Ready-to-Use Thanksgiving Activities
By Peggy Reimers
Resource Description: I do like Thanksgiving. This time of year gives me a chance to pause and really count my blessings. If you are looking for ways to celebrate Thanksgiving at school or around your own dinner table, please check out these freshly minted activities to honor the “underdog” of the holiday season.
Would You Rather Thanksgiving Activity
This Canva presentation can be played in presentation mode right from your browser. You are also welcome to edit this template of the presentation to customize it for your particular audience. Like all the other Would You Rather games, it can be played in several ways. As the teacher, you can decide, and there are no wrong answers!
What does not Belong? Thanksgiving and Fall Edition
I also set up this Canva presentation as a ready-to-go activity for your use, and you can modify the template to suit your needs. Each slide has four options, and the participant decides which doesn’t belong. There isn’t just one correct answer for most, and it’s interesting to hear what object students pick and why. Have your students give their reason, and cheers to lively discussions!
The Giving Thanks Word Wall
Make a copy of my Giving Thanks slide deck and use this activity as a simple way to express thankfulness. Just assign each student a slide, and they can add their words of Thanksgiving with text boxes. I would save changing the font until their list of words is complete (because you and I know how choosing fonts is so much FUN!).
Thanksgiving Syllacrostic
If you’re not familiar with this type of puzzle, read on.
Basically, there is a pool of syllables in a box. The puzzle usually has 15 to 20 words to solve. You are given three pieces of information for each word:
These are just a few ways to use Google Forms this Thanksgiving. I can’t think of a better time of the year to engage the imagination of your students and encourage them to be creative.
Source: https://blog.tcea.org/ready-to-use-thanksgiving-activities/?utm_source=TCEA+Emails&utm_campaign=ba0eedeb51-tn-nov16-dno&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3a5bb651e-ba0eedeb51-68532768
Resource Description: I do like Thanksgiving. This time of year gives me a chance to pause and really count my blessings. If you are looking for ways to celebrate Thanksgiving at school or around your own dinner table, please check out these freshly minted activities to honor the “underdog” of the holiday season.
Would You Rather Thanksgiving Activity
This Canva presentation can be played in presentation mode right from your browser. You are also welcome to edit this template of the presentation to customize it for your particular audience. Like all the other Would You Rather games, it can be played in several ways. As the teacher, you can decide, and there are no wrong answers!
What does not Belong? Thanksgiving and Fall Edition
I also set up this Canva presentation as a ready-to-go activity for your use, and you can modify the template to suit your needs. Each slide has four options, and the participant decides which doesn’t belong. There isn’t just one correct answer for most, and it’s interesting to hear what object students pick and why. Have your students give their reason, and cheers to lively discussions!
The Giving Thanks Word Wall
Make a copy of my Giving Thanks slide deck and use this activity as a simple way to express thankfulness. Just assign each student a slide, and they can add their words of Thanksgiving with text boxes. I would save changing the font until their list of words is complete (because you and I know how choosing fonts is so much FUN!).
Thanksgiving Syllacrostic
If you’re not familiar with this type of puzzle, read on.
Basically, there is a pool of syllables in a box. The puzzle usually has 15 to 20 words to solve. You are given three pieces of information for each word:
- A related word or phrase
- The number of syllables in the word
- The number of letters for each word
These are just a few ways to use Google Forms this Thanksgiving. I can’t think of a better time of the year to engage the imagination of your students and encourage them to be creative.
Source: https://blog.tcea.org/ready-to-use-thanksgiving-activities/?utm_source=TCEA+Emails&utm_campaign=ba0eedeb51-tn-nov16-dno&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3a5bb651e-ba0eedeb51-68532768
