🦃 Gobblin’ Up Place Value – Thanksgiving Math Craft

Make your Thanksgiving math lessons festive and fun with this Gobblin’ Up Place Value craft! Students will review place value while creating an adorable turkey that’s perfect for classroom displays or hallway bulletin boards.

This easy-to-assemble activity helps students practice place value in a hands-on, engaging way while strengthening their understanding of tens, ones, hundreds, and number representation.

✂️ What’s Included:

• 2 differentiated versions:
  • Tens and Ones
  • Hundreds, Tens, and Ones
• Turkey craft templates (black and white for coloring)
• Visual assembly directions
• Ready-to-print student pages

🎯 Skills Covered:

• Identifying the value of digits in numbers
• Representing numbers using base ten blocks
• Expanding numbers into standard, expanded, and word form
• Comparing and understanding place value relationships

🧩 Standards Alignment:

Common Core State Standards:

• 1.NBT.B.2 – Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.
• 1.NBT.B.3 – Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits.
• 2.NBT.A.1 – Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones.
• 2.NBT.A.3 – Read and write numbers to 1,000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
• 3.NBT.A.1 – Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

🍂 Perfect For:

• 1st–3rd grade math centers
• Small group review
• Morning work
• Early finishers
• Bulletin board displays
• Thanksgiving classroom fun!

❤️ Teacher Notes:

This craft is easy to prep and engaging for all learners. Students can color and personalize their turkeys while practicing essential math skills.