PaginePaginepagineapp.comThe week before Thanksgiving, Ms. Okafor pinned a big paper tree to the classroom wall. It had a brown trunk and bare branches. “This is our Thank-You Tree,” she said. “Every day, you can add a leaf.”
On each paper leaf, the children wrote something they were thankful for. Leo wrote “my dog, Biscuit.” Amara wrote “my grandma’s jollof rice.” Ben wrote “the lunch lady, who always smiles.”
By Wednesday, the tree was covered in red, orange and yellow leaves. Ms. Okafor read some out loud. The children noticed that most leaves were about people, not things.
On the last day, they took the leaves home to share at their family dinners. Amara read hers to her grandma, who laughed and promised to make jollof rice that very night.
A Pagine Original story.
1. What did Ms. Okafor pin to the wall?
2. What did the children write on each leaf?
3. What was Amara thankful for?
4. What did the children notice about most of the leaves?
5. What does “thankful” mean?
6. What would you write on a leaf for the Thank-You Tree? Why?
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An original thanksgiving reading comprehension passage for grades 2–4 with 6 questions and an answer key. Free Thanksgiving story to print or read on screen. Skills: Reading comprehension: recall, inference, vocabulary and opinion. Level: Grades 2–4 (ages 7–10).
Read one of our original Thanksgiving early readers first, then do the worksheet: Ten Things I’m Thankful For · The Turkey Who Said Thank You. Or browse the full Thanksgiving collection.
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It is designed for ages 7–10 (Grades 2–4), but you can use it with any child who is ready for it.
Reading comprehension: recall, inference, vocabulary and opinion.
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