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Thanksgiving Worksheets for 1st Graders

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Thanksgiving practice for 1st grade: turkey word problems, missing numbers, three addends, a story and a wild turkey passage, thankful writing, a graph and a calendar.

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Turkey math for 1st grade

Turkey word problems, missing number facts, add three numbers, a favorite feast food graph and a November calendar.

Thanksgiving reading for 1st grade

A story about a thankful feast and a nonfiction text about wild turkeys, each with questions.

Thanksgiving writing and word work

I am thankful writing, a Thanksgiving word search and ABC order.

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About these thanksgiving for 1st graders worksheets

These Thanksgiving worksheets for 1st graders mix real grade skills with turkeys, the harvest and being thankful. In math, children solve turkey word problems within 20, find missing numbers, add three numbers in feast stories, read a favorite food tally and picture graph, and fill in a November calendar to find the fourth Thursday.

In reading, they read a story about a thankful family meal and a short nonfiction text about wild turkeys, then answer questions. In writing, the I am thankful page asks for three things and a reason for each. There is also a word search and an ABC order page. All pages are black and white, print on US Letter or A4, and pages with one right answer have an answer key at the end of the PDF. For preschool and kindergarten pages, see Thanksgiving Worksheets.

Standards

  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.A.1Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.2Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.D.8Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = _ - 3, 6 + 6 = _.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.2Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.DUse conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

How to use them

  1. Use a math page and a reading or writing page each day in the two weeks before Thanksgiving.
  2. Fill in the November calendar together at the start of the month and count the Thursdays to find Thanksgiving.
  3. Take a quick class vote on favorite feast foods and make your own graph on the back of the graph page.
  4. Share the I am thankful pages in a class book or send them home before the break.

Teaching tips

  • On missing number facts, ask, "What number makes both sides the same?" and check by adding.
  • On three addends, look for a pair that makes 10 or a double first.
  • In the wild turkey passage, point out the key words tom and poult before reading.
  • Ask for "because" in the thankful writing so each sentence has a reason.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What skills do these Thanksgiving worksheets practice?

Word problems within 20, missing numbers, adding three numbers, reading graphs, using a calendar, reading stories and nonfiction, informative writing, spelling and ABC order.

Are the reading passages original?

Yes. The story and the wild turkey passage were written for these pages, at a 1st grade reading level.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Every page with one right answer has an answer key on page 2 of the same PDF. Coloring, tracing, playdough and writing pages do not need one.

Are there Thanksgiving pages for younger children?

Yes. Thanksgiving Worksheets for Preschool and Thanksgiving Worksheets for Kindergarten have their own sets.