Four thought-provoking questions encourage readers to develop and support their opinions about strategies to end a friendship after exploring excerpts from a New York Times article. The reading is brief so this could be a lead-in to...

Strengthen the bonds of friendship within your class with a reading of E.B. White's award-winning novel, Charlotte's Web. Focusing on the unique characters in the story and the relationships they develop, young readers draw from their...

Are first impressions as important as they seem? A instructional activity on the literary themes of Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick prompts readers to compare their friendship experiences with those from the book, and to determine...

It is so important to help special needs individuals know the difference between dating and friendship. They define friendship, differentiate between friends and strangers, role-play, practice greetings, then talk about dating. This...

While the purpose of this resource is unclear, it could be used as a way to discuss friendship and the associated vocabulary. Learners can read and define the list of words such as considerate, generous, and unique. The presentation...

Family and friendship are two very important themes of the historical fiction novel The Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff. From video clips and writing prompts to reader's theater and family interviews, this resource provides...

Students explore that sometimes we are surprised when we spend time with someone we previously thought we would not like and find this person to be very likeable and they may become a great friend. They explore how a friendship can...

Students read the book Fin-tastic Friendship Book and do activities related to friendship. In this friendship lesson, students read the book given, and do activities like character building, fortune telling, and making friendship bracelets.

Students examine the characteristics of friendships. For this language arts lesson, work in pairs to share a previously written essay on the topic of friendship. Then the whole class discusses the novel Brian's Song and begin watching...

Learners discuss qualities of friendship and read Brian's Song. In this language arts lesson, students read Brian's Song aloud, discuss qualities of friendship and use a Venn diagram to compare the two main characters from the book.

In this friendship chain activity, students follow the 6 instructions listed to create a chain that features the qualities of friendship.

Students read the book, Charlotte's Web. They write important facts in a journal and summarize the text. They write about the friendship between the characters Wilbur and Charlotte.

In this Friendship Day worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order, unscramble...

Students examine the vocabulary used to show friendship in Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar. In this Julius Caesar lesson, students discuss their idea of friendship and what it means to them. They work in pairs to determine how same sex...

First graders explore human psychology by reading a book in class. In this friendship lesson, 1st graders identify the benefit of friends and strong relationships while reading the book The Rainbow Fish. Students analyze the images from...

Young scholars focus on the concept of friendship by writing and singing songs, talking about friendship skills and creating textured art images about the benefits of having and keeping friends. They also read a book and watch a video...

Teach your upper graders how to use an idea web to develop a topic for writing. After reading a variety of stories about friendship (a list of stories with the theme of friendship is included), model using an idea web. Class members...

A tweet can only be 140 characters long, including spaces. Challenge class members to write a positive note to one or more of their peers in 140 characters or less. It is a great activity to give on Valentine's Day to upper elementary...

Compute single digit addition problems. For this friendship addition lesson, 1st graders collaborate to add two sets of things together after hearing the problem read aloud by the teacher.

"But which will bloom most constantly?" Ask your learners to examine the representations of love and friendship in Emily Bronte's poem. Class members answer four text-based questions and jot down some ideas for larger discussion questions.

Everyone is different—which is a great reason to teach empathy to everyone. Teach neurotypical learners about autism, including a definition and how learners with autism sometimes act in the classroom, with a language arts lesson about...

Instill the importance of empathy with a lesson that tasks scholars to role-play a scenario in which they exhibit the desired behavior towards their peers. Small groups work collaboratively to create a skit in response to a specific...

What are healthy friendships? What makes a friendship unhealthy? There are several worksheets for your high schoolers to do to answer some of these questions and more about their friends and ideas about friendship. Inspire some great...

Students create a puzzle that is concerned with being an illustration of a heart that is put together with the friends in our lives. They focus upon the concept of friendship and use a variety of resources to obtain information and...