Unit Plan Template

A template based on Understanding by Design

What makes a good friend?

Title of Unit

Grade
Level
Language Arts, Math, Science

Subject

1 week

Time
Frame
Cay-Lee Honey

Developed By

Stage 1 Desired Results

Prescribed Learning Outcomes:
Social Emotional Thinking: caring behaviors build healthy relationships
Students can make AB patterns using provided materials
Students will be able to go on a nature walk and find a rock that is unique to them.
Making predictions while engaging in literature.

Unit Theme/Issue of Inquiry/Narrative

Background knowledge is the zones of regulation, which focuses on self-regulation.
In order to create a caring community in the classroom, students first need to be able to be empathetic towards a
friend.

Rationale: The unit focuses on how to build healthy relationships with peers. Students will engage in math play,
language arts lessons and nature walks, all of which connect to a theme of friendship.
Behavioral Objectives:
Students will be able to name two things they can do to be a better friend.
Students will be able to make AB patterns using materials provided.
Students will be able to verbally explain why it is important to have friends.

Understandings:

Essential Questions:

Building healthy relationships with peers is a lifelong

skill that begins at a young age. Healthy relationships
are the key to empathy in the classroom and leads to a
healthy community of learners.

How can you be a good friend?

What makes a good friend?

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence

Formative Assessments

Summative Assessments

AB pattern friendship bracelets

Verbal confirmation of understanding

Students will be assessed verbally through a one on one

conference to see if they can name two things they can do
to be a good friend.

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Should be Differentiated
Potential Barriers to Success / Areas to Differentiate:

Lack of motivation from boys thinking that this unit is too, girly. To overcome this barrier I will provide several books
for the boys to see an example of ways that boys have developed positive and healthy relationships with each other.

Introducing the Unit: Introduce the unit through the story, Everybody needs a rock. Further introduce the
story through asking the question: what is a friend? And doing a K/W/L chart.

Sequence of Lessons: The basics of what you plan to do in each lesson of the unit.
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1

Lesson
Title

Lesson Activities (Learning Experiences)

Read the story everybody needs a rock: Discuss the importance
of nature to aboriginal cultures. Talk about what a friend is and

Assessm
ent

Resource
s

what can be a friend (relating to the book.)

2

Go on a nature walk to pick out their own rock:

Questions to inquire: What does it mean to be a good friend?

Involve their rock in an art project- painting the rock and making it
unique to them

Friendship learning centers, in which students work with peers to

promote a healthy community around the school.
Question to inquire: How can we make a difference as a class?
Field Trip: Students go to a senior center to read stories with the
elderly.

Digital Citizenship: students log on to school website and write

complements about each other on the compliments page.

Verbal
formative
assessme
nt and
observati
on

Verbal
confirmat
ion and
observati
on of
kind
complime
nts.