Name: Friendship Passport Booklet
SKU: 65f4c64677cfae0012cd4fbb
Price: 39.99 USD
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About this resource

What's inside this resource

In this resource, students will create their own Friendship Passport Activity. This is a great activity as students take a journey to understanding how to make and keep friends. There are 2 full pages that you can copy as a 2-sided document. You can then either cut out each page (it will be double-sided with activities) or fold the 2-sided paper like a book. (There are directions on this resource.) There are 8 different pages for students to engage with. Here are the 8 pages of activities:

Front cover with coloring picture and title.
A "Fun Page" for kids to partner with someone and play tic, tac, toe, hangman, create an image from a doodle and the game of boxes.
Friendship Strengths Snapshots-A page with 9 images of polaroid like pictures where members of a small group can all compliment each other on a treasured friendship quality each student possesses.
Friendship Bingo Game-students will need to ask some questions about who also likes their favorite board game, candy, food, drink, animal, recess game, book, show, and color.
Pick 3 or more Acts of Friendship. Students are encouraged to do an act of friendship. Some of the examples are; play with someone new at recess, write a kind note to a friend, offer to help a friend in need, partner with someone new, say kind words to a new friend, and sit by someone new at lunch.
Cactus VS Flower Friendships-students will read a list of healthy versus unhealthy friendship qualities and can write in their own ideas as well.
What do I do now? Fork in the road. Students will learn about how to solve friendship conflicts and small problems. They can even add their own strategies.
Back page is for their name and listing their own friendship qualities on the back.

What's included

A cover section with space for the student's name and their own listed friendship qualities
A 'Friendship Bingo' 9-box grid where students find classmates who share the same color, book, show, game, food, drink, animal, or candy and collect initials
A 'Pick 3 or more Acts of Friendship' page listing 6 concrete friendship actions for students to choose and complete
A 'Cactus Vs. Flower Friendships' page contrasting 8 healthy ('Flower') and 8 unhealthy ('Cactus') friendship behaviors, with blank 'Other' lines for students to add their own
A 'Friendship Strengths Snapshots' page for classmates to write about each other's strengths as a friend
A 'Fun Time' page with a partner doodle-drawing activity
A 'What do I do now?' page listing 8 numbered conflict-resolution strategies, with two blank 'Other' lines for students to add their own
Printed assembly directions (page 3) for cutting or folding the two double-sided pages into a booklet

Resource types: Activities

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify shared interests with classmates through a structured, low-pressure interaction (the Friendship Bingo grid).
Choose and carry out a concrete act of friendship, such as offering help or including someone new.
Distinguish healthy ('Flower') friendship behaviors from unhealthy ('Cactus') ones, and generate personal examples of each.
Apply a numbered set of conflict-resolution strategies, including using an 'I feel___because___' statement, when a friendship disagreement arises.

Teaching tips

Assemble the booklet ahead of time using the printed directions on page 3 (cut into 4 pages or fold and staple into a book) so students receive a ready-to-use booklet rather than loose double-sided sheets.
Use the Friendship Bingo page as a low-pressure mixer at the start of a small group or class lesson, since it only requires students to find shared interests, not disclose anything personal.
Revisit the 'What do I do now?' conflict-resolution page later in the year as a quick-reference the moment an actual disagreement between students comes up, not only as a one-time lesson.

Skills covered

Peer interaction and interest-sharing — students circulate to find classmates who share a favorite color, book, game, or other interest for the Bingo grid.
Prosocial action-taking — students select and carry out a specific act of friendship from a provided list rather than only discussing friendship in the abstract.
Conflict-resolution strategy use — students apply structured options (an 'I feel' statement, compromising, asking for space, asking an adult) to a real or hypothetical friendship conflict.
Self-reflection on relationships — students sort friendship behaviors into healthy and unhealthy categories and add their own examples of each.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How is the booklet meant to be assembled before use?

The two double-sided pages are printed, then either cut apart into separate pages or folded down the middle and stapled along the side to form a small book, following the printed directions on the third page.

What kind of conflict-resolution strategies does the booklet offer?

The 'What do I do now?' page lists eight numbered options, including sharing feelings with an 'I feel___because___' statement, apologizing, compromising, rating how big the problem feels on a 1-5 scale, asking for space to calm down, and asking a parent or teacher for help, plus two blank lines for students to add their own strategies.