Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary: Making Friends
Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary: Making Friends
Ages: 6-10
Grades: 1-5
A variety of learning methods, step-by-step instructions, and lots of visual supports help students learn the skills needed to develop and maintain friendships. The activity pages consist of interesting graphic organizers, photos, and art supported with specific, clear directions.
Students practice these skills:
- recognizing friendly faces and friendly actions
- understanding others' feelings
- making polite requests
- group etiquette
- dealing with arguments and making apologies
- giving compliments and being a good sport
- how to handle secrets and tattling
The activities teach explicit conversation skills with these learning strategies:
- direct instruction
- modeling
- observation
- discussion
- role-playing
- other guided practice
Extra helps include:
- pretest/posttest
- conversation skills checklist
- answer key
40 pages • 8.5 x 11, softcover • ©2009