Gratitude Read Alouds & Thanksgiving Activities for Fall! Includes 5 gratitude resources PLUS fun NO PREP Thanksgiving worksheet activity pages including a word search, crossword puzzle, mazes, connect-the-dots, word scrambles, colour by beginning sound, coloring pages, and MORE!!!
⭐This bundle contains a bonus PDF file that compiles all resources into one easy-to-navigate PDF ⭐
I was once told by a loved and valued veteran teacher to use literacy as your springboard, especially in early elementary. Books have always been an integral part of my classroom and are often the springboard for learning across all subjects ever since.
This BUNDLE is built around just that; Each resource begins with a carefully chosen story that captures the spirit of gratitude and togetherness, followed by hands-on, standards-aligned activities that reinforce literacy, SEL, and creative thinking skills. Although created with Thanksgiving in mind, most activities can be used any time of the year and are designed to keep students learning, loving, and feeling a whole lot of gratitude for all of our blessings!
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Included in Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities #1:
Featured read alouds: Around the Table That Grandad Built by Melanie Heuiser Hill & Our Table by Peter H. Reynolds (no need to purchase these books if you don’t own them; if your library doesn’t have them, YouTube does!)
- Detailed lesson plan/activity instructions page
- Handprint bouquet templates (4 options): I love this simple twist on the classic (but growing overused) Thanksgiving placemat activity. Whether you print out the full colour version or have students color in the black and white option, parents will be so grateful for this thoughtful and unexpected gift ♥️
- Around/On the Table story extension worksheet
- People Over Pixels writing craft templates: includes differentiated 2 writing pages for varying abilities (plus you can choose for students to write or draw on the emergent writer option)
- Bulletin board display letters: Simple, easy-to-cut & assemble bulletin board heading words that read “The strongest CONNECTION is FAMILY”. Words are ink/printer-friendly black and white so you can print on any coloured paper of your choice.
Included in Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities #2:
Featured read aloud: The Thank You Book by Mo Willems (no need to purchase this book if you don’t own it; if your library doesn’t have it, YouTube does!)
- Detailed lesson plan/activity instructions page
- Thank-O-Rama! worksheet planning pages (4 options to accommodate emergent & more confident writers)
- Thank-O-Rama! craft templates
- Thank-O-Rama! bulletin board display letters (ink/printer-friendly black and white so you can print on any coloured paper of your choice, suggestions included.)
Included in Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities #3:
Featured read aloud: Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora (no need to purchase this book if you don’t own it; if your library doesn’t have it, YouTube does!)
- Detailed lesson plan/activity instructions page
- No-Bake Pumpkin Pie in a Cup Recipe Page: Suggested classroom recipe & explanation of how to involve students
- No Bake Pumpkin Pie in a Cup student colouring/coloring page & take-home recipe
- Gift Tags: 3 gift tag options for one of the read aloud extension activities
- Secret Someone Gratitude Activity Cards (3 options: one black and white student card, one black and white teacher card, one full colour teacher card)
Included in Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities #4:
Featured read alouds: Thankful by Elaine Vickers & The Secret of Saying Thanks by Douglas Wood (no need to purchase these books if you don’t own them; if your library doesn’t have them, YouTube does!)
- Detailed lesson plan/activity instructions page
- Gratitude Chain Activity: extension activity (& additional bulletin board decor for the next writing craft!) for the Thankful story
- Truckload of Gratitude graphic organizer planning page (for early and confident writers to plan a simple paragraph: paragraph can share 3 different things students are thankful for with an opening and closing sentence, OR students can share 1 thing they are grateful for in their opening sentence followed by 3 reasons why they’re grateful for that 1 thing)
- A Truckload of Gratitude Writing Craft writing pages (2 options: one for emergent writers for either one-word writing OR drawing, and the other writing lines option for early/confident writers)
- A Truckload of Gratitude Writing Craft truck template
- Bulletin Board Display Letters: Simple, easy-to-cut & assemble bulletin board heading words that read “You cannot feel GRATITUDE &unhappiness at the same time”. Words are ink/printer-friendly black and white so you can print on any coloured paper of your choice. There is also a full color option provided as well)
Included in Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities #5:
Featured read aloud: Apple Cake a Gratitude by Dawn Casey (no need to purchase this books if you don’t own it; if your library doesn’t have it, YouTube does!)
- Detailed lesson plan/activity instructions page
- Gratitude Scavenger Hunt: 3 different activity options (acrostic poem challenge with GRATITUDE or THANKFUL, Finding Gratitude guided mindful/reflective search)
- Apple Tree Collaborative Artwork…with a twist! (25-count poster sections)
- Apple Tree Collaborative Artwork gratitude apple templates
- Thanksgiving Recipe Book (a meaningful & memorable keepsake activity & gift to share with students and families ♥️):
- Family/Parent Note & activity explanation to send home
- Recipe & Recipe History/Story Template Page
- Recipe Book Cover Pages (2 options: 1 black-and-white option for independent or collaborative student-drawn artwork, or full colour option)
Included in Fun Thanksgiving Activity Pages #6:
- Thanksgiving – colouring page & the reflection question
- Thanksgiving Word Scramble – 12 fall/Thanksgiving-themed words to unscramble with an upside-down word bank
- Can You Crack That Thanksgiving Code? – picture letter code that reveals a Thanksgiving joke
- Thanksgiving word search – 20 themed words to find
- Thanksgiving Colour By Sound – a colour-by-number activity with a twist; students will colour according the beginning sound of each picture
- How Many Words Can You Make From Thanksgiving – challenge up to 20 spots
- Thanksgiving EYE Spy – colour and count pictures
- Thanksgiving Word Search – 10-picture word search, with or without a word bank
- Thanksgiving Patterns – AB, ABC, ABB, ABCD, and make your own color patterns
- Slice, Slice, Pumpkin Pie! – finding the missing number in number bonds
- Pumpkin Patch Problems #1 – “easy” maze with counting challenge
- Pumpkin Patch Problems #2 – “challenging” maze
- Thanksgiving Trouble – unscramble the words & find the matching picture
- Thanksgiving Mystery Word – spell the missing vocabulary words using pictures & the word bank to find the mystery word
- Thanksgiving Dot-to-Dot – 3 connect the dot pictures with numbers up to 31
- Thanksgiving Secret Message – use the beginning sound of each picture to decode the secret message (another joke!)
- Thanksgiving Gratitude – listing things you’re thankful for (2 differentiation options)
- The Biggest Pumpkin Patch – writing missing numbers in order from 1-42
- Mystery Picture – match each CVC word’s missing letter to the puzzle piece in order to cut & paste the puzzle in the correct spot to create a picture
- Place Value Place Settings – determine the value of base 10 blocks
- Pumpkin Pie Measurement – use the included pumpkin pie ruler to determine how many slices long each picture is (2 options provided)
- Just So Thankful – colouring page (2 options)
- Options for both US & Canadian spelling of the word colour/color
- Necessary answer keys provided
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