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Leading a Thankful Revolution

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Thank You notes to Donors of WalkKits A few years ago @coolcatteacher Vicki Davis, published a blog post titled,  Why Teachers Should Help Lead a Thankful Revolution .  Basically it was about helping children 'build thankfulness as a habit.'  This idea reminds me of Angela Maeirs' " You Matter " campaign.  Both of these inspired me to start a "Thankful Revolution" with my students.  But for some reason, it never really expanded beyond what I was already doing in my classroom.  My students still carry on the tradition of sending hand-written thank you's to veterans for Veteran's Day and again during the Holidays.  The students have also mailed a note of thanks to a family member during Thanksgiving and then for gift during the the holidays.  Again, these are not new to to our class repertoire (and you can read about previous posts here: Veterans Thank Yous and Thank Yous with a Twist . ) We have expanded writing Thank Yous to donors who provide d...