What Are the Qualities of a Good Friend? (Inspired by Finding a Friend)
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Like Deep Blue and Cushy in Finding a Friend, best friends are something to be treasured!
Encourage your students to celebrate the friendships in their lives with this downloadable “What Makes a Friend?” acrostic poem activity. Students can make an acrostic poem using the word “FRIEND” to describe what qualities make a friend the best.
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Help inspire creativity: Prompt students to think about what activities they might do with a best friend!
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This activity is inspired by literacy specialist Megan Polk from Nashville, Tennessee. Discover other ways you can use Finding a Friend with readers of all ages in her Book Talks teacher review video.
How did your students’ acrostic poems turn out? If you’re able, please share their work with the Scholastic Book Clubs community on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #ScholasticBookClubs.
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