Title – Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

By – Elaine Engerdahl

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Secondary Subjects – Art

Grade Level – PreK-1

Objectives:

• Students will understand that Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for all that they have.
• Students will further extend this concept idea into listening and discussing the book
  
  Thanks for Thanksgiving
  
  by Julie Markes.
• Student will be able to read a predictable chart and matching printable emergent reader related to this concept.
• Students will be able to complete a craft to further this concept.

Materials:

• The book
  
  Thanks for Thanksgiving
  
  by Julie Markes
• Predictable chart
• Turkey outline
• 
  The Thankful Book
  
  which is a free online emergent reader found at the
  
  http://www.kinderplans.com
  
  web site. Look under the heading “Seasonal Themes” and click on “Thanksgiving”.

Link:

https://www.kinderplans.com/p/35/thanksgiving-kindergarten-preschool

Lesson:

• Discuss with the children what they are thankful for.
• Read the book
  
  Thanks for Thanksgiving
  
  by Julie Markes.
• Compare the ideas presented in the book to the ones they discussed.
• Introduce the predictable chart idea and pictures found on the
  
  http://www.kinderplans.com
  
  website.
• Children look at the pictures in the predictable chart and guess as to what each line says about being thankful using the picture clues.
• Lines read as follows:
  I am thankful for my mom.
  I am thankful for my dad.
  I am thankful for my sister.
  I am thankful for my grandpa.
  I am thankful for my family.
  I am thankful for playtime.
  I am thankful for reading time.
  I am thankful for learning time.
  I am thankful for eating time.

   

• Read the lines several times together, pointing to the words and modeling the reading process. Children join in.
• After several readings, the children can compile the matching printable emergent reader. This little reader can be read to others.
• This can be followed-up by making a “thankful turkey” or “thankful placemat”. The children dictate what they are thankful for and this is written on the tail of the turkey or placemat.
  Assessment:
  Observe if the children can read the emergent reader. Are they able to track the words yet?

  E-Mail
  
  Elaine Engerdahl
  
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