Gratitude Lessons, Activities & Thanksgiving Art for Middle School High School

Perfect for the Thanksgiving, November, and fall, this EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES gratitude activities bundle is a fun way to reflect and celebrate the fall season and Thanksgiving with your middle school or high school students. This activity bundle includes several fun, engaging, creative reflection activities, including a gratitude one-pager, a gratitude list poem activity, and a letters of gratitude writing activity.

Activities Included:

• Gratitude One Pager
• Letters of Gratitude
• Gratitude Bell Ringers
• Gratitude Journal
• Gratitude List Poetry Activity

This activity is designed to work for DIGITAL (distance learning) or PRINTABLE (in-person learning) formats.

What is included in this resource?

Teacher Guide: Directions for teachers facilitating this activity

Student-Friendly Directions: Step-by-Step directions to guide students through the activity. The directions are formatted to be printable as well as digital.

Gratitude One Pager: Students create a visual representation of all they have to be grateful for by reflecting on the people, memories, and challenges they're grateful to have had!

Letters of Gratitude Activity: Students choose 4 people who have had a positive impact on them or who have supported them this year. Students write letters thanking each person for the support and guidance along the way.

Gratitude Bell Ringers: 30 engaging prompts to get your students thinking deeply and reflecting on the "little things" to be grateful for!

Gratitude Journal: Help students build a habit of gratitude by keeping a daily, weekly, or monthly journal of what they're grateful for.

Gratitude List Poem: Students learn about list poetry as a genre while reflecting on all the people, experiences, moments, and things they have to be grateful for. Students can write their poems individually or collaboratively and share their poem with the class when they finish!

Scaffolds and Templates: Each activity includes templates and scaffolds to support all learners.

Sample Projects: a sample for the list poem is included to provide your students with a model/example and some inspiration.

Rubrics: Each activity includes a rubric to help students create quality projects that meet the assignment goals.

Designed for Digital / Distance Learning AND Print: A link to a separate file with JUST the slides your digital students need for the activity.

Activity Duration: Each activity will take about 1 hour to complete.

Final Notes and Details:

Please note, this activity is created in GOOGLE SLIDES and is EDITABLE so you can meet the unique needs of your students.

**This resource is a PDF with links to Google Slides documents. However, the documents can also be downloaded from Google Slides as POWERPOINT files or PDF files if you prefer (file, download as, choose your format)

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