This Thanksgiving Literacy Bundle includes two units. Tom’s Lucky Day is a partner play perfect for the Thanksgiving season, and My Lucky Day Reading and Writing Book Companion, a paired mentor text for writing. You can simply print and go for lots of story telling fun.

HOW TO USE THIS THANKSIVING LITERACY BUNDLE:

This Thanksgiving literacy unit is best for the middle grades. The first step is to use My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza as your mentor text for reading comprehension and writing. The unit includes before/during/after activities for vocabulary, comprehension skills and writing. Then, students can work on fluency and comprehension strategies with Tom’s Lucky Day Partner Play for comparison. You can complete the unit with writing about Turkey Trickery.

SKILLS INCLUDED IN THIS THANKSGIVING LITERACY BUNDLE:

My Lucky Day-

• Schema builder on playing tricks
• Vocabulary organizer and word cards
• Story elements
• Guiding Questions/Text Evidence
• Making connections
• My Favorite Trick
• Story Retelling
• Analyzing Text Column Notes
• Question Task Cards
• Narrative Writing Prompt including planning, drafting pages, writing checklist, and final draft pages for publishing.

Tom’s Lucky Day-

• Schema Builder about Thanksgiving Menues
• Vocabulary
• 5 page partner play
• Guiding Questions
• Story Reteling

To get a feel of how the units would work, check out the preview file attached.

You can purchase these units individually using the links below.

My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza

Tom’s Lucky Day Partner Script

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Carla