Grades 2–5
Spot the Clues, Show You Care
Read four short stories, find the clues that show how someone feels and write what you could say or do.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
Kindness at Home, School and in My Community
Sort twelve kind acts by where they happen, then pick three to do this week.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Kindness and empathy
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Kindness, Empathy, Perspective-taking, Inclusion
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Write each kind act in the place where it happens.
- Three kind acts I will do this week: 1.
Teacher tip
Follow up on Friday: which of the three kind acts did kids do?
How to use it
- Read a short kindness story aloud before the sheet.
- Ask kids to name a kind thing someone did for them this week.
- Model your own answer first. Kids open up more when the grown-up goes first.
Watch for
Kindness that is only for friends. Talk about being kind to people we don’t know well too.
Talk about it
- How do you think they felt?
- Have you ever been in a moment like this? What happened?
Take it further
Hold a kindness week with one class challenge each day.
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More kindness and empathy worksheets
Grades 3–5
Which Reply Shows Empathy?
Read six things friends say and circle the reply that shows you understand how they feel.
Grades 2–5
Make It a Specific Compliment
For six moments, circle the compliment that says exactly what was great, then write two specific compliments of your own.
Grades K–2
Kind to Animals and the Earth
Color the twelve ways to be kind to animals and our planet, cross out the ones that are not, then draw one you will do.
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