Looking for some ideas to help your French Immersion students celebrate Thanksgiving in French? Here some ideas for activities to get your students focusing on being thankful and learning to say “Merci”!
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1. Sing
Students learn so much through Music! Here is a fun song
2. Read Alouds
Si tu veux dire merci, crie hourra! is a fun song book to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know it”. This book is full of colourful images and is a fun book as we move into the Fall season.
3. Emergent Readers
Emergent readers are a great way for students to practice reading simple and engaging texts.
For Thanksgiving, try using this set of 3 different mini books! Designed to save paper by being printed front to back on one sheet, students will love the colourful turkeys, exploring foods they may eat and thinking about different things for which they are thankful!
4. Turkey Writing Craft Activity
For writing this week, this fun craftivity is must do!
Children really love making turkeys! You can download this FREE template in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! It is fairly simple to make so even younger students can be successful!
5. French Thanksgiving Math
Colour by Math Activities are a great way to practice Number Sense skills. Use these as part of a Math lesson or for early finishers. Students will love practicing their math facts, working with subitizing and ten frames or counting dominoes with this skill-based resource!
6. French Thanksgiving Activity Booklet
Always a favourite is this fun activity booklet! With 7 different activities, your students will be engaged in practising Thanksgiving themed vocabulary!
Please note that the vocabulary used focus on the meals typically consumed during a Canadian Thanksgiving.
7. Morning Tubs
And do you do morning tubs? Adding these activity mats to a tub of linking cubes or pattern blocks is a fun task for early finishers, as a math centre or as an early morning task!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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