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Circle of Friends

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners 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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How Does Preserving Wilderness Enhance Forestry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify events of the environmental movement in the United States.  For this environment  lesson students study Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, who had a great impact on the environmental movement. 
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The Joy of Friends

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students begin to build friendships with people of all ages. They identify their misconceptions about people when they first meet them. They interview an elderly person and draw a picture of them. They develop a slideshow of the person...
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Exploring Citizenship: Me, My Family and Friends

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore citizenship and identify their interests, families, and friends. They work in groups to discuss each others' interests, friendship, and ways to reach out to others. After discussing their neighborhoods and communities,...
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The Four Friends

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, students color in the picture and then respond to the short writing prompt about working together and friendship.
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Intergenerational Friendships

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students interview senior citizens. In this communications lesson, students read the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and discuss how to be sensitive to people of a different generation. Students develop interview questions and...
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Friendship

For Teachers K
Students practice the buddy system on the playground or in the park. They discuss what it means to be a friend and list the qualities a good friend possesses.
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Native American Friendship Dance

For Teachers All
The performing arts offer artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural context and aesthetic valuing. This dance helps students understand dance history and develops cultural awareness. Students are given the...
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A Friendship Chain

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students express positive feelings towards one another and build class unity.
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Value: Love, Topic: Friendship

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a skit, "Henry Gets it Right." They discuss the skit and qualities of a friend. They discuss an example of a wild animal taking care of animals of a different species. They consider the behavior versus the...
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Enhancing Friendships Through Photography

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students connect with pen pals through photography. In this digital photography lesson, students create photo booklets to share with pen pals. Students correspond with their pen pals throughout the school year. Students also create...
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Other Activities -- Rainbow Fish

For Teachers K
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.
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My Kind of Friend

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "Tacky the Penguin" by Helen Lester and chart Tacky's positive qualities that would make him a good friend to have. They identify the qualities they admire in a friend and role-play these qualities for the class.
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How To Be a Friend

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate skills for relating to others.
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Experiencing Language With Friends

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students watch a "Maya and Miguel" video that presents the concepts of meeting new friends, introductions and students that speak different languages. They discuss language learning, review several Spanish phrases and role-play...
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Identifying Our Similarities, Despite Our Differences

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss similarities and differences among the members of their class. They read and discuss several books about children with disabilities and then draw and/or write about someone they can think of who has a disability and...
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Guided Reading with Two Sweet Peas

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the book, Two Sweet Peas. Working in guided reading groups, they discuss moving, making friends, and the differences between poems and stories. They read the book silently and discuss the importance of being kind and...
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All About Me

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this icebreaker language arts worksheet, students complete 25 blanks which ask their preferences and personal information. It is in the form of a story, intended to be a get to know you activity.
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Valentine's Bear

For Students K - 1st
In this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a teddy bear with a Valentine card. Students color the picture.
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Writing
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What Do You Look for in a Friend?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students examine the qualities that are important in their friends. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Mr. Bunny's Carrot Soup

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students examine a picture of Mr. Bunny who is sharing a big pot of carrot soup with friends. Students write a short story about a time they have shared something.
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Dorothy Strait

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts instructional activity, the story starter says that Native Americans like to dance when they come together. Learners write and illustrate what they like to do when they are with friends.
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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.
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Power of Speech

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

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