3 Friendship Activities: SEL Lesson, Craft, and Discussion Cards

Description

Students will use a memorable high-five visual, to explore five important friendship traits:

• Kindness
• Helpfulness
• Respect
• Honesty
• Encouragement

Students do more than name these traits. They practice recognizing them, discussing them, and applying them to situations they may experience at school.

When should you teach friendship skills?

This friendship resource works great for building classroom community at the beginning of the year, but it can also be used whenever students need support with friendships, social skills, or relationship problems.

What friendship skills are included?

These friendship activities will help your students learn how to:

• Treat others with kindness and respect
• Offer help when someone needs it
• Tell the truth and take responsibility
• Encourage others during difficult moments
• Make thoughtful choices in common friendship situations

How do I use these friendship activities?

1. Start with the interactive lesson to learn the five character traits using the “Give me five” visual.
2. Use the discussion cards to apply the skills in real-life scenarios.
3. Show what you learned by completing an engaging craft.

What is included in this friendship resource?

SEL Friendship Lesson

• 18 Slides
• Learn the meaning of each trait
• See clear examples and nonexamples in realistic scenarios
• Discuss what a good friend would say or do
• PowerPoint and Google Slides

 

Friendship Activities with Discussion Cards

• 24 real-life scenarios (print-friendly version included)
• A student response sheet
• Suggested answers for teacher support
• Suggested uses include:
  • Whole-group discussions
  • Morning meetings
  • Partner conversations
  • Small-group SEL lessons
  • Friendship groups
  • Written responses
  • Movement activities

 

Friendship High Five Craft

• Printable hand templates
• Step-by-step directions
• Student prompts for each friendship trait
• Suggested responses for modeling and scaffolding

 

Why Teachers Love This Friendship Resource

• The high-five theme makes the five friendship traits easy to remember.
• Realistic scenarios help students connect the lesson to their own experiences.
• Multiple activity formats allow you to teach, discuss, write, and create.
• Suggested responses make classroom conversations easier to guide.
• The resource can be taught as one unit or spread across several days.
• PowerPoint, Google Slides, color, and print-friendly options provide flexibility.