Today's Classroom Activities :

Thanksgiving Day Poems, Songs and Activities

A Thanksgiving Poem
Social Studies Make some Pilgrim and Indian profiles on which to glue copies of the poem for children to take home and enjoy with their parents.

Welcome, Pilgrims!

by Heidi Roemer

Welcome, Pilgrims, have a seat!
Welcome, Indians, too!
Join us this Thanksgiving Day;
We'll share our feast with you.

Let's give thanks for all we have,
For blessings heaped up high.
Then pass the turkey, corn and bread –
Save room for pumpkin pie!

Thanksgiving
This site contains a list of poems and songs related to Thanksgiving that you can share with your students.

Thanksgiving Placemats: A Community-Service Project
Students can participate in a community-service project that makes Thanksgiving special for others. They will create a unique work of art that will brighten the day of someone they do not know and then reflect on what it means to help others.

How To Teach Thanksgiving Using Children's Books
Primary students read Thanksgiving themed kids' books, complete Venn diagrams, make art collages, and write rhyming poems during language arts and social studies lessons.

Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
This theme exploration helps students explore who the Pilgrims were, learn about their trip aboard the Mayflower, and discover how they adapted and built new lives at Plymouth Colony. But more importantly, it helps students discover connections between their own life experiences and those of the Pilgrims, making history interesting, meaningful, and relevant.

Writing A Thanksgiving Day Story
In this lesson, students will write a Thanksgiving Day Story using some or all of the words included in the worksheet. These stories can be fiction or non-fiction (Personal Essays).