Mini Unit - Cranberry Thanksgiving (November)

Cranberry Thanksgiving has been a Five in a Row favorite for over 25 years (original lessons are in FIAR Vol. 1). For those who re-row this title each year, there are now all-new lessons for ages 2-12 to pair with your most-loved Thanksgiving picture book! In this classic, Grandmother learns not to judge a book by its cover or a gentleman by the clothes that he wears. Maggie and her friend Mr. Whiskers help to keep Grandmother’s famous cranberry bread recipe safe and enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving meal together.

This new Mini Unit will make a memorable week of study for your whole family! Lessons cover concepts drawn from the story, which include: resilience, the history of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday, fractions, New England Colonial style architecture, punctuation, and much, much more.

The book Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin is sold separately from the Five in a Row Mini Unit study. You can borrow the picture book from your local library or purchase it online from Purple House Press directly or from Amazon. Cranberry Thanksgiving and all the go-along books listed in the Mini Unit are available in our Amazon shop.