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Thanksgiving is a time for family, food, and gratitude.

But for students, it can also mean a break


from school and a pile of homework waiting to be completed. As much as we all love spending time
with loved ones and indulging in delicious Thanksgiving dishes, it can be difficult to focus on
homework during this time.

However, with a little creativity, you can turn your Thanksgiving holiday into a fun and productive
learning experience. Here are some Thanksgiving homework ideas that will help you make the most
out of your break and still get your assignments done.

1. Thanksgiving Themed Writing Prompts


Writing assignments can be a great way to incorporate the holiday spirit into your homework. You
can ask students to write a story about a Thanksgiving feast, a poem about gratitude, or a persuasive
essay on why we should be thankful. This will not only make the homework more engaging, but it
will also help students reflect on the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

2. Create a Thanksgiving Scrapbook


Instead of a traditional written assignment, students can create a scrapbook filled with pictures,
recipes, and memories from their Thanksgiving celebrations. This can be a fun and creative way to
document the holiday and also incorporate some research and writing skills.

3. Thanksgiving Math Problems


Math homework doesn't have to be boring, especially during Thanksgiving. You can create
Thanksgiving-themed math problems that involve counting, fractions, or even budgeting for a
Thanksgiving dinner. This will make math more relatable and fun for students.

4. Thanksgiving History Research Project


Thanksgiving is a holiday with a rich history and tradition. Students can research the origins of
Thanksgiving, the first Thanksgiving feast, or how the holiday is celebrated in different cultures. This
will not only fulfill their history or social studies homework, but it will also expand their knowledge
and understanding of the holiday.

5. Thanksgiving Science Experiments


Science can also be incorporated into Thanksgiving homework. Students can conduct experiments
related to food, such as testing the effects of different cooking methods on a Thanksgiving turkey or
making a pumpkin volcano. This will make learning fun and hands-on for students.

These are just a few ideas to make Thanksgiving homework more interesting and enjoyable.
However, if you find yourself struggling to balance holiday festivities and homework, it's okay to
ask for help. ⇒ StudyHub.vip ⇔ offers professional and reliable homework assistance for students
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unfinished assignments. Happy Thanksgiving!
If you'd like to check out the packet they're from, click on the picture below. Look at the beautiful
prints the corn makes when you roll it. Children can identify what gratefulness looks like, what it
feels like, what we are thankful for, and how we can show others we are thankful. For an optimal
experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or
Mozilla Firefox. I went back to school this week on Wednesday for professional development.
Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines. Don’t forget to
grab your FREE Thankful placemat later in the post. For an optimal experience, please switch to the
latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox. You can also put
blank thank you cards for students to write thank you cards to their friends and family. Now.because
I'm so late they are on sale for the rest of November. This bundle includes color sheets for
articulation, phonological processes, and apraxia. Students clapped the number of syllables in various
foods and placed them onto the corresponding plate. For an optimal experience, please switch to the
latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Make learning so
much fun so they don’t even realize they are doing work. Included you will find 5 homework passes
to use all year:ThanksgivingChristmasValentinesSt. Report this resource to let us know if this
resource violates TPT’s content guidelines. It is designed to print as a complete packet, but you could
also select specific pages for your students to work on to make it a little shorter. For an optimal
experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or
Mozilla Firefox. If your students are struggling, draw a black line around the object. Making a
Thanksgiving dinner plate is a favorite in my class. Add pumpkins, leaves, popsicle sticks, feathers,
veggie counters, and cardboard pieces, and Fall STEM I Can Build Cards to get students building
and engineering Thanksgiving things. If you add dice, students can roll the dice and count out the
corresponding number of feathers. As I was getting started, I figured I would whip up a little packet
of homework for the fall season. Students can draw what they are thankful for in the middle and
write it on the line at the top. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s
content guidelines. I traced circles for the head, and students added in the details. Thanksgiving is
full of food so investigate healthy foods, their bodies, and healthy habits at the science table. Lastly,
place one cotton ball (aka whip cream) on top. This post contains affiliate links which means I earn a
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You can find all of these printables in my My Body and Teeth Science Unit HERE. Grab these
thankful placemats to have something engaging for students to do while they celebrate. For an
optimal experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple
Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Add more movement and have students JUMP the syllables. Sign up and
get freebies sent to your email every week HERE. This is such a fun project to encourage spatial
awareness growth and creativity. I went back to school this week on Wednesday for professional
development. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines.
Give students this Thanksgiving themed homework pass and give them something else to be
thankful for. Once everything was dry, I assembled the turkey and added the eyes, beak, and feet.
I’ve also included pictures and recipes for a variety of activities and snacks. In this post, learn how
to engage your students in hands-on, Thanksgiving-themed learning activities they will love.
Now.because I'm so late they are on sale for the rest of November. Report this resource to let us
know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines. My students all have punch cards that I use
like sticker charts- once they fill up 20 punches, they get to choose from the coupon box. These
printable sheets could easily be used for morning work or station rotations (or a SUB!!). It is
common core aligned and will keep students practicing purposefully over the long break. Students
cut yummy items from the ads and glue them to their plates. Students matched the uppercase and
lowercase letters to create the picture. For an optimal experience, please switch to the latest version
of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Report this resource to let us
know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines. This could also be used as an enrichment
packet or finish early worksheets for the week of Thanksgiving. Students sculpt a turkey body with
the play dough and add other items to create their turkey. My students love to play at the grocery
store set-up. Those yucky days when students can’t go outside can be tough. Includes 7 coloring
scenes corresponding to the days of the week. I even threw in some magnet letters that didn’t match.
A list of my FAVORITE Easter books for little learners. Each plate had a plain sugar cookie,
chocolate frosting, a popsicle stick for spreading, candy corn, and edible eyes. Be sure to grab all the
resources you need and get busy planning.
One of my favorite Thanksgiving books is 10 Fat Turkeys. There are printable mats and then feathers
that the students add to each turkey to complete his tail feathers. For this turkey play dough tray,
you will need brown play dough, feathers, eyes, beads, and orange pipe cleaners. Report this
resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines. For an optimal experience,
please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Mozilla
Firefox. Reply Delete Replies Reply Jay Pea November 18, 2013 at 9:05 PM This looks great.
Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines. Grab some
grocery store ads and cut them into manageable pieces (I cut mine on the folds). Those yucky days
when students can’t go outside can be tough. Report this resource to let us know if this resource
violates TPT’s content guidelines. Sign up and get freebies sent to your email every week HERE. For
an optimal experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple
Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Sort pretend food and practice various exercises (and time them too). It
would be a fun activity to do after you read There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. Included
