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Friends Together Lesson Plan
By Alexandra Cichon
And Samantha Baumgart
Targ
ete
d G
rade
This lesson plan has been created for second graders
and can also be used in a second grade
ESL classroom
• The students will discuss the
virtue of friendship and
teamwork• Students will retell the story by
acting out teacher selected
scenes from the book using
puppets• Students will complete puzzles
based on teacher selected
sentences from the book-
Chunks of Meaning • To conclude the lesson,
students will hold an open
discussion on friendship and
belonging. Teachers will take
notes to use for future lessons.
Obje
ctiv
es
Mate
rials
• Three Friends Together by Hiawyn Oram
• Seal puppet, whale puppet, penguin puppet (3 paper lunch bags)• Word Puzzle (created by us)
Ass
ess
ment
To ensure the children
accomplish the objective,
students will have a discussion centered around
friendship, teamwork and
what it means to have
friends. Students will learn
to share and make everyone feel wanted and
needed. We, as the teachers, will take notes
and record what each child
says.
Less
on S
teps
Step 1:Have the children
sit and listen to Three
Friends Together by Hiawyn Oram
Less
on S
teps Step 2: Engage students
using the paper-bag hand puppets. Allow
students to come up in
front of the class and act
out either their favorite
part of the book or a
teacher-assigned page.
Less
on S
teps Step 3: Separate
children into groups of
four and hand out puzzle
pieces. Encourage students to work together as a team to
solve the sentence puzzles.
Less
on S
teps
Step 4: When all the
groups have finished,
bring the class back together for an open
discussion on friendship
and belonging. Teachers
should be taking notes
to use for future lessons,
as well as to ensure everyone has a fair chance at speaking.
Concl
usi
on
This Three Friends Together lesson plan will
work towards decreasing
self-imposed classroom
segregation, encourage
friendship, and improve
social wellness. Students
will also improve their
team-work skills.