Sunday, August 12, 2012

Friendship Salad

This nine weeks, we are working on a Friendship Unit in Reading. We've been discussing the characteristics of a good friend and have read many pieces of literature on friendship. On Friday, we created a friendship salad; each ingredient represented something important in our classroom. The bowl represented our classroom, each ingredient represented friends who make good choices, friends who use kind words, friends who share, etc. When I tried to add a very rotten banana - the students all screamed "noooo!" When I asked why I couldn't include it, they explained that the banana was yucky. I explained that the banana represented friends that made bad choices, were not kind, didn't share, etc. We decided not to include that "friend" in our salad. Next we all ate the salad - it was enjoyed by all!

Please talk with your child about this activity, and let us know what part of the salad they enjoyed most by leaving a comment below! :)













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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM

    HEY GUYS AND GIRLS!!! FRUIT SALAD LOOKS GREAT, WISH I WAS THERE TO TASTE IT...I HOPE YOU ALL CONTINUE TO BE GOO FRIENDS TO EACH OTHER AND MAKE GOOD CHOICES! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! SHYNE'S MOM.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 14, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    hello kids! fruit salad looks great! My son Shyne told me his favorive part of the salad was the cherries and peaches! i hope you all had fun!!!

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  3. Sara SpurlinAugust 20, 2012 at 3:38 AM

    Thank you for commenting! They have all asked if we could please make the friendship salad again, I guess it was a hit, haha!

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  4. AnonymousAugust 24, 2012 at 4:32 PM

    Hello everyone! The friendship salad looks yummy. Autumn says her favorite part of the friendship salad was the marshmallows. We think the friendship salad was a wonderful idea and a great way to visualize good choices. Well done!
    -Autumn's mom & dad

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