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Features

Race to the Pie: a board game with addition and subtraction facts and pawns to cut out
Roll a Turkey: roll two dice, add and color the feather with that sum
Gobble Four in a Row: two paper clip spinners and a subtraction board
I Have, Who Has? with 20 cards for the whole class
Feast Fact Match: Memory cards with facts and their answers
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Add and subtract facts within 20 quickly and correctly
Add the dots on two dice
Subtract a number from a teen number

Match a fact to its answer
Listen for the answer to a classmate's question
Take turns, follow rules and check a partner's answer

How to Use This Pack

Five Thanksgiving games for practicing addition and subtraction facts within 20, each on its own page with its rules at the top. Page 1, Race to the Pie, is a board game for 2 to 4 players: roll a die, move, and say the answer on the space; a partner checks it on the answer sheet, and the pawns (a turkey, a pilgrim hat, an acorn and a pumpkin) are cut from the bottom of the page. Page 2, Roll a Turkey, gives each of two players a turkey with feathers numbered 2 to 12: roll two dice, add, and color the feather with that sum. Page 3, Gobble Four in a Row, has two paper clip spinners (13 to 18 and 5 to 10) and a board where each answer shows up as often as it can be spun; players subtract and try for four in a row. Page 4 is a 20-card I Have, Who Has? chain for the whole class, with addition and subtraction mixed. Page 5, Feast Fact Match, is a Memory game: 10 turkey cards with facts and 10 pie cards with their answers.

In the Classroom

Teach one game at a time to the whole class, then put it in a math center for the week before Thanksgiving. Print the boards on card stock, or slide them into sheet protectors and use dry-erase markers. Play I Have, Who Has? as a class and time it, then play again to beat the time. The answer sheets for the board game and the cards let partners check each other without a teacher.

At Home

Play Roll a Turkey or Race to the Pie with dice from a board game while the turkey roasts. Ask your child how they found an answer: "13 take away 6: I took away 3 to get to 10, then 3 more is 7." Play Feast Fact Match with older and younger cousins: the younger ones can play with the cards face up.

Tips for Success

Say the whole fact out loud: "9 plus 7 is 16"
Look for a double or a ten you know first
To subtract, think addition: 15 − 8 is the number you add to 8 to make 15
On Roll a Turkey, which sums come up most? Which are hardest to roll?
Check your partner's answer on the answer sheet

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

K.OA.A.2 Solve story problems and add or subtract with totals up to 10, modeling them with objects or drawings.
1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract to 20, working fluently within 10, with strategies like counting on, making ten, fact families and doubles plus one.
2.OA.B.2 Add and subtract to 20 quickly using strategies done in the head, and by year's end instantly recall every sum of two single-digit numbers.

Thanksgiving Math Games

1st – 2nd Grade

Printable Thanksgiving games for practicing addition and subtraction facts within 20 with a partner, a small group or the whole class. Students race a board game to the pumpkin pie, roll dice to color a turkey's feathers, spin for four in a row, pass an I Have, Who Has? chain round the room and match facts in Memory.

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What’s Included

5 games in color and in black and white, with answer keys for the board game and the cards (13 pages)
A board game with pawns to cut out, a dice game and a spinner game with four in a row
20 I Have, Who Has? cards and 20 Memory cards to cut out
Thanksgiving pictures throughout: turkeys, pumpkin pies, acorns and more

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