Thanksgiving Classroom Ideas

Need Thanksgiving Classroom Ideas?

Planning a Thanksgiving Math Activity?

There are great ideas for Thanksgiving classroom parties. It doesn’t have to be an elaborate party or project. Students are content and happy with a small Thanksgiving activity. Here are some tips for having a successful Thanksgiving party in your classroom. Try one or all of these tips and your students will have a great time in your classroom this year!

 Try an activity with food or with paper food.

1. Limit Food Consumption. 

Depending on your school policy for Thanksgiving and other holidays, error on the side of less is more. Students will want to have food, pie, and share in this wonderful friendly holiday tradition. In preparation have a small food related activity for students to celebrate success or good behavior (if school policy allows it). An alternative to food is a free homework pass. It's a sugar free reward system that students will find value in. 

Talk about Thanksgiving Meal Costs.

2. Place Book Bags in Front of Room. 

Keeping book bags in the front of the classroom allows for less distractions. Students are less tempted to get in their bag for more items. Your classroom will have less behavior problems, less time talking about the book bags and other items, and more time focused on learning.

Review math skills with Thanksgiving Coloring activities and games.

3. Plan a Thanksgiving Math or Black Friday Activity. 

Your entire lesson plan does not have to be Thanksgiving based, but if you acknowledge the day with a short activity, your students might be more engaged. Creating an environment to celebrate and acknowledge fun holidays is always helpful in developing rapport with your students. Would having a Black Friday Math activity in class be helpful in building relationships with students? Do your students like to color math or play a game? Try a new Thanksgiving activity with them this year.

Click HERE to download the Thanksgiving Math Activities for your students.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Middle School Black Friday & Thanksgiving Math

Are you looking for Black Friday activities to engage your students?

Do you want to make real world connections with Black Friday & math?  

Do you need middle school math activities before the Thanksgiving break? 

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Get your students excited about the Holiday Math with these NO PREP Thanksgiving Math Activities. Students will make connections between sales, bargains, prices, and purchases. 

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THIS BLACK FRIDAY & THANKSGIVING MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH ACTIVITIES PACKET FEATURES:

*5 different Engaging Math Activities

*FUN activities and puzzles centered on reviewing math curriculum.

*Packed with 6th, 7th, 8th grade common core math problems for review and practice.

*HIGH QUALITY CLIPART is included

*Topics covered: percents, operations with decimals, operations with integers

Activities Included:

-Creating a Black Friday Advertisement {with rubric}

-Mark that Price! {with answer key}

-Big Toy Purchases {with answer key}

-Find Sale Price {with answer key}

-Integers Number Puzzle {with answer key}

My students always loved the Black Friday Advertisement project {with rubric included for easy grading}. It's an easy activity to facilitate and prepare for the Thanksgiving break. The past five years I've had an administrator come and do a surprise informal evaluation the DAY before break. This project has been great to show students actively engaged with real world applications at Thanksgiving. Every administrator has always commented that it was nice to see the students engaged in math and learning how it applies to Black Friday. These activities are sure to keep the last couple days before the Thanksgiving break fun and full of math content. I hope these activities are helpful in your classroom too! 

Happy Teaching!

Upper Elementary Black Friday & Thanksgiving Math

Need Black Friday activities to engage your students?

Want fun Thanksgiving math activities for the holiday season? 

Click HERE to download.

Get your students excited about the Holiday Math with these NO PREP Thanksgiving Math Activities. Students will make connections between sales, bargains, prices, and purchases. 

Click HERE to download.

THIS BLACK FRIDAY & THANKSGIVING ELEMENTARY MATH ACTIVITIES PACKET FEATURES:

*5 different Engaging Math Activities

*FUN activities and puzzles centered on reviewing math curriculum.

*Packed with 3rd, 4th, 5th grade common core math problems for review and practice.

