Circle of Kindness

This worksheet supports students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 as they build reading comprehension, written response skills, empathy, emotional understanding, and prosocial decision-making through a meaningful narrative. Students read a short story about a child showing kindness to a classmate and respond to both multiple-choice and open-ended questions that encourage reflection, perspective-taking, and complete-sentence writing.

Skills Reinforced

• Reading Comprehension of Literature (Grades 3-5): Identify the main problem, key events, and character actions in a narrative text
• Written Response to Text (ELA Connection): Answer questions using complete sentences and text-based details
• Empathy & Prosocial Behavior: Analyze kind actions and understand how support can change someone’s feelings
• Emotional Awareness & Reflection: Recognize emotions, reactions, and how choices impact others

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to integrate literacy and social-emotional learning
• Mixed Question Types: Includes both multiple-choice and open-ended responses to support varied learners
• Flexible Use: Ideal for ELA lessons, SEL instruction, counseling groups, morning meetings, or homeschool learning
• Discussion-Friendly: Promotes thoughtful classroom conversations about kindness and inclusion

This Circle of Kindness worksheet helps students strengthen comprehension, writing skills, empathy, and emotional awareness while exploring the importance of compassion. By reflecting on positive actions and connecting the story to their own experiences, learners practice perspective-taking and prosocial decision-making. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource supports meaningful literacy instruction and helps build a welcoming, supportive classroom community.

This worksheet is part of our Friendship Skills Worksheets Collection.