Free printable · Kindergarten to 5th grade
Thanksgiving printables for kids
Gratitude leaves, pie math, fraction pies, recipe math, a short reading about the 1621 harvest, a word search, place cards and table talk cards. Thirteen pages that fill the week before Thanksgiving with real math, reading and writing.
What is inside
- Plan the week: One page a day in the week before Thanksgiving, and what to save for the day itself.
- Gratitude leaves: Nine leaves to write on, color and hang on a gratitude tree.
- Thankful from A to Z: One thing to be thankful for, for every letter.
- Pie math: Eight addition and subtraction stories within 20 for K to 2nd grade.
- Fraction pies: Color halves, thirds, fourths, sixths and eighths, plus a comparison challenge.
- Recipe math: Double and halve a pumpkin pie recipe, then three time and money questions.
- The 1621 harvest: A short, accurate reading about Plymouth and the Wampanoag, with four questions.
- Word search: Sixteen Thanksgiving words across, down and diagonally.
- Place cards and table talk cards: Eight place cards to fold and twelve conversation cards for dinner.
- Thank-you letter: A lined letter page to write to someone who helped this year.
- Answer key: For the math pages and the reading questions.
Six ways to use it at home
- Read the 1621 harvest page together, then look at a map of Massachusetts.
- Bake a pie and do the recipe math page with the real ingredients.
- Cut a real pie into fourths or eighths after the fraction page.
- Hang the gratitude leaves on a branch in a jar and add one a day.
- Let the children set the table with the place cards they made.
- Write the thank-you letters on Friday and mail them over the weekend.
Taking the week off? The School Year Calendar moves your last day of school when you add a break, and the attendance tracker logs the days you do school.
Questions
What grades is this Thanksgiving pack for?
Kindergarten to 5th grade. Younger children can do the gratitude leaves, the pie math and the place cards; older children can do the fraction pies, the recipe math, the reading and the letter on their own.
Is it free?
Yes. Enter your email and the 13-page PDF downloads right away. Print as many copies as your family or co-op class needs.
Does it work for Canadian Thanksgiving?
Yes. Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October. Every page works for either holiday except the reading, which is about the 1621 harvest at Plymouth.
Can I count these pages as school days?
Yes. The pack covers math, reading and writing, so a day of it is a school day in most states. Log it in the attendance tracker and keep the pages as work samples.