Week 12 · Thank You, Helpers

Monday

What a thank-you note does

// A real note, every job, and a celebration

⏱ about 15 min

Monday: What a thank-you note does

Chris the Coyote pads into the den with a small folded card. "Last week of the Helper chart. And a surprise."

Ferris the Fox opens it. Inside, in neat letters: Dear Ferris, thank you for keeping the chart all year. Love, Lucy.

Ferris goes quiet, then smiles very wide.

Lucy the Ladybug peeks out. "Helpers get helped too. This week we say thank you, out loud and on paper."

Ferris reads a thank you letter aloud. Lucy, Bennie and Hazel clap around the table.

Why write it down?

Saying thanks is good. Writing thanks is a gift someone can keep.

A thank-you note does three things. It tells the person exactly what they did. It tells them how it helped you. It shows you took time for them.

Ferris went quiet because the note was specific. It did not say thanks for everything. It said thanks for keeping the chart.

The five parts

Part	What it does	Lucy's note
Greeting	Names the person	Dear Ferris,
What they did	Says the exact thing	Thank you for keeping the chart all year.
How it helped	Says why it mattered to you	I always knew what my job was.
Closing	A warm last line	Love,
Sign it	Your name, in your handwriting	Lucy

PUT THE PARTS OF A THANK-YOU NOTE IN ORDER.

?How it helped
?Greeting
?Closing
?Sign it
?What they did

WHY THIS EXERCISEGreeting, what, why, closing, sign. Every thank-you note you ever write fits this shape.

WHICH PART IS IT?

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

Dear Grandpa, is which part of the note?

Thank you for fixing my bike tire is which part?

Now I can ride to the park again is which part?

Your helper, is which part?

Who helped you this year?

Think about the twelve weeks. Someone taught you to fold. Someone ran the washer. Someone walked the fire plan with you.

Helpers notice who helps them. That is the last job on the chart.

How many parts does a thank-you note have?

Which part names the exact thing the person did?

Lucy's note said thanks for keeping the what?

Statement	True or false?
A written thank-you is something a person can keep.	?
Thanks for everything is more specific than thanks for the chart.	?
The greeting names the person.	?
You sign a note at the top.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISESpecific thanks land. Vague thanks float away.

Who wrote the note to Ferris?

WHY THIS EXERCISELucy noticed who helped her, and she wrote it down.

Try it

Think of one grown-up at home who helped you with a job this year.
Say out loud one exact thing they did.
Say how it helped you. That is your note, almost ready.

Who at home helped you most this year? Name one exact thing they did and how it helped you.

You noticed your helper, Helper! Tomorrow you write the real note.

Grown-up checked my answers

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