How To Be a Better Friend – For Kids!

Are you looking for a set of teaching slides to teach young minds the art of friendship? This engaging resource is specifically tailored for elementary school students who are eager to enhance their social skills and cultivate meaningful connections with their peers.

With this 24-slide presentation, young students will embark on an exciting exploration of key friendship concepts, including:

• Being a good listener
• How to be respectful
• How to communicate with friends

This presentation includes high-quality photographs to show real-life examples, and opportunities to engage with the presentation through check-for-understanding points are integrated as well.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your social emotional lessons. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this set of teaching slides to enhance learning through small groups, whole class lessons or remote learning assignments. 

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, check out these suggestions for keeping students on track with the concepts: 

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

For students who need an additional challenge, allow them to read the information on the slides and answer higher-order thinking questions. Additionally, allow groups of students to study a specific topic and have them teach and inform the other groups of students on their topic. Allow students to create their own scenarios for each topic and demonstrate the right and wrong choices they can make.

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Use the Download button to access this resource’s editable Google Slides version. 

This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a teacher in Florida and a Teach Starter Collaborator. 

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