Buddy Bench Program

This Buddy Bench program will provide engaging, easy to use, multiple subject area integrated content ideas for students. Teach your students how to make friends in school and combat student loneliness with real life, meaningful project based learning.  

This all inclusive Buddy Bench program contains everything you need to start an initial program for your class as well as how to increase effectiveness if your school already has a Buddy Bench.

The Buddy Bench/ Friendship Bench project is loved by teachers and students because it’s a concrete way to show how to spread kindness in school.   Included are a set of over 20 editable, digital and black line printable daily lesson plans. 

This unit has everything you need to customize your project in simple, quick lessons or more in depth activities that can extend for multiple weeks or even months.  Make integrating SEL, social studies, ELA writing, reading, speaking and listening, STEM science and healthful living standards a breeze with this impactful resource.  

The Buddy Bench Program unit plan includes over 180 pages of lesson plans and printables.  It keeps your students accountable for their learning with student and teacher recording sheets, rubrics, checklists, reflections and planning documents.  This resource is super intuitive with an easy to navigate table of contents and instructions for the teacher.

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What will students investigate through these detailed lesson plans?

❤️ SEL (social emotional learning) 

❤️ Analyzing character’s feelings in text

❤️ Positive social skills 

❤️ Letter writing

❤️ Visual design 

❤️ Advertisement strategies

❤️ Map making skills

❤️ How-to writing

❤️ Opinion essay writing

❤️ Skits and role play practice

❤️ Leadership skills

❤️ Analyzing different viewpoints

And much more!

How can this be used in the classroom?

* Whole group, small group, partner and individual activities

* Options for extended project work for longer blocks of time

* Options for shorter targeted lessons and activities

* STEM/ research project extension options included

* Great for any time of the school year!

What’s included in this unit?

✅ Over 6 pages of NC Standards  & Common Core Standards for 1st-3rd grade covered

✅ Over 40 pages of lesson plans (20 or more days)

✅ Over 80 student pages with multiple versions 

✅ 6 Teacher planning pages

✅ 3 Rubrics for writing assignments

✅ 2 FAQ Pages

✅ Over 4 pages of teacher tips and easy directions

✅ Editable versions of 5 of the student pages

✅ Multiple formats of writing templates for both primary and regular lines

✅ Differentiated options for student sheets

✅ Reflection quick writes/ exit tickets

What are key terms used throughout the unit?

bully, lonely, buddy bench, self esteem, empathy, inclusion, friendship, good, service, fundraising, donations, budget, profit, investment, customer, purchase, economy, economics, persuade, map key, map legend, compass rose, map symbol, map

*vocabulary cards with definition are also included*

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Are editable resources included?

Five of the student pages within this unit are also included as an editable pdf that can be customized for your needs.  You will need to download and install a free version of Adobe Reader to edit the pdf and a free font for personal use: KG Neatly Printed.  Specific directions are included.

Are digital resources included?

Most of the student pages (over 60) within this unit are also included in a digital format and can be shared with students using your Google Drive.  When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file in Google Slides. You’ll then share that file with your students. The slides can be printed and adapted for students who prefer to answer the questions by hand. You can also view and print a student's completed version of the slides.

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