Thanksgiving | Writing Prompts and Pages

This is a teacher resource that will help student readers and writers study a Thanksgiving theme.  These pages are a nice supplement to your Thanksgiving book corner.  Created for elementary grades and diversified instruction.  You might also use this resource for homeschoolers and distance learning.  24 pages included

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Focus Skills are:

• Main Idea and details

• What I am thankful for ...

• Thanksgiving is | 4 details - 4 square

• writing an invitation

• writing about Thanksgiving

• How do you help your family on Thanksgiving day?

• You are a very intelligent turkey.  Write a letter to Americans to convince them not to have turkey on Thanksgiving. 

• Describe a delicious Thanksgiving dinner.

• Sailing to America on the Mayflower

• Write about a special Thanksgiving tradition in your family

• Pretend you were a Pilgrim.  Write a journal entry about your day

• What does being thankful mean to you?

There are 2 sets of the above writing prompts.  Pages with lines for primary writers and pages with lines for more experienced writers.

Also included:

• 4 square | A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting | Reader Response Page

• How to Make Pumpkin Pie | first, next, then, finally

• Four Facts about the First Thanksgiving

• Thanksgiving | Then & Now

• Making New Words

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