Celebrating Thanksgiving!

I love the fall! The leaves are changing and the cool weather always makes me so happy. It truly is the most beautiful season. Now that we are a week into November, it is time to start thinking about celebrating Thanksgiving.

My students have begun creating these adorable coffee filter turkeys. Here is an example from a few years back. 

I also have some great activities planned for my students covering a variety of common core standards for Thanksgiving. We will be completing a fun Thanksgiving Turkey Draw and Write Activity. This activity is perfect for practicing following step-by-step directions, drawing skills, and of course writing skills. My students love these activities and you can pick up this turkey freebie in my store.

We will also be playing these super cute Thanksgiving Games. We will use the phonics games and the math games with our parent volunteers to practice standards while celebrating Thanksgiving. Check them out here.

We will also be reviewing addition and subtraction skills with these engaging color-by-the-code activities. You can grab them here. I also have a freebie sample here.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Classroom Fun!

Now that Thanksgiving has passed and the guests have departed, I finally have time to share some of the Thanksgiving creations from my classroom. The first activity I found on Pinterest. Check it out here. The first is our cute little coffee filter turkey.

 To create this cute little turkey, my class colored coffee filters with markers. I had them use fall colors (red, yellow, orange, and brown). Then we sprayed the coffee filters with water so the colors blended together to create a watercolor look. The filters were cut in a scalloped pattern and the body parts (brown body, wattle, eye,beak, and legs) were assembled. They turned out so cute! I am so thankful for my parent helpers. They made this project possible with the time they spent helping the students!

The next Thanksgiving activity was a three-dimensional model of the Mayflower. My students loved creating these ships! We studied the Mayflower and the voyage the Pilgrims took across the Atlantic. It took some time and patience cutting, folding, and gluing, but the end result was amazing! The students were so proud to take these home to their families for Thanksgiving!

What activities did your students do to prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday?

Thanksgiving Activities

Happy Sunday! Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Today I want to share a few fun and engaging Thanksgiving activities. The first is a subtraction freebie. Click here to download my "Turkey Color-by-Code Subtraction" page. This page is a part of a 5 pack of Thanksgiving addition and subtraction activities. Click here for the whole packet.

Here are some of the images that can be found in the pack:

I also have a pack of engaging Thanksgiving Board Games! I have created 7 games with phonics skills and math skills. Included are: short vowels, blends, magic-e long vowels, addition, and subtraction. Check it out here!

Happy teaching!