Do you have upper elementary students who struggle with making friends or understanding how to be a good friend? This Friendship SEL Unit provides a range of engaging friendship activities, social problem-solving friendship scenarios, friendship sort exercises, and social-emotional learning worksheets to build essential friendship skills. Students will explore how to form healthy relationships, identify healthy friendships vs. unhealthy friendships, and gain confidence in social interactions. With friendship lessons on making friends, recognizing the qualities of a good friend, and problem-solving in social situations, this friendship unit equips students with the tools to build meaningful, positive friendships.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR FRIENDSHIP SEL MORNING MEETING THEME SET (Click the preview to see more!):

✨ 20 Days of Printable and Editable Lesson Plans (includes suggested read alouds (like C.R. Mudgeon, The Fruit Salad Friend, The Big Umbrella, and Nerdy Birdy), discussion questions, friendship activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources) - print-and-go convenience, or mix and match to meet your needs

✨ SEL Morning Meeting Google Slides (for teachers and students) – implement this SEL unit digitally or use the teacher morning meeting slides to engage students with visual prompts and discussion starters

✨ SEL Bulletin Board Materials with key vocabulary (friendship, acquaintance, forgiveness, inclusion, selflessness, and loyalty) and friendship-related inspirational quotes to help you create a visual culture of positive relationships and friendships

✨ Social Emotional Learning Journals - prompts and reflection exercises to help students deepen their understanding of making friends and how to be a good friend

INCLUDES:

➥ cover pages with quotations and important vocabulary

➥ friendship-related discussion prompts

➥ building and maintaining healthy friendships self-reflection and goal setting

➥ 5 quotation analysis journal prompts

✨ Social Emotional Learning Worksheets - friendship activities and worksheets to support students’ learning throughout the lessons and unit

INCLUDES:

➥ a recipe for a friendship salad

➥ healthy vs. unhealthy scenario friendship sort

➥ brainstorming small gestures web

➥ monthly friendship tracker

➥ identifying friendship red flags and green flags exercise

➥ writing exercise for the “Friendship Advice column”

➥ Seasons of Friendship activity

➥ social problem solving scenario cards to role-play friendship challenges

➥ template for creating "If not for friendship" poem

➥ templates for brainstorming challenges and solutions both old friends and new friends face

➥ graphic organizer for identifying qualities and characteristics of a good friend

➥ how to be a good friend activity

➥ 5 quotation analysis journal prompts

➥ friendship stories compare and contrast chart

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “During these teaching moments any time you can address the emotional learning of students in a meaningful way is so important to their academic and intrinsic growth. My students appreciate the variety and look forward to the important ways the slides change and develop their prior thinking about character traits. Look for all of this author's other slides for more great topics!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I enjoy the low prep and flexible nature of this resource. There are lots of different ways that this can be used in the classroom and students are engaged in good conversation and thinking around important topics.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”Such a wonderful resource! The books and videos were engaging, great reflection opportunity for students, and great class discussions!”

Watch your students grow into kind, supportive friends who build positive, meaningful relationships both in and out of the classroom! 🎉✨

➡️What makes my SEL Morning Meeting resources unique? They go far beyond simple morning meeting questions and greetings, packing the most punch into the very small amount of time our teacher schedules allow for morning meetings or classroom community building while targeting common themes in literature and your grade level's ELA standards. Students who experience SEL morning meetings develop a strong understanding of themes in literature because this and other ELA skills are integrated into the morning meeting routine!

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Or, save 40% with the year-long ALL SEL-Morning Meeting Themes Bundle - 16 in All!

• Belonging
• Kindness
• Compassion
• Conflict Resolution and Compromise
• Perseverance
• Integrity
• Happiness
• Goal Setting
• Individuality/Be You
• Friendship
• Courage
• Intrinsic Motivation
• Managing Emotions
• Responsibility
• Growth Mindset
• Gratitude