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We Are Best Friends
Author: Aliki
Description: Robert and Peter learn that they can make new friends and still be best friends even after Peter has moved away. Your students will enjoy creating a picture letter or a book of messages to communicate with their own friends.
Grade Level: Pre-K+
Activity:
http://www.ghbooks.com/
getpage.cfm?file=activity/10020052.html |
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The Rainbow Fish
Author: Marcus Pfister
Description: The lovely but lonely Rainbow Fish finds friendship and happiness when he gives up his pride and learns to share his shiny scales. Your class can create a friendship chain to hang around the classroom.
Grade Level: Pre-K-K
Activity:
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com//
lessons/RainbowFishChain.shtml |
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Ira Says Goodbye
Author: Bernard Weber
Description: It’s not easy for Ira and Reggie to say goodbye to one other when Reggie moves out of town. Use this story to evaluate your students’ reading comprehension skills by asking them to evaluate specific literary features, such as the friendships of several different characters.
Grade Level: K+
Activity:
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/irasaysgoodbye.html |
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Every Buddy Counts
Author: Stuart J. Murphy
Description: What started off as a crummy day turns into a cheerful one as a little girl has fun counting her hamster, sisters, pennies and more. Your class can create their own Every Buddy Counts Bulletin Board.
Grade Level: K
Activity:
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/bray45.html |
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My Best Friend
Author: Pat Hutchinson
Description: This is the story of two best friends who enhance each other’s lives with their different abilities. Your students will enjoy making friendship necklaces to celebrate their own friendships.
Grade Level: K
Activity:
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/bray29.html |
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Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
Author: Leo Lionni
Description: Best friends, Alexander and Willy, are two different kinds of mice with big dreams. Your students will love seeing the colorful collages in this story and creating their own.
Grade Level: 1-2
Activity:
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/hoyler43.html |
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Thy Friend, Obadiah
Author: Brinton Turkle
Description: Obadiah is annoyed that a seagull insists on following him around but comes to misses the seagull when it stops. After reading the story, have your students compare and contrast their lives to Obadiah’s.
Grade Level: 2
Activity:
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/hoyler21.html |
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Grandfather Tang's Story
Author: Ann Tompert
Description: Chou and Wing Liu are two fairy foxes that are always trying to outdo each another, but when Chou’s life is in danger, Wing Liu quickly comes to the rescue. This story may be followed-up with geometry and creative writing activities.
Grade Level: 2-3
Activity:
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/talavera22.html |
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The Cricket in Times Square
Author: George Sheldon
Description: Read about Chester Cricket’s adventure in New York City and the interesting friends he makes along the way. Your students can then write up the details of Chester’s journey in a classroom newspaper.
Grade Level: 4
Activity:
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/breidenstein2.html |