*HIGH QUALITY CLIPART is included

*Topics covered: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Subtraction of Discounts, Subtracting Decimals, and Word Problems

Activities Included:

-Creating a Black Friday Advertisement {with rubric}

-Mark that Price! {with answer key}

-Big Toy Purchases {with answer key} 2 Versions

-Correct The Prices {with answer key}

-Number Operations Puzzle {with answer key}

My students always loved the Black Friday Advertisement project {with rubric included for easy grading}. It kept the last couple days before the Thanksgiving break fun and full of math content. Also I can't count how many times I was informally evaluated on the Friday before Thanksgiving. The principal would walk in and see this project in action. They would always be pleased with how students were using real world applications in math and actively engaged! Win win!!  I hope these activities are helpful in your classroom too!

Happy Teaching!

5 Black Friday Teacher Deals for Any Budget

Every teacher loves a great Black Friday deal. I've compiled a list of some of my favorite classroom resources and tools that are on sale this Black Friday 2016.

1. iPad mini 2 at Walmart for $199: Great for the teacher to be mobile around the classroom with email, apps, and other interactive tools that make teaching easier. Or excellent for the students to be a center activity for them to interact with.

2. Black series entertainment project at Kohl's for $39.99: Terrific for teachers to use in the classroom to showcase interactive resources on the board for the entire class. An awesome tool for visual learners to view video and other resources to enhance instruction.

3. Swingline Thermal Laminator at Amazon for $9.98: Wonderful for teachers to print and laminate any teaching material to make it last longer. Seriously my favorite teacher deal for Black Friday!

4. HP ENVY All-in-One Printer at Target for $69.99: Fantastic for at home printing or color printing for teachers in the classroom at your fingertips. It's a 3 in 1 wireless printer so you could also print from your phone!

5. iCoffee Express Coffeemaker at Sears for $24.99: The perfect accessory for any classroom to help keep the teacher caffeinated and happy teaching! It's a single cup fast brew that will awaken the learning process in any classroom.

Here are the links for the deals:
Click HERE to view Walmart's Black Friday Advertisement
Click HERE to view Kohl's Black Friday Advertisement
Click HERE to view Amazon's Black Friday Advertisement
Click HERE to view Target's Black Friday Advertisement
Click HERE to view Sear's Black Friday Advertisement

Happy Black Friday shopping!

Black Friday & Thanksgiving Middle School Math Activities NO PREP Packet

Are you looking for Black Friday activities to engage your students in the advertisements and preparing for the holiday season?

Get your students excited about the Holiday Math with these NO PREP Thanksgiving Math Activities. Students will make connections between sales, bargains, prices, and purchases. 

Upper Elementary:

Click HERE to download.

THIS BLACK FRIDAY & THANKSGIVING ELEMENTARY MATH ACTIVITIES PACKET FEATURES:

*5 different Engaging Math Activities

*FUN activities and puzzles centered on reviewing math curriculum.
*Packed with 3rd, 4th, 5th grade common core math problems for review and practice.
*HIGH QUALITY CLIPART is included
*Topics covered: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Subtraction of Discounts, Subtracting Decimals, and Word Problems

Activities Included:
-Creating a Black Friday Advertisement {with rubric}
-Mark that Price! {with answer key}
-Big Toy Purchases {with answer key} 2 Versions
-Correct The Prices {with answer key}
-Number Operations Puzzle {with answer key}

Middle Grades: 

Click HERE to Download. 

THIS BLACK FRIDAY & THANKSGIVING MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH ACTIVITIES PACKET FEATURES:

*5 different Engaging Math Activities

*FUN activities and puzzles centered on reviewing math curriculum.

*Packed with 6th, 7th, 8th grade common core math problems for review and practice.

*HIGH QUALITY CLIPART is included

*Topics covered: percents, operations with decimals, operations with integers

Activities Included:
-Creating a Black Friday Advertisement {with rubric}
-Mark that Price! {with answer key}
-Big Toy Purchases {with answer key}
-Find Sale Price {with answer key}
-Integers Number Puzzle {with answer key}

My students always loved the Black Friday Advertisement project {with rubric included for easy grading}. It kept the last couple days before the Thanksgiving break fun and full of math content. I hope these activities are helpful in your classroom too! Click HERE to view the packet.

Happy Teaching!