I. Curricular Framework

Concept:

Self-Esteem

Essential Question:

Why are friends so important in our lives?

Bridge:

Media Interpretations of Friendship

Content:

Defining "Friend"

Outcomes:

II. Standards Aligned

III. Instruction and Assessment

1. Connect: Connecting to the Concept Experientially

Objective: To connect with previous experiences with friends and create an experience to work with a friend.

Activity: Students work in pairs to paint handprints to make a Circle of Friends. They choose to make pink or gray together by mixing one hand in each color red & white or black & white. They then draw pictures of each other to share with the class.

Assessment: Level of interest & cooperation shown. Completion of activities.

2. Attend: Attending to the Connection

Objective: To discuss how it feels to work with your friend.

Activity: Teacher leads discussion on how students felt when they worked with a friend, using drawings to represent these feelings.

Assessment: Level of participation & quality of responses. Student interest & listening skills.

Assessment, Phase One, Level of Engagement, Fascination:

3. Image: Creating a Mental Picture

Objective: To develop the concept of friendship and qualities of friends by linking their own experiences to those in a book.

Activity: Sing the song, "The More We Get Together," using words/pictures in big book. Read Old Bear by Jane Hissey. Teacher leads discussion on friends in story. Use drawings to represent the students' responses about friendship.

Assessment: The interest & listening skills demonstrated, participation in song and discussion and accuracy of responses.

Assessment, Phase Two, Seeing the Big Picture:

4. Inform: Receiving Facts & Knowledge

Objective: To continue to develop the concept of friendship and qualities of a friend.

Activity: Teacher uses a web to let students give input on who a friend can be, why a person is a friend and what friends can do together, adding additional information when needed.

Assessment: Participation in discussion & accuracy of responses. Attentiveness.

Assessment, Phase Three, Success with Acquiring Knowledge:

5. Practice: Developing Skills

Objective: To apply the information received in previous activities and extend their understanding of friendship.

Activity: Students act out with a partner something friends could do together based on drawings teacher gives them or own ideas.

Assessment: The quality of student ideas & participation.

Assessment, Phase Four, Success with Acquiring Skills:

6. Extend: Extending Learning to the Outside World

Objective: To provide active, hands-on activities to extend what was learned about friendship.

Activity: Each child makes a square for a friendship quilt by drawing about being with a friend. They play with a friend at center time.

Assessment: Quality of product & participation at center time.

7. Refine: Refining the Extension

Objective: To evaluate work by sharing with others.

Activity: Students share their picture with a friend and dictate words to an adult. They share their playing experiences with the group.

Assessment: Participation and complexity of discussions. Quality of dictation.

8. Perform: Creative Manifestation of Material Learned

Objective: To share what was learned with others in the class and school.

Activity: Add each square to teh quilt and share with teh class. Decide as a class where to display quilt.

Assessment: Interest in sharing knowledge with others and quality of ideas.

Assessment, Phase Five,Performance, Creative Use of Material Learned: