Giv i g

Th a k s

Sharon Coan
Giv i g
Th a k s

Sharon Coan, M.S.Ed.

 The Pilgrims came
on a ship.
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 They made friends.

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 They gave thanks.

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 They ate food.

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 We come in a plane.

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 We make friends.

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 We give thanks.

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 We eat food.

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 List It!

1 . What are you

thankful for?
2. Think of three
things.
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3. Write a list.

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 Glossary
Pilgrimsthe first
people who came
from England to
America
thanksshowing
that you are happy
and grateful

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Index
food, 8, 16
friends, 4, 12
Pilgrims, 2
thanks, 6, 14

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 Your Turn!

What do you do on
Thanksgiving? Draw
a picture.

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 Consultants
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Gifted Teacher
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Madison County Schools
Huntsville, AL

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 Unit 2 My Country Then and Now

Giving Thanks
Givi g k
Th a s
Giving Than
ks

Learning Objectives
Students will:
examine images in the book to find information.
write opinion pieces about what they are thankful for.
understand why Thanksgiving is celebrated and how Americans
Sharon Coan
celebrate it today.
Coan

Standards Materials
CCSS Reading: Describe the relationship Giving Thanks books
between illustrations and the text in copies of student reproducibles
which they appear. (pages 7478)
CCSS Writing: Compose opinion pieces First Thanksgiving primary source
in which they tell a reader the topic and (thanksgiving.jpg)
state an opinion or preference about the
chart paper
topic.
sticky notes (optional)
Content: Understands the reasons that
Americans celebrate certain national coloring supplies
holidays.
Language: Communicate information,
ideas, and concepts necessary for
academic success in the content area of
Social Studies.

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Timeline for the Lesson

Task Summary of Student Learning Activities
Day 1 Before Reading (page 70) Take a picture walk to make predictions about
thebook.
Day 2 During Reading (page 71) Use the pictures and text to learn about the
subject and write opinion pieces about what they
are thankful for.
Day 3 After Reading (page 72) Use the text and pictures to answer questions.
Day 4 Primary Source Activity (page 73) Analyze a painting of the first Thanksgiving and
discuss its details.
Day 5 Activities from the Book List what they are thankful for and draw a picture
(pages 18 and 22 in the books) that shows what they do on Thanksgiving.
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Giving Thanks (cont.)
Vocabular y Word Bank
Pilgrims
thanks
Before Reading
1. Introductory ActivityAsk students
what they know about Thanksgiving.
Ask them if they know why it started and
who celebrated the first Thanksgiving in
America. Record student responses on
the board or on chart paper. Include the
name of the student who contributed
the idea. This will encourage more
students to participate.
2. Vocabulary ActivityWrite the
vocabulary words on the board. Ask
students to share their thoughts about
what the words might mean. Explain
the meaning of each word and use it in a
sentence.
Show students the picture on page 3
of the Giving Thanks book. Cover the
text with your hand or a sticky note.
Ask students which vocabulary word
best describes the picture. Next,
show students the picture on page
15 while covering the text. Again, ask
them which vocabulary word best
describes the picture.
Distribute copies of the Thanksgiving
Vocabulary activity sheet (page74)
to students. Instruct them to draw
a connecting line from the picture
to the vocabulary word that best
describes the picture.
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Above-level learners can write
sentences using the vocabulary
words under the pictures or on the
back of the activity sheet.
3. Prereading ActivityPlace students
in small groups for a picture walk of the
book. Distribute a copy of the Giving
Thanks book to each group.
Ask students to look closely at the
pictures with their groups. Facilitate a
class discussion about the pictures in
the book.
Tell students that pictures in
nonfiction books give additional
details about the topic. They help
readers better understand the text
that they read. Ask students to use
the pictures to make predictions
about the book. You may wish to
cover the text with sticky notes to
ensure that students use the images
to make their predictions.
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Giving Thanks (cont.)
During Reading
1. Reading ActivityDistribute the Giving
Thanks books to students. Conduct a
choral reading for the first reading of
the book. Read with correct pacing and
expression, and encourage students to
do the same.
Talk about the pictures on each page
as you finish reading the text. Think
aloud as you identify important
details in the images.
You may choose to conduct the
first reading of the book using
the Interactiv-eBook (optional). It
contains activities, videos, audio, and
tools to add an interactive approach
to teaching social studies.
For below-level learners and
English language learners, you
may choose to play the Audio CD as
students follow along to serve as a
model of fluent reading. This may be
done in small groups or at a listening
station. The recordings will help
struggling readers practice fluency
and aid in comprehension.
Assign students reading partners
for the second reading of the book.
Have partners choral-read the
book together. Allow below-level
learners to echo-read with a more
experienced reader.
Encourage partners to discuss the
images in the book and how the
images help them understand
thetext.
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2. Writing ActivityExplain to students
that an opinion is a personal feeling
or an attitude about something. Give
examples of various opinions people
might have.
Pair students to practice stating
opinions. Ask pairs to tell each other
their favorite season and why it is their
favorite season. Reinforce the fact
that everyone is entitled to his or her
opinion as long as there is a reason
for it. Have them also talk about their
favorite inside games and outside
games and why they like them.
Tell students that you want to know
their opinions about what they are
thankful for. On chart paper, write
I am thankful for. Ask students
to share what they are thankful for.
Remind them there are no wrong
answers. Record their responses on
the chart paper.
Distribute copies of the I Am Thankful
For activity sheet (page75) to
students. Read the directions aloud.
Give students time to write their
opinions.
You may wish to allow below-level
learners and English language
learners to dictate their sentences to
you as you write them.
Challenge above-level learners
to write two or more sentences.
Circulate and assist as needed. Invite
students to share their sentences with
the class.
Have students share their pictures
in groups or with the whole class.
Pictures may be displayed on a
bulletin board.
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Giving Thanks (cont.)

