Lesson Plan

Fruit Salad Recipe

Students will learn and practice key social skills—listening, sharing, kindness, and empathy—by treating each skill as a “fruit,” combining them through collaborative activities and personal reflection to build healthy friendships.

Second graders often need concrete, engaging ways to understand and use social skills. This fun, metaphor-based session helps them recognize important friendship-building behaviors and practice them in a safe, supportive environment.

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5 minutes

Step 1

Introduction

5 minutes

Step 2

Fruit Metaphor Explanation

7 minutes

Step 3

Mix & Match Game

10 minutes

Step 4

My Friendship Recipe Worksheet

8 minutes

Step 5

Tasting & Talk Cool-Down

5 minutes

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Skill Fruits: Friendship Fruit Salad

Listening Lime

Sharing Strawberry

Kindness Kiwi

Empathy Peach

Recap: Mix Your Fruits

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Cool Down

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Friendship Fruit Salad

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Emma Gillespie

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