Students will understand what gratitude is and engage in a gratitude practice.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
Gather students into a circle either seated in chairs or on the floor.
Remind students about the raised hand attention signal and the talking piece.
Welcoming: Circle time always begins with everyone being welcomed into the circle. Model welcoming a student and then have each student welcome the student sitting next to them. Be sure to rotate who sits where so students introduce different classmates. Example: “Hello Bella, welcome to our circle!”
Optional: create a new greeting every week. For example, have students toss a small ball or bean bag to each other once they greet another student, then the student with the object greets the next student, etc.
Once every student has been welcomed, retrieve the talking piece.
SEL Focus: Tell students that today during their circle time, they are going to talk about gratitude and what they are grateful for.