Thanksgiving Conversation Cards – For Any Classroom

Description

The week before Thanksgiving break is hard. Students are checked out, and you need something that takes almost no prep and still gets real language out of them.

What would you do if you dropped the pie and nobody saw? If Grandma made a special dish just for you, and you hated it? If you missed the last flight to Grandma’s house?

These funny, awkward, and heartfelt situations get students talking because they want to weigh in. There’s no right or wrong answer, so even your quiet students have something to say. All you do is print, cut, and let the conversations begin.

What’s inside this packet:

• 36 “What Would You Do?” situation cards, with a “Talk more” follow-up question on every card
• 6 themes: Family Drama, Table Trouble, Travel Trouble, Tough Choices, Giving Back, and Communication Connections
• 2 complete card sets: festive fall color and ink-saving black and white
• For the Teacher page: an overview, skills students practice, and quick prep steps
• How to Use page: small group directions, the One-Minute Talk, and teacher tips
• Questions to Consider page: eight prompts to help students start talking and go deeper
• Ideas for Use page: eight ways to use the cards, including Speed Rotations, Fishbowl, Four Corners, and Act It Out
• Class schedule guide: plans for 5, 10, 20, 50, and 90 minutes, a plan for the week before break, and a sub day option

Why you’ll love it:

• Low prep: print, cut, and go, or laminate to use year after year.
• Flexible: use one card as a bell ringer or fill a whole week.
• Real communication: students explain, ask questions, give opinions, and find compromises.
• Deaf culture included: Communication Connections scenarios bring up dinner table syndrome, Deaf-friendly gatherings, and including everyone at the table.
• Inclusive: students answer “what would you do if…,” so they never have to share personal details about their own holidays.

Perfect for ASL, general ed, and world language classes, the days before break, warm-ups, speaking assessments, and sub plans.

Grab your cards and give your students something to talk about before they head out for break!

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