Friendship: Sharing

   Based on our discussions these past few weeks I can hear that 

the children have definite expectations about friendship.

Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister lends itself well to discussing the expectation that friends share. Rainbow Fish refuses to share his shiny scales and uses unkind words when asked and tells the little fish to get away from him.  After some discussion the children decided that Rainbow Fish should share but if he's not going to he still needs to be nice "because friends should be nice to each other"

Sharing Poster

The poster consists of a picture of themselves with a talking bubble and a fish. They used paint to make thumbprint scales. 

In the story, Rainbow Fish sought advice from wise octopus but for our posters I asked the children to imagine if Rainbow Fish came to them for advice - what can you tell Rainbow Fish about sharing?

Sofia - Give away your shiny scales because friends share.

Ryleigh - You have to share with friends because some
girls like shiny things.

Chloe - You should share.

Tyreese - I don't know what I would tell him.

Micheal - Share your scales or else the other fish will be sad.

Bela - You have to share your shiny scales or else it's not fair.
                                                                   But you don't have to share if you only have one.