This is a great no-prep 3-part project to keep on-hand for those slower points of the year or right before a holiday break. Each part can be done in isolation, spaced out as far or as close together as you’d like! Or complete all three steps at once for a 2-week campaign to spread kindness.

3 project segments:

• Whole-School Thank You flash mob to make the day of every single student at your school
• Long Overdue Thank You to send gratitude for a long-ago gesture by an old friend or family member
• Out of the Blue Thank You to extend appreciation to a never-met living hero

Ideas for when to complete:

• November Season of Gratitude
• December Season of Giving
• February Acts of Kindness
• May End-of-Year Love

Included in this 3-Part Thank You writing project:

• Teacher Overview with 4 pages of detailed step-by-step lesson plans
• Overview of all 3 projects if doing all three at once
• Overviews for each project, with sample note and rubric sheets
• Editable Google Slide version of all student materials

BONUS 34 thank you card designs included

• 16 quarter-sheet for informal classmate notes
• 10 half-sheet designs for more formal notes
• 4 whole-sheet designs for an accommodation option
• 4 digital designs to send via email
• All in 4 different design genres – punny food, modern abstract, black & white doodle, and bright icon

Supplemental activities to introduce and round out this project incorporate the children’s books Have You Filled a Bucket Today and An Awesome Book of Thanks, as well as an inspiring TED Talk on the small acts of leadership with included debrief questions.

This resource is 29 PDF pages, plus Google files. 

What grades is this intended for?
This should work for either middle or high school students. I have used it with 9th through 12th graders, but these activities don’t require any high school-specific skills. Please read the description and examine the preview file closely to determine if it is appropriate for your students.

What supports are included? Can I modify this?
Detailed teacher directions and editable Google file versions of student materials are included so you can modify activities to suit your group’s needs and setting. 

What are the terms of use for this resource?

This resource, including all ancillary files, may be used as needed for regular, non-commercial single-classroom use between a teacher and their students. 

This includes printing copies and sharing digital files with students through a secure platform, like Google Classroom or Canvas, email, or a classroom-only shared drive.

The using and sharing of any part of this resource in any manner outside the above-mentioned capacity is strictly prohibited. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to,

• posting files on the open internet or in a Facebook group
• emailing files to or sharing print copies with others (without purchasing additional licenses)
• uploading or storing files in a shared cloud drive accessible by anyone other than students
• including any part, or any derivative work, within any commercial endeavor like curriculum development, professional training, or for-profit teaching like Outschool, or selling this resource as your own in either print or digital formats

Doing so violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), copyright law, and these terms.

By downloading this resource from Let’s Cultivate Greatness, the original user has been granted one license for a single teacher (or number of teachers matching the number of licenses purchased) and their students at any one time. 

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This was a great day before Thanksgiving activity. Students were able to choose a template that spoke to them and email a copy of their thank you to a teacher. Great variety! - Kristina

I loved using this with my English students. I'm also excited to use them with my NHS students. Saying thank you is a huge part of leadership! - fellow teacher-author

My students loved this activity. They were fully engaged. They loved being creative on their cards and putting their own personal touches on them. - Brenda