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!
20+ Thanksgiving Activities for Elementary Students
Below are our favorite Thanksgiving activities for elementary students.
1. If I Were a Turkey Thanksgiving Writing Activity
Do you need Thanksgiving writing activities? This If I Were a Turkey writing project is packed with quick and easy graphic organizers and printable worksheets. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
2. I Am Thankful Thanksgiving Writing and Craft
Help your students show gratitude with this I Am Thankful writing and craft project. This resource provides everything needed for a fun, customizable, and meaningful Thanksgiving craft and writing activity that can be tailored to different student abilities and preferences. It’s perfect for classroom displays or Thanksgiving-themed projects! Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
3. Thanksgiving Placemat Craft
Teach your elementary students about gratitude with a super-easy Thanksgiving Placemat craft and writing project. Teachers, students, and parents love this resource! Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
4. Thanksgiving Me on the Map Activities
This Thanksgiving Me on the Map Packet can be used with or without the book Balloons Over Broadway. Students will practice map skills and reinforce geography with these engaging Thanksgiving activities focused on the Thanksgiving Parade in New York City. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
5. Thanksgiving Writing and Craft Project
Are you looking for a Thanksgiving Craft and Writing Activity or turkey coloring pages that are great for 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade or even 4th and 5th grade students. It is standards-based and flexible to meet your needs. Students can practice speaking and listening skills if you use the question cards as discussion prompts and/or they can also be used with the Thanksgiving writing paper to practice writing skills. You can even skip the bag and use the coloring page as a topper to display the completed writing as an adorable November bulletin board. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
6. 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!
7. 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!
8. 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!
9. 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!
10. 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!
11. Favorite Thanksgiving Food 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!
12. 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!
13. 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!
14. 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!
15. Favorite Thanksgiving Food 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!
16. 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!
17. Thanksgiving Color by Code Activity
This Thanksgiving Color by Code Activity is a fun and engaging task that invites students to practice identifying the parts of speech of thematic words like turkey, serve, and sweet. It’s a quick print and go activity you can have printed on your desk whenever you have 15-20 minutes to fill. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
18. Thanksgiving Would You Rather Activity
These Thanksgiving Would You Rather Activities include prompts where students are given two options to choose from. They are a great way to increase engagement in your classroom whether it’s during your morning meeting or literacy centers. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
19. Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Activities
These Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem Activities include five unique acrostic poem templates, each offering a different blend of structure, creativity, and seasonal-themed fun. Each printable worksheet was designed to spark creativity, reinforce writing skills, improve vocabulary, and give students meaningful ways to engage with seasonal themes – all in a super quick and easy format teachers can use with no prep. Learn more below!
20. Thanksgiving Bingo Activities
Use these Thanksgiving Bingo Activities as coloring pages for a calming activity and then play the game. Learn more below!
21. Thanksgiving Directed Drawing Activities
These Thanksgiving Directed Drawing Activities are a fun and engaging way for elementary students to practice a variety of important skills: writing, vocabulary, focus, fine motor, social-emotional, and more. Both teachers and students love them! Learn more below!
22. Thanksgiving Bookmarks
These printable Thanksgiving Bookmarks pair perfectly with other Thanksgiving activities. Students will enjoy these Thanksgiving coloring activities that spark creativity while giving them a purposeful finished product to use during independent reading. Learn more below!
23. Thanksgiving Word Search
This Thanksgiving Word Search Activity is a fun way for students to celebrate Thanksgiving while reinforcing spelling, vocabulary, reading, visual scanning, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. Learn more below!
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