Finding Friendship
Rationale
Understanding what makes someone a good friend enables us to build positive connections with others.
Big Question
What does it look like, sound like, and feel like to be a good friend?
Guiding Question/s
- How can we show others how to make and keep friends?
Essential Questions
- What are the characteristics of a good friend?
- How do we make new friends?
- How can we care for and include each other?
- How can we resolve conflict in positive ways?
Future Action
Students will be more prepared for social interactions now and in the future. They will have developed a greater range of strategies to deal with challenging social situations that may arise and consider what they can do to resolve conflict and manage their response in these situations.
Immersion Phase
Immersion
Your students will participate in immersion experience/s and record their ideas and questions.
Your students will participate in immersion experience/s and record their ideas and questions.
Launch Phase
Questions
Your students will conduct research and share their discoveries at the end of each research session.
Your students will conduct research and share their discoveries at the end of each research session.
Research Phase
Research
Your students will conduct research and share their discoveries at the end of each research session.
Your students will conduct research and share their discoveries at the end of each research session.
Synthesis Phase
Findings
Your students will share what they have learnt with the rest of the class.
Your students will share what they have learnt with the rest of the class.
Assessment
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.
Collaboration Phase
Product Creation
Your students will work in pairs to create a product and reflect on how well they practised a social skill during this collaboration.
Your students will work in pairs to create a product and reflect on how well they practised a social skill during this collaboration.
Exhibition Phase
Exhibition
Your students will share their product at the exhibition.
Your students will share their product at the exhibition.
Evaluation Phase
Feedback
Your students will conduct self-assessment about the social skills they practised during this investigation and use a rubric to assess their product.
Your students will conduct self-assessment about the social skills they practised during this investigation and use a rubric to assess their product.
Future Action
Your students will consider the Habits they have practised and revisit questions on the Wonder Wall.
Your students will consider the Habits they have practised and revisit questions on the Wonder Wall.