This song is available on Best Friends
See below for activities that accompany this song.
I was six and new at school,
Alone at recess, feeling blue
You said “hello” and asked me to
Come play first base on your team
I guess my grin lit up my face
You laughed and yelled, “Go take your base!”
From that day on I knew my place
Was on the team with you
Chorus:
If I’m a rainbow, then you’re the sun
Shining all my lovely colors on everyone
If I’m a paper, you’re the pen
You bring out the best in me, you’re my best friend
If I’m a bluebird, then you’re my song
That I’ll sing so sweet for you all my whole life long
If I’m a blossom, you’re the tree
Always best friends, you and me
Now we’re in a harder class
I’m good at writing, you like math
You helped me draw a pictograph
We wrote a poem together
You’ve got lizards, I have frogs,
You’ve got cats and I have dogs
Lizards, frogs, and cats and dogs –
What a family!
Chorus
We keep our deepest secrets
Share our weirdest dreams
No one knows me better than you
Or knows you better than me!
Even when we’re 93
We’ll sit beneath the apple tree
And share our favorite memories
And laugh until we cry
Chorus
Even when we disagree
You’re always sticking up for me
You listen to me honestly
When something’s on my mind
If I’m ever feeling down
You make me laugh, you clown around
If I had one last French fry
I’d save it just for you
When I’m stuck or just confused
I know that I can count on you
Activities for “Best Friends”
Activity One:
Let’s talk about your best friend. What’s his/her name?
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When and how did you meet?
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What do you like to do together?
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What makes this person so special to you?
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Draw a picture of your best friend here:
Activity Two: How Well Do You Know Your Best Friend?
Print out two copies of this page. Give one to your best friend and ask him or her go to into another room. Then write the answers to the following questions about your best friend, while he or she answers the same questions about you. (No peeking!) When you’ve both finished, show each other your answers. Which one of you got the most right?
1. What’s your best friend’s LEAST favorite food?
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2. What’s your best friend’s favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
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3. How does your best friend like his or her eggs; scrambled, sunny side up, over easy? With ketchup or without?
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4. What’s your best friend’s favorite movie?
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5. Imagine that you are over at your best friend’s house to play and suddenly there is a power failure. No TV, no Play Station, no radio, no stereo! What would your friend recommend that you do now?
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Your score:
5 correct Congratulations! You know your friend perfectly!
4 correct Good job! You know your friend pretty well.
3 correct Not bad. You got more questions right than wrong…
2 correct Hmmm, try paying more attention to your friend when you are together!
1 correct Ouch! Are you SURE you have interviewed your best friend?
New York State Learning Standards Addressed
(Activity One)
Language Arts
3. Students will use details, examples, anecdotes, or personal experiences to explain or clarify information
Art Making - Drawing
4. Students will create a drawing that exercises imagination, constructs meaning, and depicts their experiences.
5. Students will use color to convey expression.
(Activity Two)
Language Arts
1. Students will listen, speak, read, and write for social interaction.
2. Students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for effective social communication.
Many thanks to Marla Lewis and Les Julian for permission to display these lyric excerpts.
© Marla Lewis and Les Julian. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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