These Thanksgiving activities for elementary students are very popular the days leading up to this holiday. They provide fun and engaging learning experiences to help you celebrate Thanksgiving with your class. Check out all of the Thanksgiving activities for elementary students below!
11 Thanksgiving Activities for Elementary Students
Below are our favorite Thanksgiving activities for elementary students.
1. Thanksgiving Activity Packet
This Thanksgiving Activity Packet includes fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! Use these activities as centers, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
2. Thanksgiving Book Companions
This Thanksgiving Book Companion Bundle includes 5 of our Starts With a Story resources: Balloons Over Broadway, One is a Feast for Mouse, Cranberry Thanksgiving, Bear Says Thanks, Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’. Each of them includes printable and digital resources. This makes it so you can use them in school or for homework. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
3. Thanksgiving Non-Fiction Reading Unit
This Thanksgiving Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like Balloons Over Broadway, One is a Feast for Mouse, Cranberry Thanksgiving, Bear Says Thanks, Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
4. First Thanksgiving Unit
This First Thanksgiving Unit is packed with activities and resources that you can use to create a lap book and teach your students about the Pilgrims, Wampanoag Tribe, and First Thanksgiving. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
5. Thanksgiving Craft
This Thanksgiving Craft is a great activity to complete in class and then send home with students over Thanksgiving break. Students and their families will love using these family dinner conversation starters when they are sitting around the dinner table enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, as well as all year long. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
6. Favorite Thanksgiving Math Activities
These Favorite Thanksgiving Math Activities are a big hit among students during the days leading up to Thanksgiving break. They can be used with students in 1st-4th grade. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
7. Favorite Thanksgiving Writing and Craft Activities
These Favorite Thanksgiving Writing and Craft Activities are another big hit the days leading up to Thanksgiving break. They can be used with students in grades K-5. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
8. Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Activities
These Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Activities can be used with any book related to Thanksgiving. Their open-ended nature allows them to be used over and over again with different books, giving them more opportunities to practice reading and writing skills. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
9. How to Catch a Turkey Writing and Craft Project
This How to Catch a Turkey Writing and Craft Project is a fun and engaging Thanksgiving project for elementary students. It includes resources like a brainstorming web, thematic lined paper, class book covers, scoring rubric, and much more. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
10. Turkey Hideout Writing and Craft Project
This Turkey Hideout Writing and Craft Project offers a fun, engaging, and creative way to teach descriptive writing to your elementary students. Even your most reluctant writers will enjoy describing and creating a turkey hiding place to keep them safe! Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
11. Turkey in Disguise Writing and Craft Project
This Turkey in Disguise Writing and Craft Project is another fun and engaging Thanksgiving project for elementary students. You can choose to use it with or without the picture book Turkey Trouble. This project involves decorating a turkey craft template and then writing persuasive or descriptive paragraphs. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
In closing, we hope you found this list of Thanksgiving activities for elementary students helpful! If you did, then you may also be interested in these other related posts:
