Thanksgiving Challengemr. Mac's 6th Grade



Bring Thanksgiving Feast Form HOMEWORK THURSDAY Reading 20 min. 45+46 Home Connections (Decimals and Fractions) Science 15 min. Moby Max-Study DLR FIELD TRIP MONDAY DRIVERS! Rosie Black (3/4) Larry Giuffre (4) Karli Grigsby (5) Alexis Lane (3) Michelle Samples (5) Corine Scermelyi (5) Rachel Nigh (Sub). Reading Comprehensions Thanksgiving Happy Turkey Day (Grade 1) The Best Thanksgiving Ever (Grades 1-3) An East Coast Thanksgiving (Grades 2-3) IXL - GCF and LCM: word problems (6th grade math practice).

Thanksgiving Math Challenges!

Grade Level: K-5- (adjust the numbers to fit your students’ needs!)
Skills: Various

1. If there are 9 turkeys in a room, and 2 leave, how many wings would be left on the turkeys in the room? (turkeys have 2 wings each)

2. If you buy 2 pumpkin pies and cut them each into 8 slices, how many slices would you have in total?

3. If there are 9 pilgrims in a boat and 4 of them are wearing hats, how many are not wearing hats?

4. Turkeys have 2 legs, and dogs have 4 legs, find out different combinations of dogs and turkeys that will give you 10 legs in total? How about 20 legs?

5. If Thanksgiving is on Thursday, November 24th, what day of the week will it be on November 30th?

6. A Thanksgiving turkey starts with a weight of 10 pounds. If it then gains 3 pounds each morning, but loses 1 pound each night, how much does the turkey weigh after 7 days?

7. You have 58 Thanksgiving pies. 27 of them are pumpkin pies. How many are not pumpkin pies?

8. 2 sides of the buckle on a pilgrim’s hat (I’m not sure what those buckles were for) measure 3 inches and 4 inches. If the buckle is a rectangle, what is the perimeter around the entire buckle?

9. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the pilgrims and the Wampanoag people in the year 1621. How many years, including this one, has Thanksgiving been celebrated?

10. There are 18 place settings at a Thanksgiving table. Each place setting has 1 big plate, 1 small plate, and 1 dessert plate. How many plates are on the table in total? How many more place settings would you need so that there are exactly 99 plates on the table?

11. You are making a sign that says HAPPY THANKSGIVING to use in the Macy’s parade. If vowels cost $8 each, and consonants cost $7 each, how much would the sign cost to make? (Yes, the letter Y is a vowel in the word HAPPY).

12. There are 5 turkeys in a cage. One weighs 11 pounds, one weighs 17 pounds, one weighs 24 pounds, and 2 weigh 19 pounds each. What is the average weight of the turkeys in the cage?

13. Each year, my family eats more cranberry sauce on thanksgiving.
In 2017, we ate 3 ounces
In 2018, we ate 9 ounces
In 2019 we ate 27 ounces
If this pattern continues, how many ounces of cranberry sauce would we eat in the year 2016? (figure out the pattern first)

14. If you use 36 cranberries to make each bowl of cranberry sauce, how many cranberries do you need to
make 3 1/2 bowls of cranberry sauce?

15. If 4 ounces of turkey has 8 grams of fat and 170 calories, how many grams of fat, and how many calories are in a pound of turkey?

16. If a turkey weighs 16 pounds, how many calories does it have? (remember there are 170 calories in 4 ounces of turkey)

17. A turkey has 1595 grams of protein. If there are 84 grams of protein in a pound of turkey. How much does the turkey weigh?

18. If a slice of pumpkin pie is cut in a perfect triangle and two of the angles of the triangle are 66, and 56 degrees, what is the third angle of the triangle?

19. There are 6 turkeys in a cage. One weighs 11 pounds, one weighs 17 pounds, one weighs 24 pounds, and 2 weigh 19 pounds each. How much would the sixth turkey have to weigh to give the turkeys an average weight of 21 pounds?

The History of Thanksgiving Lesson

USA, Thanksgiving Worksheets, Social Issues, Movie + Video + Cartoons
This is designed for a two-hour class. I first use the quiz to see what the students know about Thanksgiving. Then they read the text and work on the questions. At the end, we work on the two sho ...
1 22,108Pre-IntIntAdv

Thanksgiving

Vocabulary » Holidays and Celebrations » Thanksgiving Worksheets
This sheet is about Thanksgiving day with its history and vocabulary about this important date. It includes Spanish-English vocabulary. This holiday has been celebrated since 1621. At that time ...
1 11,239Elem

'Friends' Season 3 Episode 9 Thanksgiving TV Episode Worksheet (The One With The Football)

USA, Thanksgiving Worksheets, Movie + Video + Cartoons, November
This is a worksheet based a full episode of the TV show, 'Friends' (Season 3, Episode 9: The One With The Football). It includes matching activities to pre-teach relevant vocabulary and listening ...
1 22,857IntAdv

20 Thanksgiving Flashcards

USA, Thanksgiving Worksheets
Colorful flashcards with pictures for kids & ESL students. Learn Thanksgiving vocabulary using cards. The PDF set contains all popular Thanksgiving items: turkey, harvest, Mayflower, Pilgrim, ...
1 12,508BegElem

