November Lesson Ideas

ABCya's Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle is a fun and interactive way for kids to test their knowledge of Thanksgiving vocabulary words and facts.

In this educational animated movie about Social Studies learn about pilgrims, Indians, Native Americans, mayflower, Plymouth rock, corn, turkey, holidays.

Young learners will love practicing their single digit addition skills with this Thanksgiving themed QR code math center.

Creating a lesson around disguising a turkey for Thanksgiving? How about using this fun app! You can save your disguised turkey straight to your camera roll. Take the photo and smash it with a recording app like Telligami. In Telligami, record a story explaining how a turkey got away with his secret disguise.

Pre-K and Kinder teachers! This is a free SMART Notebook file that helps your students count in a fun, interactive way!

Laura Moore, ITS in NEISD, had a great idea to use Padlet for a November lesson. Bring up a Padlet wall and allow students to share the things they are thankful for.

A fun way to teach your children some history on Thanksgiving and the Mayflower. Students will read a statement about the first Thanksgiving and decide if the

Find out how the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving together at Plymouth Plantation. Teach students about this period in American history with Thanksgiving activities, resources, lesson plans, and teaching ideas about the voyage of the Mayflower, the daily life of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag, and the first Thanksgiving feast.

Tracing your fingers on a sheet of paper is so... 20th century. This Thanksgiving, place your hand on your iPad to magically create your very own hand turkey!

Here's an App Smashin' idea- Smash your students turkey with Telligami and have them record a paragraph explaining what they are thankful for.

Add your own words to this Thanksgiving Day tale gone haywire!