P+and+P+Lessons

Friendship Unit

1. Pre-Assessment Make friendship web as a class. What makes a good friend?

Use a web:

friends are Friendship sounds like feels like looks like

2. Similarities and Differences
 * Read story Rosie & Michael by Judith Viorst
 * Discuss how friends are the same in some ways and different in other ways.

Do a classroom scavenger hunt. Each box has a picture or written desccription of student characteristics. For ie: eye colour, glasses, etc. Do this independently and/or with reading buddies.

Write a class book I like __but__  likes.

3. What friends do together
 * Friendship knots activity: refer to website []

Listen to tape Frog and Toad or another friendship book Bring picture of student and friend or cut out of magazines of friends together.

4. Sharing "We Share Everything" by Robert Munsch Teachers model how to share. Group students into groups of three and assign "Build one structure with everyone participating and use all the blocks in your station." Monitor and assess problem solving and cooperation as they work.

5. Bullying or "Nobody Kew what to do" by Becky Rae McCain
 * Read "Oliver Button is a Sissy" by Tommy De Paola

6. Working with a partner and/or friend "My friend likes By Present your view of friendship
 * Give students five recipe cards each.
 * Work with a friend. Draw/Write five things your friend likes. Interview one another and record

7. Puppet Show Model appropriate play with puppets With a partner practice playing puppets together as friends.
 * Present to class.

8. Post Assessment Discuss the additions to the web and how much more we know about being a good friend.
 * Take original web of friendship and with a different colored marker than was used on the opening day add to the "What Makes a good friend web"