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Thanksgiving Common Core RI.8.2 resources
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passages for Text Structure - PDF and Digital
Make nonfiction text structure fun and easy to teach this Thanksgiving with high-interest reading passages! This bestselling set of Thanksgiving reading comprehension passages, graphic organizers, and nonfiction text structure lesson plans will provide the perfect activities to fill your Thanksgiving week with fascinating facts and rigorous reading practice! (Don't worry, Virginia teachers: the vocabulary page is also adapted for teaching this topic as organizational pattern.)Here's what's inclu
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital
Thanksgiving Reading Passages with Text Features - Print & Digital
Have fun with nonfiction text features! These Thanksgiving reading activities for middle school will keep students' attention with five high-interest nonfiction reading passages about topics related to Thanksgiving, plus comprehension and analysis questions about text features for each. They're the perfect nonfiction lessons to plan the week before Thanksgiving. Your students will enjoy learning fun facts about this traditional fall holiday while practicing text features, main idea, author's pur
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital
Make reading fun this Thanksgiving with high-interest holiday passages! In this nonfiction bundle, you'll get 11 informational text reading passages about fascinating Thanksgiving topics - plus activities to teach text structure, text features, main idea, sequencing, author's purpose, and more. These nonfiction activities are the perfect way to teach and practice tons of middle school reading skills while keeping students engaged right up to Thanksgiving break!This bestselling bundle includes th
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6th - 8th
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Thanksgiving History: Passage - Distance Learning Compatible
Let's clear up a few Thanksgiving myths. The "first Thanksgiving" was not one big meal. The Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans probably did not sit around a long table giving thanks together. And don't start picturing turkeys and pumpkin pie either. The real "first Thanksgiving" was quite different from how it is pictured in many places today.With this resource, students will learn more about the real "first Thanksgiving" and why many people today picture turkey and pumpkin pie around the
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest History Differentiated Passages for the Year Bundle
November Passages: History - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn fascinating and random historical facts about November through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions4 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 different
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest History Differentiated Passages for the Year Bundle
November Passages: Science - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn random and fascinating facts about the month of November through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions4 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differe
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest Science Differentiated Passages for the Year Bundle
Science Reading Comprehension | How to Make Butter | Food History Activities
Discover the science of milk and churning butter. Easy Prep Planning. Students expand comprehension and vocabulary skills with concept maps, summary strategies, and an acrostic word puzzle. The making butter activity makes it extra memorable for a properties of matter unit. This Reading in the Content Area Lesson Includes:Google Slide Pages with editable text boxes for the student's answers.Google Slide Pages without text boxes for printing.Google Slide Link with Directions for Download and Use
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4th - 7th
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5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
, MS-PS1-2
Informational Text for Thanksgiving--5 Things You Didn't Know about Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Informational Text
Informational Text Thanksgiving Theme
Informational Text for Thanksgiving presents five unusual, but true facts about Thanksgiving—things you won’t find in the history books. Use these informational texts as a count-down to the Thanksgiving holidays or as part of a holiday literacy center.
