Thanksgiving Nonfiction Text Structure Boom Cards Grades 4-5
by Aponte ELA © 2026
Price: $3.25 USD
Subjects: ela,reading,craftAndStructures,textFeatures
Grades: 4,5
Description
Are your students able to tell a sequence passage from a cause and effect passage? These 45 Thanksgiving digital task cards give 4th and 5th graders lots of practice with nonfiction text structure, using short passages about turkeys, pumpkin pie, cranberry bogs, parade balloons, food drives and more. Students will: - identify the text structure of a passage: description, sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, or compare and contrast - choose what the author is mainly doing and the graphic organizer that fits a passage - find the missing cause or effect in a short story - type the signal words that show how a text is organized - sort signal words by text structure and put steps in order Inside this resource: - Passage Detective (9 cards): read a passage and choose its structure, the author's purpose or the best graphic organizer - Structure Match (9 cards): drag the text structure of one or two passages into the box - Cause and Effect Chains (9 cards): choose the missing cause or effect - Signal Word Search (9 cards): type the missing signal word, or find it in the text - Signal Word Sort (9 cards): sort signal words by structure, or drag steps into order Every card is self-checking and has audio directions, and every passage can be read aloud with its own audio button. Use them in literacy centers, small groups, early finisher time or as a quick review before Thanksgiving break.