This Thanksgiving, use informational texts and research on the Mayflower and why the pilgrims came to America by teaching a week long unit that integrates ELA and social studies at the same time! The materials in this unit are interactive and utilize multimodal strategies to increase student engagement and outcomes. The research unit is a comprehensive week long unit that integrates technology, vocabulary, writing, art, reading strategies and more! Students will respond to informational text by answering questions in a student booklet in a variety of formats. Students will learn vocabulary words by creating a picture vocabulary flip book. The vocabulary words are embedded throughout the unit to promote ample opportunities for learning.
Included with your purchase:
*The Voyage on the Mayflower presentation slides: 9 slides
*How to Use page with daily activities.
*Student Workbook with comprehension questions: 7 pages plus a blackline option for the cover.
*Vocabulary cards
*Definitions for Vocabulary words
*Vocabulary word flip book with pictures
*Graphic Organizer
*Get the Gist Graphic Organizer (main idea)
*Writing paper (2 options for handwriting lines)
*Graphic Organizer for writing a paragraph (2 options for handwriting lines)
*Crossword puzzle with answer key
*Word Search
*Acrostic Poem
*ABC order
*Puzzle Pieces vocabulary match (word, picture and definition)
*Voyage on the Mayflower labels for pocket to store student work
*Photos for an Anchor Chart
*Mayflower SMART ART writing activity
*Note: This unit is also available in an interactive, DIGITAL version for use with Google Classroom or SeeSaw!
*Check out the other units related to the history of Thanksgiving!
- The Story of Thanksgiving Printable BUNDLE: Mayflower Voyage, Plymouth Colony & Native Americans
- The Mayflower Voyage DIGITAL Unit or Printable Version
- The Wampanoag Tribe Native Americans DIGITAL Unit or Printable Version
- Plymouth Colony Research DIGITAL or Printable Version
- First Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Mini DIGITAL or Printable Unit
- Thanksgiving Math Crafts for FIRST and SECOND Grade
- Thanksgiving ELA Crafts for FIRST Grade
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