What is gratitude?

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What is gratitude?
3 min1st2ndSocial-Emotional Learning
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Summary

Explains gratitude as noticing and appreciating the good things and people around us, and why saying thank you matters.

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Discussion questions

Talk about it

Gratitude means noticing the good things you have and the people who help you — and letting them know you appreciate it.

  1. What is something you feel thankful for today?
  2. How does it feel when someone thanks you?
  3. Who is someone you could thank this week?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: gratitude, thankful, appreciate, thank you.

Try it: List three things you're grateful for. Tell one person 'thank you' today.