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Friendship Hearts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create friendship hearts for Valentine's Day. In this holiday lesson, students make paper hearts out of construction paper. They write compliments for other students and hang it on crepe paper above their desk. 
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Friends

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete vocabulary activities about friends. In this vocabulary lesson, students introduce themselves in a ball game format and discuss the topic of friends. Students complete a worksheet with related vocabulary and read a...
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Summer Activities

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students practice saying no to their friends in a role play situation. In this friends lesson plan, students discuss what valuable friendship is, and that it is ok to say no to a friend.
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Wanted:Friend

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this friendship worksheet, students list the qualities they want in a friend. Students fill up a 1 page sheet about the qualities they find in good friendship.
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Circle of Friends

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate the meaning of friendship and how to make friends. In this friendship lesson, students make Venn Diagrams showing the similarities and differences of characters in two stories. They discuss their own circle of friends.
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate the concept of friendship. In this character education lesson, students read the book Best Friends and discuss what friendship means. Students create a picture book about their likes and dislikes.
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #7

For Teachers K
Pupils determine characteristics that make each of them special. In this personal characteristics lesson, students complete activities that help them determine that each person has special characteristics and that everyone experiences...
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Friendship Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students author friendship books. In this technology skills lesson, students take digital photographs of their friends and write about things they like to do with their friends to create friendship books.
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Me and My World

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this me and my world instructional activity, students draw a picture and write sentences about themselves, their family, their friends, and activities they like to do. Students write 1 or 2 sentences for each.
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Wanted: A Friend

For Students K - 2nd
In this friendship learning exercise, students think about the qualities they want in a friend. Students write a short paragraph about what kind of friend they want.
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Trustworthiness

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders evaluate trustworthiness in others. In this character education lesson, 6th graders brainstorm items that are trustworthy, and then list attributes of trustworthy friends. Then students read a story to evaluate the...
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Smiles Change the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore their feelings when someone smiles at them. In this smiles lesson, students practice listening skills while discussing what makes them smile with a partner.
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Smiles Change the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss and write about groups that need friends. In this friendship lesson, students create a banner for someone who needs a friend. students pair share to chose a recipient for the banner.
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Power of Speech

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice giving compliments and using words of praise. In this vocabulary lesson, students listen to the parable Yettle's Feathers and determine ways to use speech in positive ways instead of through rumors, tattling and insults.
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Friendship Bracelets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils create friendship bracelets using a circular pattern. In this friendship lesson, students use visual aides such as Kidspiration and use a problem solving method to learn more each other.
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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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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, students read the book given, and do activities like character building, fortune telling, and making friendship...
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The Rainbow Fish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify vocabulary words and create their own paper rainbow fish. In this 1st - 2nd grade lesson plan, students identify vocabulary words such as sharing and friendship. Using The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister for...
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Join the Self Esteem Team!

For Students 3rd
For this character worksheet, 3rd graders complete two dot to dot puzzles. They help someone feel good about themselves and write about it in the star bursts on the page.
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Phil's First Day 1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this Phil's first day of school worksheet, students describe what a friend is by listing adjectives, adverbs or phrases that begin with each of the letters in friends.
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4-H Citizenship Activity Page

For Students 7th - 9th
Using this activity to explore citizenship, learners evaluate the importance of positive participation in their community, neighborhood and country. The 15 questions in this worksheet relate to jobs in the community.
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Trigger Fish Maze

For Students 7th - 8th
In this mazes worksheet, students determine the most efficient way to help a trigger fish through a maze to find its friends. Students share their journey with their classmates.
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Friendship

For Students 7th - 8th
In this friendship instructional activity, students, with a partner, explore and discuss a variety of questions associated with friendship and its many meanings.
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My Pretend Friend

For Students K - 2nd
For this writing worksheet, learners read a story starter which asks them to tell about a real or pretend friend. Students write the story and illustrate it.