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Developing Friendships

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners listen to the book Friends and discuss how to make friends and the characteristics of good friends. In this friends activity, students listen to the story and practice role playing on how to make friendships.
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Charlotte's Web: A Story About Friendship

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
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...
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Making Up

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Is there a more important skill to learn at school then conflict resolution? It's never too soon to begin teaching youngsters how to work through the inevitable conflicts they will have during their school years. This resource combines...
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Through Thick and Thin: Examining the Dynamics of Friendship Relationships

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read one teen's story of dealing with her best friend's anorexia to explore the dynamics of friendship relationships and the qualities needed to sustain a friendship through challenges.
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Frankenstein

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Share a classic novel with your class using this resource. After reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, learners answer questions involving the narrator's point of view, make and confirm predictions, and sequence events in the story.
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Help to create the next generation of friends with a lesson about accepting people who are different. As kids read Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, they answer a series of discussion questions and activities about making friends...
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Importance of Friendship

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students identify child psychology by completing a worksheet regarding friends. For this human relationship lesson, students discuss the characteristics that make a good friend and how to handle conflicts. Students answer study questions...
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Host a Fin-tastic Friendship Festival!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars read the book Fin-tastic Friendship Book and do activities related to friendship. In this friendship lesson plan, students read the book given, and do activities like character building, fortune telling, and making...
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Friendship Cinquain

For Students K - 6th Standards
Invite your class to share their appreciation of one another through the work of a Valentine's Day cinquain poem. Scholars use their knowledge of their classmates to describe them through adjectives, action verbs, and a complete...
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Children’s Choices 2014

For Teachers K - 6th
Books for kids, chosen by kids! What could be better? This packet is made up of book lists, each with approximately 30 books included, organized by age group. Kids will enjoy the summer reading materials they choose from this...
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Creating a Friendship Bracelet

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and follow multi step directions in order to make friendship bracelets. In this friendship bracelets lesson plan, 3rd graders are assessed on if they made the bracelet correctly and in the right order.
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"Zigzag"

For Teachers K
Students listen to the book "Zigzag" by Robert D. San Souci, and examine the concepts of friendship, respect, and determination. They answer story comprehension questions, then create a fabric doll using the shapes from the book.
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Friendship

For Teachers 1st
Gather your first graders and read Franklin's New Friend. First, show the book's cover and title. What can your youngsters infer from these along? Then read through the comprehension questions you created and start reading the...
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Intergenerational Friendships

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a variety of activities dealing with the book "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge" by Mem Fox. They take a field trip to a senior citizen's home and conduct an interview, and complete journal entries having to do with...
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Friendships and Differences

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "My Friend Jacob" by Lucille Clifton. They complete a graphic organizer web about friendship qualities, and participate in a discussion about friendship. In small groups...
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Friendship in the Media

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss what characteristics friendship has and the traits that make people unique.  In this friendship lesson, 2nd graders talk about what friendship looks like in the media.  In groups, students think about...
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Friendship Day

For Students 5th - 8th
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...
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Friendship

For Teachers 1st
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...
Worksheet
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The Friendship Book Questions

For Students 5th - 12th
In this literature study instructional activity, students answer eleven short answer questions based upon the book, The Friendship.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship (Hatkoff & Kahumbu)

For Teachers K - 3rd
The heartfelt true story of Owen the hippopotamus and Mzee the 133-year-old tortoise will have budding readers engaged as they practice vocabulary in the context of Isabella Hatkoff's nonfiction story. Although you could include more,...
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Friends Together: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers K Standards
Enjoy this thematic friendship unit compiled with ESL lessons to develop strong language development while listening, speaking, looking, and moving. Class members participate in activities covering topics like making friends, asking for...
Organizer
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Friendship Chains

For Students 1st - 4th
In this friendship chain worksheet, students follow the 6 instructions listed to create a chain that features the qualities of friendship.
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Listening Exercises: How to Make Friends at A New School

For Students 4th - 5th
In this listening exercise worksheet, students watch a video entitled, "How to Make Friends at a New School." They fill in the blanks in six steps to making friends and click the "Done" button to submit the answers.
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An Author Study on Kevin Henkes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
To better understand how the author Kevin Henkes uses the theme of friendship throughout his books, learners engage in several compare and contrast activities. The class reads several Henkes titles and discusses the similarities in...