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Building Healthy Boundaries

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Lesson Plan

Building Healthy Boundaries

Identify and set healthy boundaries

This lesson helps 4th-grade students understand the importance of setting healthy boundaries in friendships. Through engaging discussions and activities, students will learn how to communicate their needs and respect others' boundaries, fostering respectful and supportive relationships. This lesson is crucial for developing social-emotional skills that contribute to lifelong healthy interactions.

Audience

4th Grade Students

Time

45 mins

Approach

Identify and set healthy boundaries

Materials

Discussion Questions, Boundary Scenarios Worksheet, Boundary Role-Play Cards, and Pens and Paper

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Begin with a brief discussion on what boundaries are and why they are important in friendships.
  • Ask students to share examples of boundaries they have or have seen in friendships.

Step 2

Group Discussion

10 mins

  • Use the provided discussion questions to guide a conversation about healthy boundaries.
  • Encourage students to think about how boundaries can help maintain respect and support in friendships.

Step 3

Activity: Boundary Scenarios

15 mins

  • Distribute the Boundary Scenarios Worksheet.
  • Have students work in pairs to read through different scenarios and discuss how they would set boundaries in each situation.
  • Ask pairs to share their thoughts with the class.

Step 4

Role-Play Exercise

10 mins

  • Use the Boundary Role-Play Cards to have students act out different scenarios.
  • Encourage students to practice setting and respecting boundaries in these role-plays.
  • Discuss as a class what was learned from the role-plays.

Step 5

Closure

5 mins

  • Recap the key points about setting and respecting boundaries.
  • Ask students to reflect on one boundary they would like to set in their own friendships.
  • Encourage students to share their reflections if they feel comfortable.
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Discussion

Discussion Questions: Boundaries

A set of questions to guide a discussion on healthy boundaries in friendships.

What are boundaries and why are they important in friendships?

Discuss the concept of boundaries as limits that help maintain respect and support in relationships.







Can you think of a time when a boundary was crossed in a friendship? How did it make you feel?

Encourage students to share personal experiences and feelings related to boundary crossing.







How can you communicate your boundaries to a friend?

Discuss different ways to express boundaries clearly and respectfully.







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Worksheet

Boundary Scenarios Worksheet

A worksheet with scenarios for students to discuss and determine how to set boundaries.

Scenario 1: Your friend wants to borrow your favorite toy, but you don't feel comfortable lending it. What do you say?








Scenario 2: A classmate keeps interrupting you while you're talking to another friend. How do you handle it?








Scenario 3: Your friend wants to play a game you're not interested in. How do you express your feelings?








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Worksheet

Boundary Role-Play Cards

Cards with different scenarios for students to role-play setting and respecting boundaries.




A friend asks to copy your homework.







A classmate teases you about your lunch.







A friend wants to play a game you're not interested in.







A classmate keeps interrupting you during group work.




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