Friendship Choices

This worksheet supports students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 as they build social awareness, decision-making, written expression, and reflective thinking through common friendship scenarios. Students read individual statements describing friend-related behaviors and decide whether each one represents being a “Good Friend” or whether it “Needs Improvement,” helping them analyze actions, intent, and impact within relationships.

Skills Reinforced

• Identifying Appropriate Social Behaviors (Grades 3-5): Evaluate actions related to honesty, empathy, respect, and responsibility
• Responsible Decision-Making: Decide whether behaviors support or harm friendships
• Sentence Analysis & Written Response (ELA Connection): Read statements carefully and record clear written classifications
• Self-Awareness & Reflection: Consider how personal choices affect others and relationships

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support social-emotional learning and literacy goals
• Simple, Thoughtful Format: Clear statements make expectations easy to understand and discuss
• Flexible Use: Ideal for SEL lessons, small groups, counseling sessions, behavior reflection, or homeschool learning
• Encourages Critical Thinking: Prompts students to think beyond right-or-wrong and consider impact

This Friendship Choices worksheet helps students strengthen judgment, empathy, and social understanding by examining everyday friendship behaviors. By distinguishing between actions that build trust and those that need improvement, learners develop greater awareness of how their choices affect others. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource promotes reflection, responsible decision-making, and healthier, more positive friendships.

This worksheet is part of our Friendship Skills Worksheets Collection.