FRIENDSHIPAugust 2010

Grade 1 Unit of Inquiry

The Cheetah Class

LOOKING AT BOOKS – HOW CAN I BE A FRIEND? We read ‘How to Lose All Your Friends’

by Nancy Carlson Then we thought of ways of how we

CAN be a friend We wondered what other kids did when they

played with their friends

SO….

PLAYGROUND RESEARCH We decided to watch some kids playing We made a plan Mrs Juteau emailed to see if we could

watch Grade 2 and 3

STEP 1 – WHERE? Jeremy, William and Yong Hyun said we

needed to spread out to see more of the playground

Mrs.Juteau picked two names out of a cup

Those kids had to decide where they would watch

STEP 2 – WHAT WILL WE DO? We knew we needed to write down what

we saw Mishaa had the idea to make a t-chart –

one side for ‘Being a Friend’ and one side for ‘Not Being a friend’

STEP 3 – WATCHING KIDS PLAY We got our papers and clipboards We went outside to our areas to watch Some kids drew pictures Some kids wrote words Some drew ✓and ✗

STEP 4 – SHARING OUR RESEARCH We sat together and Mrs.Juteau wrote

down what we saw and heard

STEP 5 – NOW WHAT? We wonder….. Will they take turns? Why are some kids not being a friend? If preschool kids are different kinds of

friends? If being a friend would look different in

middle school or high school?