As we continue our efforts to mold our students into Purposefull People, we are going to move from Responsibility to Gratitude for the next month as a characteristic focus. Please take some time to review the newsletter for your child's appropriate grade level, ,the opening video for Gratitude, and look at the conversation starters. This should lead us into a well timed month of acknowledging the people and things in our lives that we appreciate.
3rd Grade
Often we can find ourselves noticing things that we don’t like or that we wish were different. Choosing to appreciate things in our life, things in others, and things in the world can be a challenge, but practicing Gratitude will help us to be more confident, calm, and focused. This month's focus for 3rd grade is on using Gratitude to support emotion advocacy.
Click here to download the Grade 3 Gratitude Newsletter
Conversation Starters:
Can you describe for me what emotion advocacy means?
Why is it important for us to be Grateful for our emotions?
What can our emotions teach us about ourselves?
4th Grade
Often we can find ourselves noticing things that we don’t like or that we wish were different. Choosing to appreciate things in our life, things in others, and things in the world can be a challenge, but practicing Gratitude will help us to be more confident, calm, and focused. This month's focus for 4th grade is on Gratitude to support positive self-talk.
Click here to download the Grade 4 Gratitude Newsletter
Conversation Starters:
Can you tell me about someone at your school who is really good at positively talking about others?
How can positive self-talk help us put Gratitude into practice?
5th Grade
Often we can find ourselves noticing things that we don’t like or that we wish were different. Choosing to appreciate things in our life, things in others, and things in the world can be a challenge, but practicing Gratitude will help us to be more confident, calm, and focused. This month's focus for 5th grade is Gratitude to support stress management.
Click here to download the Grade 5 Gratitude Newsletter
Conversation Starters:
Share with me something that causes you stress in your life. Why does it cause you stress?
How can showing Gratitude help you to manage your stress?