Enemy Pie

Third Grade Guidance

Enemy Pie

Today for third grade guidance, we discussed the importance of friendship and the ingredients of being a great friend!

For this lesson, I used “Enemy Pie” by Derek Munson.

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This story is super cute and relatable for the kids! It is about a boy having a great summer until a new boy moves into the neighborhood. The new boy Jeremy seems to create a great deal of trouble for our main character. The boy’s father gives him the recipe for his well-known “Enemy Pie”. While the father whips up his famous Enemy Pie, the boys decides Jeremy is no longer his best enemy, but a great friend.

After reading the story, we discussed how easy it could be to make a best enemy and not a best friend. We also discussed different characteristics we would want in a friend, including honesty, caring, fun to play with, etc.

I then gave the students their own recipe sheet for a friendship. I found this activity sheet on Pinterest, which then led me to a great blog called A Year of Many Firsts 

Link to blog: http://www.ayearofmanyfirsts.com/

There are many other different lessons and resources-great blog!

After the students made their own “Friendship Pie Recipe”, they were able to discuss with each other and create their own Friendship Pie.

Image found on Google.

Overall, I loved doing this lesson with the third graders. The book was not only funny and silly, it kept the students interested and had a great message for friendship!

Here are some of the friendship pies created in today’s lesson: