Lesson Plan

Gratitude Lesson Plan: Middles Edition

Learn the craft of a real thank-you and build a journal that lasts.

This is the Middles Edition of Gratitude: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 4-6. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What changes when you write down the good things instead of just thinking them?

The Week

• Mon: Poems That Say Thanks (Reading) • Tue: Zoom In on It (Writing & Words) • Wed: The Three Things Test (Science & Math) • Thu: Fold and Staple a Journal (Hands-on Project) • Fri: A Letter That Gets Delivered (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Gratitude has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 4-6 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Middles (grades 4-6), about 60 to 90 minutes a day
• Experiment: The Three Things Test
• My Gratitude Journal: a 7-day journal, 12 prompt cards and a scavenger hunt
• A Thank-You Letter page, built to be delivered
• Cut-and-sort page: Things, People or Moments?
• Writing page: Zoom In
• Hands-on project: Fold-and-Staple Journal
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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