'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

Web Quest

created by Jean Trusedell

material adapted from Debbie Perkins' All about Thanksgiving


    Recipes

Intermediate- Grade 3- Happy and Healthy Holiday Meal

    Primary- Dave Pilkey's T'was the Night Before Thanksgiving  First Thanksgiving Fun and Games
'Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and all through the place,

All the students were learning, you could see it on each face.

The web quest was launched on the Internet with care,

In hopes that the students would soon visit it there.

Each one has a mission as you will soon see, 

Just click to find out what that task will be.

The First Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving is not as we know,

Just click on these web sites back in history you'll go.
Click here to visit a Pilgrim Web Quest

Plymouth Plantation

The Thanksgiving Story

Pilgrim Clothing

Wampanoag Indians

Typical Feast of Plymouth Plantation
 
 
 

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Intermediate Grades
  Task:  The children were ready for a great Thanksgiving meal,

But the groceries weren't bought and there's a long list to fill.

You needed to visit many a web site, 

calculate costs of dinner and not get too uptight.

Below you will find all the web sites you will need,

To have a happy Thanksgiving and your families to feed.

Click Here for the Kroger Store Flyer to get your prices

Click Here for a Calorie counter to calculate your meal

After pricing each item and planning your dinner,

Here are some recipes that are sure to be a winner.

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Resources:
Are you A Junk Food Junkie at the Holiday?

         Activities:

  Create a Food Pyramid- You will use Kidspiration to create a food pyramid.

Be active and learn about the Activity Pyramid- You will use Kidspiration to create an activity Pyramid to stay healthy.

Create a Holiday Meal- find how much it will cost to create a holiday meal and calculate the calories per serving.

Graph your holiday Meal- Make a graph of your holiday meal, the calories and cost per serving.

You are going to use Microsoft Excel to create a data base of your meal and how much it cost plus calories.

 

Thanksgiving Recipes


1) Roast Turkey with Ham

2) Roast Turkey with Cider

3) Roast Turkey

1) Green Beans with Roasted Onions

 

1) Never Fail Cornbread

1) Ultimate Pumpkin Pie

2) Chocolate Pecan Pie

3) Pecan Pie

 

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Primary Grades

Children love to read Dav Pilkey's writing, 

finding his works funny, interesting and exciting.
 
 

'Twas the Night before Thanksgiving is really great fun,

about students who think twice about what they eat when they're done.
 
 
 
 
 
 

You will graph your Thanksgiving meal treat,

to discover which is better, turkey or ham for your meat.
 
 

You  will then visit Dav Pilkey's web site,

to learn about the author and send him e-mails you write.
 
 

'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving Web site
 
 

After reading the book, students will take this quiz,

To see which of the children  is the Dav Pilkey wiz.

'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving quiz
 
 

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Fun and Games

When you have finished it would be such a shame,

For you to leave without playing these wonderful games.

Turk-Tac-Toe

Thanksgiving Mix-up

Turkey Quiz

Turkey in the Straw

Thanksgiving Word Search

Another Thanksgiving Word Search

Coloring Book

Dav Pilkey Fun and Games

Dav Pilkey Jokes

Thanksgiving Crossword
 Over the River

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Your teacher will help with any of these tasks, 

Just raise your hand if you have a question to ask.