First graders learn what it means to be a good friend — being kind, caring, sharing, and taking turns — and how good friends solve problems and help each other feel happy and safe.
Students will be able to…
Having good friends makes school and life so much better! What does it mean to be a good friend, and how can you be one to others?
Project each item and have children answer about being a good friend. The tool explains kindness, sharing, and helping.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Good friends make everything better — what makes someone a good friend?
Children investigate.
Children explain.
Children share.
Children conclude.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards (Grade 1 / Family & School).
Apply civic virtues like kindness and fairness.
Explain how people get along in a group.
Describe how to be a good member of a group.
Take informed action.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have children do one kind thing for a friend or classmate this week and talk about how it made both of them feel. A printable friendship sheet is in the Social Studies library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.