Join Clues

This worksheet supports students in Grades 2, 3, and 4 as they build reading comprehension, social awareness, inference, and relationship skills through a short, engaging narrative. Students read a story and underline social cues-such as smiles, gestures, and inviting body language-that show it is a good time for a character to join a group, then answer multiple-choice questions to reinforce understanding of welcoming signals and appropriate timing.

Learning Goals

• Nonverbal & Social Cue Recognition (Grades 2-4): Identify body language, facial expressions, and gestures that signal openness
• Reading Comprehension (ELA Connection): Understand key details and events within a short narrative
• Inference & Context Clues: Use evidence from the text to draw conclusions about group readiness
• Relationship Skills: Learn how awareness of cues supports respectful and positive social interaction

Classroom & Home Use

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support social-emotional learning and literacy together
• Interactive Reading Task: Underlining clues keeps students actively engaged with the text
• Accessible Multiple-Choice Questions: Reinforces comprehension while supporting a range of learners
• Flexible Use: Ideal for SEL lessons, ELA blocks, social skills groups, counseling sessions, or homeschool learning

This Join Clues worksheet helps students strengthen comprehension, inference, and social awareness by practicing how to recognize welcoming signals in group settings. By learning to notice smiles, gestures, and inviting body language, learners develop patience, empathy, and confidence in joining others appropriately. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource supports positive social participation and respectful group interactions.

This worksheet is part of our Entering and Exiting Group Activities Worksheets collection.