you will find 5 homework passes to use all year:ThanksgivingChristmasValentinesSt. They are books
that I use in my classroom and are hand-picked over the years as our favorites. It’s so important to
integrate sensory into different activities as the weather changes, and we have to stay inside more.
Your students will love completing homework on the Thanksgiving Break with this pack. For an
optimal experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple
Safari or Mozilla Firefox. I drew a line on the board for the fence and placed the 10 turkeys on it. I
even threw in some magnet letters that didn’t match. Students colored mini I am Thankful books
after we read The Thankful Book by Todd Parr. Students will poke feathers into the foam to create a
cute turkey fine motor activity. For this activity, I put out small pie pans, small pie servers, apple
counters, pear counters, a rolling pin, pizza cutters, and a spice jar (with red pom poms inside) to
accompany the play dough. Hiding puzzle pieces or game pieces in a sensory bin is a calming activity
that stimulates students’ senses. It is a cute story, and as a bonus, I can use it to teach rhyme and
informal subtraction. This play dough tray will build students’ fine motor muscles, hand-eye
coordination, and imagination. Students are developing one-to-one correspondence, identifying
numbers, writing numbers, and developing fine motor skills in this activity. Do you send home work
for your students to complete over the break. Report this resource to let us know if this resource
violates TPT’s content guidelines.
For an optimal experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge,
Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox. In this post, learn how to engage your students in hands-on,
Thanksgiving-themed learning activities they will love. I went back to school this week on
Wednesday for professional development. Check out my list of Thanksgiving books that are perfect
for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students. One of my favorite Thanksgiving books is 10 Fat
Turkeys. I always strive to make the bulletin boards in and outside of my classroom filled with
student work. It’s filled with fun activities and learning ideas perfect for younger children. Students
matched the uppercase and lowercase letters to create the picture. Students sculpt a turkey body with
the play dough and add other items to create their turkey. For an optimal experience, please switch to
the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Add more
movement and have students JUMP the syllables. A list of my FAVORITE Easter books for little
learners. Go to my TPT store for even more activities and charts all about being thankful. You can
also put blank thank you cards for students to write thank you cards to their friends and family. For
an optimal experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple
Safari or Mozilla Firefox. For an optimal experience, please switch to the latest version of Google
Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox. Included Cover Reading Log
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Check out this beginning sound and letter match-up-turkey style. Now.because I'm so late they are
on sale for the rest of November. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s
content guidelines. There are four sheets with different color schemes: red, pink, blue, and green. On
each feather, they wrote and drew things they were thankful for. Each plate had a plain sugar cookie,
chocolate frosting, a popsicle stick for spreading, candy corn, and edible eyes. Students also helped
me paint the circle turkey body and head. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates
TPT’s content guidelines. I’ve also included pictures and recipes for a variety of activities and
snacks. I even threw in some magnet letters that didn’t match. These printable sheets could easily be
used for morning work or station rotations (or a SUB!!). Students will then use tweezers or tongs to
pick up other feathers and place them into the matching turkey. Mix it all together to create the
perfect consistency and color.
Add Thanksgiving-themed writing paper and vocabulary cards to your writing center. For an optimal
experience, please switch to the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or
Mozilla Firefox. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s content
guidelines. Thanksgiving is full of food so investigate healthy foods, their bodies, and healthy habits
at the science table. I also added fall-colored dot markers and fall stickers to the center. Be sure to
grab all the resources you need and get busy planning. I hid these Thanksgiving letter puzzles in my
sensory bin. This bundle includes color sheets for articulation, phonological processes, and apraxia.
Students also helped me paint the circle turkey body and head. Children can identify what
gratefulness looks like, what it feels like, what we are thankful for, and how we can show others we
are thankful. I always strive to make the bulletin boards in and outside of my classroom filled with
student work. Your students will love completing homework on the Thanksgiving Break with this
pack. It is designed to print as a complete packet, but you could also select specific pages for your
students to work on to make it a little shorter. Easy for print-n-go access to send home for carryover.
Reply Delete Replies Reply Jay Pea November 18, 2013 at 9:05 PM This looks great. Sign up and
get freebies sent to your email every week HERE. This turkey has to be the cutest bulletin board I
have ever made. Check out this post to see how I set it up and all the fun ideas I use in my
classroom. Sign up and get freebies sent to your email every week HERE. I put some corn kernels in
a tub and then added the letter feathers, sound feathers, and magnet letters. Easy for print-n-go
access to send home for carryover. In this post, learn how to engage your students in hands-on,
Thanksgiving-themed learning activities they will love. Included you will find 5 homework passes to
use all year:ThanksgivingChristmasValentinesSt. Students cut yummy items from the ads and glue
them to their plates. Add more movement and have students JUMP the syllables. Report this
resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT’s content guidelines. Your students will love to
color the daily holiday and seasonal scenes as they practice their sounds. Don’t forget to grab your
FREE Thankful placemat later in the post. Lots of printable options to save you from purchasing
additional hands-on materials that you may not have available.

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