Thanksgiving Dinner Conversations
Thanksgiving Riddles
Thanksgiving Problem Solving
Thanksgiving vocabulary
100
Your Grandparents just arrived at your house. How should you start the conversation?
What is "Hi Grandma and Grandpa! How have you been?"
100
Which side of a turkey has the most feathers?
What is the outside
100
For Thanksgiving your Grandmother always makes turkey and ham. You don't like turkey or ham. When she offers you the food, what should you do?
What is take just a little or say "no thank you"
100
What is a feast?
A big, delicious meal, with many options, usually for many people
200
For Thanksgiving Break you will travel out of state. You will need to sit next to your sister. What can you do to make the car trip better?
What is play a game together, listen to music, watch a movie, etc
200
Why did the turkey cross the road?
To prove he wasn’t chicken.
200
Your uncle is watching the football game. How would you start this conversation?
What is "Who is playing?" or "What's the score?"
200
What is a harvest?
Gathering crops (food that grows on the farm)
300
During dinner, your uncle says something that you disagree with. What do you say/do?
What is have a polite and respectful conversation about it.
Bonus Points: What does it mean to have a polite and respectful conversation?
300
Most people eat me, and that is no surprise. I taste great as chips, mashed, and also as fries. What am I?
What is a potato.
300
Everyone is talking at the Thanksgiving table and it is getting too noisy. You feel very uncomfortable. What can you say or do?
What is excuse yourself and take a break in your room or another quiet room in the house.
If you have noise canceling headphones, excuse yourself and put them on.
300
What does it mean to be grateful?
Thankful, appreciative, happy to have
400
Thanksgiving dinner is being hosted at your house this year, your cousin who you haven't seen in 10 years is the first to arrive. What do you say?
-How have you been?
-You've grown up, it's good to see you
-How's life?
400
I have ears, but I cannot hear. I have flakes, but I have no hair. What am I?
What is Corn.
400
Your little cousin comes up to you and says very loudly "stop eating so much, you're getting too fat.". What do you say/do?
Respond in a polite and respectful way:
Ex.
-Tell the cousin that our size doesn't matter.
-Keep a kind/calm tone of voice and smile
-Make a joke out of it "oh I'll work it off later in the gym"
400
What is a cornucopia?
A horn-shaped decoration containing food, usually fruits and vegetables, often used as a decoration
500
The dinner table is quiet and it's kind of awkward, you want to break the ice and ease the tension. What do you say?
- could tell a joke
-ask a funny questions (If you could eat only one food on this table for an entire year, which one would it be?)
-ask what everyone is thankful for this year
500
What do you get when a turkey lays an egg on top of a barn?
What is an eggroll
500
Your family that you haven't seen in a long time keeps asking you questions about your personal life and it's making you uncomfortable. What do you do?
Answers will vary: must be respectful, polite tone of voice, and demonstrate perspective taking skills
500
Name as many Thanksgiving foods as you can...
Turkey, ham, chicken
Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, mac & cheese, cranberry sauce, corn, cornbread, stuffing, salads
Apple pie, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie