Get a head start with your Thanksgiving unit planning with these Thanksgiving worksheets that are appropriate for elementary, preschool, and homeschool students. All of these worksheets are on websites that provide free worksheets and other resources for teachers and classrooms.
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Free Thanksgiving Worksheets and Printables from ABCTeach.com
ABCTeach.com is a website for teachers that provides many printable worksheets and other resources for free for teachers. There are also other printables available for members only, but most teachers are able to find quite a few worksheets for their classrooms. Thanksgiving worksheets on this page include: Thanksgiving books, Pilgrim and Native American coloring pages, dot to dots, coloring pages, word puzzles, writing prompts, bulletin board materials, and more with a Thanksgiving theme. To access all of these free resources, click here.
About.com’s Collection of Free Thanksgiving Worksheets for Math Units
About.com has a page with links to well made worksheets for math with a Thanksgiving theme. Math concepts covered include sorting, word problems, multiplication, and more. To access this list of free worksheets, click here.
Teach-Nology.com’s Collection of Thanksgiving Worksheets and Printables
Teach-Nology.com collects printable resources and activities from across the web and places links on a single page. Their Thanksgiving page includes Thanksgiving themed word libs, reading comprehension pages, vocabulary and spelling activities and quizzes, word puzzles, graphic organizers and more. To see Teach-Nology’s Thanksgiving site with its free worksheets and printables, click here.
Apples4theTeacher.com’s Thanksgiving Worksheets
Teachers will find ready made word puzzles, coloring pages, and other worksheets at Apples4theTeacher.com’s Thanksgiving page. To view these free worksheets, click here.
Customize your own Thanksgiving Worksheets and Printables
If you can’t find the worksheet you are looking for, ToolsForEducators.com has free worksheet and printable generators where you can also select from Thanksgiving and Prehisotric themed clip art to decorate your page. On this site teachers can create Thanksgiving themed handwriting, reading, matching, vocabulary, and spelling worksheets. Teacher can also create Thanksgiving themed crosswords, word searches, bingo cards, mazes, and board games. To access this site, click here.
Another site where teachers can create their own free Thanksgiving worksheets for elementary students is on DiscoverySchool.com’s Puzzlemaker Site. Using Puzzlemaker, teachers can create crossword puzzles (criss cross), word searches, hidden message puzzles, cryptograms, math squares, and more. All puzzles can be adapted to different ability levels. To access Puzzlemaker, click here.
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