Being a Good Friend

What You'll Learn

🧠 Good friends: listen, share, take turns, help when needed, include others, and are honest (kindly). Which of these do you do well? Which could you practice more? Understanding social skills and relationship thinking is one of the building blocks of strong thinking. Here's how to do it: 1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see? 2. Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something? 3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn. 4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else! You're building your thinking muscles. The more you practice, the stronger they get!

Key Concept: Social skills and relationship thinking

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Think About This

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use social skills and relationship thinking. What advice would you give them?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about social skills and relationship thinking. What do you notice?

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🤔 What Do I Know?

What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?

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💡 What's My Idea?

Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?

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⭐ What Did I Learn?

Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!

Key Points

Master social skills and relationship thinking

Apply emotional & social thinking in real situations

Build habits of emotional & social thinking

Key Vocabulary

Kind

Being nice to others

Empathy

Understanding how someone else feels

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Grown-ups use emotional social every day in their jobs. The practice you're doing now builds skills that last a lifetime!

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you explain social skills and relationship thinking to a friend using your own words?
2What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
3Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is the main idea of social skills and relationship thinking?