Thank You Month

INTRODUCTION
Do you remember to tell people thank you when they help you? January is National ‘Thank You’ Month so today we are going to read a poem that is a thank you letter.

POEM

Dear Teacher
By Nikki Grimes

If you tutor someone
twice a week
for 3 months,
when 2 months have 5 weeks,
and 1 month has 4,
what do you get?
Sparkling blackboards
9 Mondays in a row,
a straightened desk
no less than 16 times,
2 kisses (1 per cheek),
and 1 big, fat, THANKS!

Signed, David
who only hates math
½ as much
as he used to

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Grimes, Nikki. 2006. THANKS A MILLION. Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, 2006. ISBN 068817292X

EXTENSION
Write your own thank you letter to a teacher who has been especially nice or helpful to you.

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