Thanksgiving Lesson Plan: Literacy Grades K-2
Use the Thanksgiving Theme to Get Kids Excited About Literacy!
Title: Thanksgiving Celebration
Grade Level: K-2
NCSS Standards:
• Time, Continuity, and Change
o Performance Expectations
• (a) Assist learners to understand that historical knowledge and the concept of time are socially influenced constructions that lead historians to be selective in the questions they seek to answer and the evidence they use.
• Individual Development and Identity
o Performance Expectations
• (b) Help learners to identify, describe, and express appreciation for the influences of various historical and contemporary cultures on an individual’s daily life
• (h) Assist learners as they work independently and cooperatively within groups and institutions to accomplish goals
Materials: Picture book: Thanksgiving Mice! By Bethany Roberts, construction paper, chalk, markers, crayons, colored pencils
Objectives:
• Students will develop an awareness of the importance of showing appreciation.
• Students will come up with ways to show appreciation towards others.
• Students will learn how to make an acrostic poem.
• Students will gain literary content through the use of a picture book.
Activity Summary:
Thanksgiving Lesson Plan: Literacy Grades K-2
Thanksgiving is a great American holiday and offers all sorts of lesson ideas. Be sure to teach your students the truth about the origin of Thanksgiving while incorporating some of the wonderful picture books to improve students' literacy skills.
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Did You Know?
The first official Thanksgiving had nothing to do with Pilgrims or Native Americans sharing meals. Please see: http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/thanksgiving.htm Much of the credit for the adoption of a later ANNUAL national Thanksgiving Day may be attributed to Mrs. Sarah Joseph Hale, the editor of Godey's Lady's Book. For thirty years, she promoted the idea of a national Thanksgiving Day, contacting President after President, until President Abraham Lincoln responded in 1863 by setting aside the last Thursday of November as a national Day of Thanksgiving. Over the next seventy-five years, Presidents followed Lincoln's precedent, annually declaring a national Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1941, Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November as a national holiday.It is important for students to learn about Sarah Hale and her contribution to this great American holiday!
Resources
- thanksgiving.spike-jamie.com/info.html (lots of additional information on the history of Thanksgiving) pumpkinnook.com/tday/tinfo.htm (helpful links for more information on Thanksgiving)
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