Friendship Influence

This worksheet supports students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 as they build social awareness, relationship skills, critical thinking, and decision-making through realistic peer interaction examples. Students read 15 short scenarios showing different types of friend influence-including encouragement, kindness, pressure, dishonesty, and harmful suggestions-and label each one as a positive or negative influence, strengthening their ability to evaluate peer behavior thoughtfully.

Skills Reinforced

• Relationship Skills (Grades 4-6): Identify behaviors that support healthy, respectful, and supportive friendships
• Social Awareness: Recognize how peer actions and attitudes influence choices and behavior
• Identifying Peer Influence: Distinguish between encouragement that helps and pressure that harms
• Categorizing Information (ELA Connection): Classify examples accurately based on context and intent

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support SEL, health, and literacy instruction
• Clear Classification Format: Positive/Negative labeling keeps the task accessible and focused
• Realistic Peer Scenarios: Reflects situations students may encounter in school and social settings
• Flexible Use: Ideal for SEL lessons, health education, advisory periods, counseling groups, or homeschool learning

This Friendship Influence worksheet helps students better understand how peers affect choices, behavior, and well-being. By practicing how to identify positive and negative influences, learners strengthen judgment, self-awareness, and relationship skills. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource supports meaningful discussion about healthy friendships, positive role models, and making smart choices when friends are involved.

This worksheet is part of our Dealing with Peer Pressure Worksheets collection.