A Sticker for a Friend: teacher key

Friendship, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. Preschoolers in sticker studies shared more with friends. Studies of play, time together and baboons add more about how friendships work.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. In the sticker study, who got the most stickers from preschoolers?
   • A friend (answer)
   • A child they did not like
   • A stranger with 100 stickers
2. What mattered more than fairness when preschoolers shared?
   • The number of stickers
   • The giver's relationship with the other child (answer)
   • The age of the teacher
3. Which finding suggests friendship matters more as children get older?
   • The 3- and 4-year-olds shared the most
   • Adults were not tested
   • The 5- and 6-year-olds counted friendship for more than the younger children did (answer)
4. Which sentence best matches the findings about time together?
   • Hours together matter, but what people do and talk about matters too (answer)
   • Any 50 hours makes a close friend
   • Coworkers always become close friends
5. What does selective mean on the page about babies?
   • Choosy about who they spend time with (answer)
   • Unable to see faces
   • Always crying

Words

• acquaintance: someone you know
• preschoolers: children before school
• imaginative: full of make-believe
• bedrock: solid base
• selective: choosy