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Get ready to bring the cozy spirit of fall and Thanksgiving to your classroom! The week leading up to the holiday is the perfect time to explore your students’ unique family traditions and learn more about them, all while keeping a strong focus on academic skills. This page is your comprehensive hub for fall and Thanksgiving resources, lesson plans, and ideas especially for upper elementary students. Below, you’ll find a curated collection of our best, tried-and-true activities that bring both learning and joy to your classroom.

This page is your comprehensive hub for fall and Thanksgiving resources, lesson plans, and ideas especially for upper elementary students.

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Fall and Thanksgiving Ideas

  • These November Literacy Lessons for upper elementary combine a high-quality, skill-focused passage with carefully selected picture books.

    Elevate Your November Literacy Lessons with Engaging Passages & Picture Books

  • These beautiful fall picture books are perfect for teaching character and academic skills in upper elementary. Includes our anchor chart!

    4 Beautiful Fall Picture Books for Teaching Character and Academic Skills

  • November read alouds for upper elementary students, related lessons to use with each book, and seasonal activity ideas too!

    November Read Alouds for Upper Elementary

  • Here are some of my favorite fall read alouds, along with different fall literacy activities that are all great for upper elementary.

    Fall Read Alouds and Literacy Activities for Upper Elementary

  • Thanksgiving, November, and fall seasonal lesson plans and activities for math and literacy in upper elementary.

    Thanksgiving Lesson Plans for Big Kids

  • thanksgiving writing upper elementary

    Thanksgiving Writing Activity

The Best Fall and Thanksgiving Resources

  • Fall Math and Literacy Activities Bundle
  • November Poem of the Week Fluency and Comprehension
  • Thanksgiving and Fall Context Clues Activity Cover
  • Readers Theatre Covers THANKSGIVING
  • Thanksgiving Inferencing Centers
  • Thanksgiving Logic Puzzles COVER
  • Thanksgiving Literacy Project COVER
  • Thanksgiving Reading Skills Task Cards for Reading Comprehension
  • Thanksgiving Math Project Thanksgiving Math Activities Plan Thanksgiving Dinner
  • Thanksgiving Math By the Numbers Cover
  • Thanksgiving Math Logic Puzzle COVER
  • Fall Multi Step Word Problem Scavenger Hunt Cover 1
Like with pretty much every other expectation and Like with pretty much every other expectation and procedure, teaching kids HOW to work in groups is the key to actually getting them to work well in groups. 🩷💖 Comment below, and I’ll send you the one page version of this AND the individual letter descriptors shown here! 

The letters are from @steppintoelementary and SO cute! 🥰
💖 📕 Book Beads have easily become one of my favori 💖 📕 Book Beads have easily become one of my favorite classroom traditions for celebrating reading. 👏 I used this idea for our Battle of the Books teams, so each book was assigned a different colored bead, and once a week, students had a chance to update their necklaces. 

⭐️ Comment below, and I’ll send you ALL the info about implementing it and tons of ideas for applying it to your classroom! 

Shoutout to @lonestarclassroom for the inspiration!
We officially have our two new books for fifth gra We officially have our two new books for fifth grade Battle of the Books!! Swipe to see some other favorites on the list and the entire list (from Pikes Peak Battle of the Books — I didn’t curate this amazing list). 

I am already digging into these two new books and hoping I get to teach them this year as novel studies. 🥰 😁 There are 40 books total on the list, and they removed Kokopelli’s Flute and The Cay this year in place of these new additions.
I’d call my “classroom style” a little bit quirky I’d call my “classroom style” a little bit quirky but a whole lot of fun. 😜 But seriously, I have zero classroom style or theme, and I just add what MOVES me in the moment. 

Comment below for all my quirky classroom goodies (the plants are obviously a must), all the school supplies I’m stocking up on for this year (!!!!!), my personal favorites (yeah, that’s a puzzle scoop), and all the things I’ve bought my kids over the years that I’d buy again in a heartbeat (I could play Ticket to Ride all day every day). 💗
Day 2 of P R I M E is here, and I have some more o Day 2 of P R I M E is here, and I have some more of my teacher favorites to recommend! Comment below, and I’ll send you all the info. 

These are ALL items I’ve bought, used and totally loved. Accomplishment animals, worry stones, a class pet — all things I know a classroom doesn’t need. 🤗 But it sure makes life a little bit more fun.
Oh, HI!! 👋 Comment below, and I’ll send you links Oh, HI!! 👋 Comment below, and I’ll send you links to all of these goodies for your classroom — and they’re ALL part of P R I M E Days this year! 😍 

Whether you’re eyeing a new standing desk (I’m obsessed), supply organizers, or fun additions to your classroom (that won’t sit on a shelf collecting dust), I’ve got you covered! 😘
I always get SO many questions about the accomplis I always get SO many questions about the accomplishment animals and success stickers, so I made a HUGE post sharing everything about this routine in my classroom. 🩷🩷 I shared the rationale, how I do it, FAQs, and more! Comment below, and I’ll send you ALL the info you’ll need to get started next year!
Dad, I’m REALLY sorry about all the F Words in thi Dad, I’m REALLY sorry about all the F Words in this book. 🫣 But seriously, I’ve never had a book recommendation go quite as viral as this one — and for good reason! It’s an epic book. 

This is a book that gives me ALL the giggles (all while actually making genius parallels between feelings and toots, which resonates with basically every kid)!

Comment below, and I’ll send you the link! Unless you’re like my dad and you regard the word Fart as one of the worst in the English language. 😜 Then you should forego this one.
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