*GiveThx - Practices - Google Sheets

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1	GiveThx Practices		www.givethx.org
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3	Give
4	#	Title	Time	Audience	Tags	Description
5	1	Group Gratitude	5 min	All Grades	Process check	Write individual thx notes recognizing productive behaviors.
6	2	Partner Gratitude	4 min	All Grades	Process check	Write a partner a thx note recognizing a productive behavior of theirs.
7	3	L/R/Pick Gratitude	7 min	All Grades	Kinesthetic	Form a circle. Write thx notes to the people at left and right and a 3rd.
8	4	Gratitude Wave	4 min	All Grades	Intervention	Everyone sends a thx note to one person.
9	5	Behavior Challenge	4 min	All Grades	Challenge	Everyone sends thx notes only for one behavior.
10	6	Peer Gratitude	4 min	2nd & Up	Choice	Send thx notes to peers of your choice.
11	7	New Gratitude	4 min	2nd & Up	Intervention	Send thx notes to peers you have not sent to (or sent few to).
12	8	Write & Shoutout	5 min	All grades	Modeling	Send thx notes and then share
13	9	Thank, Pair, Share	7 min	All Grades	Dialogue	Send thx note, discuss with partner, share out with class.
14	10	Grateful Moment	5 min	All Grades	Public Sharing	Form a circle and share grateful moments from the day.
15	11	Gratitude Letter	15 min	All Grades	Community	Create a handwritten thank you letter. Give it to the person. Reflect.
16	12	Face-to-Face Gratitude	10 min	All Grades	Interpersonal	Write a thx note to someone. Read it to them, face-to-face. Reflect.
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18	Reflect
19	#	Title	Time	Audience	Tags	Description
20	1	Check-In	5 min	2nd & Up	Check-In	Students share one thing they want their teacher to know.
21	2	General Thx	5 min	All Grades	Journaling	Write about something general you are thankful for.
22	3	3 Good Things	5 min	All Grades	Challenge	Write down 3 things that went well that day & associated feelings.
23	4	Grateful by Subtraction	10 min	2nd & Up	Perspective	Think of the difference if an event or relationship did not happen.
24	5	Message Received	8 min	2nd & Up	Self-Awareness	Pick a favorite thx note received and explain why.
25	6	Message Given	8 min	2nd & Up	Social Awareness	Pick a favorite thx note given and explain why.
26	7	Strengths Inventory	10 min	2nd & Up	Self-Awareness	Analyze data & thx notes to identify personal character strengths.
27	8	Giving Inventory	10 min	2nd & Up	Social Awareness	Analyze data & thx notes to identify trends in gratitude to others.
28	9	Class Trends	5 min	2nd & Up	Class Data	Review class gratitude trends & consider the reasons behind them.
29	10	Gratitude Letter	15 min	All Grades	Community	Create a handwritten thank you letter. Give it to the person. Reflect.
30	11	Face-to-Face Gratitude	10 min	All Grades	Interpersonal	Write a thx note to someone. Read it to them, face-to-face. Reflect.
31	12	Gratitude Interview	20 min	2nd & Up	Reporting	Interview an adult about something they are grateful for. Reflect.
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33	Facilitate
34	#	Title	Time	Audience	Tags	Description
35	1	Teach a Tag	Varies	All Grades	Vocabulary	Tag Teaching Cycle: 1. Students individually write what it sounds and looks like in practice. 2. Pair share. 3. Report out to create a class list and post it on the wall for reference. 4. Spend 2-4 weeks having students recognize the tag in one of the notes they write. 5. End cycle with a reflection. 6. Repeat. ***A class/school challenge is a great compliment (i.e. recognize 1000 acts of kindness during the cycle).
36	2	Temperature Check	3 min	2nd & Up	Check In	Assign a custom reflection to create space to surface concerns and information to get closer to your students: "What's one thing you'd like me to know about you right now?"
37	3	Positive Home Contact	2 min	2nd & Up	Parent	Contact a parent & tell them something you are thankful to their child for to nurture positive behavior, relationships, & self-esteem
38	4	Echo Thanks	1 min	All Grades	Teacher-Student	Add your thanks for something that you notice another person thanked a student for. Helpful first step to connect in an asset-based way with student a teacher struggles to connect with.
39	5	Door Mini-Conference	10 sec	All Grades	Transitions	Catch a student entering/leaving class and thank them for something (i.e. their focus on task in group work). Great way to reinforce productive behaviors & build teacher/student relationships.
40	6	Desk/Hall Conference	1 min	All Grades	Conference	Ask a student to speak with you at your desk/in the hall and thank them for something (i.e. productive behavior, etc.). Redefines what is usually a critical interaction into a positive one.
41	7	Positive Narration	5 sec	All Grades	Narration	Thank a student(s) out loud in class for an expectation being met or productive behavior to reinforce it
42	8	One for All Before a 2nd	---	All Grades	Inclusion	Thank each student once before thanking someone for a second time
43	9	Choice Board	1 min	All Grades	Choice	A student picks a shape to move to reveal the class practice that day
44	10	Student Facilitation	---	All Grades	Leadership	A student picks and facilitates the task instead of the teacher.
45	11	Book Alignment - ES	---	K-6	Reading	Align giving and reflection to a book the class reads for greater context
46	12	Book Alignment - ES/MS	---	K-6	Reading	Align giving and reflection to a book the class reads for greater context
47	13	Video Compliments	Varies	4th & Up	Videos	Align giving and reflection to a video the class watches for context
48	14	Spiral Thanks	Varies	All Grades	Spiraling	Ask students to thank someone using a previous taught tag to reinforce it. Reference posted criteria (i.e. what kindness sounds and looks like).
49	15	Shining Stars	Varies	All Grades	Individual Celebration	Bring one or two students struggling with behavior/academics to a faculty meeting and give them a gratitude wave followed by a few public shoutouts to build them up and celebrate them.
50	16	Staff Appreciations	3 min	All Grades	Adult Connection	A teacher facilitates a gratitude wave to a staff member to appreciate and build student relationships with them. Picking someone not always in front of students can be powerful (i.e. office manager, custodian, etc.)
51	17	Staff Meetings	3 min	All Grades	Process Checks	Integrate partner / group gratitude practices into staff, department, grade level, etc. meetings as process checks, thanking colleagues for behaviors and ways of being that made the work go well. Excellent way to reinforce norms and relationships.
52	18	Weekly Staff Emails	2 min	All Grades	Newsletter	Insert data of total school giving and progress towards giving goals (i.e. 1000 acts of kindness recognized) to motivate staff. Ask them to give to one student and/or colleage each week/day.
53	19	Staff Parallel Work	Varies	All Grades	Capacity	Have staff at a faculty meeting or via weekly email do the practice they will be asked to lead with students to increase buy-in and build necessary capacity to maximize fidelity.
54	20	Grade / School Thanking	Varies	All Grades	Choice	Students thank someone outside their class in their grade level or school. To facilitate this (and to keep things fresh and allow for growth across the school), have students join an additional class that has new people they can thank. i.e. A 3rd grader joins a 3rd grade class to be able to thank other 3rd graders. Later, they join another class called "school" to be able to thank anyone in the school. Do this as capacity and culture permit.