Friendship
- Uses Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend? to teach
about friendship.
Libby
Bloom - This is a humorous beginning chapter book that keeps
the reader smiling, even through the serious parts. Among the
thought provoking themes students will explore are family, friendship,
activism and self-confidence. This guide offers a variety of interdisciplinary
tie-ins. Also available at Libby
Bloom Teaching Ideas.
Frog
and Toad Are Friends - A unit provides Internet resources
for K-3 students to learn interesting facts about frogs and toads
but also focus on friendship, the central theme of Frog and Toad
are Friends.
Charlotte's
Web Activities - The classic children's novel by E.B. White
opens a world of possibilities for classroom projects and lesson
plans involving themes such as friendship and loyalty.
Friendship
Unit - Check out this unit which can be used to introduce
students to a variety of friendship issues using high-quality
children's literature. This unit contains activities for reading,
writing, speaking, listening, the arts, math and social studies.
The activities have been organized to teach about the following
friendship issues: making friends and friendly behavior, difficulties
in friendships, mixed-sex friendships, intergenerational friendships,
interracial and cross cultural friendships, imaginary friends,
and loss of a friend. Bibliographies and literature lists are
also included.
