Pumpkins to Pilgrims

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Pumpkins to

Pilgrims

Thanksgiving Literacy Unit

by Christy Robbins


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Name:

Turkey Talk Sight Word Search

Search for the sight words. Color the feather to keep track of thewords you have found.

l i k e b z w a c m o r ey x d g v u f r o m e g hq m o t o p r s e v e r y

a l u h b h o w i w q u ht m r e e o j s n h v h ah l w y k a m t i e o i vi y h n x a k j h r i t es z o k b l t t c e u g y

h i j l i t t l e d f w t

like they am

here every this

from have little

more who how


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Harvest Time HelperHelp pick the corn before the winter comes. Roll the dice, read the letters onthe line you rolled. Roll again!A d e I z w T J b r s b

c x K l M f u G n H p V o

Q a C k L m D E B N i t

R F U g h P O q L J j oB d K l Q r R S t C b X z

a A D e F G H i k m w y

Native Americans showed the pilgrims how to grow plants like corn, beans, andonions when they moved to America. They shared a big meal together inNovember of 1621 to celebrate their first harvest.


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Sorting SoundsThe Mayflower set sail on September 6th. It took 66 days for the pilgrims to land at

Plymouth Rock. They had planned to land in Virginia, but ended up in Cape Cod,Massachusetts, more than 600 miles off course.

Look at the items you might need when you set sail. Sort the words below underthe correct category. Can you think of more words?

ship map hat


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Sorting SoundsCut and glue under the correct word family box.

cat sat taplip mat sap

tip dip bat

fat cap hipzap pat lapnap flip yap

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -The pilgrims landed in American in the fall. What other words canyou think of that are in theall family? Write them below.

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Discovering New WordsThe Mayflower is the ship that brought 102 pilgrims from England to the New World in 1620.

Use the letters from the word Mayflower Journey to create words.

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m a y f l o w e rj o u r n e y


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Gobble!Students draw the sight word cards. They get to keep any word they get correct. If they

drawthe GOBBLE card, they must put all their cards back and start again. The studentwith the most words at the end of the game wins!

Gobble! we


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Pilgrims and PoetryTeacher Instructions: Select books and poems about Thanksgiving forthe students to read. Have the students create a pilgrims hat out ofconstruction paper. Students wear their hats while they read theteacher selected stories.

Pilgrim Hat Templates:


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Harvest TimeHelp the pioneers harvest their crops of nonsense words before the firstsnowfall. Plant your crops. Plant them in the same order: pumpkin, corn,and onion. How fast can you harvest your group? Pick up each plant and say

the letter sound.


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Farmers Fields Instructions: Plant each field with a pumpkin, corn, and onion plant.Once all your fields are planted, pick up each plant and say the letter sound.


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Cut Out Crops:

b c d f

g h j k

l m n p

r s t va e i o


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u a e i

o u a ep r s t

v w x y

z b c d


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writing

If I were a turkey

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How to Cook a TurkeyIngredients you need:

_____________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ _____________

Oven Temperature ______ degrees.

Cooking Time:_________Enjoy your turkey!


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Writing

Planning Thanksgiving Dinner

Use the plate to draw and label what you are going to eat forThanksgiving dinner.Write describe sentences for each food onyour plate.

Word Bank:Thanksgiving Foods:

turkey gravy ham rolls dressing green beans cranberry sauce corn mashed potatoes sweet potatoes pie

Describing Words:

warmjuicy sweet saltytart creamy crunchyfluffy goldentangy


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Frys pie Eating ContestCut the pies apart.

Instructions: See how many pie slices you can eat (cardsyou can read) in one minute. Replace and repeat.

The people Write it down By the water

Who will make it? You and I What will they do?

He called me. We had their dog. What did they say?


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When would you go? No way A number of people

One or two How long are they? More than the other

Come and get it. How many words? Part of the time

This is a good day. Can you see? Sit down.

Now and then But not me Go find her


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Not now Look for some people I like him.

So there you are. Out of the water A long time

We were here Have you seen it? Could you go?

One more time We like to write. All day long

Into the water Its about time The other people

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