Friendship

Kindess Counts

100

Name three kind things you can do for a classmate

200

How should you greet your classmates and teachers when you enter the classroom in the morning.

Hello, good morning/afternoon how are you today? 

300

Name one kind thing you did for another person this week.

400

A classmate has no-one to talk to during lunch. How can you show them kindness?

Ask him/her if they would like to join you. 

500

You notice a classmate is crying. How can you show him kindness?

Ask him/her are they okay, ask if they want to talk about it. 

Good Choice/Poor Choice

100

When a friend calls you a mean name, you call her a mean name back. Is this a good response?

Poor Choice

200

Your friend has something that you really want. Your friend is not looking, so you take it. Is this a good response?

No.

300

You want to go out to eat , but your friend wants to go see a movie. You decide to go out to eat first and then go see a movie. Is this a good choice?

Good choice

400

You are walking in line and a classmate is poking you. You say, "I don't like it when you do that. Please stop". Good response or not?

Good response

500

You lose when you play a game with a friend. You don't get mad at him. You shake hands and say, "Good game". Good or bad response?

Good response

Making Friends

100

What is one way you can make a new friend?

Say hi, ask them to play, any other good ideas?

200

You have a new student in your class. How can you become friends with him?

Say hi, invite them to sit with you, show them around, others?

300

Name three traits you look for in a friend.

List three of them

400

Name two things that a good friend does.

Is nice, kind, listens, invites you to play, smiles, give compliments, and so much more

500

You get mad at your friend because he doesn't want to come over. You tell him "I'm not your friend anymore". Later, you feel bad and want to be his friend again. How can you make things better?

Apologize. 

Joining in

100

You have no-one to go to the baseball game with. What should you do?

Invite your friends or maybe someone new in class. Ask to join someone

200

You notice a group of kids playing a game during break and you want to play with them. What can you say to them?

Can I play with you? Can I join in? What else?

300

You see your classmates playing a fun game. You go over and begin playing the game without asking to join in. Your classmates get mad and say you can't play. What should you do?

Ask them to join, walk away, ask for help from an adult, any other ideas?

400

You want to play a game with your friends but they have already started the game and do not want to start over. Do you:

a. throw a fit

b. go tell a teacher

c. wait for the game to finish and join the next one

c. wait for the game to finish and join the next one

500

You ask a friend to play and he says no, he is playing with someone else. What do you do?

a. Throw a fit

b. say OK can we play tomorrow

c. Call him bad names and walk away

b. say OK can we play tomorrow

Compliments

100

Give a compliment to one of the other teams.

200

Why is it important to compliment people?

It makes them happy, you are pointing out good things about someone, its the kind thing to do, what other answers?

300

Your classmate is excited because she just got a new dress that she thinks is very pretty. She asks if you think her dress is beautiful. What should you say?

Say yes, tell her what you like about it, Give her a compliment. 

400

Your friend just got a new hair cut and he doesn't like it. What could you say to him.

Compliments, say it's OK hair grows back, what else?

500

Name one thing you like about each one of your group members.

Give each other compliments