Thanksgiving Math Project Activities - 4th, 5th & 6th Grade November Math

Looking for an enriching real-world Thanksgiving math project for your students to work through this November? With this 4th, 5th & 6th grade Thanksgiving Math Project, students will get to use their math skills to plan all of the details of their family’s Thanksgiving festivities. As they work through these math worksheets, students will apply a variety of key math skills to solve fun real-world, Thanksgiving-themed scenarios.

Students will have a blast determining travel plans, planning for their shopping trip, purchasing food for Thanksgiving dinner, calculating what time each dish should be cooked, making the pumpkin pie, and more as they complete these Thanksgiving math worksheets.  Every decision they make throughout this project requires solving real-world math problems.

Plus, this Thanksgiving Math Project is DIFFERENTIATED to meet the needs of your students. A ‘basic’ version and an ‘advanced’ version of these math worksheets are included. While most activities are the same, the main difference is that the advanced version includes decimals and decimal operations (particularly with money). The basic version is ideal for 4th grade, while the advanced version is ideal for 5th and 6th grade.

Included with this 4th, 5th & 6th Grade Thanksgiving Math Project:

✅ Instructions for use

✅ Basic project packet (27 pages of math activities)

✅ Advanced project packet (27 pages of math activities)

✅ Answer keys (for problems that have only one possible answer)

✅ Also includes a DIGITAL VERSION: you’ll get Google Slides links to use for the basic and advanced projects

Reasons to LOVE this real-world math project: 

❤️ Students will use a wide variety of math skills to work through all of the Thanksgiving-themed tasks. 

❤️ Students will see how various math skills can be applied to solve problems in everyday life.

❤️ With two differentiated versions, teachers can choose the appropriate level of challenge for each student.

Skills covered by these Thanksgiving math activities:

⭐️ Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

⭐️ Interpreting remainders

⭐️ Fractions (because Thanksgiving is early in the year, there are only a few basic fractions within this packet)

⭐️ Elapsed time

⭐️ Decimals and decimal operations (only in the advanced version)

This Thanksgiving math project is jam-packed with activities and is meant to be completed over multiple days. While some pages can be completed independently of the entire project, students will get the most benefit from seeing how math is used across a variety of real-world scenarios!

Check out the preview above to see a sample of the math activities included.

Teachers like you love this Thanksgiving math activity!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love this resource! It is great for early finishers and review over already taught concepts. I love how it is rooted in a real life situation that many students understand, and they were able to make it personal. This is an awesome, engaging resource and is fun for students!” - Katie M.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This was the perfect activity to use the day before Thanksgiving break began. It touched on multiple math concepts while also providing an opportunity for cooperative learning.” - Elizabeth R.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Thank you so much for this resource! It was perfect for reinforcing what we're learning in our curriculum. Thanks again!” - Momentum Math with Emily W.

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• 5th Grade Thanksgiving Word Problems Bingo Game

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