Thanksgiving Treasures

Thanksgiving Treasures

Let's focus on all the good things we have in our country, communities, neighborhoods, and classrooms. These are our treasures to share with students, families and friends.

The Thanksgiving sites presented on this page are some of my favorites. Additional resources will be added throughout autumn.

If you have a site or book that you can highly recommend, please send the address and I will include it.

Marci McGowan

Happy Thanksgiving To All!

Click on the topic you want to explore and you'll go directly to that page. Updated 10/30/06. Please let me know if links are not working. Thanks! ~Marci

Favorite Thanksgiving Books

First Thanksgiving ABC's Readers' Theater Script
This script is based on a Thanksgiving ABC story seen in Copycat Magazine (out of print) several years ago.
Thanksgiving Compound Words
Make compound words for your Thanksgiving table.

Thanksgiving ABC Order
Drag Thanksgiving words into alphabetical order.

We Gobble Up Good Books!

These turkeys on our classroom door liked to read good books.

They were made from 3 pieces: tail feathers, body, book.

The turkey wings are folded to hold the book. Our students invented the book titles.

50th
Day of School

Use the perforated edges from old computer paper to decorate turkey feathers. Each large feather has a strip of 10 holes or "dots" making 5 groups of 10.

Check out this page for more counting ideas:

Zero the Hero Days

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Pumpkin Pie In A Cup

Mix a 30 oz. can of pumpkin pie filling with 16 oz. of cool-whip.
Fill a 3 oz. cup with a layer of graham cracker crumbs
Top with a spoonful of the pie/cool whip mixture
Put a spoonful of plain cool whip on top.
Sprinkle with cinnamon!

Scholastic's The First Thanksgiving - a Virtual Tour

Plimouth Plantation: You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving - This new site replaces Plimouth Plantation's virtual tour. It is an excellent resource! Make sure to see the teacher's guide.

Life on Plymouth Plantation - Webquest

Opening Doors to the New World - Webquest

A Quest to Learn About Pilgrims - Webquest
This is a webquest for first graders.
Send comments to Amanda.

Nauset Tribes History

Mayflower Quiz

Who Was Here Before The Pilgrims?

The First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Meal Scramble

Happy Thanksgiving from Family Education.com

Thanksgiving Riddles & Jokes

Sammy the Turkey Snake by Grandpa Tucker

Blackdog's Thanksgiving
Fun and Games

Kids Domain Thanksgiving Games