First Thanksgiving Reading Passages and Math for 1st and 2nd Grade with Cornucopia Craft

A Thanksgiving unit for 1st and 2nd grade that pairs real history with fun practice: three nonfiction passages with questions, Thanksgiving math and a Cornucopia of Thanks craft.

Students read, write, add and subtract with harvest foods, then finish with a connect the dots turkey and an award.

No prep for most pages: just print and go. Cut and laminate the clip cards once (for reusable durability) and use them all season.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

39 pages, including:

→ Thanksgiving Today passage and questions
→ The Harvest of 1621 passage and questions
→ How Thanksgiving Became a Holiday passage and questions
→ Thanksgiving Words vocabulary match
→ Thanksgiving Then and Now chart
→ Thanksgiving Riddles, ABC Order and Thanksgiving Word Hunt
→ Make 10 with the Cornucopia and Double Ten Frames
→ Cornucopia Compare and Cornucopia Word Problems
→ Color by Code: Addition and Color by Code: Subtraction
→ Thanksgiving Market (money) and Thanksgiving Food Vote graph
→ Set the Table and How to Set the Table (sequence writing)
→ My Favorite Thanksgiving Food opinion writing
→ Cornucopia of Thanks writing craft and Thankful Harvest Foods
→ Connect the Dots 1 to 77 turkey and Draw the Turkey
→ Big Thanksgiving Maze

► Make 10 clip cards in color
► My Thanksgiving Goals page and the Thanksgiving Expert award in black and white and color
► 2-page teacher guide with a suggested week, and an answer key
► Format: digital PDF download, US Letter 8.5 x 11 inches (on A4, choose Fit to Page). No physical product will be shipped.

WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT

The history passages are short, true and respectful, written so 1st and 2nd graders can read them with growing independence.

Math pages use the same harvest foods, so word problems feel connected to what students just read.

Almost every page is black and white and print and go, and the clip cards add a reusable math center.

✥ PERFECT FOR

◆ 1st grade classrooms
◆ 2nd grade classrooms
◆ Homeschool
◆ Literacy and math centers
◆ Morning work
◆ Small groups
◆ Independent practice
◆ Early finishers

★ SKILLS PRACTICED

◆ Reading comprehension with nonfiction passages
◆ Social studies: the harvest of 1621 and the national holiday
◆ Vocabulary and ABC order
◆ Addition and subtraction within 20, make 10 and ten frames
◆ Money and word problems
◆ Opinion and sequence writing
◆ Following directions in drawing and dot to dot

TERMS

© Teacher Natalie - iLovePreK. For personal use only: classroom, childcare/daycare, and homeschool use with your own children or students. One purchase covers one teacher or one family. Please keep the file for your own home or classroom and do not post it online or share it. Teams of 5 or more teachers can write to [email protected] for a multi classroom coupon.