First Grade Thanksgiving Lessons

Here are a few of my favorite lessons for Thanksgiving. Several of the ideas come from other blogs so be sure to follow the links to their sites as well.

1. Thanksgiving Alliterations
2. Thanksgiving Feast
3. Handy Turkey
4. Thanksgiving Venn Diagram
5. Cornucopia Placemats
6. Number Pattern Turkeys
7. Turkey Descriptive Writing
8. Pattern Block Turkeys

Skip Counting Number Lines

The students worked together to create skip counting number lines for 2s and 5s using their handprints and socks. The number lines are currently hanging in our class as an anchor chart.

Digraph Show and Tell

In reading we are working on making connections and the phonics sounds for /ch/, /sh/, /wh/, and /th/. To help the students make connections to these sounds so they can remember them, we had Digraph Show and Tell. The students brought in chess and checker pieces, whisks, whales, sharks, whistles, sheeps, shirts, and more.

Nature Center Field Trip

Friday we had a field trip to the district's Nature Center. The students participated in four outdoor learning lessons. We visited the pond to identify living and non-living objects. Next we visited the gardens to view various plants and record their names alphabetically. We then went on a nature walk to record what we could hear, see, feel, and smell. Last, we measured the circumference of a tree and learned about various types of trees.

Magnetic or Non-Magnetic?

We recently visited the Science Lab to experiment with magnets. The students had a variety of objects to test. They recorded their findings and discussed which objects were magnetic and non-magnetic. They then experimented with putting like ends of a magnet together to feel how the magnets push away from one another. They also experimented with putting opposite ends together to see how they attract.

Book Character Parade

On Halloween we had a "Book Character Parade." The students could dress up as their favorite character and show their costume and book off for their fellow students.

 

Place Value Initials

***UPDATE: You can now download the templates on my TPT store.***

The students practiced building larger numbers using paper Base Ten Blocks by creating the initial of their first name. After building their initial, they recorded how many tens and ones their letter contained and then wrote the expanded notation.