Thanksgiving Flashcards

Thanksgiving Worksheets, Say/Tell/Speak/Talk, Creative Writing Prompts, Flashcard Sets
A beautifully illustrated set of flashcards for Thanksgiving. Powerful tools for creative writing, storytelling, brainstorming, conversation starters, vocabulary building and pretty much anything! ...
1 17,627All

Thanksgiving Day

Vocabulary » Holidays and Celebrations » Thanksgiving Worksheets
Most holidays come with new vocabulary.This is a one page worksheet for teaching or revising Thanksgiving day. Students fill in the gaps and learn how Thanksgiving is celebrated today in the USA. ...
15 49,892ElemPre-IntInt

The Origins of Thanksgiving

Vocabulary » Holidays and Celebrations » Thanksgiving Worksheets
It's so great to teach our students a little bit about another culture. This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the story of the first Thanksgiving. Students fill in gaps using pictures and s ...
21 52,134ElemPre-IntIntAdv

Thanksgiving Worksheet - How Many Syllables?

Young Learners, USA, Thanksgiving Worksheets, November
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday and is a time for giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. All of these words are associated with Thanksgiving. How many syll ...
7 19,136Elem

Thanksgiving Worksheet - Research Activity

Young Learners, USA, Thanksgiving Worksheets, November
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday and is the time for giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest of the preceding year. Students complete the report form and answer the questions about Tha ...
7 17,870Elem

Thanksgiving Letter

USA, Thanksgiving Worksheets
A thanksgiving task , two tasks in fact , to adapt to the level of your students . A letter to complete or a complete letter to write .One of the characters on a Thanksgiving painting writes a let ...
8 14,843Adv

Thanksgiving Minibook

Vocabulary » Holidays and Celebrations » Thanksgiving Worksheets
A thanksgiving mini book for fun and learning about this festival. After doing the activities students can cut and paste it and they will have a beautiful mini book. They enjoy this activity a lot ...
6 21,871Elem

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Worksheets, Reading Comprehension
This is a reading activity about the History of the holiday and the modern traditions. The activity is created for B1 students. The matching task is realy easy. This text perfectly corresponds wit ...
2 14,523Pre-Int

Thanksgiving Day, Reading

Thanksgiving Worksheets, Reading Comprehension
This worksheet includes a reading comprehension for Thanksgiving Day. It is appropriate for elementary level. Hope it helps!
9 29,731Elem

Word Scramble - Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Worksheets, November
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. It is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Students must r ...
4 32,177Elem

Word Search - Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Worksheets, November
Thanksgiving - Word Search. This word search can be used as a fun activity with your class when teaching them about Thanksgiving. There are nineteen words all associated with Thanksgiving to find ...
4 22,200Elem

Acrostic Poem - Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Worksheets, November
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. It is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Students are as ...
3 16,444Elem

Reading Comprehension - Wild Turkeys (Non-fiction)

Animals, Thanksgiving Worksheets, Reading Comprehension, November
This Thanksgiving worksheet includes facts about wild turkeys. It can be added as an extra resource when learning about Thanksgiving. Students are asked to read the article and then answer the stu ...
7 21,956Elem

Creative Writing - Thanksgiving Story (3)

Thanksgiving Worksheets, Creative Writing Prompts, November
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. This picture shows a turkey wearing a chef's hat, holding a pie. Write a funny Thanksgiving story to ex ...
4 12,001Elem

Creative Writing - Thanksgiving Story (2)

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Thanksgiving Worksheets, Creative Writing Prompts, November
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. It is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. This picture sh ...
2 8,501Elem

Creative Writing - Thanksgiving Story (1)

Thanksgiving Worksheets, Creative Writing Prompts, November
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. It is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. This picture sh ...
2 11,387Elem

Spelling - Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Worksheets, Spelling, November
Spelling is important because it aids in both reading and writing. This spelling worksheet includes 12 spelling words that are all associated with Thanksgiving. Students learn the spelling and fir ...
2 10,154Elem

Thanksgiving

Vocabulary » Holidays and Celebrations » Thanksgiving Worksheets
This is a colourful worksheet for helping young learners say what they are thankful for in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a great celebration. Students have to tick what they are than ...
5 13,025ElemPre-IntInt

Thanksgiving Challengemr. Mac's 6th Grade Language Arts

Thanksgiving Verbs

Present Simple, Thanksgiving Worksheets
It is always necessary to review the tenses in English , so why not use this time to recap about the tenses and give some cultural background on Thanksgiving. The key is provided as usual. I have ...
3 13,535Int

Thanksgiving - What Are You Thankful For?

Vocabulary » Holidays and Celebrations » Thanksgiving Worksheets
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday and is a time for giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Students are asked to make a list of some things that they are tha ...

Thanksgiving Challengemr. Mac's 6th Graders

2 10,767Elem

Thankful Tree Leaves

Vocabulary » Holidays and Celebrations » Thanksgiving Worksheets
Two leaves with lines to write on for a 'Thankful Tree.' Students write things that they are thankful for, colour and cut out the leaves, then put them together on a cut out of a tree or hang the ...

Thanksgiving Challengemr. Mac's 6th Grade Worksheets

7 11,609BegElemPre-IntInt