What Makes a Good Friend? | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

What can I do at the end of this lesson?     
*I can make connections to text through reading and writing to make strong interdependent relationships.   (Friends/Relationship)

 

 

Duration
Less than 1 hour
Lesson Type
Traditional Lesson

Lesson Created By: ChristyNexsen

Essential Question

What does it mean to be a friend?

What are the characteristics of a good friend?
 

Skills:  Analyze, Make Connections

Grade(s):

  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Subject(s):

Recommended Technology:

Google learning platform

Google Classroom

Google Docs 

Google Slides

Other Instructional Materials or Notes:


ETV Mini-Lesson Friends

How Do You Use a Circle Map?

 

 

Lesson Progression

  • The teacher will say: “There’s an old saying that goes “in order to have good friends you have to be a good friend.”  What does that mean? Do you think it’s true?
  • The teacher will use anchor charts to help students list some things that make you a good friend.  See Examples:

 

  • The teacher will create a concept map, which is a circle within a circle on an anchor chart. 
  • The teacher and students will watch the video: How Do You Use a Circle Map?
  • In the center circle, the teacher will write “Characteristics of a Good Friend.” The teacher will begin by pulling some characteristics from the brainstorming session at the beginning of the lesson

 

 

  • Connections/Lesson Wrap-Up:  We defined what a friend was.  We used a circle map to organize our ideas about “good friend characteristics”.  We also talked about Folk Tales and how we can learn lessons from them. 
  • The teacher will ask the students to create a circle concept map to their Reading Response Journal. 

Teacher Notes

This lesson can be used as the "kick-off" for the Interdependent Relationships unit recommended by the State Department for 3rd grade or as a mini-lesson on concept charts. 

Friends and Relationships with Christy Nexsen | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

Christy Nexsen (Manning Primary School) leads a lesson on friendship, and analyzing characters, settings, and events.

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Assessments

*Rubric from Reading Response Journal or an ExitTicket where they list at least 3 characteristics of a good friend.

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