Virtual Thanksgiving Activities
Are you a 3rd-grade teacher looking for virtual Thanksgiving activities?
I got you covered!
You may be teaching virtually, but that does not mean that you can’t share some Thanksgiving fun with your kiddos.
With everything going on right now, bring some familiarity and comfort in with Thanksgiving-related festivities.
Some of these ideas are academic-related – others are just plain fun that are perfect to build and foster your classroom community.
Don’t forget to download my FREE digital Thanksgiving multiplication activity – fill out below to get it sent right to your inbox!
Alright – time to learn more about some virtual Thanksgiving activities!
Virtual Thanksgiving Activities
Digital Thanksgiving multiplication digital mystery pixel
Have you done a digital mystery pixel with your student yet?
Trust me – this is a MUST DO.
And guess what?
I have a FREE Thanksgiving digital mystery pixel!
Make sure to fill out below to get it sent immediately to your inbox!
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How do they work?
Students answer a multiplication question.
As the multiplication questions are answered, a “mystery picture” starts to be revealed with each correct answer.
How cool is that?!
Want to know how it works?
If a student answers incorrectly, the box turns red and part of the picture doesn’t appear.
If a student answers correctly, the box turns green, and the mystery picture surfaces!
These goodies work great on Google Classroom using Google Sheets.
Thanksgiving multiplication color-by-number
I also have a free multiplication color-by-number that you can send to kids to print (click here to download!).
This one also works if you are doing a hybrid model and are teaching in the classroom.
Make a class “Thankful” book
This is a great one to help foster a sense of classroom community!
Now, this is not a physical book.
Each student will create an “I am thankful” page, then contribute to a class “book.”
Make an example page first so that students get a better idea of what they are creating!
You could write, “I am thankful for my talented and smart students.”Β
Then, add illustrations through Google Image Search or uploading your own pictures.
Ask students to send their page to you.
You will insert all the slides into one slideshow, and make a cute “book cover” that says “Our Class is Thankful.”Β
Then, assign the book back to students!
Students will LOVE flipping through the “book” and see what their classmates are thankful for.
If you want to make this interactive, make the “book” editable to all students, and students can write notes on the side to their classmates.
Virtual Thanksgiving read-alouds
Y’all there are so dang many great Thanksgiving books.
Teaching over a computer does not mean that you can’t do a read-aloud!
This is a great way to start every morning leading up to Thanksgiving to help get the kids feeling some comfort.
Their Thanksgiving may look very different this year, give them familiarity with books that they may already know and enjoy.
Some of my FAVORITES (these are Amazon Affiliate links):
If you want to make the read-alouds more interactive, have kids compare and contrast two of the books that you read!
What other ideas do you have?
Do you have other digital Thanksgiving activities that you’ll be doing this year with your students?
Let me know in the comments below, or email me at Kelly@GlitterinThird.com!
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