Thanksgiving Math Worksheets (Pre-K to 3rd Grade)

All 11 Thanksgiving Math Worksheets (Pre-K to 3rd Grade), One by One

Here is a closer look at every page in this collection, with who it's best for and a coloring idea for each one.

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   1. Thanksgiving Ten Frames: Count and Write

   Eight ten frames filled with Thanksgiving pictures (acorns, pumpkins, apples, leaves, pies, corn, turkeys and cranberries), from 2 to a full frame of 10. Children count each frame, notice how many squares are empty and write the number in the box. The frames fill row by row, the way preschool and kindergarten math programs teach them. Answer key on page 2. It is made for pre-K and preschool, roughly ages 4 to 5, with big pictures and one number per page. Trace the big number with a finger first, then color it in your favorite color.

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   2. Thanksgiving Picture Addition Within 10

   Eight picture addition problems with sums up to 10: a row of turkeys plus a few more turkeys, pies plus pies, corn plus corn. Each problem uses its own Thanksgiving picture and has the number sentence printed under it, so kindergartners count the two groups, count them all together and write the total. Answer key on page 2. It suits ages 4 to 6, and little ones can count the pictures with a finger. Have your child say each fact out loud while writing the answer.

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   3. Thanksgiving Picture Subtraction Within 10

   Six take-away problems within 10 drawn with big Thanksgiving pictures: 9 apples with 4 crossed out, 6 pies with 2 crossed out, and so on with turkeys, pumpkins, corn, acorns, leaves and cranberries. The crossed-out pictures show what is taken away, so kindergartners count what is left and connect it to the number sentence below. Answer key on page 2. It suits ages 4 to 6, and little ones can count the pictures with a finger. Check each answer by adding it back to the number taken away.

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   4. Turkey Number Bonds to 10

   Six number bonds to 10, each held by a little turkey: the top circle is the whole, the two lower circles are the parts. One circle is empty on every bond (sometimes the whole, sometimes a part), and the pictures under the parts (pies and apples, pumpkins and acorns, corn and leaves) let first graders count when the numbers alone feel hard. A number sentence line closes each bond. Answer key on page 2. First graders can do it on their own once they know the strategy at the top of the page. Say each bond out loud: 6 and 4 make 10.

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   5. Pumpkin Pie Fractions Worksheet

   Pumpkin pies cut into halves, thirds, fourths and sixths. In Part A, six pies have some slices filled with orange pumpkin and the rest of the dish empty; children count the orange slices and all the slices and write the fraction. In Part B they color 2/3, 1/4 and 5/6 of three empty pies. Made for second and third graders who are starting fractions as equal parts of a whole. Answer key on page 2. It fits second grade, around ages 7 to 8. Fold a strip of paper into equal parts to check a tricky one.

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   6. Thanksgiving Dinner Picture Graph

   A Thanksgiving table set with pies, carrots, apples, pears and pumpkins, 2 to 8 of each, scattered so children have to count carefully. They color one box per food in an 8-row picture graph, then answer four questions: how many of one food, which food there is most of, how many more than the smallest group, and how many foods in all. The key shows the colored graph and every answer. It matches first grade goals, roughly ages 6 to 7.

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   7. Skip Counting Turkey Feathers

   Four turkeys with seven tail feathers each. Every turkey counts in its own pattern: by 2s from 12, by 5s from 25, by 10s from 40 and by 3s from 3. Three feathers on each turkey are white and empty, so children find the rule from the colored feathers and fill in the gaps, including the tricky ones in the middle of the fan. Answer key on page 2. Second graders usually finish it in 10 to 15 minutes. Find the step between two numbers first, then keep going.

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   8. Roll and Color Turkey Dice Game

   A dice game for two or more players at the kids' table or in a math center: a big turkey with 12 tail feathers, each showing a die face from 1 to 6 (every number twice). Roll, find a feather with the same number of dots and color it with the crayon from the key (1 red, 2 orange, 3 yellow, 4 green, 5 brown, 6 purple). Practises subitizing dot patterns; nothing to grade, so there is no answer key. It suits ages 4 to 6, and little ones can count the pictures with a finger.

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   9. Thanksgiving Word Problems (Grade 2)

   Six Thanksgiving story problems for second grade with two-digit numbers: dinner rolls baked by two cousins, pumpkins left at the farm, floats at the parade, paper feathers for the class turkey. Three stories add and three subtract, mixed up, so children read for the question instead of guessing the operation. Answer key on page 2. It fits second grade, around ages 7 to 8. Draw a quick picture of each story before writing the number sentence.

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    10. Thanksgiving Word Problems (Grade 3)

    Six Thanksgiving story problems for third grade on story cards: plates on the tables, pies cut into slices, feathers on a flock of turkeys, corn muffins shared among baskets, drummers in the parade. Three multiply and three divide with facts from the 3 to 9 times tables, every division comes out even, and each card asks for the number sentence as well as the answer. Answer key on page 2. Third graders can use it for practice, review or a quick check before a test. Underline the question and circle the numbers before solving.

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    11. Thanksgiving I Spy Counting Game

    A busy I spy picture full of Thanksgiving things (turkeys, pumpkins, pies, corn, apples, acorns, leaves and pilgrim hats) tumbled in every direction. Children hunt for one kind at a time, count it and write the number next to its picture at the bottom; every kind appears a different number of times, from 2 to 9. A quiet counting game for preschool and kindergarten. Answer key on page 2. Little ones can do most of it with crayons, and a grown-up can read the short questions aloud.

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Tips for coloring Thanksgiving Math Worksheets (Pre-K to 3rd Grade)

• Let young children touch each picture as they count; on the ten frames, count the empty squares too.
• On the skip counting turkeys, say the colored numbers out loud first; the rule is easier to hear than to see.
• Read word problems aloud together and ask "is the answer bigger or smaller than the first number?" before choosing an operation.

Fun facts about Thanksgiving Math Worksheets (Pre-K to 3rd Grade)

• Ten frames are used in most US kindergarten programs because they show 10 as two rows of 5.
• A pie cut into 6 equal slices with 4 eaten leaves 2/6, the same amount as 1/3.
• Recognizing dot patterns on dice without counting (subitizing) is an early number skill that predicts later math.

Fun ways to use your printables

• Cut a real pie into equal slices and name the fraction every time someone takes a piece.
• Count the guests and the chairs at the table: how many more chairs do you need?
• Play the roll and color turkey game with two dice and add them: feathers 2 to 12.

How to print

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