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Use spell check for "cornucopia". Is it correct?
November

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God bless America.

God bless America.

Let's Say Thanks

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Colonial Williamsburg for Kids
Use the Colonial Post Card Maker or Card Creator
to send an e-card to each other or your class address.
Include a Colonial challenge question (along with your name) in the message.
View each card and answer everyone's question.
Additional Colonial Williamsburg Activities
including:
Make Your Own Acrostic
Tour the Town
Marva Maid Milk Challenge
follow-up: use clip art to create your own challenge; print & post
Video excerpts from the Cabinetmaker and Cooper
Watch as he carves a ball and claw foot. What Math terms do you recognize?

The First Thanksgiving from Scholastic
Plimoth 1621 - What was life like for the Wampanoag and Pilgrims?
Clothing
What did the pilgrims really wear?
Be sure to follow The Voyage on the Mayflower, clicking each spot along the way.

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Plimoth Plantation - Talk Like a Pilgrim and more

Mayflower Treasure Hunt
Google Books

Bringing History Home

Mayflower Compact
See 1620

 

Unlock the Secrets of Indian Language
from Texas Beyond History
How did Native Americans, explorers, and settlers communicate?

Plimoth Plantation's You Be The Historian -
Investigating the First Thanksgiving

Can You Survive Jamestown?
printable worksheets with research links

Jamestown Online Adventure

Jamestown Replica
print, cut, and assemble
from Homeschool in the Woods

Sammy the Turkey Snake
an online story
(Use Internet Explorer)

 

Online Thanksgiving Games from Kaboose

Thanksgiving Printables from Family Fun
Thanksgiving TV BINGO cards, coloring pages, and more.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Find out more about those spectacular balloons.

Mixin' Math
See how handy your math skills are in this kitchen.

 


What's the secret word?
Extra points for anyone who prints and submits the correct word.
Create your own using the Rebus tool.

Why does a turkey have white and dark meat?
Find the answer on Everyday Mysteries.

 

Pumpkin Life Cycle

How Does a Pumpkin Grow
sequence cards

Alenka's Recipe Card Maker
Select graphics, enter ingredients and instructions.
Remember to use Print Preview before printing. Print wisely!

Virtual Holiday Dinner
Check out the nutritional value of the items you drag onto your plate.
(Click "Enhanced Dinner")

What does the orange area of this chart represent?

Create a Pie Chart
Not very tasty, but interesting just the same.

Gather information from your class, and create your own pie chart.

How do you write "Thank you" in Spanish?
How do you pronounce it?
Use the writing processor or Paint program to create a thank you card or poem.

 

Word Champ - Web Reader
Use the Web Reader tool. No need to download; select "Read Foreign Websites" from the menu.
Point to "Thank You" on this page and listen to translations.
Select from a long list of languages; click the tiny speaker icon to listen to pronunciation.

Learn other Spanish words with Dora the Explorer
Try the Say It 2 Ways printable cards.
How do you say "computer" in Spanish?

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Create word clouds to express "thanks".
Try it with vocab words or specific parts of speech.

 

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Native American Cultures from Scholastic

Decorate your computer for the holiday.
Try these wallpaper choices by Black Dog or these from Billy Bear.

Not sure how to decorate your computer? Click the "Computer Decorating" link along the left side of this page.

A Thanksgiving Timeline
from the Library of Congress
Use their Search feature to locate it.

 

What does coniferous mean? Use an online dictionary to look it up.

 


Use the printing steps you've learned and design your own bookmark with these
and surprise your media specialist too!

 

Bookmark Forge by TVO Kids
(search or click All Games)

 

Bookmark Factory from National Geographic


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Create Your Own Comix Strip
from Make Beliefs Comix
Educators Section

 

Pumpkin Lapbook

Create a newspaper with the
Printing Press template from Read, Write, Think

? ?   What is it?  ?   ?
Print and connect the dots.
Other worksheets found here.
Print carefully! Click the provided Print button or
use Print Preview (File, Print Preview) to print only the worksheet.
Can you copy and paste the picture into Paint to complete and color?
Watch for broken lines when filling with color. Use "Edit, Undo" as needed.

 

Print, color, and assemble
How to Plant Corn
from Evan-Moor

Growing Corn
from MI KIDS

Corn Craft Pattern

 

For a fun and sweet treat try these from Family Fun:


Barnaby Bear's Day Trip to Paris
What train does Barnaby take?

