Peculiar Elementary School

Counseling Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Friendship Butterfly

Grade Level: K-1
Big Idea:
PS2. Interacting With Others in Ways That Respect
Individual and Group Differences

Grade Level Expectations:

K- Demonstrate how to be a friend.
1 Demonstrate the ability to be a good friend.
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:
-Clara Caterpillar Book
-Friendship Butterfly Worksheets
-Markers/Crayons/Scissors
Formative Assessment:
Students will create a friendship butterfly that has wings
with good friendship qualities written on them.
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 listen to the story Clara Caterpillar
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 read the story Clara Caterpillar to the
students and will have a discussion about what friendship
qualities they noticed in the story.
4. Counselor will then inform students that they are going
to make a friendship butterfly. Their butterfly will consist
of 4 wings and they will need to write one good friendship
quality on each of the wings. They will then cut the wings
out and glue them onto their colored butterfly.
5. Counselor will then give students time to work on their
butterfly.
6. After students complete their butterfly they will have
the opportunity to share it with 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 to the story and participate in the
discussion about the friendship qualities they noticed.
4. Students will listen as the counselor explains their
activity for the day.
5. Students will complete their butterfly.
6. Students will share their butterfly with the rest of the
class.