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Fishing for Friends

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners design a creative fishing game in which they measure pieces, sculpt a pond scene and write details about themselves. They seek out new friends by playing a game to discover other students with similar interests and hobbies to...
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Helping Hand

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils discover ways to help others. They share ways they help their family and friends. Afterward, students trace hand prints on paper and then draw pictures and words to explain how the hands can be used to help other people. They...
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Making Friends

For Teachers K - 2nd
Whether it's the first day of school, or there's a new kid in the class, it's always great to talk about ways we make new friends and be a good friend. Younger learners are presented with several scenarios to discuss and think about....
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Social Skills Central

Everyone Loves a Compliment

For Students 1st - 3rd
Learners practice differentiating compliments from other types of comments in a list of seven statements on this social skills instructional activity.
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Making 'Friends'

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars read "Fans Gear Up to Say Goodbye to 'Friends'" from The New York Times and discuss the elements of the sitcom 'Friends' that made it such a success. After brainstorming reasons for 'Friends' popularity, students work in...
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Family And Friends

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and practice how to answer question forms and to use key vocabulary about family and friends. They assess how to find out more about each other's friends and families by completing a worksheet full of questions to ask...
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The Outsiders: The K-W-H-L Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What does your class know about the 1960s? Introduce your unit on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders with a K-W-H-L chart, which encourages kids to list what they already know about the time period, what they would like to know, how they...
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Curriculum Corner

Student Weekly Goal Sheets

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
What would you like to be able to do by the end of this week? Help your learners grow by integrating regular goal setting into your instruction. Individuals come up with goals at the beginning of the week and assess their progress...
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Curriculum Corner

First Day News

For Students K - 6th
There is so much to take in on the first day of school! Here, have scholars write about it. Pupils detail their teacher's name, something they've learned, how they feel, who their classmates are, what they want to remember, and what they...
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Edutopia

Empathy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Teach your learners about support, respect, and listening skills with an activity about empathy. Class members set goals for themselves regarding their peer relationships, and monitor their own progress over a period of time.
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Committee for Children

Class Meeting: Empathy Helps Stop Bullying

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
A lesson instills the importance of how empathy has the ability to aid in stopping bullying behavior. Scholars discuss, in-depth, a series of three questions. Using class input, an anchor chart is made then displayed for reference.
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Center for History Education

Why is John Adams Standing on Thomas Jefferson's Foot?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Was it a bromance, or were they frenemies? Young historians use a controversial portrait and letters between Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and others to evaluate the relationship between the two Founding Fathers. Examining the primary...
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Classified Ad - ISO

For Teachers 5th
Boost self-awareness with a lesson that looks closely at one's image and confidence. Following an informative video and presentation, scholars take part in a discussion then self-reflect using a personal inventory that looks closely at...
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Back-to-School Meet & Greet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student are welcomed into a new learning environment through reading and age-appropriate activities that help relieve the anxiety of beginning school in a new place and with new friends. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, learners...
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The League of Peace and Power-The Six Iroquois Nations and the American Revolution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine primary sources concerning the members of the Iroquois nation in order to determine their reasons for signing a treaty with the new American government. They discover how this organization of Native American tribes...
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Thanksgiving Indian and Pilgrim

For Students Pre-K - K
In this coloring activity, learners will be presented with a drawing of an Indian and a Pilgrim man shaking hands. Students will complete this activity with the discussion of Thanksgiving and/or the topic of friendship.
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April 26th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt learning exercise, students learn that April 26th is Hug a Friend Day. Students respond to a question pertaining to friendship.
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House on Mango Street: Self Definition and Identity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners analyze House on Mango Street. For this House on Mango Street lesson, students complete a pre-reading activity for vignettes from the story. Learners follow with lessons about self definition and identity, friendships,...
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Digital Values: Internet Safety

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore digital communication by participating in a critical thinking activity. In this Internet safety instructional activity, students discuss ways to protect their identity on the Internet as well as preserving friendships....
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A Quilt of Many Colors

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn the "Quilt Song." They brainstorm items they could draw that would remind them of the person in the song. Students work in groups to complete a "Person Outline" page (included with the lesson). They draw one part of...
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Life's Greatest Pleasures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the meaning of what makes life pleasurable.  In this social awareness lesson, students read an article that states things that people might enjoy doing for pleasure, then complete numerous activities to...
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Bar Codes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify five good qualities of a friend, four helping activities and carry out an activity to help a friend.
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Who Needs Friends?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars 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.
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Facebook Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this friends worksheet, students read a text, fill out a profile, fill in the blanks to short sentences, and more. Students complete 5 activities.

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