It has been said that there is nothing more valuable than having a good friend. This mini unit will reinforce skills on making friends, being a friend, and keeping a friend. It will help students learn to resolve conflicts with friends. In this weeklong unit, students will learn what the characteristics of a friend are and why a friend is special. Students will reinforce their skills on how to make friends and acquire problems-solving techniques in dealing with differences and disagreements.
Students read and recognize literature as an expression of human experience.
Students, after discussion and hearing the day's story, will be able to list characteristics of a friend through flower project. Students will give examples from the book and discussion by drawing four pictures showing ways to make a friend. Students will give positive and negative examples of friendship roles and responsibilities through role-playing after discussion and hearing the day's story. Students will summarize the 3 main concepts of the week, making a friend, being a friend, resolving conflict with a friend, in a short story about a friend of their own. Summative Assessment 1.