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PARADE FLOAT PROJECT STEM STEAM Trash to Treasure Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Have fun and encourage critical thinking creativity, and problem-solving with this Trash to Treasure Parade Float STEM Challenge! In this unit, students use a bag of provided CLEAN trash to design and create their parade float. You get to decide what the parade’s theme is, so this unit is incredibly flexible! Directions, Parade Float Judging Sheet, and Supply Request Letter are included. Ways to Use•Any holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, etc.) •With a Balloons Over Broadway u
3rd - 12th
Classroom Community, Engineering
Thanksgiving Day Parade Math Enrichment Project Gifted & Talented Float Activity
Engage your gifted and talented students in real-world math before Thanksgiving with a hands-on learning adventure in disguise! Using the provided materials, students will design and construct a three-dimensional Thanksgiving Day parade float. With a set budget, they’ll work to create the most impressive, well-decorated float possible while making strategic decisions along the way. Once their floats are complete, students will calculate the volume and total surface area or area and perimeter of
3rd - 6th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.5b
, 3.MD.C.7
+14
4th of July Math Activity 3rd 4th 5th Grade Patriotic Parade Float Craft Project
Engage your students in real-world math this Independence Day with a hands-on learning adventure in disguise! Using the provided materials, students will design and construct a three-dimensional 4th of July parade float. With a set budget, they’ll work to create the most impressive, well-decorated float possible while making strategic decisions along the way. Once their floats are complete, students will calculate the volume and total surface area of their creations. They’ll be having so much fu
3rd - 5th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.5b
, 3.MD.C.7
+14
History of the Macy's Parade Nonfiction Informational Reading Passage Activities
This Macy’s Parade Informational Text unit brings the excitement, history, and larger-than-life magic of the famous Thanksgiving parade right into your classroom! This beloved holiday tradition, filled with soaring balloons, marching bands, dazzling floats, and festive performers, has been capturing imaginations for nearly a century. But behind the fun is a fascinating story of immigration, creativity, engineering, and American culture. This informational text unit gives students a front-row se
3rd - 5th
Informational Text, Other (Social Studies), Writing
Thanksgiving Day Parade SELebration
SELebrate Thanksgiving with this SEL inspired Thanksgiving Day Parade float project. Your students are sure to be engaged in this extended assignment that will have them creatively and critically thinking for hours while focusing on a social-emotional themed float. My students LOVED it! Students will: 1. Research the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2. Plan their own Thanksgiving Day float based on a social-emotional theme 3. Design their float with a cardboard box and creative materials/supplie
3rd - 6th
National Park Distance Learning Research Project: Report, PowerPoint, and Float
#dollardeal This project-based activity is designed to let students research, design a PowerPoint presentation, and parade a float representing a National Park for an audience of your choice. Easy to use because there are teacher tools to track assigned Parks and a rubric to score it all! Students LOVE this project and you will too! Inside You Will Find1 Parade of National Parks General Information Page1 How to Host the Parade Page1 Parent Information Page for Book Project1 Parent Informatio
3rd - 5th
Geography, U.S. History, Writing
CCSS
RI.3.1
, RI.4.1
, RI.5.1
+18
Balloons Over Broadway: Picture Book Engineering Design Challenge ~ STEM
This Engineering Design Challenge is based on the picture book, Balloons Over Broadway, by Melissa Sweet!
Can your group create a Thanksgiving parade balloon float that appears to float over the cardboard base?
Materials: (per group)
Assorted balloons (shapes and sizes)
Copy paper box lid (as an optional base)
Craft sticks
Plastic Balloon Sticks or Bamboo skewers
Dowel rods (we got the skinny ones)
Tape and scissors
Yarn
This packet contains all the information you need to make this a grea
3rd - 6th
Science
Mardi Gras STEM
Mardi Gras Parade STEM- The town wants to have a huge parade and celebration. They need your students' help to design lots of colorful parade floats. Your students need to design a parade float for Mardi Gras that is colorful and can be pulled or pushed with touching it using the available supplies and sticking to a budget. Your kids will love this Mardi Gras activity so much that they won't even realize that they are learning math and engineering skills. This STEM meets NGSS standards. Sugg
2nd - 5th
Engineering
NGSS
3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Thanksgiving Project Based Learning Parade Planner- Balloons Over Broadway
Your students can become parade planners, through this Project Based Learning experience. This book correlates with the Balloons Over Broadway book. Students will plan the route, eight floats and four sections of the parade. This resource will inspire creativity. A digital and interactive Google Slides version is available at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Parade-Planner-Project-Based-Learning-Interactive-Google-Slides-4986304
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Bundle for November
Adapted Interactive Book "The Christmas Parade"
This is a simple Christmas Parade core word adapted interactive book you can use with your students in a printable or digital format. Students place various balloon and parade float pieces (12 total) on the page in response to the sentence read aloud. Example: "Look! Here comes a gingerbread man balloon!" Included are 6 floats with Christmas balloons and 6 decorated Christmas parade floats. YOU CAN ACCESS THIS ACTIVITY IN A DIGITAL DRAG AND DROP FORMAT USING EASELFEATURING:Full size 8.5 by
PreK - 1st
Reading, Vocabulary
Adapted Interactive Book "Hurrah for the Thanksgiving Day Parade"
