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Types of Friends

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Get Up & Move! Activity

Friendship means…

A good friend always…

A good friend never…

Video

What is a friend?

Reflections?

Chester’s Way

Listen and think about who you would consider good and bad friends…

What is a FRIEND?

A person who is important to you

Like to spend time together

Enjoy doing some of the same things (have things

in common)

What is a FRIEND?

A person you think about even if they are not with you.

A person who is kind and is interested in you

A person who notices your feelings

True Blue Friends

Make you feel included

Show interest in your life and hobbies, even if they have different interests

Tell the truth, keep promises, say sorry & forgive mistakes

Don’t stay mad at you

(They don’t hold grudges)

True-Blue Friends

Stay your friend in good times and bad times

Make you feel good about yourself when you are with them

Notice your feelings

Talk about

Which character was a True Blue Friend to Chester?

How do you know he was a True Blue Friend?

Fair-Weather Friends

Sometimes act like your friend, sometimes do not act like your friend.

might make you feel bad

Might just ignore you sometimes if you are having a rough day

Fair Weather Friends

Tease & talk mean about you when you are not there. (“Behind your back”)

Make you feel excluded and confused

Talk about

Which characters were Fair Weather Friends in Chester’s Way?

How were they fair weather friends?

DNEIRF (Backwards “Friend”)A type of Fair Weather person

Person who pretends to be your friend, but really just wants something from you

“Uses” you as a friend

Might try to make you do things you are not comfortable with (take dares, etc.)

Might put you down (insult) or tease you in a mean way in front of other people

DNIERF vs FRIEND

Look at the handout and compare

DNIERFS vs FRIENDS

Take this sheet with you to help you

think about people in your life and what

category of friend they fit into

Role-Playing

Listen to the following situations.

Decide if that person is being a

FRIEND or DNEIRF

Hold up your card to show what you think.

EXIT SLIP

On the FRIEND side of your purple sheetTell me what a TRUE BLUE friend is

On the DNEIRF side of your purple sheetTell me what a DNEIRF or FAIR

WEATHER friend is