Gratitude Curriculum for Social and Emotional Learning
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Description
This gratitude curriculum has 100 pages of lesson plans, activities, posters, and printables to help teach your students how to practice gratitude. There are three days of lesson plans and materials to walk you students through what gratitude is and how to practice gratitude.
Included In This Download:
- 3 days of lesson plans with a scope and sequence included
- 2 gratitude anchor charts
- 2 "I Am Grateful for" pages
- Is it Grateful activity page
- Gratitude sort
- Ways to Be grateful
- 26 Gratitude Class (or individual) Book templates A-Z (one for each letter of the alphabet)
- 21 gratitude and mindfulness coloring pages
- 2 gratitude calendar templates: one with 20 days and one with 30 days
- 16 gratitude journal templates: half-page book pages with 28 prompts and 2 cover options
- 10 quote posters on gratitude
- 2 Understanding the Quote pages
Why focus on gratitude?
Practicing gratitude has been show to build a stronger immune system, lower stress, make someone more helpful and generous, and raise overall levels of happiness and appreciation. It is a POWERFUL way to help your students learn about appreciation, paying it forward, and compassion.
Why teach social and emotional learning skills?
Social and emotional learning provides a foundation for safe and positive learning. Research has shown that is improves academic achievement while simultaneously decreasing disruptive behavior inside the classroom. It also increases behaviors like kindness, empathy, and compassion.
How long should my gratitude lessons take each day?
Each lesson can take anywhere from 15-30 minutes depending on how many of the activities you choose to use for each day. This is only a suggested time frame. Your class might need more time to complete the activities listed for each day.
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Enjoy!