This creativity project can work for many times of the school year - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Veteran's Day, and many more. Appreciating others is an important piece of student growth.
Students chose a piece of scrapbook paper. They chose who they wanted to make a Thank You Booklet for. They were given a few minutes to plan what they would write on each of the pages.
I walked them through how to fold and cut the scrapbook paper to make the booklet. Here's a link so I won't have to try to explain - One Sheet 8 pages!
Then, their creativity took hold of the room! My favorite part of this project was how different they all were. Some were professional, some were funny, some were heartfelt. All of them seemed to bring up memories of events they were truly thankful for.
Make sure your students are given time to make a quality product. They also love to have time to share their work with their peers so plan for this.
After doing this project with gifted and talented students identified in Creativity, I began to hear from parents, siblings, and other teachers about how much the Thank You booklet meant to them. I have a feeling many of them will be kept and treasured for years to come.
Students chose a piece of scrapbook paper. They chose who they wanted to make a Thank You Booklet for. They were given a few minutes to plan what they would write on each of the pages.
I walked them through how to fold and cut the scrapbook paper to make the booklet. Here's a link so I won't have to try to explain - One Sheet 8 pages!
Then, their creativity took hold of the room! My favorite part of this project was how different they all were. Some were professional, some were funny, some were heartfelt. All of them seemed to bring up memories of events they were truly thankful for.
Make sure your students are given time to make a quality product. They also love to have time to share their work with their peers so plan for this.
After doing this project with gifted and talented students identified in Creativity, I began to hear from parents, siblings, and other teachers about how much the Thank You booklet meant to them. I have a feeling many of them will be kept and treasured for years to come.
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