Consider practicing acrostic poetry with your students.
- Model the format of acrostic poems with your students. Work together to write a collective acrostic poem on the whiteboard.
- Give your students a Thanksgiving-related word so that they can write their own acrostic poem. Consider: gratitude, thank you, thanksgiving, thankful, blessings, or grateful. Discuss the meaning of these words and the true meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Give your students time to write their acrostic poems. Circulate and offer guidance as needed.
- If you have time, allow the students to illustrate their poems. This project makes a great bulletin board display for November, especially if you do it early in the month!
Sample Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem
G - Giving me tasty food to eatR - Reading to me before I go to bed
A - Always working hard for our family
T - Treating me sweetly
I - I appreciate you!
T - Tucking me into bed at night
U - Understanding me when I'm upset
D - Doing the right things
E - Excellent parents!