Grades K–5
20-Day Kindness Challenge
A four-week calendar with one small kind act for each school day. Check off each one you do.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
Kindness Vocabulary
Match seven kindness words, like compassion, generous and inclusive, to their meanings, then use two in a sentence.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- 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:
- Draw a line from each kindness word to its meaning.
- Use two of the kindness words in a sentence about you or someone you know.
Teacher tip
Add the words to your word wall and use them in class compliments.
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
- 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.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More kindness and empathy worksheets
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Kind Words Scramble
Unscramble eight kind words, like please, share and welcome, using the clues, then write a kind sentence with two of them.
Grades K–1
Kind Hands, Kind Words
A grown-up reads eight kind acts out loud, and kids sort them into kind hands, like a high five, and kind words, like “good job!”
Grades 1–4
Write a Thank-You Note
Write a real thank-you note to someone who helped you: who they are, what they did and how it made you feel, plus a picture.
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