Getting to the root: How the word gratefulness is derived: Gratefulness has its roots in the latin words gratus meaning “pleasing” and the verb facere which means “to make or do” to create the word gratificus – “doing a kindness”. Can you see how being grateful is the kind way to be?
Literacy
Y1: Gratefulness word trace- Student trace the word “Gratefulness”: gratefulness-word-trace-y1
Y2: Copy the “I Wills”- Student copy the I wills. copy-gratefulness-i-wills
Y3-4: Attitude of Gratitude: Students brainstorm things they are grateful for and reason for those. attitude-of-gratitude-y3-4
Y5-6: Attitude of Gratitude- Quality think/Quick write; students Are asked to describe in writing individuals or items they recognize as a benefit in their lives. attitude-of-gratitude-y5-6
All year levels (Adapt as needed): Note of Gratitude; students are to write a thank you note to someone they are grateful for and why they are grateful: note-of-gratitude
Topic/Research:
Y3-6: Students are to research porcupines and find out certain facts about them. They are to fill out the form as they find information: porcupine-facts-organiser
Word Games:
Y2-3: Word Search: Gratefulness: word-search-y2-3
Y3-6: Find hidden word: students are to make as many words from the letters found in GRATEFULNESS. You can run this as team competition giving a time limit. You can also do it in rounds like find as many 2 letters, 3 letters and 4 or more letters. You could also award extra points for teams that come up with unique words only their team came up with: find-as-many-words
History:
All year levels: Andrew Carnegie model of gratefulness. A brief account of the how Andrew Carnegie life was an example of gratefulness. Can lead to a discussion of what we want to be remembered for or what legacy we want to leave behind: andrew-carnegie-model-of-gratefulness
Crafts:
Links of Gratitude– Every day for a week or month, students are to write the name of one person they are grateful for on a strip of paper. They are to make a chain. See how long their chain will be at the end of the period. links-of-gratitude
Gratefulness Tree– Students draw a tree trunk and braches, then they cut up paper in shapes of leaves. They are to write the name of a person or something they are grateful for gratefulness-tree.
Colouring: colour in the porcupine:
Videos (too large to upload but here are the urls in your respective campuses): All videos are less than 15 minutes
@Teachers Pub/@PRIMARY/Character Education/2016-2017/Gratefulness/Videos (two videos, you can skip the song at the end)
@Teachers Pub/@PRIMARY/Character Education/Character Builder video/CB_Thankfulness.mov
Gratefulness song:
