Thanksgiving Math Fun

Today was the kid's last day for a week-although I have PD Monday and Tuesday, I still consider it vacation :)

I wanted to do something holiday themed today, but still practicing some math skills. We're learning about division, and although we have a loooooong way to go, I wanted to end on something fun.

Enter TPT! I found some really awesome Thanksgiving themed math activities for free!

I choose which ones I wanted.

Here are the resources I used-although you can find many, many more (for free!)

*Thanksgiving Turkey Place Value
*Thanksgiving Algebraic Reasoning Puzzles
*Turkey Talk Word Problems
*Thanksgiving Word Problems
(Thanks to all the fabulous sellers who make and offer wonderful resources for free!)

I printed the cards and recording sheets last night.

I created a recording packet this morning

And cut out the task cards

I then took stickies, wrote the instructions on them (I only had the kids do small sections of each-so they could easily switch around :)

I also spread out where I put them, so I didn't have too many kids crowded in one area.

I explained the instructions, and told them that they could go in any order they wanted.

They immediately spread out and got to work!

They loved it!

I think varying the activities was important-it kept them interested! Plus, 95% of the cards were review-just to keep those skills fresh :)

We only did this for one day, but I could easily see this as a 2 or 3 day activity!  I think we'll be doing something similar for the Winter break!

Smiles and Sunshine,
Kaitlyn