Relationship Match-Up

This worksheet helps students in Grades 3-5 strengthen relationship awareness, reading comprehension, context clue analysis, and social reasoning by examining short, realistic scenarios. Students read each interaction and decide whether it involves a peer, an adult, or an authority figure, using both the situation and the behavior described to guide their thinking.

Learning Goals

• Relationship Identification (Grades 3-5) – Accurately distinguish between peers, adults, and authority figures in everyday situations.
• Scenario Interpretation – Use context clues to understand who is involved and what role they play.
• Social Boundaries & Expectations – Recognize how respectful actions differ depending on the relationship.
• Classification & Reasoning – Practice sorting information into clear categories based on evidence from the text.

Instructional Support

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators with social-emotional learning and literacy standards in mind.
• Clear, Relatable Scenarios – Includes ten brief situations students can easily visualize and discuss.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Works well for SEL lessons, independent practice, partner work, or small-group discussion.
• Supports Functional Thinking – Encourages students to connect reading comprehension with real-life decision-making.

This printable worksheet builds essential SEL and literacy skills by helping students understand relationship roles and respectful behavior. It strengthens comprehension, classification, and functional reasoning while reinforcing appropriate communication with different people in school and the community. Whether used in an elementary classroom or a homeschool setting, this resource supports students in developing social awareness, confidence, and respectful interaction skills.

This worksheet is part of our understanding different types of relationships worksheet collection.