After Reading
1. Vocabulary ActivityPair students for 3. AssessmentA short posttest, Giving
an activity called Vocab Gab. Explain Thanks Quiz (page78), is provided to
that you will ask them a series of assess student learning from the book.
questions. Students will answer the Share with students how to read the
questions with their partners. In their sentences with both the A and the B
answers, they will use or give examples answer choices to determine which
of the vocabulary words. one is correct. A document-based
Ask students the following questions: assessment is also provided on page202.
What do you give thanks for? Additionally, the InteractiveBook
(Astudent may respond I give thanks activities may be used as a form of
for my family and friends). Who assessment (optional).
were the Pilgrims? (A student may
respond People who came to America
on a ship.)
2. Reading ActivityDistribute the Giving
Thanks books and copies of the Find
It! activity sheet (page76) to students.
Have them work with partners to look up
the answers in the book.
Students should indicate whether
each question was answered by
the text or by a picture. This will
help them distinguish between
information provided by pictures and
information provided by the words in Activities from the Book
a text.
List It! ActivityRead the
To provide reading support, pair
List It! prompt aloud from
English language learners and
page 18 of the Giving Thanks
below-level learners with strong
book. Students will create a
readers for this activity.
list of things for which they are
Review the correct answers with the thankful.
class. Reinforce the fact that images
Your Turn! ActivityRead the
and text work together to provide
Your Turn! activity aloud from
information.
page 22 of the Giving Thanks
book. Ask students to draw a
picture that shows what they
do on Thanksgiving.

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Giving Thanks (cont.)

Primary Source Activity

Historical Background About the Primary Source
The first Thanksgiving was very different This painting The First Thanksgiving, 1621,
from our modern November holiday. The was created by J. L. G. Ferris in 1932. It
Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag was part of a 78painting series called The
Indians celebrated together in what is now Pageant of a Nation. Each painting shows
Massachusetts. The celebration lasted for a different piece of American history. This
three days while the attendees ate deer, painting shows the Plymouth colonists
roasted meats, shellfish, and corn. and the Wampanoag Indians enjoying
theirfeast.
Unofficial days of thanksgiving were held
over the years. But in 1863, President
Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving an
official holiday in November. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill in 1941
declaring that the fourth Thursday of
November would be Thanksgiving.

Teaching Suggestions
1. Display the electronic file First
Thanksgiving. A copy of the primary
source is provided on the Digital
Resource CD (thanksgiving.jpg).
2. Ask students the discussion questions
below.
Who are the people in this picture?
How can you tell?
Why do you think these people are
eating together?
Why do you think someone would
paint this picture?
3. Review the historical background
information with students.
4. Remind students that there is much we
can learn from pictures. Discuss some of
the details in the picture. Record them
on the board or on chart paper.
5. Distribute copies of the Thanksgiving
Details activity sheet (page77) to
students. Read the directions aloud.
Allow time for students to complete the
activity. You may wish to have students
complete this activity in groups to
provide support to below-level learners
and English language learners.
Above-level learners should write
one or two additional sentences.

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Thanksgiving Vocabulary
Directions: Look at the pictures. Draw a line from
each picture to the word that best describes it.

thanks

ilgrims

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I Am Thankful For...
Directions: Draw a picture to show what you are
thankful for. Write about your picture on the lines at
the bottom of the page.

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Find It!
Directions: Use the book to answer the questions
below. Then, circle T if you found the answer in the
text or P if you found the answer in a picture.

1. How did the Pilgrims come to America?

T
2. Who did the Pilgrims make friends with?

T
3. What did the Pilgrims do after they
gave thanks?

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Thanksgiving Details
Directions: Look at the picture of the first
Thanksgiving. Write two things that you see in the
picture. Use the sentence starters below.

I see .

I also see .

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Giving Thanks Quiz

Directions: Listen as the teacher reads each question
and two answer choices. Fill in either the A or the B
for the right answer.

1 On Thanksgiving, 2 Pilgrims were thankful

families that the American
A give thanks and Indians
eat food. A made them a boat.
B open presents. B helped them live
in America.

3 Draw a picture to show something the American

Indians and the Pilgrims did together.

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