Teaching Themes
Thanksgiving: Everything You Need
Students will see beyond the kids table, as they research the significance of Thanksgiving.
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Books for Teaching the First ThanksgivingGrades: PreK–K Teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
Spotlight on Thanksgiving BooksGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 A selection of List Exchange Book Lists created by teachers, reading experts, and Scholastic editors. Book Lists are an excellent classroom tool that... |
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Articles, Book Resources Thanksgiving Recommended BooksGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Recommended books for teacher about Thanksgiving. |
 Articles Thanksgiving Fact HuntGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Have your students complete this printable fact hunt as they explore the multimedia First Thanksgiving unit. |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources Guests Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 A story about Thanksgiving from the point of view of the hosts: the Native Americans who were kind enough to share what they had with the Pilgrims... |
 Book Resources A Journey to the New World Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Through Remember Patience Whipple's diary, students get to join the pilgrims and experience their Atlantic crossing, their settling in Plimoth,... |
Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Book Resources The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce Discussion GuideGrades: 6–8 A young orphan journeys on the Mayflower to a new land. When the crew arrives at Plymouth, they find a countryside of magnificent beauty and a... |
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Discussion Guides, Book Resources The Legend of the Bluebonnet Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Tomie dePaola retells the folktale of how the blue bonnets, the state flower of Texas, came to be. |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources The Mud Pony Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Discussion guide for The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources Rabbit's Wish for Snow Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for Rabbit's Wish for Snow by Tchin. |
Activities and Games, Extension Activities, Book Resources Guests Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Extension activity for Guests by Michael Dorris. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources The Legend of the Bluebonnet Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 What's In a Name? After reviewing why the heroine's name was changed in The Legend of the Bluebonnet, by Tomie dePaola, discuss how the names... |
 Make a Mini MayflowerGrades: PreK–K Teach students about appreciation as they make a miniature model of the Mayflower and write a letter of thanks. |
Make an "I'm Thankful For..." PlacematGrades: PreK–K Teach students the meaning of Thanksgiving through poetry by helping them make placemats adorned with their pictures and lines from a poem. |
 Lesson Plans, Extension Activities, Book Resources On the Mayflower Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students will learn to identify and describe events as they create models or drawings of the Mayflower, after reading On the Mayflower... |
Tracing Our Own Family PilgrimagesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students track their ancestors' voyages to America in this Thanksgiving lesson plan focused on diverse cultural heritages. |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving: Dav Pilkey Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students enjoy performing humorous stories, plays, and poems in Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, using eye contact, volume, and clear... |
 Lesson Plans, Book Resources Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Using nonfiction the nonfiction book, Giving Thanks, students will learn about feasting days shared by English settlers and Wampanoag Indians in... |
Articles 1620s Daily LifeGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 A Pilgrim interpreter and a modern day Wampanoag Native American describe traditional food, games, and what life was like in the1620s. |
