Name:  Gail Miller

Grade Level: 2-5/ECE Self-Contained

Unit Title:  Friends

Major Content Areas: Character Education, Social Studies, Arts & Humanities, Reading & Writing

 

 

Goals and Objectives-  

By reading a funny story, students will understand how a “not so great attitude” can hurt your friendships. By collaboratively creating a chart of how to be a great friend, along with a self-portrait and a poster of what makes them a great friend, the students will gain an understanding of how to act in and out of the classroom to become a better friend and citizen.

 

 

Connections-

 

Kentucky Learning Goal

2. Students shall develop their abilities to apply core concepts and principles from mathematics, the sciences, the arts, the humanities, social studies, practical living studies, and vocational studies to what they will encounter throughout their lives.

 

Social Studies

Academic Expectation 2.16

Students observe, analyze, and interpret human behaviors, social groupings, and institutions to better understand people and the relationships among individuals and among groups.

Arts and Humanities

Academic Expectation 2.22

Students create works of art and make presentations to convey a point of view.

Academic Expectation 2.23

Students analyze their own and others' artistic products and performances using accepted standards.

Academic Expectation 2.26

Through the arts and humanities, students recognize that although people are different they share some common experiences and attitudes.

 

 

Context-

• Students will listen and participate in a discussion before, during, and after a shared reading lesson.
• After reading the book and working together to understand it, the students will be asked to think about what we have discussed and create a chart, a self-portrait, and poster showcasing the positive attributes they possess.

 

 

Resources-

How to Lose All Your Friends   Nancy Carlson (1997, Puffin)

Chart paper, markers

Writing paper, pencils

White drawing paper

Markers, crayons, or water color paint (with some cups of water as needed)

 

Procedures-

1. Students will gather in a circle in the shared reading area.
2. Teacher will read the book How to Lose All Your Friends, by Nancy Carlson.
3. Students will discuss the ways the child is acting to make the other kids dislike him.  How would that make you feel? What is something he could do to be a good friend? How do you think the other students are feeling about him?
4. After reading the book, the students will help create a chart to hang in the classroom. It will consist of the following topic ideas:

What does a good friend sound like? (ex: A good friend says “Please” and “Thank You”)

What does a good friend act like? ( ex: A good friend will share his crayons)

5. Students will then work on their writing activity and self-portraits. They will be writing descriptions of what makes them a good friend and creating their self-portraits.
1. Students will be able to work collaboratively and use available materials already set out (see resources). I will be circulating around the room to help with brainstorming, spelling, and any other needs.
2. This activity may take longer for some students than others. Students who finish early will be asked to either help a friend with their project or visit our collection of books on friendship in our book baskets and read them independently or with a buddy. 
6. We will wrap up the activity by gathering together and sharing our portraits and writing.

 

 

Student Assessment-

Students will be assessed with their finished products, as well as with our rubric related to their classroom behavior and participation.