discussing the topic, ask students to complete the sentence:
A friend is someone who ____________________________________________________________.
(After the class discussion, have students
write another version of the sentence.)
start the discussion, explain to students some of the
things you like about your friends. Then invite them to
tell you what they like about their friends. List all
responses on the chalkboard. Now ask: How do you know
when someone is a friend? What is more important: How
someone looks or how someone acts?
have students imagine they are each a new student in your
class. Ask: What would you want other students to say
or do? What would you say or do to make friends?
Create a list of student responses.
students look at the Poster and read the poem. Then have
each student fill in a space with a friendly greeting.