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Thanksgiving Traditions Powerpoint Presentation
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Do your students know what the most popular U.S. Thanksgiving traditions are? If not, check out this fun presentation with 9 informational slides!
Great to use as a conversation starter, a writing starter or a fun holiday classroom party.
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$3.00Add to CartThis interactive unit for students will allow them to create a cute LAPBOOK about PUMPKINS! Great to use anytime, especially in October or November during the Fall Holidays.
See description below for more details on this resource AND suggested uses.
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Give your students another way to learn about the Mayflower and the Pilgrim’s journey over to the New World! Perfect addition to your lesson plans if you are beginning a study on the founding of the 13 Colonies or during the month of November, leading up to Thanksgiving.
In this 18 slide PPT presentation, students will learn about…
- The Mayflower before the Pilgrims
- The Pilgrims securing the Mayflower for the journey
- About the ship itself
- Life aboard the Mayflower
- The arrival at Cape Cod
- Did the Mayflower return to England?
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Turkey Lapbook | Thanksgiving Science & Fall Interactive Project to Pinterest (opens in a new window)$5.00Add to Cart
Transform your science and seasonal lessons into an engaging, interactive adventure with the Turkeys Lapbooking Unit! Perfect for classroom teachers, homeschool families, and co-op instructors, this 31-page hands-on resource turns ordinary learning into an interactive showcase of student discovery.
From wild turkey biology, classification, and anatomy to holiday traditions, history, and Thanksgiving reflections, this unit bridges life science and social studies in a format students are proud to keep.
Designed with complete instructional flexibility, it empowers educators to scale content up or down depending on the student’s grade, interest, and ability level. Rather than dictating rigid placement, this resource encourages learners to design, organize, and construct their own custom lapbook—fostering ownership, fine motor skills, and organizational thinking.
What’s Included
This 31-page downloadable PDF package is fully stocked with ready-to-print templates, informational reading sheets, and decorative assets:
- Teacher & Student Setup Guides: Easy-to-follow visual instructions for building single-folder, single tri-fold, or expanded double tri-fold lapbook bases.
- Planning & Assessment Tools: A teacher-directed assignment checklist with due dates form and a complete grading rubric.
- Comprehensive Turkey Fact Sheets: High-interest informational reading covering scientific classification, life spans, diets, habitats, reproduction, flight capabilities, senses, and Thanksgiving traditions.
- Vocabulary & Terminology Resources: Curated turkey terminology (poults, hens, toms, rafters, snoods, caruncles, wattles) alongside recommended reading lists.
- Diagrams & Visual Reference: Detailed labeled diagrams illustrating wild turkey anatomy and the physiological differences between hens and gobblers.
- Interactive Mini-Books & Foldables:
- Anatomy flaps and cut-and-paste labeling diagrams
- Question flap-books exploring habitats, predators, diet, flight abilities, and historical trivia
- Pentagonal and hexagonal foldables covering turkey tracks and Native American connections
- Interactive pockets for custom vocabulary flashcards and photo collections
- “Things I’m Thankful For…” craft foldables and reflective writing prompts
- Blank foldout templates for independent research, student-driven questions, and extra writing
- Full-Color Photos & Clipart: Vivid, high-resolution photographs of wild and domestic turkeys, silhouette cut-outs, decorative turkey track trails, and student coloring elements to personalize every project.
Key Educational Benefits
- Promotes Critical Thinking & Ownership: Instead of filling out cookie-cutter worksheets, students arrange and structure their own lapbooks, building real-world spatial planning and organizational skills.
- Multi-Age & Multi-Level Flexibility: Easily adapt the depth of study by selecting the specific mini-books that best match your students’ learning styles, from early elementary to middle school.
- Cross-Curricular Integration: Seamlessly weaves life science, scientific taxonomy, reading comprehension, descriptive writing, and American history into one unified unit.
- High-Engagement, Tactile Learning: Kinesthetic cutting, folding, gluing, and coloring keep active learners focused and excited about biological science.
- All-in-One Convenience: Includes instructional reading, activities, art elements, assignment tracking, and rubrics—cutting down prep time while delivering an enriched educational experience.
How to Use This Resource
- Thanksgiving Themed Unit Study: Dive into the history, folklore, and biology behind North America’s most iconic bird during the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.
- Hands-On Science Center: Set up printed templates, scissors, and reference books at a classroom station where students complete individual flaps throughout your bird or zoology unit.
- Homeschool Portfolio Project: Guide your child through the research sheets and foldables over a one- or two-week block, creating a keepsake lapbook to showcase in your end-of-year homeschool portfolio.
- Co-Op Science Presentations: Have students research different turkey subspecies, build their lapbooks, and present their finished tri-folds to the group using the included rubric for evaluation.
- Independent Extension: Use the included blank foldables for advanced learners to conduct open-ended library research on wild turkey conservation or behavior.
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Inspire a passion for wildlife science and hands-on discovery in your learning space!
Download the Turkeys Lapbooking Unit today and watch your students create an interactive learning keepsake they will be proud to share!
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With this comprehensive, cross-curricular unit study on the Mayflower, your students are going to read informational text to learn about the ship, its voyages, and its passengers (the Pilgrims). Students will also work with vocabulary related to ship navigational instruments, sections of the ship as well as words used in a farewell letter written to the passengers of the Mayflower. Perfect to use when studying the founding of the New World or during November (prior to Thanksgiving).
Students will be asked to…
- – Answer comprehension questions and questions to challenge their thoughts
- – Research and define unknown terms and vocabulary
- – Write a first person narrative
- – Complete hands-on projects
Some of the included items…
- – K-W-L
- – Informational Text: Mayflower before the Pilgrims
- – The Mayflowers Crew (Job titles and duties)
- – Sections of the Mayflower (Rooms/Areas and uses)
- – Names of navigational instruments of the day
- – Farewell letter read to the passengers prior to departure from Pastor John Robinson
- – Mayflower Passenger List
- – Informational Text: Food and Life Aboard the Mayflower
- – Pilgrim Fact Cards
- – Class outdoor activity
- – Answer Keys
After completion, students will have gained invaluable knowledge about life onboard a ship such as the Mayflower as well many of the reasons such a voyage was taken and a bit about life after they arrived into the New World.
I have included a list of books and web links that can be used for additional learning.
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