place these at centers for my students to complete.
Here is an example of the baggie for each student.

Student Prep with Baggies for Easy Use

Each baggie has two mats and 16 feathers in it.
(That is 8 feathers per turkey.)

I also have more turkey families.

word family turkeys for kinders

 Pocket Chart Comparing

I also put together a few pocket chart activities to play.
Check out this pocket chart math station!

Comparing Numbers with a Thanksgiving Theme!

One way to play involves comparing numbers.

Check out this FUN activity!

Can you see the layers?

Check out this NEW way to compare numbers!

My students get to add a number to either side to keep the statement true!
See the number 24 grapes.
So here they added a potato with the number 24?

Thanksgiving FUN comparing numbers

And of course there is a printable to practice this skill.

Comparing Numbers Printable

We introduce these activities during calendar time and often play it together over a full week.
But, the real fun is at center time when my students chose to come to calendar
to play “teacher” with their friends.

I made this comparing numbers activity because
we are getting SO good at comparing numbers,
that I like to step it up some.
I like to give them a number and the symbol,
then let them determine the remaining number…
perhaps a little bit of algebraic thinking?
I know my kids will be running to play teacher now!
Check out this number order activity for pocket chart time.
Cover some of the numbers to see if students can fill in the missing number.
I also like to mark the back of a number with a star {written on with a draw erase marker.}
Then, I give my students number sense questions about that number to see who can figure it out.
I might give clues like it has two sets of 10 and 5 ones.
It is the same amount as a quarter. It is a count by 5 number.

Thanksgiving Fun Rhyming Game

We are going to play this rhyming game in either small groups
or centers this upcoming week as well.

Rhyming With Pies!

(Okay, we will most likely do it at both!)
I can’t wait to see my kids make the pies to match the rhyming words.

match the rhyming game

We will use the worksheet as a follow up activity as well.

Rhyming Printable

Fill the Ten Frame

Here is an AWESOME Fill the Ten Frame Game
using Native American Symbols.

Fill the Ten Frame Game

Can you see the two differentiated ways to use the same sheet?
One way has the students coloring in the ten frame as they roll.

FUN number sense game

The second has students writing their numbers to fill the ten frame.

Check this unit out in action.
Students Filling the Ten Frame
Fill the Ten Frame with Native American Symbols
Fill the Ten Frame with numbers

Number Mats

Another activity to practice those number formation could be these
Pilgrim and Native American Number mats.
Number Writing Practice Thanksgiving Style

They are colorful and fun.
And your students simply LOVE writing on them.

Thanksgiving themed Number Writing Practice

Check out these workers!

Handwriting practice in action

MORE FUN

I love these color word and number word mats!
Student read the words around the outside…
and draw a line to what it matches on the inside.
vPractice Numbers and Color Words

Sometimes my student almost have to be FORCED to learn those number words!
So many times, little kinders just don’t want to read them!
This is a fun way to get them excited about reading and using them.

Number and Color Word Practice with a Thankful Theme

I also love using these mats to inspire writing!
Since color words and number words are simple ways to expand writing,
this mat can be a basis for some great writing topics.
And those outside words can be support!

I always like to have a printable or two ready…

Thanksgiving Themed Color by Number

because things happen.
(Sickness, bathroom accidents, student meltdowns)
It is just smart to have a set printed and ready to go for those cases.

Color by Number Turkey

Secret Code Words

I am thankful to have finished my Thanksgiving Now & Then Secret Code Word set.
This pack has a code breaker sheet,
18 code words using Thanksgiving Now and Then images and words,
and two worksheet options with the codes on the bottom of that sheet.

Now and Then Secret Code Words
AND there is an identical set in the same pack that has QR codes for self checking!
WOO HOO!

Now and Then Secret Code Words

I just finished the Then and Now Thanksgiving Reader too!

Now and Then ReaderNow and Then Thanksgiving Themed Reader

Lastly, I made this reader only $1 and didn’t bundle it so everyone and anyone could grab it.

https://sharingkindergarten.com/product/now-and-then-thanksgiving-reader/
Here is a good view of my Thanksgiving FUN! pack
https://sharingkindergarten.com/product/thanksgiving-activities/
 And the links to Now and Then Secret Code Words and Thanksgiving Fun!
https://sharingkindergarten.com/product/now-and-then-secret-code-words/
here on TpT
Thanksgiving FUN

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Comments

  1. Luv My Kinders says

    November 10, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Love the Thanksgiving packs tons of great activities! Thanks so much for the pdf with the computer links my kiddos love these!

    ~Laura
    luvarbon2@sbcglobal.net

    Reply
    • Mary Amoson says

      November 12, 2013 at 12:08 am

      I love the computer links too! My kids run there as soon as they see the new ones!

      Reply
  2. Debbie says

    November 10, 2013 at 8:53 pm

    Thanks for the computer links! I love these and it will be so much easier for my kids to get to.

    Reply
  3. learningmyself says

    November 11, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Hi! I am a little computer challenged..so a question…If I put this on the screen on my computer, how do I get it on their screens? I can project it on the screen above their workstations, but is there a way to get it on the kid's work stations? OOO and a big thank you and it was lovely to meet your family! You are blessed! (and so are we! ) Thanks for sharing! Amy 🙂

    Reply
  4. Mary Amoson says

    November 12, 2013 at 12:07 am

    You put this on your computers for center time. Then your students can go play these themed games on this computers.

    Reply
  5. GrinandbairdIt says

    November 10, 2014 at 1:06 am

    How do you access the computer links? it is saying the page doesn't exist.

    Reply
    • Mary Amoson says

      November 10, 2014 at 2:09 am

      very old freebie! haha… i updated the post.
      Thanks for letting me know.
      They were so popular I put them in a pack.

      Reply
  6. Lisa says

    November 3, 2018 at 5:16 pm

    Nice activities

    Reply
  7. Oksana says

    November 24, 2019 at 3:41 am

    These ideas and activities are wonderful! Thank you very much!

    Reply

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