Our Friends and Us

As you introduce your new first graders to their classroom, consider this activity as a way to discuss rules and expectations. Although the introduction seems to focus more on qualities of a good friend, the lesson itself is only part of...

Discuss traits of a good friend with your first graders, compiling four to post in different parts of the room. As a continuation from another lesson, this activity has scholars invite another class to take a "survey." They stand next to...

What makes a good friend? Choose four character traits for this activity and post them at the four corners of your classroom. Explain that learners will be completing a survey of sorts, choosing which of the traits they think is most...

Enhance language proficiency with a Special Friends themed English language development unit. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that is guaranteed to get your scholars discussing topics such as animal...

Write a friendly letter to Hare giving him advice on how to win his next race so he doesn't make the same mistake as he did in Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.

In this sharing your adventure worksheet, students read a letter about a first rafting experience, identify the sights, sounds, and feelings described, and then write a friendly letter describing a personal outdoor adventure. Students...

Walk your class through each step in writing an informal letter. This fabulous PowerPoint provides a great example for all parts of an informal, or personal, letter. After reviewing this presentation, your class will be ready to write...

Young religious students explore the concepts of sharing and being thankful. They begin with a discussion of how God shares with us and then learn traditional blessings to recite before eating to show thanks for their food. After...

Make writing fun by writing to a pen-pal! In small groups, learners describe their friends with precise adjectives. They can then use these adjectives to form letters. Designed for an ESL classroom, this could be used with young writers...

Students explore diversity by participating in art activities. In this friendship lesson, students read several children's books about having different friends and sing a song in class. Students utilize paint and their hand prints to...