Students explore building new friendships during the first week of school. They participate in a variety of getting to know each other activities. Students work cooperatively and develop collegial relationships with their classmates.

Students are introduced to the concept of self-esteem and discuss how it is important in friendships. In groups, they counsel one another to determine how one's personal behavior affects the others in their group. They discover the...

Second graders read a picture book at a Web site about a bunny who solves a problem and becomes friends with a squirrel. Students then discuss story with classmates, brainstorm ideas for their own stories about friendship, and read the...

Learners discuss the importance of friendships and the main factors of friendships after reading the story "Poll uncovers friendship secrets". The lesson is set up as an open class discussion in order for the students to learn from each...

Learners are read "The Rainbow Fish". They discuss how important friendship is and list qualities they want in a good friend. They create a giant fish with each child's quality for the class to view.

Students are read "The Rainbow Fish" and discuss characteristics of being a good friend. They create their own fish to show the qualities they discussed. They receive one scale to add to the fish.

Students are read the book "The Rainbow Fish" and summarize each page. They discuss actions they should be displaying to others. They critique the book and role-play being friends to end the lesson.

Students examine the emotions behind different facial expressions. They explain how it feels when someone smiles at them and practice smiling and speaking to someone with eye contact. They also demonstrate the characteristics of active...

Students discuss how to be a good friend to others. They create a list of characteristics to use in more future lessons. They reflect on they type of friend they are in journal writings.

Students practice their English vocabulary skills. In this friends vocabulary lesson, students review words regarding friends and act out an English speaking scene.

Students are introduced to the world of theatre through storytelling and drama whilst exploring the theme of friendship. They discuss what theatre is. Students work in groups, each group focuses on a different activities. They read...

Learners investigate the concept of friendship and how it is developed and based upon some different emotions. They examine samples of masks that display emotional responses. Then students have class discussion about emotions and the...

Students participate in learning how to be more tolerant and accepting of others. They list ways that good friends treat each other and discuss these as a class. They look for examples of friendship behaviors in magazines and create a...

Learners explore the concept of a friendship in order to better understand the characteristics that are common to all of them. The use of literature is used in order to provide context for the lesson.

Second graders write books about friends starting with page starters that are provided.

Students, who are considered delinquent, prepare for the behavioral demands and expectations in society. They develop skills needed for social support networks, friendships and adjusting to social situations.

Seventh graders read Mania Magee as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan presents some ideas to use after certain chapters in the book as a way of supplementing student learning and involvement in the story.

Read this traditional fable of "The Lion and the Mouse" to learn that even little friends can do great things. Two illustrated versions are provided. Both include the same text, but one has traditional illustrations while the other has...

Do you know what it takes to be a good friend? Talk about this with your friends and classmates with the help of the several questions and detailed notes provided at this website.

There are certain things you must do in order to be a good friend. Find a list of these things at this website as well as questions and activity ideas that will help you discuss friendship with classmates and family.