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Friends can disagree

I can understand that friends may disagree and know ways to resolve disagreements.

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Friends can disagree

I can understand that friends may disagree and know ways to resolve disagreements.

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Key learning points

  1. Friends can have different opinions and that's ok.
  2. Disagreements can cause various emotions.
  3. Discussing disagreements calmly can help resolve them.
  4. There are strategies to help resolve disagreements, like taking turns speaking.

Keywords

  • Disagreement - when two or more people have different ideas or opinions about something

  • Resolve - to find a way to fix a problem

Common misconception

Friends always agree.

Friends often disagree with each other, but that doesn't mean they can't be friends anymore. If we listen, our friends might have interesting ideas that we never thought of before!


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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a friend?
someone who does your homework
someone you always agree with
Correct answer: someone you like to spend time with
Q2.
How do you show you are listening?
Correct answer: look at the person speaking
look away from the person speaking
talk over the person speaking
Q3.
What does a friend do if they make a mistake?
Correct answer: say "I'm sorry" and try to make it better
pretend it didn’t happen
blame someone else
Q4.
If you promise to help a friend, what should you do?
Correct answer: do what you said and help them
ignore them and play with someone else
say you forgot and walk away
Q5.
Match the words to their correct definitions.
Correct Answer:support,providing help and encouragement to others
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providing help and encouragement to others

Correct Answer:kindness,being nice, caring and thinking about how others feel
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being nice, caring and thinking about how others feel

Correct Answer:trust,the belief that someone is reliable and honest
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the belief that someone is reliable and honest

Q6.
Friends are important because they make us feel , safe and loved.
Correct Answer: happy, great, excited, amazing, joy

6 Questions

Q1.
What is a good way to solve a problem with a friend?
get upset
ignore it
Correct answer: talk about it calmly
Q2.
A is when two or more people have different ideas or opinions about something.
Correct Answer: disagreement, disagreements
Q3.
If you and your friend both want the same toy, what’s a fair way to solve it?
grab it quickly before they do
Correct answer: take turns using the toy
hide the toy so no one gets it
Q4.
Which of these are true?
Disagreements mean you can’t be friends anymore.
Correct answer: Asking a trusted adult for help is ok if you and your friends can’t agree.
Friends always agree with each other.
Q5.
Which word means to find a way to fix a problem?
Correct Answer: resolve, resolving, resolves, resolved
Q6.
Which of the following are strategies to help resolve disagreements?
using unkind words
Correct answer: taking turns speaking
Correct answer: finding a way for both people to be happy
Correct answer: using kind words
pretending it didn't happen