How to Make Up: teacher key

Arguing and Making Up, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Friends sometimes fight, but a fight does not have to end a friendship. Taking a break, empathy and a real apology can help friends make up, and a grown-up you trust can help.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What can working through a fight do?
   • End every friendship for good
   • Make a friendship stronger (answer)
   • Make the anger last longer
2. What is taking a break to cool down not?
   • A way to calm down
   • A short rest
   • A punishment (answer)
3. What can help friends who disagree?
   • Hiding the toy away
   • Taking turns (answer)
   • Calling each other names
4. What does empathy mean?
   • Knowing what others feel (answer)
   • Winning a fight with a friend
   • Staying quiet all day long
5. A friend says sorry and then helps fix things. What does this show?
   • They do not care at all
   • They are just very bored
   • They care about them (answer)

Words

• empathy: understanding feelings
• apology: repairing connection