SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/
Primary

LESSON ORGANISATION
Unit of work: Friends Together Salvation topic: Church Human person Topic: Loving
Friendships
Year Level: 1 Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith
situations/previous lessons/Units)

Key Understanding:
Previously in Pre-primary children covered topics
such as:
A1 Wondering at loving friendships.
- Working at belonging to communities.
- Wondering at God who created people to
Learning Point(s): belong to communities.
- God loves us.
A1.1 Identifies the qualities that make a friend.

Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
eg Right choices eg Right eg Inner strength eg Moderation eg Prayer eg Reconciliation eg Service
relationships
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking competence

*** I have highlighted all areas within the lesson plan that incorporate/connect the spiritual and religious capabilities
with the content in the lesson.

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
 Communicates through writing 5 qualities of a good friend.
 Displays understanding of personal qualities in friendship by creating a puppet of themselves.
 Verbally identifies importance of being a good friend.

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

(include Teacher Witness) Choose One from:
• Learning difficulty
Aim of Lesson: o Provide only 3 qualities and 1 reason for
To be a good friend, children must first establish what qualities importance.
make a good and bad friend. Therefore, this lesson aims to first o Partner with a stronger student who can
recognise the differences between good and bad qualities help guide and support the student if they
before putting it into action in future lessons. struggle.
Choose One from:
Collect: • Intellectual disability
- Slips of paper 6cm x 4 cm. o EA assists in recording of reasons for
- Glue sticks for each child or shared. importance.
- Paper bag for each student (ensure there are extra in
case of accidents). Extension:
- Colouring textas, crayons, pencils. - Ask students to complete another puppet and role-
- iPads to be shared between students (early finishers). play a scenario of how to be a good friend. This
- Hunter’s Best Friend at School. can be recorded using the iPad.
Ensure seesaw is downloaded and set up for students to use.
Set up IWB for brainstorm. E.g. paint document.
Prepare an example puppet for the students to use as a guide.
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the segment
Identify to the student what the topic of the lesson is: What makes a good where they will be introduced.
friend?
10
min Read the book “Hunter’s Best Friend at School” and prompt students to Elliot, L. M. (2005). Hunter’s
look out for things that make and don’t make a good friend. Best Friend at School (1st ed.).
New York, United States:
Facilitate discussion after reading the story that aims to engage children
HarperCollins Publisher.
with their understanding of what does and does not make a good friend.
Questions to ask:
*** Ensure to write the answers given by students are written down on
the board for the students to see when they return to their desk to
Paint document on IWB.
complete the activity.

I wonder what makes a good friend?

(prompt by referring to the book if students struggle to answer).

What makes you a good friend?

Why do you think it is important to be a good friend and not a bad one?
(prompt by referring to Jesus’ example and expectation of us as humans
e.g. love one another.)

Explain tasks –

1. Students are to create a paper bag puppet of themselves. Show

students the one pre-made and use this to explain.
o First, they are to write down on the slips of paper
provided what qualities they want or already do have as
a good friend.
o Glue these onto the back of the puppet.
o Then they can decorate their puppet by drawing a
picture of themselves on the other side.
2. Why is being a good friend important?
o Students must explain using the puppet why being a
Seesaw App on iPad.
good friend is important.
o Record this using the iPads. Then upload to seesaw for
the parents, peers and teacher to view.

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

Hand out paper bags and slips of paper.

30
min
Ask students to write down 5 qualities they think a good friend should
have. Prompt students by suggesting they look at the board (brainstorm)
for ideas. Also refer to pre-made puppet throughout the explanation.

Explain that once they are done they must then glue the slips onto one
side of the puppet.

While students are completing this, walk around the room and ensure
students are staying on task.

Once completed gain students attention and explain the next step.
The students are to now draw themselves on the opposite side to the
qualities.
 Once completed, students must come to the teacher or EA to be
recorded using their puppet to explain why being a good friend is
important.
Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Once activity is completed, gather student’s attention through attention

catcher.
10 Ask the students to leave their puppet on their desk and sit on the mat.
min.
Choose two students whom completed their puppet and ask them to
share with the class what qualities they have as a friend (on the back of
their puppet).

Choose one student who would like to share their video and ask them to
show the class.

Re-emphasise the importance place on being a good friend. Ask the

students why.
- Because Jesus was a good friend and he asks us to love one
another.

Close in prayer – ask a student to pray for recess and what we just
learnt. Finish the prayer oneself by highlighting anything the student may
have missed.

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Students are to now go out to recess.

Send each faction off one at a time to collect their lunch box and wash
5 min. their hands, then go outside.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be

assessed?)

Work samples:
- Use the rubric below and the work samples completed by the
students to assess objectives 1, 2 and 3. Attach to work and
save in file once completed.

Good Friendship Characteristics

Name: Provides 1 quality. Provides 3 qualities. Provides 5 qualities. Provides more than 5
Puppet not based on Puppet not completed Puppet based on qualities.
themselves. but is based upon themselves. Puppet completed on
Fails to identify themselves. Good understanding of themselves in detail.
Learning Needs: importance Little understanding of importance Excellent
(lists no reason). importance (lists more than 1 understanding of
(lists 1 reason). reason). importance
(lists more than 3
reasons).
Objective 1
Communicates
through writing 5
qualities of a good
friend.
Objective 2
Displays
understanding of
personal qualities in
friendship by creating
a puppet of
themselves.
 Objective 3
Verbally identifies
importance of being a
good friend.