Each one-page article is accompanied by 5 CCSS-aligned questions and 1 to 3 bonus questions that can turn into a writing or research assignment. Full answer keys are provid
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5th - 9th
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All About Pumpkins Literacy Activities: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Poetry
INTERESTING & FREE! Grab their attention with interesting informational texts about pumpkins, historical literacy passages, vocabulary connections, a poem, fascinating facts that are incorporated into critical thinking activities, writing explanatory text about how to make a jack-o-lantern, writing a short persuasive text about why and how people can eat more pumpkin in their diets, and more challenging yet fun ELA activities. Perfect for the fall season in ELA, including Halloween and Thank
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5th - 9th
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History of Thanksgiving, Quiz, & Choice Board - Digital & Printable
History of Thanksgiving reading comprehension informational text, quiz, and reading choice board activities resource with ZERO PREP is perfect leading up to Thanksgiving. It's digital & printable and is exactly what you need for your students to have a fun and engaging lesson prior to the break! It includes everything you need! You can share the link and go or print!Your students will read the text, answer close reading questions for the 10 multiple choice question quiz, then complete their
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension & ELA Activities Bundle
Thanksgiving History: Passage 2 - Distance Learning Compatible
Thanksgiving is a national holiday that is celebrated every year in the United States to remember the feast that was shared hundreds of years ago between the Wampanoag Native Americans and the Pilgrims who sailed to North America on the Mayflower. While you were probably already familiar with that piece of the Thanksgiving story, there’s a lot about Thanksgiving you may not know because focusing only on the “friendly” meal that was shared leaves out the most important parts of the story.With thi
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3rd - 8th
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FREE Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passage - Printable & Digital
Keep students engaged during the short Thanksgiving week with a fun reading passage about pie! While they're thinking about crispy crusts and tasty fillings, you'll be able to teach or review sequencing, text structure, main idea, and more informational text skills.(If you love this free resource, you won't want to miss my entire Thanksgiving Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle!)This value-packed freebie includes:Full-page informational text - "The History of Pie"Reading questionsSequence chartGo
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension & ELA Activities Bundle
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension & ELA Activities Bundle - Digital & Printable Escape Room, History of Thanksgiving, & Subject & Predicate Activities!!! Students will be using reading comprehension, reading a fictional short story, informational text, using critical thinking, point of view, vocabulary, figurative language, and more and won't even realize it! If using the digital version, there is NO PREP! Simply share the link to the Google Form and go!!! Perfect for the days b
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5th - 8th
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Thanksgiving Thematic Unit Standard-Based with Reading Comprehension Grades 4-6
This Thanksgiving High Interest STUDENT-CENTERED THEMATIC UNIT covers all things Thanksgiving for Grades 4-6. From the Wampanoag to the Mayflower to turkeys to the true origins of Thanksgiving to What Was the First Thanksgiving to harvest festivals to alliances to diplomacy and more. This cross-curricular unit covers Thanksgiving without marginalizing anyone. Facts and some fun, plus reading comprehension, fluency passages, close reading, higher order thinking and standards-based lessons. Re-t
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5th - 7th
Multiple Perspectives on Thanksgiving Critical Thinking Interactive Gallery Walk
The "Multiple Perspectives on Thanksgiving" Interactive Gallery Walk introduces students to a vast array of sources and perspectives on the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Options for differentiation and student choice are embedded throughout this activity to help students gain a deeper understanding of the complexity and multiple viewpoints on the topic of Thanksgiving. Students will be challenged to conduct research, analyze various viewpoints, and utilize critical thinking skills to develop the
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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NO Prep - Reading Comprehension and Research - Thanksgiving in Japan - EASEL
Thanksgiving in Japan - Kinro Kansha no HiIn this reading comprehenion and the research tasks students learn about Labour Thanksgiving celebrated in Japan. Task One - READINGThe text delves into the history of this holiday, its establishment as a public day of gratitude, and how celebrations are different from Western celebrations. Task Two - Comprehenion QuestionsStudents answer TEN comprehsnion questions based on the text. The questions are arranged acording to the forst three levels of Bloom.
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7th - 9th
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History of Thanksgiving Objective Summaries
This product contains four objective summary assignments related to Thanksgiving (Plymouth Thanksgiving, food at the first Thanksgiving, Sarah Hale/Abe Lincoln, and Black Friday). Each one is on its own page, and includes the link to the article and a template for writing an objective summary with sentence starters. The template is especially helpful for English learners or RSP students. It is ready for Google Classroom, or you can easily print the assignment sheet and articles using the links p
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving ELA Activities Discount Bundle-Common Core Aligned!
Notetaking Outline for History Smashers: The Mayflower
Guided notes for the book History Smashers: The Mayflower by Kate Messner. This outline will help students develop notetaking strategies such as summarizing and synthesizing information, while also providing a way to keep track of the dozens of historical events mentioned in the text.For each chapter, students will record information on 3 historic events from the text in their own words, and then identify the main idea that these details support.This resource will prompt students to engage with
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5th - 8th
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Turkey Pardons
Turkey Pardoning is an annual tradition. Students will enjoy reading about how the tradition started. There are some text dependent questions included. Also, students will have to evaluate a persuasive argument and determine which is more persuasive. Lastly, students will create memes.
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6th - 10th
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