Grade+3+Friendship


 * Submitted By:** Dawn Wilcox


 * Grade:** 3/4


 * Standard(s):** 4A, 4B, 4C


 * When Taught:** 1st Quarter


 * Materials: //How to Lose All Your Friends//** by Nancy Carlson (ISBN 0 14 0.55862 4)


 * Time:** 60 minutes (with more time for editing and final product, if desired)


 * Goals:** Children will learn ways to be a friend by hearing about unappealing traits that cause a child to lose friends.

1. Read aloud the book //How to Lose All Your Friends.// 2. Ask the children to make a list of how to lose all their friends. Follow the book format with a heading for each area and a phrase or sentence description for each. Encourage several examples and illustrations to accompany. 3. Share writing round table in their cooperative teams to help facilitate friendship within group and class. This lesson is also provides a powerful hall display for community-wide sharing. 4. Compile a class “how to lose friends” book that could be housed in the class Safe Place.
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 * Assessments:** Writing sample