Peculiar Elementary School

Counseling Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Friendship Soup

Grade Level: 2-4
Big Idea:
PS2. Interacting With Others in Ways That Respect
Individual and Group Differences

Grade Level Expectations:

2- Identify and demonstrate the interpersonal skills
needed to make and keep a friend.
3 Identify the interpersonal skills necessary to build
quality relationships.
4 Demonstrate respect for others personal opinions and
ideas
ASCA National Standards:
PS:A2.8 Learn how to make and keep friends
Learning Objective:
- I can state what it means to be a good friend
- I can name good qualities of a friend
Materials Needed:
-Friendship Soup video
-Friendship Soup Book (Storybird)
-Friendship Soup worksheet/pencils
Formative Assessment:
Students will work with a partner to create a page in their
classroom book titled Friendship Soup.
Lesson Preparation:
Essential Questions:
1. What does it mean to be a good friend?
2. What are good qualities of a friend?
Engagement/Hook:
Students will watch the video titled Friendship Soup
Instructional Procedures:
Counselor(s):
1. Counselor will explain to students that our topic for
today is friendship.
2. Counselor will ask students to answer essential
questions listed above.
3. Counselor will have the students watch the video titled
Friendship Soup where they will see other kids explain
what qualities they think are important in a friendship.
4. Counselor will then inform students that they are going
to make a classroom book about friendship. She will pair
the students up and give them a worksheet to complete
where they will have to come up with two friends, reasons
why they are friends, and ingredients for their friendship
soup.
5. After the students complete their worksheet they will
come to the counselor who will then have them select a
picture from Storybird to go along with their story.
6. The counselor will then combine all of the
pictures/pages into one book for the class.
Students:
1.Students will listen as counselor explains the topic for
the day.
2. Students will participate in the discussion about the
essential questions listed above.
3. Students will listen video.
4. Students will listen as the counselor explains their
activity for the day and the students will complete their
worksheet with their partner.
5. Students will then take their worksheet to the
counselor who will then have them select a picture for
their page to add to the storybird book.
6. Students will view the completed book when the
counselor shares it via e-mail with their teacher.