Grades 1–5
Secret Kindness Mission
Become a secret kindness agent: do five kind acts this week without being asked, then log each mission and who it helped.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
Kindness in Action
Read six moments, from dropped books to a kid being teased, and circle the kind thing to do, then write about a kind act you saw.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- 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:
- Circle the letter of the kind thing to do.
- 1. A classmate drops a stack of books in the hall.
- 2. A new student doesn’t know where the lunchroom is.
- 3. Your friend forgot a snack and looks hungry.
Teacher tip
Talk about the teasing moment carefully: being an upstander is brave.
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.
- Keep finished sheets in an SEL folder so kids can look back on their growth.
Watch for
Kindness that is only for friends. Talk about being kind to people we don’t know well too.
Talk about it
- What is a kind thing you could do right now?
- 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 K–2
Kind or Unkind?
Color the twelve kind acts and cross out the unkind ones, then draw yourself being kind.
Grades K–2
The Right Kind Words
Match each moment, like a friend falling down or a new kid at recess, to the kind words that fit.
Grades 1–4
Kindness at Home, School and in My Community
Sort twelve kind acts by where they happen, then pick three to do this week.
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