I spy something red...

Chipardy featuring Oklahoma!
on our Oklahoma page

Growth of a Nation - Animated Atlas
Watch for Oklahoma!

I spy something red...

Put your headset on and listen as you read along with these and more.
These are terrific displayed on the large TV monitor or projection screen.

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Rumble, Grumble*
A fun penguin story.
(Click the Stories button to choose a story.)
Click to advance.

Dave the Brave
Build your own monster,
Then write sentences filled with adjectives to describe it.
Can anyone build your monster from your description?

Encyclopedia Britannica presents
Native American stories
The Coyote and the Money Tree
and
Neighbors

Begin with "Getting Ready to Read" and click any underlined words or phrases to learn more.
Click the speaker icon below the story to listen.

Sing along!Educational Songs from Kids Know It

 

 

Google

I love that lesson! Let's do it again.*Star designates items mentioned
in Computer Lab Planner & Teacher's Guide lessons.

Update Options Here
for links that have changed

 

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SCENTSY
What a terrific gift idea! A sweet friend is now a consultant. Check out her web page. I received my order very quickly and LOVE the fabulous scented room sprays. Nifty Travel Tins and many more items are available. Nothing better than a classroom that smells good, right!
Masculine scents and collegiate items are also available. 

Download Helper
an Add-On for the Firefox browser. It places a button on the Firefox toolbar
that can be used to easily download (save) videos for use later.
Handy way to save good educational videos if school access is limited.
An additional converter component is available which converts videos
so that they can be viewed with common programs such as Windows Media Player.
To add the converter, click Tools (in the Firefox browser) and visit the Preferences section of the Download Helper add-on.
Check the box labeled Conversion and you'll be prompted to complete the process.
Be aware: Not all video owners offer a download option. As always, respect copyright.

Watch Know
Directory of Educational Videos

1 2 3 Listening
Sets of Audio Files and Printable Worksheets
or create your own

E-Instruction Lessons from Interwrite Learning
Prepared lessons you can download.
AWESOME!

Class Tools
Random Name/Word picker, Drag to the Trash Bin activity, Live Time Line, Learning Puzzle, and more.
Try the samples to see how they work; then create your own.

Hold That Thought offers a beautiful Turkey Blessings to print and assemble.

Additional Teacher View activity pages

I'm Thankful for Spell Check activity

World Book Activities and Lesson Plans

Sample U.S. Citizenship Questions
Students use online research to answer

Veterans Day activities
from ABC Teach

Stories from the Veterans History Project
Video & audio interviews plus documents shared by actual veterans.
PREVIEW before sharing with students to determine appropriateness.
Option: Students select a veteran, read the information card and locate the service locations on a map. Calculate the difference between ages served and current ages. Compose a thank you letter.

Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk lesson plan
from Read, Write, Think

Ahhhh. A Fresh Tech Tip:
Prevent static electricity now that our heaters have come on, with a mist bottle of diluted laundry softener. Plus it makes the room smell wonderful!

 

 

 

Can you solve this month's lab challenge? November Computer Lab Challenge
Print and hang or display.
One side has a challenge question;
the flip-side offers a hint.

 


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This is the spot to find something fun & interesting to do on the computer. More difficult activities are near the bottom of each list. Easier ones are near the top.

Computer Parts. Can you name the parts?

10 Commandments. Yes, these are written in stone!

Keyboarding isn't scary. You'll be glad you learned how. I promise!

We'll learn more about the Internet. Browser? What's that? Remember smart safety rules.

 

Know 2 things each time you save. Pay attention.

Do you know how to create a perfect circle in Paint? Try the same tip to create and divide a right angle.

E-mail. The "e" stands for what?

What drives does your computer have? Do you have a removable drive?

 What printing tips do you know? Print wisely. Don't be an ink or toner hog!

Ready to use quizzes, worksheets, and templates. Holy cow! I know the answer!

Oh my word! It's a writing processor!

Serve and Protect our Hardware

Computer decorating, it's a good thing.

 

Can you download & install? Use Caution! Remember file names and stay organized.

Taking care of business, online.

What the heck does that mean?

Why we do this lab stuff.

Cool things for webmasters. Can you design an informative web page using the writing processor?

Teachers' first step to positive, productive, successful lab sessions. A year of planned lab activities.

 

 


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