This is a simple Thanksgiving Day Parade core word adapted interactive book you can use with your students in a printable or digital format. Students place various balloon and parade float pieces (10 total) on the page in response to the sentence read aloud. Example: "I see a dinosaur balloon!" Included are 5 kids with balloons and 5 parade floats. YOU CAN ACCESS THIS ACTIVITY IN A DIGITAL DRAG AND DROP FORMAT USING EASELFEATURING:Full size 8.5 by 11 page, 2/3 page picture and 1/3 page Velcr
PreK - 1st
Reading, Vocabulary
The Christmas Parade | Interactive PowerPoint Slide Show
INTERACTIVE POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOW | ANIMATED. Help even your neediest special education students connect with core vocabulary using these animated, visually simple and repetitive slides on your smartboard to engage them during AAC group or circle time. Students watch as the Christmas parade balloons and floats head down the street and hear the cheering crowd and kids. The balloons and floats stop mid-screen for a close inspection only to go again with a click or a tap. The parade ends with a
PreK - 2nd
Reading, Vocabulary
Hurrah for the Thanksgiving Day Parade | Interactive PowerPoint Slide Show
INTERACTIVE POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOW | ANIMATED. Help even your neediest special education students connect with core vocabulary using these animated, visually simple and repetitive slides on your smartboard to engage them during AAC group or circle time. Students watch as the Thanksgiving Day parade balloons and floats head down the street and hear the cheering crowd and kids. The balloons and floats stop mid-screen for a close inspection only to go again with a click or a tap. The parade ends
PreK - 2nd
Reading, Vocabulary
Thanksgiving Preschool Morning Meeting: Autism Special Education Circle Visuals
These Thanksgiving preschool morning meeting visual supports will get your students engaged and communicating. The 4 original songs with visual supports in print, PowerPoint and Google Slides give you lots of options make it easy for your differentiate your sinstruction. With this toolkit contains 4 Thanksgiving-themed songs/ rhymes (Floats in the Parade, The Turkey's on the Table, The Turkey Pokey, and 5 Little Turkeys) you can use during morning meeting (or other group activities). The vi
PreK - 1st
Numbers
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
, K.CC.B.4a
, K.CC.B.4b
Mardi Gras Crafts | Build a Float, Mask, Crown, Jester, Hat, Quilt Activities
Bring Mardi Gras excitement into your classroom with these easy, no-prep Mardi Gras crafts! This printable craft pack gives students creative ways to explore Mardi Gras traditions while reinforcing fine motor skills, creativity, and classroom community. Perfect for classroom celebrations, cultural studies, art time, or engaging early finisher activities — just print on cardstock, add simple art supplies, and you’re ready to go. WHAT’S INCLUDED:• Build-a-Float craft (design your own parade float
2nd - 4th
Coloring Pages, Not Subject Specific, Other (Arts)
Balloons Over Broadway- The History behind the Macy's Thankgiving Day Parade
Creativity and history combined into one great week long unit. This unit was inspired by the book Balloons Above Broadway by Melissa Sweet. This book is a William Allan White book nominee this year. Students will learn about Tony Sarg, the creator behind the balloon floats used at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They will research the history of the parade from 1924 until today. As a culmination, to the unit they will create their own float for the parade based on a popular icon of today.
3rd - 5th
Other (Social Studies)
Patriotic Parade | Interactive Slide Show | PreK | Early Intervention
NTERACTIVE SMARTBOARD SLIDES | ANIMATED. Help even your neediest special education students connect with core vocabulary using these animated, visually simple and repetitive slides on your smartboard to engage them during AAC group or circle time. This cleverly created parade activity's red, white and blue theme offers you the versatility to use with your students on all of the patriotic holidays: President's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Martin Luther KIng Day, Constitution Day, Flag Day
PreK - 2nd
Vocabulary
Easter Logic Puzzle
Logic puzzles are great activities to keep your students thinking and engaged. There are numerous reasons to use logic puzzles with your students in the classroom, including but not limited to: Increased logical and critical thinkingEnhanced processing speed and memoryHeightened comprehensionReduced boredomI use logic puzzles all the time for my early finishers or as morning work. I generally start the year off by doing one together as a whole class so they understand how to solve it. I then wil
4th - 8th
Also included in: Seasonal & Holiday Logic Puzzle Bundle
Cinco de Mayo Coloring Pages | 18 Spring Fiesta Activities PreK-3
Cinco de Mayo Coloring Pages | 18 Spring Fiesta Activities PreK-3Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with this massive, NO PREP collection of 18 festive coloring pages. Designed specifically for PreK through 3rd-grade students, this printable packet from Alex Educational Resources is the perfect low-stress, highly engaging spring activity to help your students celebrate Mexican culture and traditions. This 18-page coloring packet is packed with beautiful, high-quality illustrations featuring a wide variet
PreK - 3rd
Coloring Pages, Dance, For All Subjects
Also included in: Cinco de Mayo MEGA Bundle | Reading, Grammar, Vocab & Activities
March Mystery Math Challenge Pack | Problem of the Week | Math Enrichment
🍀 March Mystery Math Challenge Pack | St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities | Problem of the Week 🍀 Looking for a fun way to keep your students engaged in math all March long? This St. Patrick’s Day-themed Mystery Math Pack is perfect for grades 3–5! Students become detectives as they solve four multi-step word problems. Each problem unlocks a clue, and by the end of the month, your class will put all the clues together to solve the big mystery! ✅ What’s Included: 4 March-themed Problems
3rd - 5th
Fractions, Geometry, Order of Operations
CCSS
3.MD.C.5
, 3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.5b
+31
Also included in: Spring Mystery Math Challenge Bundle | Problem of the Week | Grades 3–5
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