Grades 2–5
Include or Leave Out?
Circle includes or leaves out for ten things kids do at lunch, at recess and in class, then plan one way to include someone this week.
SEL worksheet · Kindness and empathy
Roll a Kind Act
Roll a die to get a kind act for the day, like asking someone new to play, then write who you were kind to and how they felt.
- Grade level
- Grades K–3
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Topic
- Kindness and empathy
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Kindness, Empathy, Perspective-taking, Inclusion
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Roll a die. Do the kind act for your number today.
- Help someone clean up.
- Draw a picture for someone.
- Say thank you to a school helper.
- Ask someone new to play.
- Share something with a friend.
- Who I was kind to
Teacher tip
Roll once in the morning and check in at the end of the day.
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.
- Let kids choose to share or keep their answers private. Both are fine.
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
Grades 4–5
What Does It Mean? Kindness Quotes
Match five sayings about kindness, like “Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes,” to what they mean, then write about living one.
Grades 1–5
My Kindness Web
Fill a kindness web with one way to be kind to your family, a friend, someone new, an animal, your teacher and the Earth.
Grades 2–5
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.
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