Thanksgiving Recipes (All Grades)
Teach math and language arts skills to your students through cooking activities. Cooking activities are also a great way to get parents involved by having them volunteer ingredients or help in the classroom during the day of the cooking. Thanksgiving recipes can be found at this site.
http://www.aristotle.net/thanksgiving/recipes-index.html
Class Book or Newsletter (Pre-K-1)
These Thanksgiving-related pictures can be downloaded and colored for a class book or newsletter. Ideas for Thanksgiving class books include: Voyage of the PIlgrims, The First Thanksgiving, and Adventures on The Mayflower.
http://www.racersworld.com/~deb/tg/tg_coloring.html
A Gaggle of Thanksgiving Geese (2-3)
Have students create funny geese for their Thanksgiving table using squash. This is a fun and easy activity that requires an adult to help out with the cutting.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/squash.html
The Mayflower and its Passenger List (4-5)
Read about the design of the Mayflower and the supplies that the Pilgrims took on their journey to the new world. In pairs or as a class project, have students draw a cross section of the Mayflower on bulletin board paper.
http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/Mayflower%20Ship/mayflower_ship_facts.htm The original passenger and crew name list for the Mayflower can be found at this site. Students can create their own activities using the list.
http://members.aol.com/calebj/passenger.html
