How Many Hours?: teacher key

Friendship, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. Studies count the hours it takes to make friends and follow friendship from babies to middle school.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. In a study of adults, how long did a close friend take?
   • More than 200 hours (answer)
   • About 5 hours
   • About 20 hours
2. What does acquaintance mean?
   • A close friend
   • Someone you know a little (answer)
   • A kind of game
3. What do friends do by middle school?
   • Stop playing
   • Move away
   • Confide in each other (answer)
4. Who forms close bonds with other females in a troop?
   • Female baboons (answer)
   • Small fish
   • Male lions
5. Which takes more time together, a casual friend or a close friend?
   • A casual friend
   • A close friend (answer)
   • They take the same time

Words

• acquaintance: someone you know
• interactive: doing things together
• confide: share private thoughts
• troop: animal group