Thanksgiving Worksheets for Elementary

Thanksgiving gives you plenty of opportunities to mix seasonal learning with language arts and reflection. These Thanksgiving Worksheets for Elementary give kids in grades 1-3 a variety of activities to work through without needing a complicated lesson plan.

If you’re looking for more seasonal printables, browse my Cute Thanksgiving Printables for Kids for more ideas to add to your November plans.

This seven-page printable includes word work, vocabulary, a scavenger hunt, Thanksgiving planning, gratitude prompts, and answer keys.

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Who Is This Printable For?

These worksheets are designed for children in grades 1-3.

You can use the pages throughout your Thanksgiving lessons or choose individual activities depending on how much time you have that day.

Why Use Thanksgiving Worksheets?

Thanksgiving worksheets can give kids a seasonal way to practice familiar language arts skills while also making space for reflection.

The activities include vocabulary, spelling, writing, observation, and prompts about gratitude and kindness, so you can work on several areas without needing separate resources.

Recommended Thanksgiving Books

Add a few Thanksgiving books to your reading time so kids can explore gratitude, family traditions, seasonal foods, and different ways people celebrate the holiday.

Nate the Great Talks TurkeyThe Great Turkey Heist: A Thanksgiving Holiday Special (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)The Candy Corn Contest (The Kids of the Polk Street School)THANKSGIVING SHORT STORIES FOR KIDS AGED 6-10: A Heartwarming Collection of Festive Tales Celebrating Gratitude, Family, and Thanksgiving Traditions.Turkeys in Disguise: A Fun Read-Aloud Adventure about Kids Saving Turkeys from Thanksgiving Dinner for Children (Ages 4-8) (Holidays in Disguise)Junie B. Jones #28: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff)

 

What Will Kids Learn?

These worksheets give elementary learners practice with several useful skills.

• Spelling: Unscramble familiar Thanksgiving words and write them correctly.
• Vocabulary: Match seasonal pictures with the correct words.
• Observation: Look for Thanksgiving items during a scavenger hunt.
• Descriptive language: Use a sentence frame to describe an item.
• Writing: Record ideas about Thanksgiving plans, wishes, kindness, and gratitude.
• Reflection: Think about people, places, and things they appreciate.

What Supplies Are Needed?

You only need a few basic supplies for these worksheets.

• Printer (I have this one)
• Paper
• Pencil
• Crayons or colored pencils

I have the HP printer 8710, but it’s no longer available. It’s been running well for years now. Consider another HP Instant Ink-ready printer so that you can use their program to send you ink cartridges whenever your printer gets low on ink.

What Is Included?

The printable includes five activity pages and two answer keys, giving kids a mix of word work, observation, planning, and reflection.

Thanksgiving Word Scramble

Kids unscramble six Thanksgiving words, including pie, corn, gourd, turkey, pumpkin, and pilgrim hat. They write each answer beneath the matching picture and can color the illustrations when they’re finished.

Thanksgiving Vocabulary

Children look at ten pictures and choose the correct word from three options. The page includes vocabulary such as owl, pie, apple, turkey, acorn, gourd, farmer, pilgrim, feather, and pumpkin.

Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

Kids look for Thanksgiving-related items and check them off as they find them. The page includes items such as pie, turkey, utensils, oven mitts, a cornucopia, potatoes, and apples, along with a sentence frame they can use to describe one of their finds.

Our Thanksgiving Celebration

This open-ended page gives children space to write or draw about what they’re thankful for, activities they plan to do, who is coming, and a Thanksgiving wish.

Thanksgiving Gratitude Journal

Kids respond to prompts about kindness and gratitude, including ways they can make someone happy or help someone feel special. They can also record a person, place, and thing they’re thankful for.

Answer Keys

The final two pages include answer keys for the Thanksgiving Word Scramble and Thanksgiving Vocabulary activities.

How Can You Extend the Activity?

Add a few hands-on activities to continue the Thanksgiving theme.

• Try these Thanksgiving STEM Activities when you want to add building, experimenting, or problem-solving.
• Make this Pilgrim Boy Craft for Kids for a simple hands-on project.
• Create a family gratitude jar and let everyone add a short note about something they appreciate.
• Turn the scavenger hunt into a descriptive writing activity by asking kids to choose one item and write two or three sentences about it.

How Can You Keep Learning Going?

Add more fall printables that give kids extra practice with handwriting, letter recognition, seasonal science, observation, and life cycles. Using a mix of literacy and science activities can help you keep the fall theme going while changing up the skills they practice.

What Other Activities Can You Try?

Mix in a few more Thanksgiving activities to give kids different ways to work with the season through printables, coloring, building, and creative projects.

• Thanksgiving Activity Worksheets
• Thanksgiving Coloring Pages for Elementary Students
• Thanksgiving Bookmark Printable
• Thanksgiving Sorting Worksheet by Homeschool of 1
• Thanksgiving Worksheets for Kids by Simple Everyday Mom

FAQs

These Thanksgiving Worksheets for Elementary give kids in grades 1-3 several ways to practice literacy and writing while thinking about Thanksgiving, kindness, and gratitude.

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