Description
The Thanksgiving Breakout Puzzle Stations are sure to be a hit with your students! Students will move around the classroom visiting six stations and answering 18 fill in the blank questions. Learn some fun facts about Thanksgiving traditions around the world!
Each puzzle station has its own decoder and three questions per puzzle. Hint cards are included in case you need them. This is a great front-loading activity that allows students to get some facts while previewing key vocabulary words, people, places or events that you will teach throughout your unit.
No prior knowledge needed. Students learn as they decode! Just a fun way to gather some quick facts about the topic.
Students will work individually (or in pairs) and race to see who can solve the puzzles and breakout first! A friendly competition always increases engagement.
Each answer will be decoded and recorded on a student answer sheet. The final answer will be a word that needs unscrambled. The early finisher activity is a word search puzzle. Each answer that is decoded will be found in the word search.
This activity can be used for individual work, partner activities, anticipatory sets, unit review, sub plans, extension activities, early-finishers, or just for fun the day before break.
Super Easy Prep! All you have to do is hang the 6 decoder pages!
What’s Included?
- 18 Questions
- 6 Types of Puzzles
- Student Recording Sheet
- Student Directions
- Teacher Answer Key
- Teacher Directions
- Early Finisher Activity
- Hint Cards
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Dulcey W. –
This was exactly what I needed to increase student engagement. The questions were well written, and the format made learning fun and interactive.
Kaleigh Sanchez –
I used these Thanksgiving Puzzle Stations with my class, and they were a total hit! The breakout-style puzzles had students working together, thinking critically, and the holiday theme made everything more fun. A great way to mix learning with festive teamwork!
Tamara G. –
A fun breakout activity for the Thanksgiving holiday week.
Tami T. –
This was an awesome activity! They learned a lot as did I! It was awesome to get the students up and moving in small groups and the content took them a while…they had to work together and it is so important to find activities where they may have to struggle a little bit. You also are surprised by students who figure it out, sometimes you see a different side of some students. Excellent activity!
Jackie E. –
Fun and engaging activity! I highly recommend this set.
Digits and Dreams –
My enrichment students love these activities! Perfect for the holiday season.
The Middle is Magical –
I used this on the last day before the holiday break during our math time. I was worried it would be too easy for my students and they would finish too quickly, but boy was I wrong. There was real productive struggle happening in my classroom and I loved it! The best part was trying to explain to my students how we used to have to text using number keys. Blew their minds.
Debbie B. –
Super fun. My class loved this. I will be using this year after year.
Sarah E. –
Great Resource!
Amy L. –
Excellent resource, thank you!
Roberta T. –
Great for stations or early finishers.
Danielle Swagler –
Great Activity! The kids had a great time!
Jordan’s Science Stuff –
Students loved this right before break!
5th Grade is a BLAST –
Great resource to engage students before Thanksgiving break!
Wendy B. –
My students loved this! I’ve bought a ton of your resources and they are always a hit! Thanks!
Julie D. –
My students love doing these activities! This one was very good.
mandy rodriguez –
My students really enjoyed using this resource. It kept them engaged.
Dots and Dashes –
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