Exploring Thanksgiving | Reading Comprehension | Year 5/6

Explore history, culture, and perspective with Exploring Thanksgiving — a high-quality Reading Comprehension Bundle designed to engage learners in meaningful reflection on gratitude, celebration, and tradition.

These two captivating non-fiction texts combine historical explanation and persuasive discussion to develop children’s comprehension, critical thinking, and writing skills.

Perfect for Thanksgiving Week, Autumn reading lessons, or cross-curricular English and Social Studies/History units, each resource follows Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction to ensure structured, evidence-based learning.

Texts Included:
The History of Thanksgiving – A detailed explanation of the origins, evolution, and traditions of Thanksgiving, exploring how it began and what it symbolises today.
Should We Celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK? – A thought-provoking persuasive text encouraging children to consider different viewpoints on whether Thanksgiving has a place in British culture.

With Rosenshine-aligned slides, sentence stems, comprehension questions, and teacher notes, this exclusive bonus promotes analysis and discussion — ideal for extending learning or group work.

What’s Included:
2 Pages of Informative Non-Fiction Text (Dyslexia-friendly font)
2 Pages of Reading Comprehension Questions
“Just Tick It” Adaptive Reading Task – perfect for emerging or reluctant readers
Extension Activities for research, debate, and reflection
5-Lesson Teaching Presentation (40+ slides, structured and easy-to-teach)
5-Day Lesson Plan with pedagogy notes and teaching strategies
Audio Support of the text (ideal for EAL/SEND/ESL learners)
Answer Keys for all questions and tasks
Assessment Tracker to monitor reading objectives and progress

Why Teachers Love It:
✔ Builds vocabulary, retrieval, and inference skills
✔ Encourages cultural understanding and critical discussion
✔ Cross-curricular connections with English, History, and PSHE/Social Studies
✔ Differentiated and dyslexia-friendly design
✔ Structured, evidence-based teaching approach following Rosenshine’s Principles
✔ Ready to print and teach — no prep required

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