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A Rebus Story: The First Thanksgiving Feast

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A Rebus Story: The First Thanksgiving Feast

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Read this one together on the couch and let the picture clues help you tell the story. A rebus story uses both words and pictures, so a child can practice reading in a new way while thinking about Thanksgiving and a feast.

The page copy points to Thanksgiving, a Thanksgiving rebus story, a feast, and Native Americans. That makes this a good fit for talking about holiday vocabulary and how pictures support reading. Read slowly and pause at each picture so your child can say what they notice before you move on.

Teaching & Discussion Guide

Use this guide to turn A Rebus Story: The First Thanksgiving Feast into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.

Concepts & skills practiced

Thanksgiving vocabulary
Rebus reading
Picture clues
Holiday and seasonal language
Word and image matching
Listening and comprehension

Discussion Questions

1 What do you think a Thanksgiving feast might include, based on the title?
2 The title says this is a rebus story. Which picture clues help you read the story as we go?
3 What does the word feast tell you about how the people are celebrating?
4 Why do you think Thanksgiving is something people celebrate together?
5 The page mentions Native Americans. What can we talk about respectfully when a story includes Native Americans?
6 As we read, how do the pictures help you understand the words on each page?

Words to Learn

Thanksgiving: A holiday when people give thanks and often share a meal.
feast: A big meal with many foods.
rebus: A story that uses pictures and words together to help you read.
celebrate: To do something special to mark a happy day.
Native Americans: The people who lived in North America before many other groups came.
together: With other people in one group.

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