Gratitude Skills
Aligns with CASEL 5 & The ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies
Grateful Gretta is the seventh story from Powerful You (grades 2-adult.) Gretta’s story is used by schools and homes to foster gratitude as a social emotional tool. Gretta encourages the development of whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being.
20-MINUTE POWERFUL YOU LESSON PLAN
Launch Introduce the A-Z Powerful You theme.
Breathe and Stretch Practice self-awareness and self-management with the Powerful You free movement videos on this page. Simply hit play or gain a new movement idea for your toolbox.
Connect Read the true short story from the 8.5 x 11 laminated Powerful You Educator Cards.
Promote a Positive Mindset Stand tall and practice each story’s positive self-talk.
Reflect Social-awareness, relationship skills, and problem-solving skills escalate when students are given turn and talk time for each journaling prompt. Learn from them and allow optional sharing.
Role-play Students hold the Powerful You Educator Card and act out desired behaviors.
Leave an SEL Footprint Copy and display the Digital Powerful You Classroom Social Skill Sign.
Expand Use the Powerful You Book or resources below. Make it your own! Be You! You are more powerful than you know!
“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” —Zig Ziglar
“Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” —Jim Rohn
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” —Oprah Winfrey
“ ‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” —Alice Walker
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” —William Arthur Ward
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” —Willie Nelson
“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” —Alphonse Karr
Excellent Reading Counts book for independent reading. (4th grade level)
