Thanksgiving Would You Rather Wheel
Thanksgiving week is full of excitement, and a would you rather question turns that energy into talking and listening. This wheel holds 30 kid-friendly Thanksgiving questions about pies, parades, falling leaves, family feasts and saying thank you, such as pumpkin pie or apple pie, or helping cook the feast or setting the table. Every answer is fine, so the whole class can join in, and each choice comes with a reason to share. Not every family celebrates Thanksgiving, so the questions stay with food, autumn and gratitude rather than traditions. Change the list in Edit entries to suit your class.
Updated by Talha Shahid
What is a Thanksgiving would you rather wheel?
A Thanksgiving would you rather wheel is a spinner that lands on a random Thanksgiving-themed would you rather question, a choice between two options that every student can answer and explain. Teachers use one in the days before the Thanksgiving break, when classes are excited and a quick, low-pressure discussion helps them settle. The Classroom Wheels Thanksgiving would you rather wheel holds 30 kid-friendly questions about pies, parades, autumn leaves, family feasts and gratitude, such as eating pumpkin pie or apple pie, or watching the parade on TV or seeing it in person. Because the questions are about food, autumn and saying thank you, students who don't celebrate the holiday can join in too. A teacher spins, students choose a side and a few explain their reason, or the answers become a quick class bar chart. Each question has the same chance on every spin, the list can be changed in Edit entries, and the wheel is free with no signup.
How do you use the thanksgiving would you rather wheel?
- The wheel is ready with 30 entries. Press Spin, click the wheel or press Space, and the result appears in the middle.
- Open Edit entries to change the list for your class, or press Use my class instead to spin your students' names.
- Press Present (or F) to show just the wheel on the board. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings if you don't want repeats.
Ways to use it in class
- Gratitude warm-up: after each answer, ask the student to name one thing they are thankful for this week.
- Thankful graph: spin five questions, tally the class's answers on the board and turn the results into a bar chart.
- Opinion writing: students pick one spun question and write three sentences defending their choice for a November display.
Put this wheel on your class website
Paste this code into Google Sites (Insert, then Embed), a class blog or your learning platform, and students can use the wheel there. It shows just the wheel, with no ads, and loads nothing about your students.
What's on the thanksgiving would you rather wheel?
All 30 entries, ready to spin. Edit them on the wheel above to fit your class.
- Eat pumpkin pie or apple pie?
- Help cook the feast or set the table?
- Ride on a parade float or march in the band?
- Have gravy rain or cranberry sauce snow?
- Eat dessert first or save the best till last?
- Spend the day with your whole family or your best friend?
- Be a giant parade balloon or hold its rope?
- Eat a whole pie yourself or share it with ten people?
- Watch a football game or play a board game?
- Have a turkey that talks or a pie that sings?
- Make the place cards or bake the bread rolls?
- Eat only vegetables or only bread rolls at the feast?
- Wear a turkey hat or a pumpkin hat all day?
- Go apple picking or pumpkin picking?
- Rake a giant pile of leaves or jump in one?
- Write a thank-you note or say thank you out loud?
- Celebrate at a cabin in the woods or at the beach?
- Eat corn on the cob or sweet potato casserole?
- Be the first to wake up or the last to go to sleep?
- Cook with a famous chef or eat at a famous restaurant?
- Have an all-day feast or an all-afternoon nap?
- Decorate with paper leaves or with pumpkins?
- Play outside in the cold or stay inside by the fire?
- Eat leftovers for a week or never have leftovers?
- Share what you're thankful for first or last?
- Have a turkey-shaped cake or a pie-shaped pizza?
- Watch the parade on TV or see it in person?
- Make a gratitude tree or a thankful jar?
- Bake cookies with grandparents or play games with cousins?
- Be a turkey that flies or a pumpkin that rolls anywhere?
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Questions teachers ask
Can I change what's on the thanksgiving would you rather wheel?
Yes. The Thanksgiving Would You Rather Wheel starts with the 30 entries listed above. Open Edit entries to add, remove or reword any of them, one per line. Your changes last until you leave the page, and Restore brings back the original list.
Can I spin my students' names instead?
Yes. Press Use my class instead to swap the thanksgiving would you rather wheel's entries for your saved class, with absent students left off. Press the back button in the same place to return to the 30 entries.
Is every entry on the thanksgiving would you rather wheel equally likely?
Yes. Each of the 30 entries has the same 1 in 30 chance on every spin: the result is chosen with your browser's cryptographic random number generator before the wheel moves. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings to go through every entry once before any repeats.
Will ads show on my projector?
No. Press Present (or F) and the screen shows only the wheel and the Spin button, in large type for the back of the room.