Foundations of Friendship

This worksheet supports students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 as they practice structured writing, idea organization, self-reflection, and social-emotional understanding through a short essay about friendship. Learners explore core values such as trust, loyalty, and honesty by responding to guiding questions and organizing their thoughts into clear, well-structured paragraphs that explain what makes friendships strong.

Skills Reinforced

• Structured Essay Writing (Grades 4-6): Plan and write a short essay with a clear focus, organization, and explanation
• Planning & Organizing Ideas (ELA Connection): Use guiding questions to brainstorm, group ideas, and build paragraphs
• Understanding Relationship Values: Explore how trust, loyalty, and honesty shape healthy friendships
• Self-Awareness & Reflection: Connect personal experiences to broader social-emotional concepts

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to blend writing instruction with SEL learning goals
• Step-by-Step Support: Guiding questions help students generate ideas before writing
• Flexible Use: Ideal for ELA writing units, SEL lessons, advisory periods, or homeschool instruction
• Builds Writing Confidence: Encourages thoughtful expression while reinforcing paragraph structure and clarity

This Foundations of Friendship worksheet helps students strengthen expressive writing, organization, and reflective thinking while examining the values that support strong relationships. By connecting real-life experiences to trust, loyalty, and honesty, learners deepen self-awareness and communication skills. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource supports meaningful writing practice and thoughtful exploration of what it takes to build and maintain lasting friendships.

This worksheet is part of our Friendship Skills Worksheets Collection.