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Need some Thanksgiving ideas for reading, writing, science, or simply something fun to do before the break with your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade elementary classroom? Check out the Thanksgiving activity ideas below!Reading Activities for the Week Before Thanksgiving Break1. Compare Canadian Thanksgiving with Thanksgiving in the United StatesInstead of having your students focus solely on American Thanksgiving and its …
Jon M Muth’s version of Stone Soup is a fun folk tale that describes how monks tricked a village into making stone soup and finding happiness. The villagers have a feast together at the end, making it a great book to read aloud around Thanksgiving, especially if you are looking for read alouds and activities for a school or classroom …
Turkeys. Family. Feasts. History. Thankfulness. Pumpkins. Thanksgiving covers so many different themes, and so the best Thanksgiving books for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students also cover a wide variety of topics and themes. Below, find a list of Thanksgiving books that will engage your upper elementary students. While not every facet of Thanksgiving is covered in the list, there …
Need some low prep activities before Thanksgiving Break? Providing your students with some engaging Thanksgiving writing prompts is a great way to keep students learning while minimizing your prep. Thanksgiving covers a variety of topics – from turkeys, to thankfulness, to the relationship between Native Americans and the first European settlers. No matter what your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade …