Lesson: Gratitude: From this story, we can learn to be grateful to those who help us. This could mean your friends lend you money, someone helps you with a chore, or you get help to do your homework. From this lesson, we learn to always repay helpfulness with gratitude. Showing someone gratitude could mean saying thank you, helping them when they need it, or being honest and paying them back the money you borrowed
Your Destination: There are many ways to say thank you. The first step to this is knowing what you are thankful for/ You will be making gratitude hands to help brainstorm and show what you have gratitude for today.
Travel Kit: 2 colors of construction paper, scissors, colored pencils/markers
On the Path
Step 1: Place your hand on one of the papers and trace around it. Do the same with the other hand on the other color of paper
Step 2: Carefully cut each one out
Step 3: Now think about what you are grateful for. Who has helped you? Write a word or phrase down that shows your gratitude on each finger of the cutout hands. This means thinking of 10 things you are thankful for
Step 4: Now you are going to weave the fingers together. Look at the space between the thumb and the index finger. Place the two together, one thumb will end up under the other hand and the other thumb will be over the hand.
Step 5: Next, think of the phrase “under-over”. Look at the hand with the thumb that is over the other hand. The index finger of that hand should go under the other hand.
Step 6: Now take the index of the other hand and pull it over the hand. The index fingers should be opposite, one over and one under.
Step 7: Do this with the other 3, alternating under and over so that the fingers are woven together like they’re holding hands.
Step 8: Share your gratitude hands with the class
Learn New Vocabulary: enmity, lenient, pity, gratitude, succession
Discussion Questions: Why do you think the man turned the hunter into the king even though the hunter had saved him earlier? How are you able to show gratitude towards your friends, family, or teachers? How would you feel if someone did not return the favor of helping you out?
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