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Thanksgiving Literacy Activities for 1st Grade

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Celebrate the season with engaging and skill-packed Thanksgiving literacy activities for 1st grade! This no-prep packet includes 38 Thanksgiving worksheets that are perfect for November morning work, literacy centers, early finishers, sub plans, and more. With a mix of phonics, grammar, writing, and sight word practice, your students will build key literacy skills while having fun with pumpkinsturkeys, and all things Thanksgiving.

Description

Celebrate the season with engaging and skill-packed Thanksgiving literacy activities for 1st grade! This no-prep packet includes 38 Thanksgiving worksheets that are perfect for November morning work, literacy centers, early finishers, sub plans, and more. With a mix of phonics, grammar, writing, and sight word practice, your students will build key literacy skills while having fun with pumpkinsturkeys, and all things Thanksgiving.

 

From ABC order and rhyming to describing pilgrims and identifying digraphs, these activities are thoughtfully designed to reinforce first grade standards in a fun and seasonal way. No cutting or prep required—just print and go!

 

What’s Included in the Thanksgiving Literacy Packet:

 

Alphabet and Phonics

 

  • ABC Order
  • ABC Order Cut and Paste
  • Thanksgiving Syllables
  • CVC Words
  • Color by Code: Long Vowels
  • CVCE Sound It Out: Long Vowel a
  • CVCE Sound It Out: Long Vowel i
  • CVCE Sound It Out: Long Vowel o
  • CVCE Sound It Out: Long Vowel u
  • Rhyming Words: Long a
  • Rhyming Words: Long i
  • Rhyming Words: Long o
  • Rhyming Words: Long u
  • Beginning Blends
  • Ending Blends
  • Spin and Color: L Blends
  • Spin and Color: R Blends
  • Spin and Color: S Blends
  • Beginning Digraphs
  • Color by Digraph

 

Grammar

 

  • Thanksgiving Nouns
  • Singular and Plural Nouns
  • Noun or Verb
  • Match the Adjective
  • Thanksgiving Capitalization
  • Thanksgiving Punctuation
  • Turkey Prepositions

 

Writing

 

  • My Thankful List
  • Describe: The Turkey
  • Describe: Mayflower
  • Describe: The Pilgrim Boy
  • Describe: The Pilgrim Girl

 

Sight Words

 

  • Scrambled Sight Words
  • Color by Sight Word (3 Pages)
  • Colorful Turkey
  • Alphabetical order
  • Syllable counting and segmentation
  • Short and long vowel identification
  • Rhyming and phoneme recognition
  • Consonant blends and digraphs
  • Noun, verb, and adjective usage
  • Sentence structure, capitalization, and punctuation
  • Descriptive writing
  • Sight word recognition

 

How to Use the Thanksgiving Literacy Activities:

 

Perfect for:

 

  • October morning work
  • November literacy centers
  • Early finisher tasks
  • Homework and independent work
  • Sub plans and holiday weeks

 

No prep required—just print and go!

 

Why Teachers Love It:

 

  • Aligned to 1st grade ELA outcomes
  • Festive themes with turkeyspilgrims, and pumpkins keep students engaged
  • Activities are easy to implement and student-friendly
  • Flexible use across classroom routines and small groups
  • Great for independent and skill-specific practice

 

Make your November lessons both meaningful and fun with this ready-to-use Thanksgiving literacy packet. Students stay focused, and you stay ahead with low-prep seasonal activities that truly support learning.