Thanksgiving Printable Door Signs

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First, sign up to receive free historical fiction letters from a young Pilgrim and a young Wampanoag Native American during the month of November.

You will receive an emailed letter from each character on November 5, November 12, and November 19.

Hang our free printable signs on your door to announce that your class is expecting emails:

Door Sign 1: "Email from a Plimoth Pilgrim"

Door Sign 2: "Email from a Wampanoag Indian"

 

Here are some ideas to make the Thanksgiving emails an event in your classroom:

• Encourage students to write responses to each emailed letter.
• Print out copies of the emails. Enlarge them on a copy machine, and display them on your Thanksgiving bulletin board.
• Have a special student stand up and read an email to the class. This might be a student reward or a way to build confidence in reading aloud.
• Have a Readers Theater performance where one student plays the role of the Pilgrim and one student plays the Native American.
• Print copies of the letters and let your students deliver them to other classrooms.

 

Another Great Way to Experience The First Thanksgiving

Join the live chats on Thursday, November 19th at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET.

Your class can chat with a Pilgrim interpreter and a Wampanoag Native American from Plimoth Plantation.

Bonus Thanksgiving Letters
Your students will truly experience the first Thanksgiving when they receive free historical fiction letters from a Pilgrim girl and a Native American boy.

The First Thanksgiving Online Activity Overview
An overview of The First Thanksgiving Online Activity.

UNIT PLAN	Clifford Learns About the First Thanksgiving and So Do We! Students pose as pilgrims and reenact the thanksgiving feast in this playful approach to learning. Topics include the pilgrims' reasons for...
ONLINE ACTIVITY	Web Hunt: The First Thanksgiving Visit Web sites about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the famous harvest feast and learn new facts along the way.